Ângela Ferreira
Ângela Ferreira | |
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Born | 1958 Maputo, Mozambique |
Nationality | Portuguese and South African |
Known for | Installation art |
Website | http://angelaferreira.info |
Ângela Ferreira (born 1958) is a Portuguese and South African installation artist, video artist, photographer and sculptor. She spends time in both countries.
Early life and education
Ângela Ferreira was born in Maputo, formerly Lourenço Marques, in Portuguese Mozambique in 1958 and lived and studied in Cape Town during the apartheid era. She graduated in sculpture and also obtained a master's degree in fine arts (MFA) from the Michaelis School of Fine Art of the University of Cape Town. She obtained a PhD from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon in 2016.[1][2][3][4]
Career
Between 1983 and 2003, Ferreira lectured in sculpture in several universities in South Africa. Since 2003, she has been an assistant professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon University. Her creative work has been largely focused on exploring intercultural and identity relations between the West and Africa, reflecting the consequences of colonialism and post-colonialism in contemporary society. She was the first Portuguese artist to choose the country's colonial past as a theme. In 1989 and 1990 she held a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and served as a guest artist at the Centro de Arte & Comunicação Visual in Lisbon.[1][2][4][5]
In 1995 Ferreira took part in the Biennale at
In 2014 Ferreira held a solo exhibition, Indépendance Cha Cha, at the Lumiar Cité gallery in Lisbon. This exhibition was a continuation of the project that she developed for the Lubumbashi Biennale, taking inspiration from the colonial architecture of downtown Lubumbashi and juxtaposing her work with two videos: one considering forced labour in the mines in that area; the other showing an interpretation of
Ferreira's work can be found in several public collections, including those of the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT), Lisbon; the EDP Foundation, Lisbon; the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; the Serralves Foundation, Porto; the Galicia Contemporary Art Centre (CGAC), in Santiago de Compostela; the Market Gallery Foundation, Johannesburg; and the Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town.[12]
References
- ^ a b "Ângela Ferreira Maputo, Mozambique, 1958". Gulbenkian Modern Art Centre. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Ângela Ferreira". Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea - Museu do Chiado. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ a b "ÂNGELA FERREIRA". CVC. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Ângela Ferreira". Google Arts and Culture. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "Raquel Varela entrevista Ângela Ferreira". CCB. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "Press release - ANGELA FERREIRA, MAISON TROPICALE". DG Artes. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Cardoso, Ana. "Portugal em Veneza e a Maison Tropicale em trânsito". Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "Biography" (PDF). Ângela Ferreira. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ Balona, Ana Oliveira. "Ângela Ferreira - Monuments in Reverse" (PDF). Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "ângela ferreira é a vencedora da 11ª edição do prémio novo banco photo 2015". faculdade de belas-artes da universidade de lisboa. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ^ "Tudo o que eu quero Artistas Portuguesas de 1900 a 2020". Gulbenkian Museum. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "CV" (PDF). Ângela Ferreira. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
External links
- Artist’s site
- Video of Ferreira discussing her work inspired by Miriam Makeba.