Ângela Ferreira

The practice of Ângela Ferreira, a central figure in the Portuguese art scene, integrates installation, video, photography and sculpture. Born in Maputo (Mozambique) and trained in Sculpture at the University of Cape Town during the apartheid period, her biography is intertwined with the themes that run through her work. The exhibition at MAC/CCB traces a path between her early works from the 1990s and her most recent creations, revealing the artist's investigation into facts, infrastructures, characters and architectures linked to colonisation. Her projects not only comment on and update the persistent effects of colonialism, but also highlight the modes of resistance to this reality. Ângela Ferreira is recognised as one of the first artists in Portugal to openly confront and question the country's colonial past. Curated by Nuria Enguita