Mónica de Miranda explained

Mónica de Miranda (born Porto, 1976) is a Portuguese visual artist, photographer, filmmaker, and researcher of Angolan ancestry known for her artwork on socially inspired themes, including postcolonial issues of geography, history, and subjectivity related to Africa and its diaspora. Her media include photography, mixed media and video. De Miranda first became known for her photographic records of the ruins of modern hotels in post-war Angola, and their surrounding sociopolitical circumstances.[1] [2] [3] [4] Her photographic series, videos, short films, and installations have been internationally exhibited at art biennales, galleries, and museums, some of which keep her work in their permanent art collections.[5] [6] [7] [8] Her work has been reviewed in specialized art sources.[9] [10] [11] [12]

De Miranda was born in Porto and is based in Lisbon since 2009.[13] [14] [15]

Education

De Miranda graduated as a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the Camberwell College of Arts, London, in 1998. She completed an MSc in Art and Education at the Institute of Education (London) in 2000, and obtained a PhD degree in Visual Arts and Multimedia at the University of Middlesex in 2014 (Thesis: Geography of Affections: Tales of Identity, Diaspora and Travel in contemporary arts).[16] She pursued postdoctoral studies at the University of Lisbon between 2015 and 2018.[17]

Career

De Miranda is affiliated with the University of Lisbon, Centro de Estudos Comparatistas, Faculdade de Letras, where she leads research projects dealing with sociocultural and political aspects of contemporary migration movements linked to lusophone Africa. Among such projects are Post-Archive: Politics of Memory, Place and Identity, and Visual Culture, Migration, Globalization and Decolonization.[18] [19]

During her multiyear stay in London prior to 2009, she collaborated with researchers at Goldsmiths College[20] and the Institute of International Visual Arts.[21] Working in Tate Britain-related projects, she was engaged with underprivileged adolescents in schools and community centres in the boroughs of Peckham and Brixton.[22]

In Lisbon, she is a co-founder of Xerem, a cultural association that runs a program of international residencies and workshops for artists[23] and is part of the Triangle Network.[24] She is a Director and artistic coordinator at the Hangar Center of Artistic Research, founded in 2014 in Graça (Lisbon).[25] Her work has been supported by entities such as La Caixa Foundation.[26] Further details of De Miranda's career can be found online.[27]

Works

De Miranda's work is research-based and looks at the convergence of politics, gender, memory and space.[28] Her works typically consist of video, photography and installation, which frequently register the artist's view on urban and peri-urban, Luso-African landscape and associated contemporary and colonial history.[29]

Her works have been shown at art biennales (Venice 2014,[30] Dakar 2016,[31] Lumbumbashi 2019,[32] Berlin 2022,[33] Bamako[34] BIENALSUR,[35] Houston Fotofest,[36] among others); also at galleries, and museums including the Berardo Collection Museum (Lisbon 2016), the Pera Museum (Istanbul 2017)[37] the National Museum of Contemporary Art Chiado, (MNAC, Lisbon 2014), the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (Lisbon 2019), and the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Lisbon 2020). The latter three museums, as well as the Lisbon Municipal Archive, the PLMJ Foundation,[38] and the Centro Cultural de Lagos[39] keep De Miranda's pieces in their permanent art collections.

Her art is represented in the collections of 21c Museum Hotels, Louisville, Kentucky, USA; Soho House, London, UK;  Colección Alma Colectiva, Guadalajara, Mexico; Nesr Foundation, Luanda, Angola, and PLMJ, Lisbon, Portugal.[40]

Her short films have competed on several film festivals, including: Doclisboa 2022 (with “The Island” - 2022),[41] and the Avanca Film Festival 2023 (with "Red Horizon" - 2020).[42]

She won the Idealista Contemporary Art Prize with the project South Circular.[43] Her pieces were nominated for the Novo Banco Photo Award (2016),[44] and the New Artist Award of the EDP Foundation in 2019.[45] Her exhibition Geografia Dormente was nominated for the Best Photographic Work of the Authors Prize – 2019 by the Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores.[46] Substantial critique of De Miranda's artwork can be found online, where she has been regarded as "an artist whose work crosses borders and outlines a landscape of plural identities, inspired by her own experience of an increasingly itinerant culture".[47] [48] Her images are "lyrical, performative, and contemplated quiet moments that offer a kind of ...very reflective and melancholic", as written by Marigold Warner, Associate Online Editor at the British Journal of Photography when reviewing De Miranda's artwork.

