ANA BEZELGA
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born in Lisbon, in 1979.
CONTACTS
Studio:
Rua de Angola 2
1170-022 Lisboa
E-mail: anabezelga@gmail,com
Skype: anabezelga
www.anabezelga.net
EDUCATION
2013 Second year PhD in Visual Arts
Visual Arts & Design Department / University of Évora
Investigation Center - CHAIA Centro de História de Arte e Investigação Artística
Supervisor: Professor Claudia Giannetti
2009 MFA - Master in Fine Arts
Malmö Art Academy of the University of Lund
Supervisor: Professor Gertrud Sandqvist
MFA Dissertation: From here one can see the city
2006 Independent program for Visual Arts
MAUMAUS - Escola de Artes Visuais
2003 RESTART - Escola de Novas Tecnologias
1999 ESTC - Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
(Upcoming) Galeria Bäckerstrasse 4, Wien, 2013
Motivo, Espaço ao Cubo, Lisbon, 2010
The Story Framer, Wip: sthlm, Stockholm, 2010 (curated by Thomas Millroth)
The Story Framer, Pictura, Lund, 2010
Impromptu, Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, 2009
From Here One Can See the City, KHM Gallery, Malmö, 2009
Radiant Quarter, French-Portuguese Institute, Lisbon, 2008 (curated by Catarina Marto)
RE: Untitled (Facial Hair Transplants), Writing in the Landscape, Évora, 2006
GROUP SHOWS / SCREENINGS
2013
Hetero QB, MNAC - Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado, Lisbon
Portas Abertas, Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Évora
Latvia Center for Contemporary Art, Riga
Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
Centre for Creative Practices, Dublin
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Varsóvia
FICC, Camaguey, Cuba
2012
Video Collage, Galeria Photon, Liubliana
Galeria Aferro, Newark
Centro de Arte Veracruz, Veracruz
National Art-Centre of Mexico, Cidade do México
Sattal Estate, Bhimtal
2011
Lunds Konsthall Presentation, Lunds Konsthall, Lund
Video Collage, Galeria Rotunda, Dubai
InDpanda, Hong Kong
A + A Galeria de Arte Contemporânea, Mendoza
DRHA-2011, Ningbo
Temporary Art Center, Eindhoven
Galeria Rollstone, Fitchburg
Fundação Artos, Nicosi
2010
Kopia och Original, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö
Caperucita ha Crescido, Antonia Puyo Gallery, Saragossa (curated by Fanny Guerineau)
Whoever I Like Turns out to be a Weirdo, or Performative Narrations, Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, 2010
Ana Bezelga, Revista Magnetica, May 2010, archived URL: http://www.magneticamagazine.com
Fiav 09, Catania (curated by Aida Castro and Maria Mire)
2009
At, By, For, Into, Around the House, Koh i Noor, Copenhagen
International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, Belgrade
SWE.DE, Johannestraße Space, Braunschweig
2008
The Triumph of the Surface, Transit Space, London
International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, Istanbul and Berlin
At, By, For, Into, Around the House, Pavilion 28, Lisbon
2007
Voyage, Voyage, Plataforma Revólver Gallery, Lisbon
Iniciativa X, Arte Contempo Gallery, Lisbon
Limited Access, Azad Art Gallery, Teheran
Tudo menos a Palavra?..., | Everything but the word?..., Camôes Institute, Lisbon
2006
Athens Video Art Festival, Athens
Variz Art Screen, Maison Internationale de Rennes, Rennes
Videoarte Portugués Contemporáneo, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
Program to Portuguese Video Artists, Centro Videographe, Montreal
Junho de Verão, Colheita sem Grão | Summer’s June, Collect without Grain, Goethe Institut Lissabone, Lisbon
Program to Portuguese Video Artists, Saw Video, Ontario
AC#9 + DV#3, Arte Contempo Gallery, Lisbon
2005
