Valentino Skarwan

Valentino Skarwan (1998, born in Vienna and raised in Guatemala) lives and works between Vienna and Guatemala City.

Like a spider s web, Skarwan interweaves performance, sculpture, installation, video, and photography into open and porous forms, fluid formats that resist rigid definitions. Their work explores fluid entities, questions of identity, and the urgency of rethinking new ways of being and their relationship to the environment. In 2025, Skarwan was awarded the Simacek Art Award for their multidisciplinary practice. They were nominated for the O1 Talent Scholarship in 2024 and presented work at Belvedere 21 in 2023 as part of the Uber das Neue performance program. They have collaborated and performed with artists and choreographers such as Doris Uhlich, Gelatin, Young Boy Dancing Group, Hugo Canoilas, Anne Sprinkler, and Beth Stephens.