Her best known pieces include The Island, Path to the Stars,[49] Panorama, Hotel Globo,[50] Tales of Lisbon,[51] and South Circular.[52] Her work has been reviewed in specialized art sources such as New York Magazine, L'Œil de la photographie, British Journal of Photography, and Aesthetica Magazine.

De Miranda's oeuvre has been the subject of study of a number of academic works, examining aspects such as her sarcastic photography,[53] the deep sociopolitical meanings behind her films,[54] the aesthetics of fragmenting, moving and doubling in her photographic installations,[55] and her influence on contemporary Portuguese video art.[56]

Exhibitions

The above list does not necessarily include all of De Miranda's exhibitions.

Publications

De Miranda's publications[96] include the following books and book chapters:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 13 July 2017 . Mónica de Miranda's best photograph: a ruined hotel in Angola . 24 September 2020 . The Guardian . en.
  2. Web site: Mónica De Miranda: Panorama . 24 September 2020 . Contemporary And . de.
  3. Web site: Colocando o dedo na ferida . 24 September 2020 . C& AMÉRICA LATINA . en.
  4. Web site: "Panorama" de Mónica Miranda encerra ciclo de exposição do ano . 24 September 2020 . jornaldeangola.sapo.ao.
  5. Web site: Fiction and Fabrication. Photography of Architecture After the Digital Turn . 11 October 2020 . MAAT . en.
  6. Web site: Artistic Journeys in the Modern Collection . 27 September 2020 . Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian . en-US.
  7. Web site: The Embodied Vision . 24 September 2020 . MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA DO CHIADO.
  8. Web site: Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa – Agenda . 25 September 2020 . arquivomunicipal.cm-lisboa.pt.
  9. Web site: Rawley . Lena . A Photographer Travels to Angola to Trace Her Family's Roots . 11 October 2020 . The Cut . en-us.
  10. Web site: 7 June 2017 . Mónica de Miranda, Panorama . 11 October 2020 . The Eye of Photography Magazine . en-US.
  11. Web site: 4 May 2020 . African Cosmologies — Photography, Time, and the Other . 11 October 2020 . British Journal of Photography . en-US.
  12. Web site: Aesthetica Magazine – Panoramic Histories . 11 October 2020 . Aesthetica Magazine . en-GB.
  13. Web site: NOVO BANCO Photo 2016 . 27 September 2020 . en.museuberardo.pt . en.
  14. Web site: 27 September 2020 . Mónica De Miranda Artist Profile, Exhibitions & Artworks . 27 September 2020 . ocula.com . en.
  15. Web site: Lusa . Agência . Artista Mónica de Miranda expõe em Lisboa dez anos de registos das periferias da cidade . 13 October 2020 . Observador . pt-PT.
  16. Web site: Alumni – ADRI . 29 September 2020 . adri.mdx.ac.uk . en.
  17. Web site: Mónica de Miranda – Comparatistas – english version . 28 September 2020 . en-US.
  18. Web site: POST-ARCHIVE: POLITICS OF MEMORY, PLACE AND IDENTITY – Comparatistas – english version . 12 October 2020 . en-US.
  19. Web site: VISUAL CULTURE, MIGRATION, GLOBALIZATION AND DECOLONIZATION – Comparatistas – english version . 12 October 2020 . en-US.
  20. Web site: Urban Encounters: Routes and Transitions – audio recordings Tate . 25 September 2020 . www.tate.org.uk.
