Moçambique/ Portugal
Ângela Ferreira, born in 1958 in Maputo, Mozambique, lives and works in Lisbon, where she teaches at FBAUL and earned her PhD in 2016. Her work revolves around the impact of colonialism and post-colonialism on contemporary society. She also creates decolonial multimedia tributes to unexpected figures such as Carlos Cardoso, Ingrid Jonker, Miriam Makeba, and Angela Davis. Selected works: Campo Experimental, 2024; Klucis goes to Algeria, 2023; Rádio Voz da Liberdade, 2022; Talk Tower for Forough Farrokhzad, 2021; Dalaba: Sol d’Exil, 2019; Pan African Unity Mural, 2018; A Tendency to Forget, 2015; Brigadas do SAAL, 2014; Indépendance Cha Cha, 2014; For Mozambique, 2008-2022; Maison Tropicale, 2007; Zip Zap Circus School, 2000-2024; Double Sided, 1996-1997
Fernanda Fragateiro (Montijo, 1962) lives and works in Lisbon. Selected exhibitions: Bomba Gens d’Art, Valencia; Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna Contemporanea, Rome; Miguel Urrutia Art Museum, Bogotá; MAAT, Lisbon; CaixaForum, Barcelona; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York; MUAC Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City; CCB, Lisbon; Serralves Foundation, Porto; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; Centre de Création Contemporaine Olivier Debré, Tours. Selected public and private collections: Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela; the State Contemporary Art Collection, Portugal; the CGD Collection, Lisbon; the Berardo Museum Collection, Lisbon; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; EDP Foundation, Lisbon; the Serralves Foundation, Porto; La Caixa Foundation, Barcelona; Marcelino Botín Foundation, Santander; the PLMJ Foundation; Helga de Alvear Foundation, Cáceres; Fundación Neme, Bogotá; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; The Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection, Miami.