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Biography
EDUCATION
2010 - 2013
Goldsmiths' College, University of London, MFA Fine Art Practice, London (UK).
2004 - 2008
Escola Superior de Artes e Design (ESAD), BFA Fine Arts, Caldas da Rainha (PT).
1999 - 2002
Music School of the National Conservatory, Lisbon (PT).
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (ES) - upcoming.
CAM - Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, Lisbon (PT) - upcoming.
2024
Mutual Benefits. Curated by Sam Shiyi Qian, Rialto6, Lisbon (PT).
2023
Nets of Hyphae. Curated by Seolhui Lee and Diana Baldon, Kunsthall Aarhus, Aarhus (DK).
2022
Liquid Transfers. Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (IT).
Nets of Hyphae. Curated by Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk, assisted by Sergi Pera Rusca, RADIUS, Center for Contemporary Art and Ecology, Delft (NL).
Les filets d’hyphes (Nets of Hyphae). Curated by Elfi Turpin and Filipa Oliveira, CRAC Occitanie - Le Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée, Sète (FR).
Ciguatera. The Soul Expanding Ocean #4: Diana Policarpo. Curated by Chus Martínez, Ocean Space, Venice (IT).
2021
Passeios Verdes. Curated by Delfim Sardo and Sílvia Gomes, “Quero ver as minhas montanhas”, BoCA – Biennial of Contemporary Arts, Lisbon (PT).
Nets of Hyphae. Curated by Stephanie Hessler, Kunsthall Trondheim (NO).
2020
Nets of Hyphae. Curated by Stephanie Hessler, Galeria Municipal do Porto (PT).
Solar Watch. Curated by Ana Anacleto, CAV – Visual Arts Centre, Coimbra (PT).
Overlay. Lehmann + Silva, Porto (PT).
2019
Total Eclipse. GNRation - BoCA - Biennial of Contemporary Arts, Braga (PT).
2018
Dissonant Counterpoint. Belo Campo, Francisco Fino Gallery, Lisbon (PT).
2017
Dissonant Counterpoint. Kuntsverein Leipzig, Leipzig (DE).
2016
Sun in Cancer. lAb Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld (DE).
2015
Visions of Excess. Xero, Kline & Coma, London (UK).
2014
Beating Back Darkness. Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (DE).
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Manifesta 15. Creative Mediation by Filipa Oliveira, Barcelona (ES) - upcoming.
Act The Thought. Fundação Livraria Lello, Mosteiro de Leça do Balio, Leça do Balio (PT).
AQUISIÇÕES. Núcleo de Arte Contemporânea da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa. Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon (PT).
Biennale Gherdëina 9 - The Paliament of Marmots. Curated by Lorenzo Giusti, Val Gardena, Dolomites (IT).
Elevador da Glória. Curated by Helena Mendes Pereira, Centro de Arte Oliva, S. João da Madeira (PT).
Ensaios de uma Coleção – Novas Aquisições da Coleção de Arte Municipal. Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto (PT).
Hierophanies. Curated by Sara Castelo Branco, Brotéria, Lisbon (PT).
2023
Eleusis 2023. Curated by Panos Giannikopoulos and Angeliki Tzortzakaki, Old Oil Mill Factory, Elefsina (GR).
Postscript of Silence. Curated by Sam Qian and Iris Long, Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai, (CN).
Drawing Room Lisboa. Lehmann + Silva, Lisbon (PT).
Cosmos, The Volcano Lover. Curated by Sonia D' Alto, Villa Olmo, Como (IT).
Fungi Festival. Organised by National Trust, Emmetts Garden, Kent (UK).
Echoes of Our Stories. Curated by Aveline de Bruin and Laurie Cluitmans in close collaboration with Heske ten Cate and Filipa Oliveira, Quetzal Art Center, Vidigueira (PT).
Video screening: Diana Policarpo, Jenna Sutela, Rachel McLean. FMAV - Palazzina dei Giardini, Modena (IT).
Reclaiming Magic. Curated by Sara Castelo Branco, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (FR).
Labirintos e abalos sísmicos. Curated by Luisa Duarte and Bernardo José de Souza, Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon (PT).
Ciguatera. Helsinki Biennial 2023. HAM Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki (FI).
Fogo Posto - screening and reading with sound. With Odete, Arquipélago – Contemporary Art Centre, São Miguel (PT).
Fogo Posto. With Odete, Lehmann + Silva, Porto (PT).
Lands, States & Beings: Artist Films'. Curated by TBA21 on st_age, Kochi Biennale, Kochi (IN).
2022
Sonho Europeu: Obras da Coleção Norlinda e José Lima. Curated by Miguel Amado, CCCCB - Centro de Cultura Contemporânea de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco (PT).
Artissima 2022. Lehmann + Silva, Turin (IT).
Quem nos Salva? Curated by Ana Cristina Cachola, Programa “15 anos de MACE – Aqui somos Rede”, MACE - Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas (PT).
Coleção João Luís Traça. Programa “15 anos de MACE – Aqui somos Rede”, Rua do Grivão (former Arco-Íris), Elvas (PT).
