Expandido Arts Collective was created by two Latino queer artists from Brazil, the playwright and theatre director Marcio Beauclair and the multi-disciplinary visual artist Renato Baldin. Expandido explores new languages and the intersections between theatre, dance, poetry, music, and visual arts and the fragmentation from colonizing definitions.
Marcio Beauclair
Marcio has a post graduate diploma in Theatre/ Directing from Celia Helena Centre for Performance Art in Sao Paulo and a bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Rio de Janeiro. Since 2017, he has been dedicating himself o writing and directing independent theatre productions. Beauclair's writing experience comprehends WE'RE ALL BORN NAKED (2017) and S(M)ADNESS (in the process). The Rage of Narcissus is his directorial debut in Canada - as a newcomer artist. He won the grant of the Playwrights Guild of Canada for the adaptation of the play.
Renato Baldin
Renato Baldin is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist, curator, and set & costume designer. His current work focuses on immersive art installations reflecting an immigrant and queer perspective.
He designed the set and costume for the plays Public Enemy (2025), Kill Your Father (2025/2026), and The Rage Of Narcissus (2022).
A recipient of the Newcomer Mentorship Grant from TAC in 2022 and Aluna’s Digital Lab Residency in 2023. His recent installations and exhibitions include ‘Uninvited Dinner Guests’ and ‘Fluids’ (2024), ‘Queerleidoscope’ (2023 and 2024), ‘Narcissus’ (2023), ‘Non Exhibition’ (2022), Rocking Futures (2021), and ‘The Empathy Museum: Walking in your shoes’ (Brazil, 2025 and 2017).