Monica De Miranda
Lives and works in London and Lisbon

Solo exhibitions
2009

Tuning, National theatre, Utrech, Holland
Just do it, Curated by Fatima Lambert, Quase galleria, Oporto, Portugal
Underconstruction, Curated by Paul Goodwin, Supported Ministry of Culture, Pav. 28, Lisbon, Portugal

2008 New geographies, Touring exhibition, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, Portugal and  ImagineIC, Amsterdam, Holland
Tunning A1, Voyeur project, Lisbon, Portugal
2007 New Geographies, 198 Gallery, London, UK
2004 In Between Lines, Artery Space, London, UK
Black sheep: do not pull my hair, Studio News Parade, London, UK
2003 Routes, The Red Gate Gallery, London, UK
2002 Laundry, Area 10, London, UK
2001 Remain to stay - A clowns wedding, Brixton Register Office, London, UK
2000 Land scapes, Technics Gallery, London, UK

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 New Territories, Pav 28, Lisbon, Portugal
2008 Euro caravan, Exhibition/Workshop, INIva, London, UK
Mundos Locais, Exhibition + Coordination of workshops and seminar about collaborative art “Allgarve 2008”, Centro Cultural de Lagos, Lagos, Portugal
2007 Paradise, Art toll – Residency/ exhibition, Museum of Modern Art Hertogenbosh, Netherlands
Do u hear me, State of the world- Exhibition /sound installation, Gulbenkian foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
United Nations, Singapore Fringe Festival, Singapore
Identity and History, Living Gallery, Italy
Un-furnished, File, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2006 Lore and Other Convergences, In collaboration with Janini Antonini, INIVA and Live development Agency, London, UK
De-colonized Bodies, Video portraits, in collaboration with Guilhermo Gomez Penã and la Pocha Nostra, The art Pavilion, London, UK
Black sheep “Do not pull my hair”, Conjunction, London , Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Welcome goodbye Adeus Obrigada, Journeys, dislocations and imaginary nations. Video art, Supported by Gulbenkian foundation, The blue elephant Gallery, London, UK
Territories, October Gallery, London, UK 
Changing Skins - Rencontres Internationales, Rotaratorio, Paris and Berlin
In the back of our Hands, Centro Pablo de Cuba, Havana, Cuba 
Road lines, Contemporary digital art museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Un-furnished, Node.London, London, UK
European’s Workers Union, Liverpool Biennale and London Biennale, Liverpool and London, UK
2005 Self-portrait at exploding galaxies, ICA-Retrospective of David Medalla, curated by Guy Brett,  London, UK
Insomnia - Dis-Covers and Changing Skins, In collaboration with the live art development Agency and Red cross , Bargehouse, South Bank, London, UK
In the bag- Inside out, Brixton Art Gallery, London, UK
W e are the revolution, Elastic Gallery, Whitechapell, London
2004 In between the Lines: In Search of identity-New visions, Group exhibition with  British  contemporary immigrant artists; participating artists included: Mona Hatoum, Paula Rego , Shirazeh Houshiary and  Balraj Khanna. Supported by the Arts Council, Doncaster Museum, Doncaster, UK
Crossing The Borders, The Point, Doncaster, UK
2003 Percursos, Sentidos Grátis, Convento de S.Franscisco, Coimbra, Portugal
Changing Channels, The Backfabrik, Berlin, Germany
2002 London Biennale, Gallery 294, London, UK
Under  your feet, Area10, London, UK
Labyrinth, Horniman’s Museum, London, UK
Memories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Corpo Percussivo, Circulando, Oporto, Portugal
The Blue Serpent . Goodness, Lila- Art Center of Thyruvanamalai, Tamil Nadu, India
2001 mmmmm, Beaconsfield Gallery,London, UK
Pathways, Loughborough Hotel, London, UK
2000 You will never Touch me Again, Camberwell Arts Week, London, UK
Still-life,Self-portrait, Camberwell Art week, London, UK
1999 Memento, Finsbury Art Center, London, UK
Poetics of the Body, The Blue Elephant Theater, London, UK
1998 Resonance, The Royal Albert, supported by BBC, London, UK
1997 Visões, Galeria Labirintho, Oporto, Portugal
Desenhos, Gesto: cooperativa cultural, Oporto, Portugal 