The Art of Mushrooms. Curated by Francesca Gavin, Serralves Park, Porto (PT).
Una Boccata d'Arte. Galleria Continua / Fondazione Elpis, Montegridolfo (IT).
Porous Projections. Curated by Huda Takriti and Kyungrim Lim Jang, Afro-Asiatische Institute, Graz (AT).
Abundant Futures. Curated by Daniela Zyman, Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía (C3A), in colaboration with Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), Cordova (ES).
Anozero – Coimbra Biennial of Contemporary Art. Curated by Elfi Turpin and Filipa Oliveira, Coimbra (PT).
ARCOmadrid 2022. Lehmann + Silva, Madrid (ES).
2021
Handle with Care. Curated by Ana Cristina Cachola, Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon (PT).
Present Future. Curated by Ilaria Gianni and Fernanda Brenner, Artissima XYZ, Turin (IT).
Artissima 2021. Lehmann + Silva, Turin (IT).
LYSIS. With Odete, curated by Ana Cristina Cachola, Quéréla, Lisbon (PT).
After Life. With João Timóteo, Appleton, Lisbon (PT).
2020
this light, toxic. Curated by Alejandro Alonso Díaz, Intersticio, London (UK).
Contracto Natural. Curated by Bruno Leitão, Maus Hábitos, Porto (PT).
Um oásis ao entardecer. Curated by Inês Grosso and Rosa Lleó, MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon (PT).
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE. Curated by Sofia Lemos, L+S Projects, Porto (PT).
Coleção António Cachola 2012 -2019. MACE - Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas (PT).
2019
Plexo Volátil. Bardo, Lisbon (PT).
SÍNTESE ATIVA. Curated by Guilherme Braga da Cruz and Duarte Sequeira, Forum Arte Braga, Braga (PT).
Vanishing Point – works from the António Cachola collection. Curated by João Laia, Galeria do Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria, co-produced by the Elvas Contemporary Arts Museum (MACE), Lisbon (PT).
Prémio Novos Artistas Fundação EDP. MAAT, Lisbon (PT).
ARCOmadrid 2019. Lehmann + Silva, Madrid (ES).
2018
The Body that Remains. The Horse Hospital, London (UK).
Lisboa Soa, Lisbon (PT).
10 Anos, 10 Artistas, 10 Comissões - Coleção António Cachola. Chiado 8, Lisbon (PT).
2017
10000 Anos Depois Entre Vénus e Marte, Coleção António Cachola. Galeria Municipal do Porto (PT).
Lost Senses. Sunbury House, London (UK).
The Fiction of the Fix. Tenderpixel Gallery, London (UK).
Morphogenesis. Francisco Fino Gallery, Lisbon (PT).
Dark Matters. Guest Projects, London (UK).
Laura. Mars Gallery, Melbourne (AU).
2016
Chaotic Good: Crabhead / Collaborative Princess / Lumpy Oracle. AAS, Gallery North, New Castle (UK).
2015
Pairing Down. Peninsula Gallery, New York (US).
Body Meets City - Audio Walk. New York (US).
Does Not Equal. W139, Amsterdam (NL).
Mai Im Januar. Shaun Fenster, Berlin (DE).
2014
Foam. AN/DOR, London (UK); Wysing Arts Center, Cambridge (UK).
2013
Dependent Publishing. Salon fur Kunstbuch, Vienna (AT).
Dienstag Abend. The Mews & Art Review, London (UK).
Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show 2013. Goldsmiths' College, University of London, London (UK).
2012
Von Finstern. Salon e.V AtelierHaus, Leipzig (DE).
2009
11 Assoalhadas. Espaço Avenida 211, Lisbon (PT).
Quartos/Rooms/Chambres/Zimmer. Pavilhão 28, Lisbon (PT).
Fourth Dimension. Round the Corner, Lisbon (PT).
Ghost. Museu Bernardo, Caldas da Rainha (PT).
AWARDS
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2021
illy Present Future Prize, Artissima, Turin (IT).
Grant awarded by the Arts Council Norway (NO).
2020
Grant awarded by the Arts Council England (UK).
2019
EDP Foundation's New Artists Award 2019 (PT).
Scholarship awarded by the Shelah Cluett Trust (UK).
2017
Grant awarded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (PT).
2015
Grant awarded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (PT).
RESIDENCIES
2024
Swatch Art Shanghai, Shanghai (CN).
2023
Pedreira, Porto (PT).
Espaço do Tempo, Montemor-o-Novo (PT).
Arquipélago – Centro de Artes Contemporâneas, São Miguel (PT).
2022
Particular Universal, Castro Marim (PT).
2021
OSSO, Caldas da Rainha (PT).
Swatch Art Hotel, Shanghai (CN).
2019
BoCA – Biennial of Contemporary Arts, Braga (PT).
Binaural Nodar, Vouzela (PT).
Alice Boner Institute, Varanasi (IN).
2015
Residency Unlimited, New York (US).
MAIN COLLECTIONS
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection (ES).
Directorate General for Cultural Heritage (PT).
Porto Municipal Art Collection (PT).
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (DE).