Em Fractura # “Seagulls, Viriato, Copyrights and Skips, Hangar K7, Oeiras
O Discurso do Excesso # The Art of Critical Thinking, Hangar K7, Oeiras
A Arquitectura como Qualquer Coisa de Provisório | Architecture as Something Provisory, LISBOAPHOTO, Lisbon
Ver, Ser visto e Máquinas de Ver | Watch, Being Watch and Watching Machines, French-Portuguese Institute, Lisbon
Sem Gerações video art screening, Teatro Taborda, Lisbon
Video Evento - Program to Portuguese Video Artists, Torino, Italy
Opções e Futuros – Novas Aquisições Fundação PLMJ | Options and Futures – New Acquisitions from PLMJ Foundation,
Arte Contempo Gallery, Lisbon
2003 - 2004
In Transit, Monumental Gallery, Lisbon, 2003
The Art of Critical Thinking and Transmuting Experience: Film and Video, curated by Renée Green and Jürgen Bock,
Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, 2004
COLABORATIONS
Doubling or Nothing, video Installation for LUMPEN TRIO. Presentations in the following institutions:
National Museum of Contemporary Art - Museu do Chiado, Lisbon, 2005
Projected Images, Modern Art Centre Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 2005
Restart auditorium, Lisbon, 2005
Videos for PRODUCERS. Presentations in the following institutions:
Electronic Music Showcase ZDB Müzique, galeria ZDB, Lisbon, 2004
Festival Sonic Scope, Fonoteca Municipal , Lisbon, 2004
Duplo 01, Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto (FBAUP), Oporto, 2004
Festival Hertzoscópio, Oeiras Foundry, 2004
Galeria Maus Hábitos, Oporto, 2005
Weird Electronic Sessions, galeria ZDB, Lisbon, 2005
Electronic Music Showcase, Centro Cultural Contemporâneo, Torres Vedras, 2005
SuperStereo Demo 2 — Festival Media Art, Linhares da Beira, 2005
6º edição do Festival Número, Lisbon, 2005
GRANTS
PhD research grant from FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (2013 / 2014)
Konstnärsnämndens artistic production grant, 2011
Konstnärsnämndens Assisting grant, (2010 / 2011)
Sveriges Konstföreningar exhibiton grant, 2010
Ateljéstipendium, Malmö Stad (2010, 2011)
DG Artes, Inovart grant, 2009
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation MFA scholarship (2007, 2008, 2009)
Sveriges Konstföreningar exhibiton grant, 2009
University of Lund project and exhibition grant (2007, 2008)
PRIZES
Edstrandska Foundation art award, 2009
Eva och Hugo Bergmans artistic research award, 2009
Aase & Richard Björklund annual art prize, 2010
COLLECTIONS
PLMJ Foundation
Malmö Konstmuseum
Axel Roos private collection
Private Collections
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Mamede, Ana Bezelga. From here one can see the city. Galeria KHM. Suécia. 2009. (Apresentação oral de trabalho/
Comunicação).
Mamede, Ana Bezelga. The story framer. Wip Konsthall. Sweden. 2010. (Oral presentation).
Mamede, Ana Bezelga. Produção de visibilidades em derivações toponímicas. Visual Arts & Design Department
University of Évora. Portugal. 2012. (Oral presentation).
Mamede, Ana Bezelga. Lugares Polifónicos. A visibilidade de vozes em arte. Visual Arts & Design Department
University of Évora. Portugal. 2012. (Oral presentation).
Mamede, A. B., & Nilsson, E. (2009). Motivo. Lisbon: Author’s edition.
Mamede, A. B. (2009). From Here One Can See the City. In Kreuger, A. (Ed.), Årsbok 2008-2009 (pp. 16-30). Malmö:
Malmö Konsthögskola.
Mamede, A. B. (2008). Non-Linear History. In Kreuger, A. (Ed.), Årsbok 2008 (pp. 19-23). Malmö: Malmö Konsthögskola.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Arbsjö, K. (2010, 3 de Maio). Intervju Ana Bezelga, Sydsvenskan Dagbladets AB, pp. 1-3.
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