Portugal/Brasil
Susana Anágua was born in Lisbon in 1976. She has an MA in Digital Arts from the University of the Arts London (Camberwell College of Arts) and a degree in Plastic Arts from the School of Arts and Design (ESAD) in Caldas da Rainha, where she has been teaching since 2009. Her solo exhibitions include Olhar Radar, Rio de Janeiro (2012), and Desnorte/Northless, at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Modern Art Centre, Lisbon (2008).
Her public intervention installations include the 2010 installation project Carris Arte em Movimento at the Ascensor da Glória, Lisbon, and the project carried out as part of the commemoration of the election of the 7 Wonders of Portugal at the Batalha Monastery (2008).
Among artists' residencies and biennials, the most notable in 2013 were Invisible Journeys, with the support of DGARTES for the São Tomé and Príncipe Biennial; artistic coordination of the international residency OFFLINE at LARGO Residências in Lisbon; and participation in Transient - Between Albums and Archives (Xerem and Triangle Networks) at Largo Residências, Lisbon (2012).
Group exhibitions include: Cartografia do Poder, Museu AfroBrasil, Oca, Parque Ibirapuera, São Paulo (2014); Linkfest, Ireland (2012); Arround A Volta, Marseille (2012); Sete Artistas ao Décimo Mês, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (2005); E=mc2, Museu Nacional da Ciência e da Técnica, Coimbra (2005); AntecipArte 2005, Estufa Fria, Lisbon (2005); Prémio City Desk, Centro Cultural de Cascais, Cascais (2004); and Movimentos Perpétuos: Arte para Carlos Paredes, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon (2005), among others.
She is represented by Galeria Graphos: Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ana Fonseca born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1978, Ana Fonseca currently lives and works in Lisbon. In 2003 she graduated in London from Middlesex University and lived in this city for seven years. In 2007 she returns to Lisbon where she has been developing artistic projects. In 2008 she joined the collective Laboratório (a collective of independent artists that organise site-specific projects) and the association Artinpark (association of artists and designers in Lisbon), of which she is part of the governing bodies. In 2009 she developed the project "Put your thinking helmet on". In 2010 she developed curatorial projects and personal projects, namely the Laboratório Collective exhibition at the Ricardo Espírito Santo Foundation and the project "...and then again..." at Pavilhão Preto, Museu da Cidade. Her practice is multi-disciplinary, having drawing as its starting point, formalising itself in the most different areas such as photography, sculpture, installation, video and performance. She has participated in several group exhibitions: "15 years, 15 artists" - Gad Gallery, Antiques design , Lisbon (2011); "Welcome Lab" - City Museum - Black Pavilion and "...and then again..." - Artistic project and curator (2010); Vestígio, Pavilhão 28 - Hospital Júlio de Matos, Lisbon (2009); Laboratório Afectos, Quinta das Lágrimas, Coimbra (2008); CABINET D'AMATEUR II Ou A Arte Como Modo De Vida, 04 November 06_13 January 07, Galeria Luís Serpa Projectos, Lisbon and ACCROCHAGE 01/06_Nova Geração, Galeria Luis Serpa Projectos, Lisbon; I CAN C MY WAY HOME, Spacex Gallery, Exeter UK. Participation as a guest artist by Michael Curran and Taric Alvi (2004); and solo exhibitions: Almack's#1, Ermida de Belém, Lisbon (2011); "Put your thinking helmet on", Spazio Dual, Lisbon (2009); Pega Doméstica II, Centro Cultural do Cartaxo, Cartaxo (2008); I.N.S.U.R.G.E.N.C.Y., Galeria Luis Serpa Projectos, Lisbon (2007).