Tatiana Macedo
Tatiana Macedo (1981, Lisbon) of Portuguese and Angolan descent grew up in Lisbon and moved to London when she was 20 years old. Since then she has been living and working in different periods of time between Lisbon. London and Berlin and her practice has taken her to different parts of the world. This has led her to confront and learn from experiences of alterity and cultural difference. as well as globalisation. The notion of border thinking" is expressed in the artist's practice via her thinking critically and philosophically in social, cultural and historical webs but also in processes that entail 'trans-media' and 'essayistic' approaches. She is best known for her work with multiple channel film installations, sound and photography.
Macedo holds a Fine Arts Degree from Central St. Martins College of Art & Design (London 2004) and an MA in Visual Anthropology FCSH - UNL (Lisbon 2012). She won the 1st edition of the Sonae Media Art Award (2015). Grants include artist in residence at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien International Studio Programme (Berlin 2016). Her first film, "Seems So Long Ago. Nancy (2012) shot at Tate Britain and Tate Modern was awarded the SAW Film Prize (American Anthropological Association - Washington D.C. 2014). It was exhibited at International Film Festivals and Film Screenings in Museums and Galleries including Tate Britain (2012, 2013) the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Video Programme (Amsterdam 2012). Tegenboschvanvreden Gallery (Amsterdam 2014) and the Portuguese Cinemateca • Museum of Cinema (2017).
Selected solo exhibitions include DIDAC Fundacion DARDO (Galiza), Nuno Centeno Gallery (Porto). CAV-Centro de Artes Visuais (Coimbra), Appleton Square (Lisbon) Trienal de Arquitectura (Lisbon), Carlos Carvalho Contemporary Art (Lisbon), Culturgest (Porto). Kunstraum Botschaft, (Berlin), Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin), Tegenboschvanvreden (Amsterdam), MNAC-National Museum of Contemporary Art (Lisbon).
Selected Group exhibitions include MAAT Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (Lisbon), Jeju Biennial of Contemporary Art, (South Korea), Iwalewahaus (Bayreuth), Rohkunstbau XXIII (Brandenburg), Tegenboschvanvreden (Amsterdam), Manifesta Headquarters (Amsterdam), Paris Photo, Photo Basel, Arco Madrid, Art Rotterdam, Galeria Zé dos Bois (Lisbon), Caixa Cultural do Rio de Janeiro, Modern Art Centre - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon).
Her work is represented in various public and private collections such as CACE - The Portuguese State Contemporary Art Collection, EDP-MAAT Foundation, Maria and Armando Cabral, MACAM, Lisbon Municipality, Marin Gaspar, MNAC-MC National Museum of Contemporary Art, OTAZU Video Collection, Maria Jose Roblan, among others.