Amanda Gutiérrez was born in Mexico City and is currently based in Montreal. Gutiérrez explores the experience of political listening and gender studies by bringing into focus sound walking practices. Trained and graduated as a stage designer from The National School of Theater, Gutiérrez uses a range of digital media tools to investigate everyday life aural agencies and collective identities. Gutiérrez completed her MFA in Media and Performance Studies at the School of the ArtInstitute of Chicago. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Arts and Humanities at Concordia University in the Arts and Humanities Doctoral program. Gutiérrezhas held numerous international art residencies such as FACT, Liverpool in the UK, ZKM in Germany, TAV in Taiwan, Bolit Art Center in Spain, and her artwork has been exhibited internationally in venues such as The Liverpool Biennale in 2012, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Harvest works in NYC, SBC Gallery, Undefined Radio in Montreal, Errant Bodies Studio Press in Berlin, among others.