Nominated by
Pedro dos Reis
A.I.R. African insdustrial revolution 2012 UNAP Luanda Angola
A.I.R. African industrial revolution, 2012 UNAP Luanda Angola
The Temptation of St. Antao, 2007, Performance at Museum of Ancient Art Lisbon
Homemade Modernism, 2008
Kalunga (on chokwe studies), 2015, Red clay and rope, 50 x 40 cm each
Looting (Plunder). Rita intervention at Museum of Viana do Castelo Costume, 2010
Looting (Plunder). Rita intervention at Museum of Viana do Castelo Costume, 2010
Looting (Plunder). Rita intervention at Museum of Viana do Castelo Costume, 2010
Made in Europe, 10 Year Warranty, 2009
Performance in Eurocentric museums, 2009
Tropicalismos Luso and other still lifes, 2007
We shall overcome!, 2015
Rita GT
(Porto, 1980) Lives and works both in Portugal and Angola.
Graduate in Communication Design from Fine Arts University, Porto (2003), post-graduate in Escola Maumaus, Lisbon (2004/2005), currently enrolled in a Masters – MFA, Malmo Art Academy – Lund University in Malmo, Sweden.
A critical and intervening artist, approaching themes such as memory, identity or the importance of human rights. Having lived in many different countries enables her to have a broader vision, valuing the historical points of view of many cultures. The colonial symbolism that is recurrent in her work defines her own identity and artistic language. The artist uses imagery, words and performance revealing a constant interrogation and experimentalism in both material and conceptual aspects.
Individual exhibitions in which Echos on the Wall was exhibited; We Shall Overcome!, Museu do Chiado (2015); Faces, Insituto Camões, Luanda (2014); AIR African Industrial Revolution, UNAP, Luanda (Collaborating with Francisco Vidal) (2012); Agora a seguir e como (Now after and how), Bienal in Viana do Castelo (2010); One Night (life) Event, Empty Cube, Lisbon (2009); Made in Europe: 10 Year Warranty, Reflexus Gallery, Porto (2009); Tropicalismos Luso e outras Naturezas Mortas (Luso Tropicalism and other Still-lives) PêSSEGOpráSEMANA, Porto (2007). Prominent collective exhibitions: Sede BE, Luanda (2016); Tiwani Gallery, London (2015); KunstKraftWerk, Leipzig & Freies Museum/Savvy Contemporary, Berlin (2015); Museu do Chiado, Lisbon (2013); Arts on Main, Goethe Institut, Johannesburg (2013); Soso Contemporary African Art Gallery, Luanda (2012); Tatioli Ba Kultura, Díli, (2011); CCB Colecção Berardo, Lisbon (2009); Museu da Historia Natural, Lisbon (2007).
The artist is co-founder of the E-studio Luanda project. In 2015 she was commissary of Pavilhão de Angola, in the 56th Bienal in Venice, with curatorship of António Ole.
She has participated in various artist residencies, including: programa INOV-Art, Capacete residency, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil (2007-8) and Galeria ZDB, Lisbon (2006-7).
In 2013, she was awarded with the Moving Africa by the Goethe Institut, through the Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Her work is represented in the following public collections: PLMJ Foundation (PT); MNAC – Museu Chiado (PT); Colecção Norlinda e José Lima (PT); Instituto Camões – Luanda (AO).
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