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title: "Ximena Escalante • Artists"
description: "Ximena Escalante studied directing, theatre studies, and writing in Mexico and Spain. Her theatre works often deal with classical texts and myths which the artist reinvents. Ximena has been invited to the Pen Voices Festival in New York multiple times, participated in the Edinburgh Book Festival in…"
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# Ximena Escalante

Last edited on 22.7.2026

![](https://brut-wien.at/assets/artists/ximena-escalante/Ximena-Escalante.jpg)

Ximena Escalante

© Joe Solis

## artist.bio

Ximena Escalante studied directing, theatre studies, and writing in Mexico and Spain. Her theatre works often deal with classical texts and myths which the artist reinvents. Ximena has been invited to the Pen Voices Festival in New York multiple times, participated in the Edinburgh Book Festival in 2017, and received, among other accolades, the prize of the Rockefeller Foundation, the Herald Angel Award and, in 2019, the Juan Ruiz de Alarcón Drama Award.

## Works at brut

- [EX-HELENA (2023, mit Jan Machacek / Oliver Stotz)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2023/11/Jan-Machacek)

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