Exhibitions
Bio
Joana Escoval (1982) lives and works in Lisbon. Her practice circumscribes both visual and aural in the form of sculpture, collective walks, video installations, and printed matter.
A selection of her exhibitions and projects includes: I am Molten Matter (solo show) S.M.A.K. Museum, Ghent (2021); Nothing is Lost. Art and Matter in Transformation, curated by Anna Daneri and Lorenzo Giusti, GAMeC Museum, Bergamo (2021); Strange Attractor, curated by Margarida Mendes, Pavilhão Branco, Lisboa (2021); Mutações. The Last Poet (solo show), curated by Pedro Lapa, Museum Colecção Berardo, Lisbon (2020); We do not work alone (solo project), Fiorucci Art Trust, London (2019); 11a Biennal D’Art Leandre Cristòfol, curated by Julia Morandeira, Centre d’Art la Panera, Lleida (2019); De Collectie (1). Highlights for a Future, S.M.A.K., Ghent (2019); The sun lovers (solo show), Tenderpixel, London (2018); Transmissions from the Etherspace, curated by João Laia, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2017); I will go where I don’t belong / Volcano Extravaganza, curated by Milovan Farronato and Camille Henrot, Fiorucci Art Trust, Stromboli (2016); I forgot to go to school yesterday (solo show), Kunsthalle Lissabon and Kunsthalle Tropical, Iceland (2016); Lichens Never Lie (solo show), La Criée Centre for Contemporary Art, Rennes (2016); The lynx knows no boundaries, Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, Paris (2015); Europe, Europe, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo (2014).
She won the BES Revelação Prize in 2012 (Serralves Museum) and was nominated for the EDP Foundation New Artists Prize in 2015, in Portugal. She received a fellowship from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and FLAD Foundation in 2013.
Escoval participated in art residencies, including the Fiorucci Art Trust Residency in Stromboli in 2015, and RU, in New York in 2013/14 and Halfhouse, Barcelona in 2011.
In collaboration with the artist Nuno da Luz, they released the album “Beasts of Gravity”, a double LP released by Vinyl Factory, London in 2019.
Joana Escoval (1982) vive e trabalha em Lisboa. A sua prática artística circunscreve-se nos campos visual e aural, na forma de escultura, caminhadas colectivas, instalações vídeo e materiais efémeros.
Uma selecção das suas exposições e projectos incluem: I am Molten Matter (exposição individual), Museu S.M.A.K., Ghent (2021); Nothing is Lost. Art and Matter in Transformation, curada por Anna Daneri e Lorenzo Giusti, Museu GAMeC, Bergamo (2021); Strange Attractor, curada por Margarida Mendes, Pavilhão Branco, Lisboa (2021); Mutações. The Last Poet (exposição individual), curada por Pedro Lapa, Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisboa (2020); We do not work alone (projecto individual), Fiorucci Art Trust HQ, Londres (2019); 11a Biennal D’Art Leandre Cristòfol, curada por Julia Morandeira, Centre d’Art la Panera, Lleida (2019); De Collectie (1). Highlights for a Future, Mueu S.M.A.K., Ghent (2019); The sun lovers (exposição individual), Tenderpixel, London (2018); Transmissions from the Etherspace, curada por João Laia, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (2017); I will go where I don’t belong / Volcano Extravaganza, curada por Milovan Farronato e Camille Henrot, Fiorucci Art Trust, Stromboli (2016); I forgot to go to school yesterday (exposição individual), Kunsthalle Lissabon and Kunsthalle Tropical, Iceland (2016); Lichens Never Lie (exposição individual), La Criée Centre for Contemporary Art, Rennes (2016); The lynx knows no boundaries, Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, Paris (2015); Europe, Europe, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo (2014).
Ganhou o Prémio BES Revelação em 2012 (Museu de Serralves) e foi nomeada para o Prémio de Novos Artistas da Fundação EDP em 2015, em Portugal. Escoval recebeu uma bolsa da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian e da Fundação FLAD em 2013.
Entre outras residências, destaca-se a sua participação na Fiorucci Art Trust Residency em Stromboli (2015) e na RU em Nova Iorque (2013/14).
Em colaboração com o artista Nuno da Luz, editaram o álbum “Beasts of Gravity”, um duplo LP lançado pela Vinyl Factory, Londres em 2019.