Marco Guagnelli (b.1988, MX) is an interdisciplinary artist and educator from Mexico City, based in Chicago and Mexico City. His work operates at the intersections of Performance, Socially Engaged Art, and Fashion, focusing on themes such as the relationship between nature and humans, civil rights, and gender. In 2017, he founded the theater company called Non Gratos Teatro, which specializes in designing and developing cultural projects with underrepresented communities and in vulnerable contexts. He has been deeply involved in developing artistic projects in collaboration with specific communities, including migrants, formerly incarcerated individuals, and plants. Guagnelli's work has been showcased in various countries including Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, USA, and Spain. He received an MFA in Performance at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago (2024). Recently, as part of his work in Chicago, he has ventured into curating performance art for art festivals, mainly fostering exchanges between Chicago and Mexico City.