Mariana Viegas
Born in Lisbon in 1969.
Lives in Lisbon and Berlin.
Studies
- MFA – Ar.co, Lisbon.
- Photography Studies no Ar.co Art and Visual Communication School, Lisbon.
- High School of Arts Antonio Arroio, Lisbon.
Workshops
2003
- Braziers International Artists Workshop, Braziers.
2002
- Urban_Life Public_Relations, Luxembourg.
2000
- Documentary Workshop, Universidade Lusofona, Lisbon.
1994
- Europe Dart with Michael Semeniako, Niort.
Lectures and Teaching
2010
- University of Visual Studies, IPA, classes, Lisbon.
- Kunsthojskole pAero, classes, Denmark
2009
- Atelier de Lisbon, classes, Lisbon.
2008
- Arts and Conversation, New Life Berlin Festival, lecturer, Berlin.
- Lecturer “Disquiet Lisbon”, Bauhaus-Universitaet Fakultaet. Architektur, Weimar.
- Edition in Photography, Atelier de Lisboa, classes.
2007
- Borrowed Lansdcape, classes, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca.
- E.Nunes Cultural Center, workshop, Sines.
2006
- Lecture “Borrowed Landscape”, Location 1, New York.
Solo Shows
2010
ILHA, Appleton Square, Lisbon and Vimeiro Resort, Porto.
2009
- Satori, Biblioteca Municipal de Sao Lazaro, Lisbon.
2008
- Inside/Outside Nature, Galerie IAC-Berlin.
2007
- Fuga|Escape, Agencia de Arte Vera Cortes, Lisbon.
2006
- fotografia e video, Centro Cultural E. Nunes, Sines.
2004
- paisagem emprestada, Galeria Promontorio, Agencia Vera Cortes, Lisbon.
2001
- entretanto, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon.
2000
- montra, Art Attack, Museu de Ceramica, Caldas da Rainha.
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1999
- cinco, CafKleem, Frankfurt.
Group Shows
2011
- Fotografos Viajentes, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon.
- Mehr Licth, GlogauAIR project room, Berlin.
2010
- Do Outro Lado do Atlantico, Centro de Artes Helio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro.
- Private Lives, Cascais Cultural Center, Cascais.
2009
- Site specific para Hotel Tivoli Vitoria, Vilamoura.
- Souvenir, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin.
2008
- Exposicao Premio Union Fenosa, MACUF, La Coru?.
- Colectiva, Galeria Mercedes Viegas, Rio de Janeiro.
- GlogauAIR, Berlin.
- ParangolMuseo de Arte Contemporaneo Espanhol, Valladolid.
- Linha do Horizonte, Caixa Economica Federal, Rio de Janeiro.
2007
- On The Road, Liberdade 211, Lisbon.
2006
- Archaeology of New York, Korean Cultural Center, New York.
- IRP#4, Location One, New York.
- Cluster, Participant inc., New York.
- Once Upon a Time, Nurture Art Gallery, Brooklyn.
- XX, CAV Visual Arts Center, Coimbra.
2005
- IRP#3, Location One, New York.
- Uma Extensao do Olhar/An extention of the Eye, CAV, Coimbra.
2003
- Lisbon-Lisbonne, La Villette, Paris.
- View from room no.2, Studio 1.1, London. Pablos Bday Gallery, New York.
2002
- urban life, public relations, Forum Dart Contemporain, Luxembourg.
- memorias da cidade, Encontros da Imagem, Braga.
- folga, Quinta de Sao Miguel, Almada.
2001
- caminhos, Lisbon Capital do Nada, Lisbon.
- a wave, com Richard Zenith, Espaco Maus Habitos, Porto.
2000
- two of two, ZDB goes to Frisco, Sisters Spaces, San Francisco.
- megastore, Armazem do Ferro, Lisbon.
- A Horta, DocumentArt Film Festival, Neubrandenburg.
1999
- ventura, Bienale of Artists from Europe and Mediteranean, Roma.
- A Horta, X Festival Documentario, Odivelas.
1998
- Flashback, Galeria da Mitra, Lisbon.
Grants
2008
- Ilidio Pinho Foundation, Portugiesisch Bothschaft im Berlin and Instituto Camoes.
2007
- DGArtes, Portuguese Cultural Ministry Year Projects.
2005–06
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation/Luso-American Foundation Year Project at Location One, NY.
2004
- Portuguese Club for Arts and Ideas e Czech Cultural Ministry.
2003
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, U.K.
