Ana Fradique was born in 1984 in Sintra, and raised in a village almost at the end of the world, in Portugal. She is today’s depressed princess of the Precariat, an artist based in Helsinki, Finland. Here she has graduated from Environmental Art Master Program of Aalto University, year 2011. Previously in 2008 she has concluded the Licenciate’s degree in Painting at Fine Arts Faculty of University of Lisbon, with a specialization in Audio-visuals. Currently working her heart off as an artist and researcher at Future Art Base, she has been contributing mainly to Kafkamachine film project and Robin Hood Minor Asset Management cooperative, among other works which aim is to find new modes of organization, to invent tools for the coming forms of cooperation and exchange. Still, most of the time Ana is begging money from mother Kela, the old Finnish social security system, claiming she is unemployed. So, Ana often pays to do her work, while babysitting has turned out to be a well-waged and happy hobby. She suffers from a nomadic disorder that compels her to constantly move from a region to another (has no kids), with special interest on the routes between the Northern Pole and Tropical Africa, as well as her singular middle passage, with all the magnetic fields pushing her on boats to Brazil – the conflictual desire of a future trade. She does not like exhibitions but has participated in innumerous – all over. She even hooked some bigger brains and made it to perform at dOCUMENTA13. During 2013 Ana Fradique will be dedicating herself to events such as the Media Facades inter-cities media art festival, and learning how to perfectly play tennis.

Born in Sintra, Portugal, 1984

 

Selected Education

2008 – 2011 Master’s degree in Environmental Art, Aalto University – School of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland

2010 Exchange studies at School of Industrial and Fine Arts of Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

2003 – 2008 Licenciate degree in Fine Arts – Painting, at Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Portugal

2006 – 2007 Erasmus program at Institute of Fine Arts, Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Finland

2002 – 2004 Ar.Co, Center for Art and Visual Communication, Lisbon, Portugal

1999 – 2002 Secondary Artistic School António Arroio, Lisbon, Portugal

 

Solo Exhibitions

2010“We et al”, Galleri Box, Akureyri, Iceland

2009 “NADA Project”, Nunes Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

2008 “Sondas” (Probes), Corrente D’arte Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal

 

Solo Performances

 2010 African Woman Teaches European Artist How to Carry Heavy Loads on Her Head, Kampala, Uganda

2009 The Aliens Act, inside tram nr. 6, Helsinki, Finland

Take place – Multifunction Apparatus, City center and department store entrances, Helsinki, Finland

Sleep To Stay, Staircases of Univeristy of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland

2008 NADA, All For Free, Kamppi Shopping Center, Helsinki, Finland       

Branca de Neve e Não Só (Snow White And Not Only), Viitasaari, Finland

2006 NADA makes you feel better, empty commercial space in Lahti, Finalnd

Berry Boundaries, residential areas of Lahti, Finland

2003 Travel Identity – Piece of Jewel, several locations and public spaces in Southern Germany

 

Group Performances

2011 Amerika or The One Who Disappeared , with Kafkamachine, Casa da Frontaria Azulejada, Santos, Brazil

Amerika or The One Who Disappeared , with Kafkamachine, SESC Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Recruitment,, with Kafkamachine, Casa Conveniente Theater, Lisbon, Portugal

2010 Kafkamachine, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

2005 Uncertainty, with Teatro Kaos, Fine Arts Faculty, University of Lisbon, Portugal

2003 The Crime of the Old Village, with Teatro de Bolso, Voz do Operário, Lisbon, Portugal

2002 Waiting for Godot, with Teatro de Bolso, Voz do Operário, Lisbon, Portugal

 

Group Exhibitions

2011  “MoA Festival of Arts”, graduation show of Aalto University School of Art and Design, Salmisaari, Helsinki, Finland

“Liberdade provisória/Vida”, Liberdade Provisória, Lisbon, Portugal

2010 “Master Studens Exhibition”, Makerere Gallery, Kampala, Uganda

“Ahne 2010” Art Festival, Helsinki, Finland

“Tapaamisia”  (“Encounters”), Helsinki City Museum, Finland

“Anas aqui”, Posto Café within the international cultural event “Lusomundo”, Helsinki, Finland

2009 “Finalistas Pintura 2007/08”, Palace Galveias Gallery (Palácio das Galveias), Lisboa, Portugal

“Growing Season”, public art at Kumpula Botanical Garden – Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Finland

“Palas – Art Path”, public art, Hyvinkää, Finland

“Preliminary Investigation”, Culture Park Patarei, Tallinn, Estonia

“Ahne ´ 09” Art Project / Zone Rotermanni, Tallinn, Estonia

“Hey, We Are In The space”, University of Art and Design Helsinki (TAIK), Finland

“The Herb Garden of the Ideal City”, Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud, France

“Recycling Factory Art Show”, Merikaapelihalli, Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland

“Nexus”, Vuotalo , Vuosari House of Culture, Helsinki, Finland

“Afrontamentos 5”, at Espaço T – Quase Gallery, Porto, Portugal

“Afrontamentos 4”, Jorge Shirley Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal

2008 “Quintanistas Ponto Final”, Galeria do Casino, Estoril, Portugal

2007 “Hotel Bloom” murals project commission with European League of Institutes of the Arts, Brussels, Belgium

“Sculpture Restart”, Restart Cinema and Creativity School, Lisbon, Portugal

2006 “International week of Lahti University of Applied Sciences”, Aula Gallery, Finland

Fine Arts exchange students exhibition at Design Institute, Lahti University of Applied Sciences, Finland

2005 “Young Creators National Exhibition” and award (Mostra Nacional Jovens Criadores), Amarante, Portugal

“Casa Aberta” (Open House), Ateneu Comercial de Lisboa, Portugal

2004 “II Prize Portojóia Design”, The International Jewellery Exhibition of EXPONOR (Porto International Fair), Portugal

“SIOR – Salão Internacional de Joalharia e Relojoaria” (Jewellery and Watch International Exhibition), São Paulo, Brazil

“Jewelry Show”, Ar.Co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual (Center for Art and Visual Communication), Lisbon, Portugal

2003 Final Studies Exhibition of Ar.Co, Almada, Portugal

 

Teaching Experience

2010 Documentary Workshop, School of Industrial and Fine Arts of Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Environmental Art Course, School of Industrial and Fine Arts of  Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

 

Residencies

2010 Artist in Residence Program at Akureyri Arts Center, Iceland

 

 

Grants

2010 Aalto University Overseas Grant

2008 Leonardo Da Vinci Program Grant

2006 – 2007 Erasmus Program scholarship

 

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