Awards, Workshops and Residencies
2009

Underconstruction, Ministry of Culture, Portugal/London
Verbal Eyes, Workshop/ exhibition, Tate Britain, London, UK

2008

Art of Travel, Tate Britain, London, UK
Shared worlds, Seminar + workshop with Paul Goodwin, Faisal Abdul Allah, Paula Roush, Lagos, Portugal
Living Together, Tutor for artists professional development, British Council-Iniva, Georgia-London
Muyehlekete Triangle Arts, Residency, MUSART - Museu Nacional de Arte, Maputo, Moçambique
New Geographies
, Fundação Camões, Lisbon-London-Amesterdam

2007

The guru, tourist and Globalization, residency, Book, Fundação Oriente, Tamil Nadu, India
Mapping, International institute of the Arts, London, UK

2006 Just do it, Residency and programme of artistic creation with the participation of Francesco Pellizi, David Shapiro, Mark Gisbourne, Doris Van Darten, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, UK
Poplar Futures, Internet art residency, Art for Change, London, UK
Engage, Award, Tate Modern, London, UK
Love me love me not, Residency, Obras, Évora, Portugal     
2005 Journeys home, Livesey Museum, London, UK
Hidden city, Project developed in collaboration with Peter Dunn, Art.e @change, London, UK
Britain from the South, The Lambeth offending team and the Metropolitan Police, supported by the Arts council, London, UK
Sandile Zulu-Planetary Cycle, October Gallery, London, UK
2004 Imagine, The Gulbenkian Foundation, Thetford, UK
2003 Quilombos, Collaboration with musician Adriano Adewale Itauna, Quilombo da Cecília, Salvador\Recife, Brazil 
In Between Lines, Award, Artery Arts Project, Portugal /England
2002 Coiling, LILA, Tamil Nadu, India

Public Art & Participatory Art
2007 Stitches, Public installation, Queens Elisabeth Hospital, UK
2006 The Kiss, Public Mural, Bairro do Matador, Lisbon, UK
Shelter, Participatory art, Queens Elisabeth Hospital, London, UK
Map ping-pong, Public Sculpture, October Gallery, London, UK
Family tress, Public Art, Junior League, London, UK
2005 Britain from the South I, Public sculpture, Crowndale School, London, UK
Taking Part, Public sculpture, Livesey Museum, London, UK
 Geographies, Public sculpture, project of urban regeneration, Art.e@change in partnership with Silwood estate art, London, UK
2003 The food house, Southwark art regeneration, London, UK
Trail Sculptures: Inside journeys, Thames festival, London, UK
His-tories, Supported by Heritage Fund, Wyrd Arts and the Adrian Wall foundation, London, UK

Publications and Research Projects
2009

Underconstruction, Ministry of culture from Portugal/Diversity Art forum, Lisbon/London
Video Art and Film in Portugal, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal

2008 Cartography: Artists + Maps, Princeton Architectural Press, New York
2007 Emotional geographies, A.space, INIVA, London, UK
Guru, tourist and Globalization, Fundação do Oriente, Lisbon-Tamil Nadu
New Geographies, 198 Gallery, London, UK

Collections
 

International and national represented in private and public collections

Education
2006

Arco e Fundação Gulbenkian, Programme of Art research and Creation with Doris Von Drathen, Mark Gisbourne, Peter Welz, Dora Longo, Francesco Pellizzi, Lisbon, Portugal
Gallery Art Education, British Library, Hayward, Horniman Museum, South London Gallery, Tate e Whitechapel, London, UK

2004/05 MA Art in Education, Dissertation in participatory, collaborative and border culture art, London, UK
2000/01 Postgraduate in creative arts, Central School of Speech and drama, London, UK
1995/98 BA(Hons)-Visual art, Camberwell College of Art, London, UK