Joana Dionisio (b. 1993) is a Portuguese photographer based in Porto, where she works as a freelancer on various commissioned and personal projects.
Having first studied Audiovisual Communication Technologies, she completed a Master in Artistic Photography in 2021.
Joana has exhibited her work in a range of solo and group exhibitions, whilst she was selected for FRESH EYES 2022– a publication showcasing emerging European Photography Talent by GUP Magazine and was nominated as a new talent for Futures in 2023 by Bienal Fotografia do Porto.
Artist Statement
What fascinates me about photography is its subjective, metaphorical and symbolic nature, I am interested in exploring how we are projected by each image beyond the visible and the different layers of interpretation that can be created with it.
I create narratives from a process of autobiographical intentions, around documents or personal memories, transporting questions from the past to the present and reflecting on how human beings relate to themselves and to the world.
My work revolves around the themes of time, memory and mortality, exploring how humans deal with the fragility of life and their mortal condition.
Education
2020 < 2021: Master in Artistic and Documentary photography, IPCI
2020: Flash Workshop, IPF
2014 < 2017: Degree in Audiovisual Communication Technologies with a specialty in photography, ESMAE
2011 < 2014: Degree in Product Design, ESAD
Exhibitions
FNAC Chiado
Solo exhibition
2023
MDOC - Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival
Group exhibition
Casa da cultura de Melgaço
2023
Decagon Gallery - Flash #10
Online group exhibition
2023
LUMINIC - Festival de Fotografia de Sant Cugat
Group exhibition
Galeria Blanca
2023
NATURE’S WAY
Online exhibition
Patience Gallery
2023
FRESH EYES 2022
Group exhibition
Haute Photographie Rotterdam
2023
CINCO ANOS DE FOTOLIVROS
Dummy group exhibition
Instituto de Produção Cultural e Imagem, Porto
2023
MOSTRA NACIONAL DE JOVENS CRIADORES - Fotografia
Group exhibition
Forum Municipal Romeu Correia
2022
LISBON’S PHOTOBOOK FAIR 12TH
Dummy group exhibition
Arquivo municipal de Lisboa
2022
RAÍZES VINCULADAS
Group exhibition
Rua da Estação - Antigo Apeadeiro de Canelas, Estarreja
2022
LOOSENART Mostra Collettiva
Group exhibition
Millepiani, via N. Odero, 13 Roma
2022
ROSTOS DA MARÉ - Vidas Cruzadas entre Matosinhos, Vila do Conde e Póvoa de Varzim
Group exhibition
Mercado de Matosinhos - 28.06.2022
Centro de Memória, Vila do Conde - 07.07.2022
Centro Póvoa Empresas, Póvoa de Varzim - 14.07.2022
REMAPEAR AS MARGENS: HIPSOGRAFIA DO CENTRO
Group exhibition
f/est Amarante
2022
MARGEM
Group exhibition
PB27 Gallery
2022
AND THE SHAPE OF THINGS DISAPPEARED FOR A WHILE
Solo exhibition
Galeria de arte - Mira Maia shopping
2022
EXPANDED PHOTOGRAPHY - TOWARDS A COLLECTIVE REINVENTION
Online group exhibition
Ágora
2022
THONET 24
Group exhibition
Jov’arte | Bienal Jovem, Loures
2021
SENTIR ... MAIS DO QUE UM PORTO
Group exhibition
APDL
2021
AND THE SHAPE OF THINGS DISAPPEARED FOR A WHILE
Solo exhibition
CAAA - Guimarães
Encontros da Imagem
2021
BLIND SPOT
Solo exhibition
CAL - Associação Cultural
S.A. Bar Galeria, Ponte de Lima
2017
PROJETO 17
Group exhibition
Centro Português de Fotografia, Porto
2017
LADY PERFECTION
Group exhibition
XIX Bienal Internacional de Arte de Cerveira, Cerveira
2017
PORTO DAS SOMBRAS E DAS FORMAS
Group exhibition
7º Mercado das Artes, Ponte de Lima
2017
SEMENTEIRA
Group exhibition
Jardins Efémeros, Viseu
2015
(CON)JUNRO
Group exhibition
Palácio das Artes, Porto
2015
Selected prizes and awards
Member
Futures Platform
Nominated by CiClo Plataforma de Fotografia
2023
Selected
Luminic - Festival de Fotografia de Sant Cugat
Awarded as one of the runner-up prizes
2023
Finalist
Mostra Nacional de jovens criadores - Fotografia
Gerador
2022
3rd prize
Open Call “Ode to Earth”
Estação – Associação Cultural
Estarreja
2022
Selected
GUP Magazine for the FRESH EYES book as an emerging European Photography Talent
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2022
Selected
Portfolio review with Jim Goldberg and Alessandra Sanguinetti
Encontros do olhar
2022
Finalist
Concurso Jov’Arte 2021
Bienal Jovem, Loures
2021
3rd prize
Photography contest “Sentir... Mais que um porto”
APDL
2021
LADY PERFECTION
Porto Fashion Film Festival
Nominee for Author Fashion Films Best Director
2017
DGES Merit scholarship
Audiovisual Communication Technologies with a specialty in photography
2017
(CON)JUNTO
Collective project selected for exhibition
Concurso de Artes e Talentos - Fábrica de talentos
2015
Press, Publications, Interviews, Features
FLASH #10, Decagon Gallery Catalog, 2023
Catalog of Failures, Issue 3, 2023
Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival, Catalog, 2023
Death in the family, Mechanical soft Press, 2023
Azar nº4, Revista interartes independente, 2023
PhMuseum, Story of the Week, 2023
Transference Mag, 2023
Transformative Power of Art Journal Volume 1, Issue 2, Winter 2023
FRESH EYES 2022, Gup magazine, 2022
Time Silence Photography, Quarterly Publication, Fall 2022 Issue
MNJC Catalog, 2022
ADFPhoto, critique by Francisco González Fernández, 2022
B.A.T. (Boisé, Aride & Touffu) nº05, Super Issue Éditions, Limited Edition of 120, 2022
Angels, Issue number 1, Healthline Zine 2022
Zero Nine Magazine, 2022
Open Exhibition Catalog, Loosenart, 2022
Rostos da Maré, Vidas em Rede entre Matosinhos, Vila do Conde e Póvoa do Varzim, ESMAD, P. Porto, 2022
Superpresent Volume 2, Issue number 1, Goupi Publishing, Winter 2022
Sola journal, interview by Alice Oliver, 2022
Jov’arte, Câmara Municipal de Loures, 2021
Génesis 2:1, Encontros da imagem, 2021
Porto., Câmara Municipal do Porto, 2020
Rave, Politécnico do Porto, 2017
Artist residencies
Plano Frontal, MDOC International Documentary Film Festival, 2022