About
Joana Dionisio (b. 1993) is a Portuguese visual artist 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 and Documentary 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 , was nominated as a new talent for FUTURES in 2023 by Bienal Fotografia do Porto and in 2024 won the Novos Talentos Fnac contest.
Artist Statement
My work revolves around the themes of time, memory and mortality, delving into the ways in which humans grapple with the fragility of life and their mortal condition.
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.
Education
2024 — now:
PhD in Contemporary Art
2020 — 2021:
Master in Artistic Photography, IPCI
2014 — 2017:
Degree in Audiovisual Communication Technologies with a specialty in photography, ESMAE - (DGES Merit scholarship)
2011 — 2014:
Degree in Product Design, ESAD
GNRATION
Solo exhibition
Encontros da Imagem
2024
FNAC Chiado
Solo exhibition
2024
PERSPECTIVAS - 25 DE ABRIL
Group exhibition
Fortaleza de Sagres
Now
MFA
Group exhibition
Fábrica da Cerveja, Faro
2024
NARRATIVA
Solo exhibition
Novos Talentos Fnac
2024
MFA
Group exhibition
Clube Fenianos, Porto
2024
INSHADOW
Group exhibition
Espaço Santa Catarina, Lisbon
2023
THROUGH MY LENS
Online group exhibition
ARTDOC Photography Magazine
2023
HUBTEKK
Group exhibition
2023
FNAC Chiado
Solo exhibition
2023
Exposed Turino Foto Festival x FUTURES x C2C Club to club x Unstated
Installation “Untitled#1”
2023
MOSTRA NACIONAL DE JOVENS CRIADORES - Fotografia
Group exhibition
Centro Municipal de Juventude, Vila do Conde
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
Centro de Memória, Vila do Conde
Centro Póvoa Empresas, Póvoa de Varzim
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
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
THONET 24
Group exhibition
Jov’arte | Bienal Jovem, Loures
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)JUNTO
Group exhibition
Palácio das Artes, Porto
2015
Winner
Novos Talentos FNAC 2024
2024
Main Prize Honourable Mention
PHMUSEUM Women Photographers Grant
2024
Finalist
Discovery Award 2024
Encontros da Imagem
2024
Finalist
Open call “Mystery”
Gaze Magazine
2024
Finalist
Mostra Nacional de jovens criadores - Fotografia
Gerador
2023
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
Descendências Magazine, Setembro, 2024
Público, Ana Marques Maia, 2024
Postal Algarve, 2024
MNJC Catalog, 2023
ARTDOC Photography magazine, 2023
FUTURES annual publication, 2023
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
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
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
Educator at IPCI, 2023 - now
Educator at Leica Akademie, 2024
Jury at Chromatic Photography Awards, 2024
Artist in Residence at Sustentar - Ciclo Plataforma de Fotografia, 2024
Jury at Chromatic Photography Awards, 2023
Guest Lecturer, “Emergentes, o que é ?”, Instituto de Produção Cultural e Imagem, Porto, 2023
Guest Lecturer, 13ª Feira do Livro de Fotografia, Arquivo Muncipal de Lisboa, 2023
Guest Lecturer, Colégio Nossa Senhora da Paz, 2023
Guest Lecturer, Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, 2022
Artist in Residence at Plano Frontal, MDOC International Documentary Film Festival, 2022
Invited Photographer for the project “Rostos da Maré, Vidas em Rede entre Matosinhos, Vila do Conde e Póvoa do Varzim”, ESMAD, P. Porto, 2022
2017 - 2020 - Photographer at Farfetch
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