Gustavo Gomes is a performer, choreographer, teacher, and filmmaker based in Cologne, Germany. His work has been presented at renowned venues and festivals including Radialsystem Berlin, Museum Insel Hombroich, the Ludwig Museum, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, HELLERAU, PiK Deutz, and TanzFaktur. As the creative director of Gustavo Gomes & Co., he collaborates with a multidisciplinary collective to explore innovative approaches to theatrical representation and multimedia performance. He has worked with companies such as Ballet of Difference, Osnabrück Tanztheater, Braunschweig Tanztheater, and the Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company.
Gomes also collaborates with other artists on installations and performances exhibited at Art Basel – Parcours, KOLUMBA, M Leuven Museum, Rotterdam Art Week, Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Mono Lisbon, Loods6 Amsterdam, Rencontre Paris Berlin and the Watou Art Festival. As a filmmaker, Gomes is a three-time Tarkovsky Grant recipient and has screened his films internationally, including at the Brussels Independent Film Festival, the Venice International Film Festival, and the Berlin Independent Film Festival. He has held artist residencies at Forecast Platform Berlin (2023), HELLERAU, TalentLab at the Grand Théâtre de la Ville Luxembourg, WELTKUNSTZIMMER, VRHAM! Festival, the EKARD Residency, Quartier am Hafen, the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, and the NRW Kultursekretariat.
Gomes has also published two books: I Am Pretty, I Should Be Famous (with Harald Geissler) and Variations on the Represented (with András Dobi). He is a guest faculty member at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (HfMDK) and the Center for Contemporary Dance (ZZT – HfMT Köln), where he teaches improvisation, intuitive movement, identity, and courage.