  21. Web site: Personal Geographies: Shared Journeys – Year 1 . 28 September 2020 . iniva . en.
  22. Web site: ArtDependence . ArtDependence The Aestheticized Interview with Monica de Miranda (Portugal/Angola) . 11 October 2020 . www.artdependence.com . en.
  23. Web site: Workshop and Video: Home and Abroad . 28 September 2020 . trianglenetwork.org.
  24. Web site: Triangle Network Triangle Network . 28 September 2020 . www.trianglenetwork.org.
  25. Web site: HANGAR - Centro de Investigação Artística - About . 2023-05-25 . HANGAR . en-US.
  26. Web site: PROJETOS VENCEDORES 2022 .
  27. Web site: Tyburn Gallery - Mónica de Miranda . tyburngallery.com.
  28. Web site: Panoramic in Moving Fragments, or Mónica de Miranda's Twin Visions of (Un)Belonging BUALA . 25 November 2020 . www.buala.org.
  29. Web site: 25 November 2020 . Mónica de Miranda's Geography of Affections . 25 November 2020 . ocula.com . en.
  30. Web site: Mónica de Miranda no longer with the memory but with its future Oratorio di San Ludovico Venice My Art Guides . 2023-05-25 . My Art Guides Your Compass in the Art World . en-US.
  31. Web site: Njami . Simon . DAK'ART 2016, BIENNALE of DAKAR, May, 3 – June, 2 — 2016 . biennaledakar.org.
  32. Web site: Taxidermy of the Future . 2023-05-25 . Biennale de Lubumbashi.
  33. Web site: Mónica de Miranda . 2023-05-25 . 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art . en-US.
  34. Web site: 2022-12-25 . African Biennale of Photography in Mali defends culture despite difficulties . 2023-05-25 . RFI . en.
  35. Web site: BIENALSUR . 2023-05-25 . bienalsur.org . es.
  36. Web site: African Cosmologies: Redux Opening Reception – FotoFest . 2023-05-25 . en-US.
  37. Web site: Doublethink Double vision . 24 September 2020 . www.peramuseum.org . en.
  38. Web site: Artista Mónica de Miranda . 11 October 2020 . www.fundacaoplmj.com.
  39. Web site: barlavento . 29 March 2011 . Coleção de Arte Contemporânea de Lagos mostra-se no Centro Cultural . 25 September 2020 . Barlavento . pt-PT.
  40. Web site: ARCOMadrid 2023 Carlos Carvalho Art Gallery . 2023-04-30 . www.carloscarvalho-ac.com . en.
  41. Web site: Silva . Maggie . 2022-10-08 . Doclisboa '22 Competição Portuguesa 1, em análise . 2023-05-28 . MHD . pt-PT.
  42. Web site: OFFICIAL SELECTION 2021 Festival de Cinema de Avanca . 2023-05-28 . www.avanca.com.
  43. Web site: Nação . Redação A. . 2023-04-28 . Mónica de Miranda, Prémio idealista de arte contemporânea 2023 . 2023-06-18 . anacao.sapo.pt . pt-PT.
  44. Web site: Another Mozambican finalist in Novo Banco Photo award: Félix Mula . 28 September 2020 . Mozambique . en-US.
  45. Web site: Prémio Novos Artistas Fundação EDP 2019 . 11 October 2020 . Fundação EDP . pt-pt.
  46. Web site: Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores . 11 October 2020 . www.spautores.pt . 20 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200920022809/https://www.spautores.pt/comunicacao/noticias/premio-autores-2019-nomeados . dead .
  47. Web site: The Land of no Melancholy . 28 September 2020 . Wrong Wrong Magazine . en.
  48. Web site: Telling & Retelling . 28 September 2020 . Contemporary And . de.
  49. Web site: 'Path to the Stars' by Mónica de Miranda . 2023-06-19 . Centro de Arte Moderna . en-US.
