Joana Vasconcelos

Joana Vasconcelos (born 1971 Paris, France) is a Portuguese artist known for her large-scale installations.

For the Portuguese sprint canoer, see Joana Vasconcelos (canoeist).
Joana Vasconcelos
Joana Vasconcelos (2018)
Born1971 (1971)
Paris, France
NationalityPortuguese
EducationCentro de Arte & Comunicação Visual, Lisbon
Known forSculpture
Spouse(s)Duarte Ramirez
AwardsOrder of Prince Henry
Websitejoanavasconcelos.com

Biography

Vasconcelos was born in 1971 in Paris, France.[1] Her family returned home to Portugal after their exile to France and following the Carnation Revolution in 1974.[2] She studied at the Centro de Arte & Comunicação Visual in Lisbon.[3] In 2009 she received the Order of Prince Henry.[4] She lives and works in Lisbon.[3]

Work

Vasconcelos exhibited at the 2005 Venice Biennale where she included A Noiva (The Bride), a 20 ft. high chandelier made of over 14,000 OB tampons.[3].

In June 2011, the installation “Contaminação” opened the group exhibition The World Belongs to You, held at Palazzo Grassi.[3].

In 2012, Vasconcelos showed her work at the major annual contemporary art exhibition in the Palace of Versailles. Joana Vasconcelos was the first woman and the youngest contemporary artist to exhibit in Versailles.[5]

In 2020, Vasconcelos created a massive site specific work, "Valkyrie Mumbet" at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design Museum (MAAM) in Boston, MA. This exhibition was her first solo show in the United States. The work is part of a series of large scale pieces the artist creates for specific spaces, in homage to inspiring women connected with that location.[6]

Notes
  1. Lamoni, Giulia. "Joana Vasconcelos". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. Phaidon Editors (2019). Great women artists. Phaidon Press. p. 425. ISBN 0714878774.
  3. "Joana Vasconcelos". National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. "Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas". Presidency of the Portuguese Republic. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  5. Evelyne Politanoff, The Huffington Post "Versailles by Joana Vasconcelos" Retrieved April 28, 2013
  6. Guerra, Cristela (February 21, 2020). "MassArt Opens A New Contemporary Art Museum, And It's Free". WBUR. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
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