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (PT).
EDP Foundation, MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon (PT).
Lisbon Municipal Art Collection (PT).
Elpis Foundation (IT).
Livraria Lello Foundation (PT).
Norlinda e José Lima Collection (PT).
António Cachola Collection, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas (MACE), Elvas (PT).
Maria and Armando Cabral Collection (PT).
Private collections in Portugal, Spain, Germany, Sweden, UK and USA.
Various
SOLO PERFORMANCES AND COLLABORATIONS (SELECTION)
2020
Performance and artist talk. Curated by Sofia Lemos, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham (UK).
Performance with Marie Kolbæk Iversen, Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO), Oslo (NO).
2019
Alice Boner Institute, Varanasi (IN).
Irreal. With Muyassar Kurdi, Lisbon (PT).
Vortex Club. With John Russell, Martin Clark and Charlotte Keeffe, London (UK).
2018
Passos Manuel, Porto (PT).
Irreal. With Jejuno, Lisbon (PT).
Damas. With Raphael Soares, Lisbon (PT).
Visions of Excess. The Horse Hospital, London (UK).
Damas. With Jejuno, Lisbon (PT).
Panacea. Passos Manuel, Porto (PT).
The Lexington. With Jejuno, London (UK).
2017
Safehouse, Brighton (UK).
TransCentury Update Festival, Leipzig (DE).
Luciano Bessa & The Orchestra of Noise Intoners. Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon (PT).
Scratch Orchestra. Cafe OTO, London (UK).
Erinyes Collective. Royal College of Art, London (UK).
Erinyes Collective. Deptford X, London (UK).
Manpower, Lisbon (PT).
Feeling Safer. AAS, IMT Gallery, London (UK).
Pulse. Sonoscopia, Porto (PT).
Progress Report from the Strategic Sanctuary for the Destruction of Free Will. Pil & Galia Kollectiv, Pump House Gallery, London (UK).
2016
Fluxus Concert. Cafe OTO, London (UK).
Progress Report from the Strategic Sanctuary for the Destruction of Free Will. Pil & Galia Kollectiv, Pump House Gallery, London (UK).
2015
Super Woofer. Matt’s Gallery, London (UK).
(Dis)Identifications. Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London (UK).
Rock Sea Rider. W139, Amsterdam (NL).
Waterfalls. With Afonso Simões, ZDB, Lisbon (PT).
2014
Sound Works by Women Artists. Goldsmiths' College Auditory, University of London, London (UK).
Dança Bruta. Supernormal Festival, Cambridge (UK).
2013
Audio Walk Stop! Look! Listen! With Jenna Bliss, Art Licks, London (UK).
Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show 2013, Goldsmiths' College, University of London, London (UK).
Lecture-Drum. Goldsmiths' College, University of London, London (UK).
The Housing Act. Com Daniel Fernandez Pascual (Cooking Sessions), Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa, Lisbon (PT).
Sound Works. To “Bricks are Heavy” by Rui Toscano, Culturgest, Lisbon (PT).
Invisible Script. Almanac, London (UK).
PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)
2021
DIANA POLICARPO – NETS OF HYPHAE. Co-published by Galeria Municipal do Porto (PT), Kunsthall Trondheim (NO) and Mousse Publishing, with support from the Arts Council Norway, April 2021.
2019
Contemporânea #4: Imagem em movimento / Moving image. Making Art Happen, Lisbon (PT), December 2019.
Revista de Museus #02 RM. Direção-Geral do Património Cultural, Lisbon (PT), November 2019.
Premios Novos Artistas EDP, MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon (PT), July 2019.
This is Jackalope - Issue #02, curated by Jordi Antas, Madrid (ES), November 2019.
2018
Diana Policarpo: Agência Reverberante. Contemporânea, Lisbon (PT), Ed. 06, June 2018.
Dissonant Counterpoint. Umbigo Magazine, Lisbon (PT), June 2018.
Dissonant Counterpoint. Glam Magazine, Ovar (PT), January 2018.
2017
10000 Anos Depois Entre Venus e Marte. Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto (PT), December 2017.
Ípsilon | PÚBLICO, Lisbon (PT), December 2017.
Dissonant Counterpoint. Kunstverein Leipzig (DE) / Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (PT), November 2017.
Salts Magazine #9, Montez Press, London (UK), September 2017.
Kinship in Solitude. Archive Klaus-Dieter Braun, Bielefeld (DE), September 2017.
Perfect Wave Vol.4, Winter/Spring 2017, New York (US).
2016
Sun in Cancer. Artists Unlimited, lAB, Bielefeld (DE), September 2016.
2015
Visions of Excess. Self-published, London (UK).
2014
Beating Back Darkness. Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden (DE), June 2014.
Art Review vol 66 no 3; London (UK), April 2014.
2013
Metamorphosis. The National Gallery and Royal Opera House, London (UK).
General Strike. FAD Magazine, London (UK), November 2013.
Goldsmiths' College Masters Fine Art 2013, Goldsmiths' College, University of London, London (UK), July 2013.
2012
Sounds of the Universe. Fact Magazine, London (UK), November 2012.
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