  50. Web site: Mónica de Miranda: Hotel Globo . 24 September 2020 . MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA DO CHIADO.
  51. Web site: 26 February 2020 . Visão Bairros do desamor na exposições "Contos de Lisboa" . 28 September 2020 . Visão . pt-PT.
  52. Web site: Prémio idealista 2023 . 2023-05-02 . www.idealista.pt . 20 April 2023 . pt.
  53. Lamoni . G . 2013 . African masks, family photographs and open suitcases: Rosana Paulino, Mónica de Miranda and Maimuna Adam . . 31 . 5–14.
  54. Book: Jayawardane, M.N. . Reconciliations at Sea: Reclaiming the Lusophone Archipelago in Mónica de Miranda's Video Works . Open Book Publishers . 2019 . 9791036538070 . Cambridge . 505–531 . 38.
  55. Balona de Oliveira . Ana . 2019 . Panoramas de Fragmentos Móveis, Ou Visões Gémeas de (Des)Pertença na Obra de Mónica de Miranda . Revista Vazantes . 3 . 1 . 5–16 . 2594-5491.
  56. Book: Videoarte e filme de arte & ensaio em Portugal = Video art and art & essay in Portugal . 2008 . Número – Arte e cultura . Guarda, Dinis. . 978-972-97705-8-6 . Lisboa . 939134996.
  57. Web site: The Search For Identity At Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery . 29 September 2020 . culture24.org.
  58. Web site: In the Bag . 29 September 2020 . brixtonartgallery.co.uk.
  59. Web site: 11 April 2013 . Private Lives 2013 . 28 September 2020 . Making Art Happen . pt-PT.
  60. Web site: Ilha de São Jorge . 13 October 2020 . Pirelli HangarBicocca . en-US.
  61. Web site: ART RUBY . 13 October 2020 . ART RUBY.
  62. Web site: RENCONTRES DE BAMAKO BIENNALE AFRICAINE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE 10ème édition . 28 September 2020 . Kehrer Verlag . en.
  63. Web site: MNAC: Videos and Podcasts – "O reverso da convivência. Comunidades e ruínas na obra de Mónica de Miranda". Conferência com Carlos Garrido Castellano. . 24 September 2020 . MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA DO CHIADO.
  64. Web site: L'exposition internationale biennale de Dakar . 12 October 2020 . fr-FR.
  65. Web site: Bienal de Fotografia Vila Franca de Xira . 28 September 2020 . arteinformado.com.
  66. Web site: Addis Foto Fest 2016 . 12 October 2020 . Contemporary And . de.
  67. Web site: Mónica de Miranda . 12 October 2020 . www.galeriedesgaleries.com . en.
  68. Web site: Galería Sabrina Amrani – Exposiciones Pasadas Atlantic – Journey to the center of the earth . 28 September 2020 . www.sabrinaamrani.com . es.
  69. Web site: Mostra "Fora de Cena" . 29 September 2020 . pressreader.com . Jornal De Angola.
  70. Web site: 2 November 2017 . November 2017 Monthly Agenda . 28 September 2020 . Moleskine Foundation . en-US.
  71. Web site: MÓNICA DE MIRANDA SOLO EXHIBITION AT ACADÉMIE DES BEAUX-ARTS KINSHASA . 28 September 2020 . en-GB.
  72. Web site: Mónica de Miranda em Moçambique . 2023-04-30 . CCP . pt-PT.
  73. Web site: 6 August 2018 . Daqui Pra Frente – Arte Contemporânea em Angola chega a Caixa Cultural . 12 October 2020 . Metrópoles . pt-BR.
  74. Web site: ArtFacts . Mónica De Miranda – Tomorrow Is Another Day Exhibition . 28 September 2020 . ArtFacts . en.
  75. Web site: Geografia Dormente . 28 September 2020 . m-almada.pt.
