Rolf Abderhalden Cortés (born 1965) is a Colombian artist and theatre director. He was born in

Manizales Manizales () is a city in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Currently, the city is the main center for the production of Colombian coffee and an important hub for high ...

. He studied and practised the visual arts, before expanding quickly into other areas, notably theatre and

set design Scenic design (also known as scenography, stage design, or set design) is the creation of theatrical, as well as film or television scenery. Scenic designers come from a variety of artistic backgrounds, but in recent years, are mostly train ...

. His work till date encompasses performance, installation, video installation, etc. and has been presented at unconventional spaces across Europe and America. He and his elder sister

Heidi Abderhalden Heidi Abderhalden (born 1962) is a Swiss-Colombian artist and theatre director. In 1984 she co-founded and since then she has co-directed Mapa Teatro in Bogotá. She and her co-director and brother won the Goethe Medal in 2018 for their fifty year ...

co-founded Mapa Teatro in Paris in 1984, before moving it to Bogota in 1986. His sister Elizabeth remained in Paris but she continued to be the theatre's costume designer. It is now known as one of the leading artistic companies in Colombia. Abderhalden also runs an arts studio at the Biblioteca Luís Ángel Arango, and since 1986 has taught at the

Universidad Nacional de Colombia The National University of Colombia () is a national public research university in Colombia, with general campuses in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, and satellite campuses in Leticia, San Andrés, Arauca, Tumaco, and La Paz, C ...

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/ref> In 2018 he and his sister Heidi were awarded the

Goethe Medal The Goethe Medal, also known as the Goethe-Medaille, is a yearly prize given by the Goethe-Institut honoring non-Germans "who have performed outstanding service for the German language and for international cultural relations". It is an offici ...

for their work in breaking down cultural barriers.

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