BIO

Marta Leite
Lisbon, 1983
 

Graduated in Sculpture and New Media, at the Universität der Künste Berlin (2010, title: Meisterschüler). She is currently a PhD candidate in Media Arts at the University of Beira Interior, a researcher at i*Artes (Arts Research) and project REVIVE.
Exhibits regularly since 2006, particularly in the following venues: Fabbrica del vapore (Milan); Museu de Lanifícios (Covilhã); Museu do Neo-realismo (Vila Franca de Xira); CAAA (Guimarães); Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien (Berlin); Altes Finanzamt (Berlin); anothor vacant space (Berlin); Temporären Kunsthalle (Berlin); SIM Gallery (Reykjavik); Galeria Trama (Barcelona); Fundació Joan Miró(Barcelona).

Selected awards and scholarships:
2024     PhD support grant - University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
2022     Artist residency Wireless, Cortex Frontal, Arraiolos, Portugal
2021     Research grant, Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin, Germany
              Scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
2020     Special Scholarship Programme, Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin 
2019     Honourable Mention BF18, Photo Biennial of Vila Franca de Xira.
2017     Jovens Criadores CPLP (Young Creators CPLP)
2016     SulcisHUB artist residency
2015     Scholarship Support for Visual Arts, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
              Mediterranea 17, art biennial for the Mediterranean countries, Milan, Italy
2014     Jovens Criadores 2014 (Young Creators)
2013     Scholarship International Visual Arts Program, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
2010     Scholarships from Inov-art
2006     Scholarships for a travel project from Fundació Amigo Cuyás

             1st prize of young painting, Fundació Banc Sabadell

Selected Screenings:
2018 Labor Drawing, Fuso Video Art Festival, MAAT, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Caminhando, Fuso Video Art Festival, MAAT, Lisbon, Portugal
Água-Forte, Cica Experimental Film and Video Exhibition, Cica Museum, South Korea
2011 Pés de barro, Altes Finanzamt, Berlin, Germany
2009 As forças do Atlântico numa Couve-Flor, Temporären Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany  

Selected exhibitions:
2024 9 cores, 3 geografias, Museu de Lanifícios, Covilhã, Portugal (Solo)
I know somebody who knows somebody, ExRotaPrint, Berlin, Germany (curated by
Grass Harp)
Videologias - Arquivo em Cena I, DUPLACENA 77, Lisbon, Portugal (curated by Ana Rito and Hugo Barata)
2023 Wireless, Galeria Nowa Scena UAP, Poznan, Poland (curated by Mercedes Vidal-Abarca, Magdalena Kleszynska and Diogo Ramalho)
Wireless, Córtex Frontal/Plato, Arraiolos/Évora, Portugal (curated by Mercedes Vidal-Abarca and Diogo Ramalho)
Pflanzenblindheit vol. 2, Stockwerk Projektraum, Weimar, Germany (curated by Gökçen Dilek Acay)
2022 Processos de Emergencia, Punto de Cultura Federico Ramírez, Concepción, Chile (curated by Toda la Teoría del Universo)
Art Spring, Kulturmarkthalle e.v., Berlin, Germany
Transtopia, Chilean Conexión Festival of Arts, Monopol, Berlin, Germany
2021 Guarda International Fine Arts Award, Guarda Regional Museum, Portugal
2020 Cosmo/Política #6, Biblioteca Cosmos, Museu do Neo-realismo, VFX, Portugal, (curated by Sandra Vieira Jürgens and Paula Loura Batista)
2019 BF18, Photo Biennial of Vila Franca de Xira, Celeiro da Patriarcal, VFX (curated by Sandra Vieira Jürgens)
2018 Capitalo, Chthulu, and a Much Hotter Compost Pile, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin (curated by Anais Senli, Lena Reisner and Lorena Juan)
2017 Autogestió, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain (participation on the project of
Adam Nankervis – Museum Man, curated by Antonio Ortega)
8º Bienal CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries), Vila Nova de Cerveira,
Portugal
2016 SulcisHub, Museo di Tratalias, Sardinia, Italy (curated by Olga Bachschmidt)
Trees Outside the Academy, CAAA, Guimarães, Portugal
2015 Anotações sobre as nuvens, CAAA, Guimarães, Portugal (Solo)
Mediterranea 17, young artists’ biennial, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy
Here is elswehere, biennial OFF, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy (curated by Marco Trulli)
TABS, LAGE EGAL, Berlin, Germany (exhibition of artist books)
2014 Além da Ucronia — histórias não vividas do 25 de Abril, Museu do Neo-Realismo,
Vila Franca de Xira, Protugal (participation and curatorial work in collaboration with João Baía
and Catarina Laranjeiro)
Jovens Criadores 2014, Casa do Território, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal
The Silence of a Movement, another vacant space, Berlin (curated by Susanne Neubauer)
2013 Language is an invisible landscape, Altes Finanzamt, Berlin, Germany (Solo, curatorial work and book project)
Ob-skyr, SÍM house, Reykjavik, Iceland
Land Escape, Schaufensterraum — Donau X Ganghofer, Berlin, Germany (participation and curatorial work in collaboration with Anais Senli)
2012 Arquitecturas Oscilantes, galeria Trama, Barcelona, Spain
Gold, The ACE fundraising night, Freies Museum, Berlin, Germany
2011 Sitzende, Salon Separée, Berlin, Germany (Solo)
Bauman & Fuchs, Anton von Werner Haus, Berlin, Germany
2009 Lada a Lado, galeria Trama, Barcelona, Spain
2008 Something to Anser for, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin, Germany
Art Jove, galeria Trama, Barcelona, Spain
50 anys Premi Fundación Banc Sabadell a la pintura jove, galeria Sala Pares, Barcelona, Spain

ARTIST TALK AND LECTURES
2024     Ervas-Daninhas - Pintando à Margem, DESIGNA 2024 conference, CITIZENSHIP,                  Covilhã, Portugal
              Ervas-Daninhas - Pintando à Margem, Journeys of research in the arts, Covilhã,                  Portugal
2017     War and Clouds, as part of the seminar War, Art, Terror by Dr Mário Gomes,
              Berlin University of the Arts, Germany
2016     (On the) edges of experiences, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, Italy
2015     CICLO NE, Faculty of Art of the University of Lisbon, Portugal
              ART CLINIC, Werkstadt, Berlin, Germany

Selected publications:
2024           DESIGNA 2024 International Conference on Design Research (PT) (EN)
2023           Zeszyty Artystyczne - TEXTILE ART. In the face of contemporary times (PL)                            (EN)
2023           Wireless (PL) (EN)
2023           Cores Podres — Compost And Weed - Painting On The Edge (DE) (EN)
2020           Ciclo COSMO/POLÍTICA (PT) (EN)
2019            BF18, Bienal de Fotografia de Vila Franca de Xira (PT) (EN) 
2017            PAPAFANZINE (EN) (DE) (DAN)
2015-2017  ÇOU (EN) (DE) (ES) (PT)
2016           (On the) Edges of Experience. Mediterranea meetings (IT) (EN)
2015            Mediterranea 17 —  Young Artists Biennale (IT) (EN)
2015            Piazza d’Armi (EN)
2014            Além da Ucronia — histórias não vividas do 25 de Abril (PT)
2014            The Silence of a Movement (EN) (DE)
2013            Language is an invisible landscape (EN) (PT) (IS) (FR) (KO)
2013            230.000 cm (EN) (DE) (ES) (PT)
2008            Art Jove (CAT)

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