Tatiana Macedo works across mediums such as installation, photography, cinema, sound and their expanded forms. Of Portuguese/Angolan descent, Macedo grew up and studied in Lisbon and London.
In 2016 Macedo was awarded a twelve months grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to be artist in residence at Künstlerhaus Bethanien - International Studio Program, Berlin. In 2015 Macedo won the first Sonae Media Art Award with the multiple channel video and sound installation 1989 (2015).
Her film debut, Seems So Long Ago, Nancy (2012) was shot at Tate Britain and Tate Modern, London and Premiered at Doc Lisboa’12 at the National Competition. It has been screened internationally in Film Festivals, Galleries and Museums including the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Really Exotic ? Video Programme, Amsterdam (2012) and Tate Britain Late at Tate (2012) and Urban Encounters, London (2013). It was awarded the First SAW Film Prize by the American Anthropological Association – AAA, Washington DC (2014).
Upcoming
November 2018
Cosmo/Política #3, curated by Sandra Vieira Jurgens and Paula Loura Batista – Museu do Neo-Realismo
November 2019
APPLETON – Lisbon
Recent Solo Shows
Esgotaram-se os Nomes para as Tempestades at Culturgest Porto, Curated by Delfim Sardo, Porto (2018) VIDEO
Avenida da Liberdade at Museu do Aljube, Lisbon (2017)
Orientalism and Reverse at Carlos Carvalho Contemporary Art, Lisbon (2017) LINK
Bela at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (2016) LINK VIDEO
Orientalism and Reverse at Kunstraum Botschaft Berlin (2016)
1989 at Sonae Media Art Award at MNAC-MC National Museum of Contemporary Art, Lisbon (2015/2016) LINK VIDEO
Foreign Grey at Solar – Cinematic Art Gallery, Vila do Conde (2014) LINK VIDEO
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy at Ano Zero – Coimbra Biennial of Contemporary Art (2015) LINK
Seems So Long Ago, Nancy at Tegenboschvanvreden Gallery, Amsterdam (2014) LINK VIDEO
Recent group shows
Photo Basel, Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Switzerland (2018) LINK
Photo London, Somerset House, Galeria Carlos Carvalho, London (2018) LINK
Exodus Stations #2. Tatiana Macedo and Raphael Denis at Iwalewahaus. Curated by Marta Jecu, Nadine Siegert and Felicia Nietsche, Bayreuth, Germany (2017) LINK
Jeju Biennale of Contemporary Art – Jeju Museum, Jeju Island, South Korea (2017) LINK
Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Galeria Carlos Carvalho and Karl Lagerfeld Selection, Paris (2017) LINK
Journey to the Invisible, curated by Luis Santiago Baptista and Maria Rita Pais – Teatro Thalia, Lisbon (2017) LINK
ROHKUNSTBAU XXIII curated by Mark Gisbourne, Schloss Lieberose, Spreewald, Germany (2017) LINK
Arco Lisboa, Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Lisboa LINK
Rooms with a View at Manifesta Biennial of Contemporary Art Headquarters, Amsterdam (2013) LINK
Jaz Aqui, Na Pequena Praia Extrema – ZDB, Lisbon (2013) LINK
Visões do Desterro – Caixa Cultural do Rio de Janeiro (2013)
Heide Hinrichs, Tatiana Macedo, Aldwin van de Ven at tegenboschvanvreden Gallery, Amsterdam (2011) LINK
Recent Publications
Paris Photo by Karl Lagerfeld (cat.) Steidl LINK
Orientalism and Reverse (artist book) ed. GHOST and Kunstraum Botschaft Special signed edition by the artist available at STET LINK
What is Unspoken ed. Künstlerhaus Bethanien with texts by Ulrich Ziemons, Birgit Hein, João Silvério and a conversation between Tatiana Macedo and Emanuele Guidi, available at Künstlerhaus Bethanien and STET LINK
Recent Press
Esgotaram-se os Nomes para as Tempestades by Sara Castelo Branco (2018) in Contemporânea LINK
Ver o mundo com olhar de outro by José Marmeleira (2017) in Público LINK
Viajar sem sair do mesmo lugar by Sergio B. Gomes (2017) in Público LINK
Tatiana Macedo: nada é o que parece à primeira vista by Sabrina D. Marques 2017 in Re.vis.ta nº4 LINK
Tatiana Macedo Interview by Celina Brás (2016) in Contemporânea LINK
A Story without and end: the work of Tatiana Macedo by Federica Bueti (2016) in BE Magazine #23, Berlin LINK
Tatiana Macedo: Master of Subtle Gestures by Eva Kaczor (2016) in ArtBerlin LINK
Tatiana Macedo: o mundo olhos nos olhos by Vanessa Rato (2015) in Público LINK
Tatiana Macedo é a primeira vencedora do Prémio Sonae Media Art by Vanessa Rato (2015) in Público LINK
Tatiana Macedo is represented by Galeria Carlos Carvalho and her work is in Private and Public Collections such as the MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (Lisbon) and the MNAC-MC National Museum of Contemporary Art (Lisbon).