Mónica de Miranda

Monica de Miranda Monica de Miranda is a Portuguese artist living and working in Lisbon, Portugal. She was born in Porto, Portugal, in 1976. Monica de Miranda is an artist and researcher. Born in Porto (Portugal) to Angolan parents, she describes herself as an artist working in the diaspora. Her work delves into the fields of urban archaeology and personal geographies. In 2016 she was nominated for the Novo Banco Photography Award, and exhibited as a finalist for the same at the Museu Coleção Berado, Lisbon. She was also nominated that same year for the Prix Pictet Photo Award. Monica graduated with a BA in Visual Arts from Camberwell College of Arts, an MA in Art and Education from the Institute of Education London and a PhD in Visual Arts from the University of Middlesex. Monica is also one of the founders of the Triangle Network artist-in-residence project in Portugal, and creator of the Hangar Center for Artistic Research project in Lisbon. Her group exhibitions:Contemporary African Art and Aesthetics of Translations, at the Dakar Biennale (Senegal, 2016);Telling Time, at Rencontres de la Biennale Africaine de Photographie de Bamako, tenth edition (Mali, 2015);Ilha de São Jorge, at the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale (Italy, 2014);Do you hear me, at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Portugal, 2008); andUnited Nations, at Singapore Fringe Festival (Singapore, 2007). Mónica de Miranda has participated in multiple residencies at institutions such as Tate Britain, French Institute, British Council/Iniva. She has exhibited her work regularly and internationally since 2004. Her work is present in public collections such as Fundaçao Calouste Gulbekian, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado and Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa.