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Diana Policarpo (she/her) is a visual artist and composer.
Born in Lisbon, Portugal.

Lives and works between London (UK) and Lisbon (PT).

Contacts:
studio(at)dianapolicarpo(dot)com
Instagram: @diana.policarpo

Galeria Lehmman + Silva, Porto (Portugal)
Sales enquiries: gallery(at)lehmannsilva(dot)com | +351 220 167 341

BIO

(EN)

Diana Policarpo is a visual artist and composer working in visual and musical media including drawing, video, sculpture, text, performance, and multi-channel sound installation. Policarpo investigates gender politics, economic structures, health, and interspecies relations through speculative transdisciplinary research.
She creates performances and installations to examine experiences of vulnerability and empowerment associated with acts of exposing oneself to the capitalist world.

Her work has been exhibited worldwide including solo presentations at Kunsthall Aarhus (DK) - upcoming, Helsinki Biennial (FI), Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (IT), RADIUS CCA (NL), CRAC Occitanie (FR), Ocean Space, Venice (IT), Kunsthall Trondheim, Galeria Municipal Porto (PT), MAAT (PT), CAV - Centro de Artes Visuais (PT), Nottingham Contemporary (UK), GNRation (PT), Kunsthall Oslo (NO), Galeria Lehmann+ Silva (PT), Kunstverein Leipzig (DE), Galeria Francisco Fino (PT), Kunsthall Baden-Baden (DE), Whitechapel Gallery, Xero, Kline & Coma ICA and LUX - Moving Image in London (UK).
Policarpo was the winner of Prémio Novos Artistas Fundação EDP 2019 and illy Present Future Prize 2021.

(PT)

Diana Policarpo (Lisboa, 1986) vive e trabalha entre Lisboa e Londres. É artista visual e compositora, actualmente a desenvolver a sua actividade artística entre as artes visuais, música electroacústica e a performance multimédia. O seu trabalho investiga cultura popular, saúde, política de género e relações interespécies, justapondo a estruturação rítmica do som como um material tátil dentro da construção social da ideologia esotérica.

Exposições individuais e screenings recentes incluem Kunsthall Aarhus (DK) - em preparação, Helsinki Biennial (FI), Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (IT), RADIUS CCA (NL), CRAC Occitanie (FR), Ocean Space (IT), Kunsthall Trondheim (NO), Galeria Municipal Porto (PT), MAAT (PT), CAV - Centro de Artes Visuais (PT), Nottingham Contemporary (UK), GNRation (PT), Kunsthall Oslo (NO), Galeria Lehmann+ Silva (PT), Kunstverein Leipzig (DE), Galeria Francisco Fino (PT), Kunsthall Baden-Baden (DE), Whitechapel Gallery (UK), Xero, Kline & Coma (UK), ICA (UK) e LUX - Moving Image (UK). Foi vencedora do Prémio Novos Artistas Fundação EDP 2019 e Prémio illy Present Future 2021.

Education

MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, UK, 2010-2013
BFA Fine Art, Escola Superior de Artes e Design (ESAD), PT, 2004-2008
Conservatório Nacional de Música, PT, 1999-2002

Solo exhibitions (selection)

Nets of Hyphae. Kunsthall Aarhus, Aarhus (DK) - upcoming, 2023
Liquid Transfers. Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (IT), 2022
Nets of Hyphae. RADIUS - Center for Contemporary Art and Ecology, Delft (NL), 2022
Les fillets d'hyphes (Nets of Hyphae). CRAC Occitanie - Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain Occitanie / Pyrénéés - Mediterranée, Sète (FR), 2022
Ciguatera. The Soul Expanding Ocean #4. Ocean Space, Venice (IT), 2022
Passeios Verdes. BOCA - Biennial of Contemporary Arts, Lisbon (PT), 2021
Nets of Hyphae, Kunsthall Trondheim, Trondheim (NO), 2021
Nets of Hyphae, Galeria Municipal do Porto (PT), 2021
Solar Watch, Centro de Artes Visuais (CAV), Coimbra (PT), 2020
Overlay, Galeria Lehmann + Silva, Porto (PT), 2020
Total Eclipse, GNRtion, Braga (PT), 2019
Dissonant Counterpoint, Belo Campo/Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon (PT), 2018
Dissonant Counterpoint, Kunstverein Leipzig, Leipzig (DE) 2017
Sun in Cancer, lAB Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld (DE), 2016
Visions of Excess, Xero, Kline and Coma, London (UK), 2015
Beating Back Darkness, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden (DE), 2014

Group exhibitions (selection)

Eleusis 2023, Old Old Mill Factory, Elefsina (GR), 2023 - upcoming
TBA. Ming Contemporary Art Museum, Shanghai (CH), 2023 - upcoming
Cosmos, The Volcano Lover. Villa Olmo, Como (IT), 2023 - upcoming
Echoes of Our Stories. Quetzal Art Center, Vidigueira (PT), 2023
Reclaiming Magic. Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (FR), 2023
Lands, States & Beings: Artist Films', Kochi Biennale, Kochi (IN), 2023
Labirintos e abalos sísmicos. Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon (PT), 2023
Fogo Posto - screening and performance with Odete, Arquipélago - Contemporary Art Center, São Miguel (PT), 2023
Ciguatera. Helsinki Biennial 2023. HAM Helsinki Art Museum (FI), 2023
Fogo Posto. Collaboration w/ Odete. Lehmann + Silva, Porto (PT), 2023
Video Screening: Diana Policarpo, Jenna Sutela, Rachel McLean. FMAV - Palazzina dei Giardini, Modena (IT), 2023
Sonho Europeu: Obras da Coleção Norlinda e José Lima. CCCCB - Centro de Cultura Contemporânea de Castelo Branco (PT), 2022
Artissima 2022. Lehmann + Silva, Turin (IT), 2022
Quem nos Salva?. Programa "15 anos de MACE - Aqui Somos Rede", MACE - Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas (PT), 2022
Coleção João Luís Traça. Programa "15 anos de MACE - Aqui Somos Rede", MACE, Elvas (PT), 2022
The Art of Mushrooms. Serralves Museum, Porto (PT), 2022
Una Boccata d'Arte. Galleria Continua / Fondazione Elpis, Montegridolfo (IT), 2022
Abundant Futures. Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía (C3A), in collaboration with Thyssen-Bornemisza art Contemporary (TBA21), Cordova (ES), 2022
Ano Zero - Coimbra Biennial of Contemporary Art. Coimbra (PT), 2022
Arco Madrid 2022. Lehmann + Silva, Madrid (ES), 2022
Handle with Care. Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon (PT), 2021
Present Future. Artissima XYZ, Turin (IT), 2021
Artissima 2021. Lehmann + Silva, Turin (IT), 2021
LYSIS. w/ Odete, Quérela, Lisbon (PT), 2021
After Life. w/ João Timóteo, Appleton Square, Lisbon (PT), 2021
this light, toxic. Interstício, London (UK), 2020
Um oásis ao entardecer. Museu de Arte, Arquitectura e Tecnologia (MAAT), Lisbon (PT), 2020
Contracto Natural. Maus Hábitos, Porto (PT), 2020
Euphonia. Hangar, Lisbon (PT), 2020
Coleção António Cachola 2012-2019. MACE - Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas (PT), 2020
Plexo Volátil. Bardo, Lisbon (PT), 2019
Síntese Activa. Fórum Arte Braga (PT), 2019
Vanishing Point. Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon (PT), 2019
Prémios Novos Artistas Fundação EDP 2019. MAAT, Lisboa (PT), 2019
ARCOmadrid, Galeria Lehmann+Silva, Madrid (SP), 2019
Lisboa Soa. Lisbon (PT), 2018
10 Anos, 10 Artistas, 10 Comissões - Coleção António Cachola. Chiado 8, Lisbon (PT), 2018
10000 Anos depois entre Vénus e Marte. Galeria Municipal do Porto (PT), 2018
Lost Senses. Guest Projects, London (UK), 2018
The Body That Remains. The Horse Hospital, London (UK), 2018
The Fiction of the Fix. Tenderpixel Gallery, London (UK), 2017
Morphogenesis. Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon (PT), 2017
Laura. Mars Gallery, Melbourne (AU), 2017
Chaotic Good. Gallery North, New Castle (UK), 2016
Does Not Equal. W139, Amsterdam (NL), 2015
Pairing Down. Peninsula Gallery, New York (USA), 2015
Gente Feliz com Lágrimas. Walk and Talk, Azores (PT), 2015
Mai Im Januar. Shau Fenster, Berlin (DE), 2015
Foam. AN/DOR, London and Wysing Arts Center, Cambridge (UK), 2014
Dependent Publishing. Salon fur Kunstbuch, Vienna (AT), 2013
Dienstag Abend. The Mews & Art Review, London (UK), 2013
Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show 2013. London (UK), 2013

