Regina José Galindo, born in Guatemala City in 1974, is a multidisciplinary artist. Her art constructs social and cultural memory and collective pain through performance art, video installations and poetry and other mediums. Galindo is a prolific social artist. Galindo's vigilance to resisting violence in her work creates space for us all to do the same. Her work has received international attention and acclaim. Although her work is derived from her Guatemalan experience, Galindo has received awards and prestige from an international art community including the Leone de Oro, Artist under 35 at the 51st Bienale di Venezia in 2005. Though her work clearly translates across cultures, the audience interpretations change when taken outside of Guatemala, which is the political climate in which her art is inspired.