Maria Garcia is a director, costume designer and live artist working in film, theater and performance art. Her interdisciplinary investigations often center around death, ‘liveness,’ and migration. Maria directed and costume designed Gal Musette’s official music video for “Je vois le ciel.” In 2021, Maria’s live art film project “Laocoön with Cabiria at 9,” which she directed, wrote and designed premiered at REDCAT’s NOW Festival in January 2021 and was a semi-finalist at the London International Web and Shorts Film Festival. The project was made in collaboration with performing artist Samantha Mohr, cinematographer Wes Cardino, and musician Grace Freeman. Garcia later directed and costume designed Gal Musette’s award winning music video for “Julia.” Maria is a member of the Costume Designers Guild where she serves on their diversity committee. She has costume designed for award winning Theater of the Oppressed company Cardboard Citizens, and made her film debut on “The Answer to Everything.” Jessica Brunetto’s short film Sisters, costume designed by Maria, was nominated for the Grand Jury Award at SXSW in 2021. “The Wilds” a new mixed reality performance costume designed by Maria premiered at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, Nebraska in 2022. Maria’s directing, performance making and costume design is playful and ritualistic and touches on the absurd, often drawing on her background in devised theater and carnival arts. Other performance art works include, “Moon River '' (UK) and “Impart: Scenes of Abjection,” (Los Angeles, CA). While in the UK Maria collaborated with award winning performance maker Mamoru Iriguchi on Into the Skirt, (Frankfurt) and One Man Show (London). Maria is currently based in Los Angeles, California.
Julia Music Video - Winner: Best Music Video; Best Director; Best Solo Artist or Band, International Music Video Underground 2022. Winner: Best Drama; Best Costumes, Munich Music Video Awards. Honorable Mention: Best Overall Video, Munich Music Video Awards 2022. Best Art Video, Prague Music Video Awards 2022, Director, Costume Designer: Maria Garcia
Director, Costume Designer
Laocoön with Cabiria at 9, Semi-finalist/Official Selection, London International Web and Shorts Film Festival, 2021.
Creator, Writer, Director, Designer: Maria Garcia
Like a Fish out of Water by Seven Sisters Group, World Stage Design Exceptional Achievement across all categories
Designer: Sophie Jump
Costume Supervisor: Maria Garcia
Mincemeat by Cardboard Citizens, Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2009, Best Design
Designer: Mamoru Iriguchi
Costumer: Maria Garcia
mgarcia.jo@gmail.com
Elephant // Emily Gosling // The Art of Dressing for Performance Art
Vents Magazine // Meet the Director, Costume Designer, and Cinematographer for Gal Musette’s Official Music Video Je vois le ciel, Maria Garcia and Wes Cardino // Jake Stern
buzzbands.la // Video: Gal Musette, ‘Je Vois le Ciel’ // Chris Arey
Kaltblut // Gal Musette Watching the Sky
Julia Official Music Video // EARMILK; Rolling Stone India; The Wild is Calling
Impart: Scenes of Abjection, See Dance// Jeff Slayton
The Answer to Everything, The Guardian // Guy Dammann
Inflatable Trio, Fjord // Victoria Looseleaf
Soma Path, See Dance// Jeff Slayton, Fjord// Victoria Looseleaf
Iphigenia: Book of Change, Bachtrack// Jeff Slayton
Image Action Text, Fjord// Victoria LooseLeaf