Helena Almeida

Falleció en septiembre de 2018. Almeida es una de las figuras más conocidas internacionalmente del arte portugués y precursora en el cuestionamiento de las fronteras entre las diferentes disciplinas del arte. En su obra, la fotografía comparte protagonismo con el diseño, la pintura (con sus famosas pinceladas de tinta azul sobre la imagen fotográfica), la escultura e incluso la performance. Almeida no establece diferencias entre cuerpos, obra y artista. “Mi obra es mi cuerpo, mi cuerpo es mi obra”, describe. Bio (English) Arguably the most important Feminist artist to emerge in the 1970s from Portugal, Helena Almeida’s works of photography and collage are subtle and sensitive reflections on gender/body politics. Like Soltau, she uses her body to make art. Almeida is best known for her photographs of private performances executed in her studio, in which she paints over her own image in a striking shade of cobalt blue and until she, the woman is concealed. Helena Almeida (b. Lisbon, 1934) lives and works in Portugal. She has represented Portugal twice at The Venice Biennial (1982 and 2005.) Important solo exhibitions include Work is Never Finished, Art Institute Chicago, IL (2017); Corpus, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, IVAM, Valencia, Spain (2017) and Wiels, Contemporary Art Centre. Brussels, Belgium (2016); My Work is my Body, My Body is My Work, Jeu de Paume, Concorde, Paris which travelled to the Museo Serralves, Porto, Portugal (2015). Group exhibitions include WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution, MOCA Los Angeles, CA (2007) and WOMAN FEMINIST AVANT-GARDE of the 1970s, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria (2017).