Diana Policarpo
Born in Lisbon and lives in London and Lisbon
Diana Policarpo is a London based visual artist and composer whose work consists of both visual and musical media, including drawing, score, sculpture, acoustic composition, performance and multi-channel sound installation. She graduated from Goldsmiths College with an MFA in Fine Art in 2013. Her work investigates power relations, popular culture and gender politics, juxtaposing the rhythmic structuring of sound as a tactile material within the social construction of esoteric ideology. She creates performances and installations to examine experiences of vulnerability and empowerment associated with acts of exposing oneself to the capitalist world.
Her sound and installation work has been shown in solo exhibitions at Kunsthall Trondheim, NO (2021); Galeria Municipal do Porto, PT (2020); GNRtion, Biennal of Contemporary Arts, Braga, PT (April 2019); Belo Campo / Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon, PT (2018); Kunstverein Leipzig, DE (2017); lAB Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld, DE (2016); Xero, Kline and Coma, London, UK (2015); Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, DE (2014);
Her work has also been included in recent group exhibitions at Intersticio, London, UK (2020); Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas (MACE), Elvas, PT (2020); Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT), Lisboa, PT (May 2019); ARCOmadrid, Madrid, ES (2019); Fórum Arte Braga, PT (2019); Lisboa Soa, Lisbon, PT (2018); Chiado 8, Lisbon, PT (2018); Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto, PT (2018); Guest Projects, London, UK (2018); Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon, PT (2018), Mars Gallery, Melbourne, AU (2017); North Gallery, New Castle, UK (2016); Peninsula Gallery, NYC (2015); W139, Amsterdam, NL (2015); Shaun Fenster, Berlin, DE (2014); AN/DOR, London, UK (2014). Policarpo has recently presented performances and given readings at Passos Manuel, Porto, PT; Kunsthall Oslo, NO; LUX – Moving Image, The Lexington, Tenderpixel Gallery, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), Cafe OTO, Pump House Gallery, IMT Gallery and Whitechapel Gallery in London.
Policarpo was the winner of Prémio Novos Artistas Fundação EDP 2019.