Solo performances / screenings / collaborations (selection)

Festival Rescaldo, w/ POLY VUDUVUM Lisbon (PT), 2023
Bodymerge, SODAS 2123, Vilnius (LT), 2023
Sound & Future, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon (PT), 2022
Out.Fest, w/ POLY VUDUVUM, Barreiro (PT), 2022
Appleton Square, w/ POLY VUDUVUM, Lisbon (PT), 2022
Infected Ear, Micro-(bial) Tenancies, BLINDSIDE annual Emerging Curator Mentorship, 2021
Death Grip, The Contemporary Journal, Nottingham Contemporary, UK, 2020
Kunsthall Oslo, Water from the Waist Down w/ Marie Kolbæk Iversen & Gaia Fugazza, NO, 2020
Performance as Publishing, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK, 2019
Alice Bonner Institute, Varanasi, IND, 2019
Irreal, w/ Muyassar Kurdi, Lisbon, PT, 2019
Vortex Club, w/ Martin Clark and Charlotte Keefe, London, PT, 2019
LUX - Moving Image, Star Messenger w/ Marie Kolbæk Iversen & Gaia Fugazza, London, UK, 2018
Panacea, Passos Manuel, Porto, PT, 2018
The Lexington,w/ Jejuno, London, UK, 2018
Safehouse, w/ Hàkarl,Brighton, UK, 2017
Luciano Bessa & The Orchestra of Noise Intoners, Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon, PT, 2017
Royal College of Art and Deptford X, w/ Erinyes, London, UK, 2017
Manpower, w/ Erinyes, Lisbon, PT, 2017
Feeling Safer, w/ AAS, IMT Gallery, London, UK, 2017
Sonoscopia, Porto, PT, 2017
Pump House Gallery, w/ Cabiria, London, UK, 2017
Fluxus Concert, Cafe OTO, London, UK, 2016
Matt's Gallery, w/ Erinyes, London, UK, 2015
Waterfalls, ZDB, w/ Afonso Simões, Lisbon, PT, 2015
Dança Bruta, Supernormal Festival, Cambridge, UK, 2014
Art Licks, w/ Jenna Bliss, London, UK, 2013
The Housing Act, w/ Cooking Sessions, Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa, PT, 2013
Bricks are Heavy, w/ Rui Toscano, Culturgest, Lisbon, PT, 2013

Prizes / Grants (selection)

illy Present Future Prize, Turin (IT) 2021
Arts Council Norway, 2021
Arts Council UK, 2020
New Artists Award / Winner - EDP Foundation /Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (PT), 2019
Shelah Cluett Trust / Scholarship (UK), 2019
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / Scholarship (PT), 2017
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation / Scholarship (PT), 2015

Artistic Residencies (selection)

Swatch Art, Shanghai (CH), 2024
Pedreira, Porto (PT), 2023
Espaço do Tempo, Montemor-O-Novo (PT), 2023
Arquipélago - Centro de Artes Contemporâneas, Azores (PT), 2023
Particular Universal, Castro Marim (PT), 2022
OSSO, Caldas da Raínha (PT), 2021
Swatch Art Hotel, Shanghai (CN), 2021
BoCA - Biennal of Contemporary Arts (PT), 2019
Binaural Nodar / Sound Art (PT), 2019
Alice Bonner Institute (IND), 2019
Residency Unlimited, New York (USA), 2015

Main Collections (selection)

Thyssen Bornemisza Collection (SP).
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (DE).
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (PT).
EDP Foundation, MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon (PT).
Porto Municipal Art Collection (PT).
Lisbon Municipal Art Collection (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.

Publications
Available upon request.