Joana Vasconcelos | |
|---|---|
 Vasconcelos in 2018 | |
| Born | 1971 Paris, France |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Awards | Order of Prince Henry |
| Website | joanavasconcelos |
Joana Vasconcelos (born 1971) is a Portuguese artist known for her large-scale installations.
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]
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. She was the first woman and the youngest contemporary artist to exhibit in Versailles. [5]
In 2013 the artist represented Portugal in a solo show at the country's pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The work "Trafaria Praia" was installed in an anchored boat and at the same time a floating art gallery. [6]
In 2018 Vasconcelos presented the retrospective exhibition "I'm Your Mirror" at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, in Spain, having been the only Portuguese artist to accomplish the honor. The exhibition comprised 30 works representing 25 years of her artistic career. [7]
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. [8] This particular work honors Elizabeth Mumbet Freeman, an enslaved woman whose court battle for her freedom in 1781 helped make slavery illegal in Massachusetts. [9]
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