Eleonora Fabião is a performance artist and theorist. She has been performing, participating in exhibitions, lecturing, teaching, and publishing internationally. Things That Must Be Done (Performa Biennial, New York 2015) is the title of a work and, also, a way of referring to her artistic practice. Fabião’s performances have been enacted in several contexts – festivals, exhibitions, biennials, sociocultural projects – and, mainly, in the streets. Full Professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and Researcher of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development in Brazil (CNPq). She holds an MA in Social History of Culture (PUC-Rio), an MA and PhD in Performance Studies (NYU), and developed a post-doc at NYU. Fabião is Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Gothenburg.

Artistic Directors Academy (ADA) 2024/2025 Mentoring Fellow: Elizabeth Mak