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Arca

アルカ / あるか

American composer

October 14, 1989 (age 36) ・ Caracas, Venezuela

  • composer
  • singer
  • songwriter

My Take

Arca is one of those artists who makes you feel like you've never actually heard music before — in the best possible way. Born in Caracas and shaped by NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Alejandra Ghersi built a reputation as a producer's producer before most people even knew her name, crafting the unsettling, alien textures behind Kanye West's Yeezus and FKA twigs' LP1. But her own solo work is where things get genuinely breathtaking: records like Mutant and Kick i feel like dispatches from some future body that hasn't been invented yet. She's transgender, unapologetically herself, and her art reflects that total refusal to stay inside any box. Collaborating with Bjork cemented her legend, but honestly her own catalog is where I keep coming back.

Overview

Alejandra Ghersi Rodríguez (born October 14, 1989), known professionally as Arca, is a Venezuelan musician and record producer based in Barcelona, Spain. She initially began releasing music under the name of Nuuro.

1. Profile

Name (English)
Arca
Name (Japanese)
アルカ
Reading
あるか
Born
October 14, 1989 (age 36)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
Libra / Snake
Origin
Caracas, Venezuela
Blood type
Private
Height
Private
Agency
Private
Occupation
composer / singer / songwriter / DJ producer / recording artist

2. Background

Elementary school
Private
Junior high
Private
High school
Private
University
New York University Tisch School of the Arts

3. Relationships

Spouse
Private
Children
Private
Parents
Private
Siblings
Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

7. About this entry

Tags

  • composer
  • singer
  • songwriter
Last updated
2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.