Karina Pino
theatre maker, editor and writer
Born in Cuba (1985).
My practice draws from my interest in social issues and my work with diverse groups of people and communities. Taking a transdisciplinary approach, I explore the intersections of the power of the memory, the document, the archive, the different ideas of “representation”.
I hold Master's degrees in Performative Arts and Community Spaces (2021) and Environmental Humanities (2022) (both in Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy). I also completed a Bachelor's in Theater Criticism and Research (University of Arts, Havana, 2010) and graduated in Acting (National School of Theatre, Havana, 2003).
I worked as editor and writer in Tablas-Alarcos Publishing House (Havana), and was invited as specialist and collaborative curator to several events and theater festivals (University of Miami 2015, FIBA- Argentina 2017, ENARTES Mexico City 2017, Santiago a Mil- Santiago OFF 2018, Salmon Barcelona and Grec Festival 2018, Impulse Mülheim an der Ruhr 2018, Naves-Matadero Madrid International Meeting for Programmers 2018).
Between 2013 and 2023, I was part of numerous artist residencies: Movimiento Sur Chile 2016, Linha de Fuga Portugal 2017, International Forum Theatertreffen Berlin 2018, Fleetstreet Theatre Hamburg 2021, Akademie Schloss Solitude Stuttgart 2022-2023. I was also awarded the Prize for Young Theatre Critics in Cuba.
My plays, performances, and collaborative-interdisciplinary projects are being developed in Cuba and abroad (Germany, Spain, Italy) with the support of several national and international institutions.
In 2020 I founded The Trailer Collective in Cuba. With it (in collaboration with Alessandra Santiesteban) I have developed many of my last projects.