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CURATORS E TUTORS
Internationally renowned curators are invited to program the Azores Video Art Screenings. They design exclusive session for FUSO INSULAR and present a selection of works by Portuguese and foreign artists. The screenings are preceded by a conversation with the curator, in order to enrich the audience’s knowledge.
The Moving Image Laboratory, FUSO INSULAR’s Creative Residency Programme, invites artists with extensive experience in the field of the moving image, who are responsible for the theoretical training and practical tutoring of the participants.
André Laranjinha (b. 1977) lives and works in São Miguel. He has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Lisbon and works in cinema, video, visual arts, graphic arts and illustration. He is co-founder of Alice ’s House atelier, together with graphic designer Júlia Garcia.
Among his films are: Wine (2018); Stone Walls (2017); Clarissas (2016); Bread (2014); Slaughter (2011); Negro Island (2010); Nature and Ingeniousness (2009) and Pilgrimages from São Miguel (2009).
João Onofre (Lisbon,1976) is a Portuguese visual artist whose practice, centered on video and performance, explores the relationships between culture, society, and art, as well as the disruptions inherent to their mediation.
One of the most internationally recognized Portuguese artists, he studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, completed a Master of Fine Arts at Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom (1999), and earned a PhD in Contemporary Art from the College of Arts of the University of Coimbra (2018).
With nearly 300 exhibitions held, his international career includes participation in the 49th Venice Biennale (2001) and the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale (2010). His work has been exhibited at some of the world’s most prestigious museums and institutions, including MoMA PS1 (New York), Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona), Palais de Tokyo and Centre Pompidou (Paris), Tate Modern (London), the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Schirn Kunsthalle (Frankfurt), the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (Sydney), the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, and MACBA (Barcelona).
His work is included in prominent international institutional collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (New York), The Weltkunst Foundation (Zurich), Fundació La Caixa (Barcelona), the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum (St. Louis), GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea and the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Turin), as well as the CNAP – Centre National des Arts Plastiques (Paris). These are joined by leading Portuguese institutions including MAAT, the Serralves Museum, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Throughout his career, he has received several artistic creation grants, including those awarded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2000, 2001, and 2015), the Mairie de Paris (2003), and Fundación Botín (2011). He was also the recipient of the União Latina Prize (2001) and the ULisboa/CGD Scientific Prize in the Arts (2021).
André Laranjinha
André Laranjinha (b. 1977) lives and works in São Miguel. He has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Lisbon and works in cinema, video, visual arts, graphic arts and illustration. He is co-founder of Alice ’s House atelier, together with graphic designer Júlia Garcia.
Among his films are: Wine (2018); Stone Walls (2017); Clarissas (2016); Bread (2014); Slaughter (2011); Negro Island (2010); Nature and Ingeniousness (2009) and Pilgrimages from São Miguel (2009).
João Onofre
João Onofre (Lisbon,1976) is a Portuguese visual artist whose practice, centered on video and performance, explores the relationships between culture, society, and art, as well as the disruptions inherent to their mediation.
One of the most internationally recognized Portuguese artists, he studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, completed a Master of Fine Arts at Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom (1999), and earned a PhD in Contemporary Art from the College of Arts of the University of Coimbra (2018).
With nearly 300 exhibitions held, his international career includes participation in the 49th Venice Biennale (2001) and the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale (2010). His work has been exhibited at some of the world’s most prestigious museums and institutions, including MoMA PS1 (New York), Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona), Palais de Tokyo and Centre Pompidou (Paris), Tate Modern (London), the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Schirn Kunsthalle (Frankfurt), the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (Sydney), the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, and MACBA (Barcelona).
His work is included in prominent international institutional collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), the Buffalo AKG Art Museum (New York), The Weltkunst Foundation (Zurich), Fundació La Caixa (Barcelona), the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum (St. Louis), GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea and the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (Turin), as well as the CNAP – Centre National des Arts Plastiques (Paris). These are joined by leading Portuguese institutions including MAAT, the Serralves Museum, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Throughout his career, he has received several artistic creation grants, including those awarded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2000, 2001, and 2015), the Mairie de Paris (2003), and Fundación Botín (2011). He was also the recipient of the União Latina Prize (2001) and the ULisboa/CGD Scientific Prize in the Arts (2021).