  76. Web site: recipes . ink, cookbook . Mónica de Miranda expõe "Panorama" na capital do país Cultura Jornal de Angola – Online . 28 September 2020 . jornaldeangola.sapo.ao.
  77. Web site: BIENALSUR cierra su segunda edición en Arabia Saudita . 28 September 2020 . untref.edu.ar . es.
  78. Web site: 5 November 2019 . Bienal de Lubumbashi redefine cartografia do mundo com obras de Grada Kilomba e Mónica de Miranda . 28 September 2020 . Gerador . pt.
  79. Web site: Taxidermy Of The Future – Group Show . 28 September 2020 . Contemporary And . de.
  80. Web site: 25 February 2020 . Visão "Partidas e Chegadas – Artistas em Viagem": Há um novo percurso expositivo na Coleção Moderna da Gulbenkian . 24 September 2020 . Visão . pt-PT.
  81. Web site: African Cosmologies . 28 September 2020 . Tré Media . en-US.
  82. Web site: IAC La Galería Sabrina Amrani presenta la exposición online "South Circular" de Mónica de Miranda . 2023-04-30 . iac.org.es.
  83. Web site: Sabrina Amrani Gallery . 5 January 2021 . sabrinaamrani.com . en.
  84. Web site: Arte Madrid - January 2021 . artemadrid.com.
  85. Web site: Monica de Miranda: The Island Exhibition at Autograph, London 24 Jun - 22 Oct 2022 Book Free Tickets . 2023-05-01 . autograph.org.uk.
  86. Web site: ArtFacts . Mónica de Miranda: Shadows Fall Behind Exhibition . 2023-05-01 . ArtFacts . en.
  87. Web site: Portugal . Rádio e Televisão de . Mónica de Miranda inaugura exposição em Veneza em abril . 2023-05-01 . Mónica de Miranda inaugura exposição em Veneza em abril . 29 March 2022 . pt.
  88. Web site: Lusa . Portugueses Mónica de Miranda e João Polido Gomes na Bienal de Arte Contemporânea de Berlim . 2023-05-01 . PÚBLICO . April 2022 . pt.
  89. Web site: Monica de Miranda BUALA . 2023-05-01 . www.buala.org.
  90. Web site: RAMPA: Event . 2023-05-01 . www.rampa.pt . en.
  91. Web site: Luanda: Exposição "Construir o Tempo", de Mónica de Miranda - Camões - Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua . 2023-05-01 . www.instituto-camoes.pt.
  92. Web site: SAPO . "Path to the stars" de Mónica de Miranda exibido esta semana na Gulbenkian em Lisboa . 2023-05-01 . SAPO . pt.
  93. Web site: Sala10: Mónica de Miranda . 2023-05-02 . Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo . es.
  94. Web site: Mónica de Miranda: The Island Turku Art Museum . 2023-05-02 . Turun Taidemuseo . en-US.
  95. Web site: BANTUMEN . Equipa . 2023-04-26 . "o sol não nasce a norte", a nova exposição de Mónica de Miranda . 2023-05-02 . BANTUMEN . pt-PT.
  96. Web site: Miranda, Mónica de . 11 October 2020 . worldcat.org.
  97. Changing geographies: art without borders : participation, collaboration and interaction in socially engaged arts . 2005 . en . Monica . De Miranda . 1166647960.
  98. Book: De Miranda, Monica . Geography of affections, 2012–2016 . Tyburn Gallery . 2017 . 978-989-99810-0-3 . London, UK.
  99. Book: (Re)imagining African independence : film, visual arts and the fall of the Portuguese empire . Piçarra, Maria do Carmo, 1970–, Castro, Teresa, 1952– . 2017 . 978-1-78707-318-0 . Oxford . 995175909.
  100. Book: Atlantica : contemporary art from Angola and its diaspora . Miranda, Mónica de . 2018 . 978-989-20-8810-5 . 1st . Lisbon . 1101939623.

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