2002
- Cultural Ministry, Luxembourg.
- Espirito Santo Bank grant for Ar.co.
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Residency Programs
2008
GlogauAIR, Berlin.
2005–06
- Location One, New York.
2004
- Egon Schiele Cultural Center, Czesky Krumlov, Czech Republic.
Publications
2010
- ILHA, edition AppletonSquare/Vera Cortes Agencia de Arte and artist, Lisbon.
- Do Outro Lado do Atlantico/The Other Side of the Atlantic, Helio Oiticica Arts Center, Rio de Janeiro.
catalogue
2009
- Satori, artist edition, Lisbon.
- Troia Design Hotel Art Collection.catalogue
- Souvenir, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin. catalogue
2008
- Livro/Book, artist edition, Berlin.
- Video Art and Film in Portugal, Ass.Numero, Lisbon. catalogue
- Union Fenosa Prize, MACUF, La Coruna. catalogue
- Parangol from Brasil, Spain and Portugal. Museo de Arte Contemporaneo,- Valladolid. catalogue
2007
- Archaeology of New York, Korean Cultural Centre, New York. catalogue
2006
- Anamnese, Fundacao Ilidio Pinho, Porto. catalogue
- mariana viegas, artist book, CEEN, Sines.
- XX Center for Visual Arts CAV, Coimbra. catalogue
2005
- Postcards of the Migrant, artist edition, New York.
- Uma Extensao do Olhar, CAV, Coimbra. catalogue
2004
- paisagem emprestada, exhibit folio, Agencia de Arte Vera Cortes, Lisbon.
- Encontros da Imagem, Braga. catalogue
2001
- entretanto, Belem Cultural Center, Lisbon. catalogue
- Lisbon, Capital of Nothingness, entre|muros, Lisbon. catalogue
1999
- Os Rostos e as Vozes da Agua, book commission, Assirio&Alvim, Lisbon.
- Amore di Perdizione, Festival de Cinema, Turin. catalogue
- Biennale of Artists from Europe and Mediterranean, Roma. catalogue
1996
- Guarda Minha Fala para Sempre, poetry book by Osip Mandelstam, A&A, Lisbon.
Texts
- Maria do Mar Fazenda in L+Artes.
- Filipa Oliveira, in L+Artes.
- Celso Martins, in Expresso.
- Christin Niehoff, in New Life Berlin Festival, Arts and Conversation.
- Bettina Wind, part of the project Why Monkeys Do Not Make Good Pets.
- Crespo, Nuno in Diaio de Noticias, Paisagens Incorruptiveis.
- Medeiros, Margarida in Publico, No Limite da Paisagem.
- Caissotti, Miguel in ArteCapital, Critica de Exposicoes.
- Jefrett, Prof. William, interview @ Location1.org
- Faria, Nuno in Paisagem Emprestada, Intervalos.
- Neves, Susana in Entretanto, A Arte de Ser Invisivel.
Collections
- BesArt Photo Collection, Lisbon.
- Visual Arts Center, Coimbra.
- Ilidio Pinho Foundation, Porto.
- PLMJ Foudation, Lisbon.
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- Portuguese Book and Biblioteque Institute.
- Museu da Imagem, Braga.
- Troia Design Hotel Collection.
- Vimeiro Resort, Porto.
- Private Collections in Portugal and The United States.
Links
- www.marianaviegas.com
- www.veracortes.com
- www.anamnese.pt
- www.location1.org
- www.glogauer.net
- www.wooloo.org/marianaviegas
- www.iac-berlin.de
Art Fairs
- From 2006 with Vera Cortes Arts Agency:
- ARCO, Madrid.
- Feira de Arte, Lisbon.
Prizes
2009
- Shortlisted for the European Bank Photography Prize, Belgium.
2008
- Shortlisted for the Union Fenosa Prize, Spain.
Other professional practice
- Work as press and free-lance photographer.
- Published in Le Monde, Le Liberation, Les Inrockuptibles, Elle Portugal, Marie Claire Portugal, DNa.
- Work as film-set photographer for Madragoa|Gemini Filmes with directors Pedro Costa, Manoel de
Oliveira, Werner Schroeter, Sharunas Bartas, Joao Cesar Monteiro, Joao Mario Grilo, Teresa Villaverde,
Joao Botelho, Margarida Gil and the actors Luis Miguel Sintra, Irene Pappas, Beatriz Batarda, Michel
Picoli e Isabelle Hupert.
Av. 24 de Julho, 54–1ºE
1200-868 Lisboa
Portugal
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