Images
Biography
Education
2020 - 2021
MA in Film and Photography. University of Derby, Derby (UK).
2017 - 2020
MA in Anthropology and Visual Cultures. NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Lisbon (PT).
2012 - 2015
BA in African Studies. University of Lisbon, Lisbon (PT).
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Constellation of Dust. Lehmann Projects, Porto (PT).
2022
Fragments of My Journey. Nadir Project Space, Photo Fringe, Brighton (UK).
As Looking For The Right Channel. EGEU, Lisbon (PT).
Selected group exhibitions
2025
Emotional Encounters. Curated by Elina Heikka, Imago Fest, MNAC, Lisbon (PT).
Presence of the Past – A European Album. Curated by Simina Bădică, Stéphanie Gonçalves and Andrea Mork, House of European History, Brussels (BE).
Diasporic Life: A Lingua Franca of Black Aliveness. Metro54, Amsterdam (NL).
What the Body Has Already Forgotten. Curated by Ângela Ferreira, NF Gallery / NIEVES FERNÁNDEZ, Madrid (ES).
2024
How to Reverse a Spell. Curated by Paula Nascimento, Lehmann, Porto (PT).
Encontros da Imagem — International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts, Braga (PT).
Mirrors, Windows, Portals. Curated by Assunta Ruocco and Alison Lloyd, Project Space Plus, University of Lincoln, Lincoln (UK).
Que Mar se Vê Afinal da Minha Língua. Organised by BABEL Cultural Association, Casa Garden, Macau (MO) and Centro Cultural do Mindelo, São Vicente (CV).
2023
Que Mar se Vê Afinal da Minha Língua. Organised by BABEL Cultural Association, Armazém das Artes & Central-Periférica, Alcobaça (PT).
Big Mama Thornton. Gallery Nosco, at 1-54 Fair, London (UK).
PHOTO50: Beautiful Experiments. Curated by Pelumi Odubanjo and Katy Barron, LAF, London (UK).
2022
13th Bamako Encounters – African Biennale of Photography. Bamako (ML).
(IM)MATERIALITY. This Is Not a White Cube, ARCOLisboa, Lisbon (PT).
Our (Spatial) Stories Live in Performative Futures. Curated by Cindy Sissokho and Fabian Villegas, Hangar, Lisbon (PT).
2021
A Mecânica do Efémero. Filomena Soares Gallery, Lisbon (PT).
Visage(s) d’Europe(s), Paris (FR).
Circulation(s) Festival, Paris (FR).
Awards
2023
Stills FORMAT Award. Stills, Edinburgh (UK).
2022
Danny Wilson Memorial Award. Photo Fringe, Brighton, (UK).
2021 - 2022
Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) Award. Arts Council England (UK).
Residences
2024
LE 18 × Hangar — “Residencies in Transit”. Marrakech (MA).
2023
NESR Art Foundation — 5th Edition. Luanda (AO).
Amplify Project — FORMAT23 Commission. Derby (UK).
2021
New Art Exchange — “4UBU”. Nottingham (UK).
Hangar — From a Distance Calling. Lisbon (PT).
2019
Collective Pés Descalços — LUUANDA. Luanda (AO).
2018
AOJE — Cachupa Factory. Mindelo (CV).
Main Collections
FLAD - Luso-American Development Foundation (PT).
House of European History (BE).
Frédéric de Goldschmidt Collection (BE).
Various
PUBLICATIONS
2023
The Thing. Photoworks Annual. ISSN 1742-1659. N.º 29
2022
YALA, Sofia – The Body as an Archive (20/21). Umbigo Magazine. ISSN 1645-7315. No. 81 (June 2022).
2021
Foam Magazine. ISSN 1570-4874. No. 59 (2021). Histories – The Archival Issue.
The Eyes. ISSN 2269-0832. No. 12 (2021). B-Side issue.
2020
Imagens & Arquivos. Lisbon: ICS–ULisboa; Coimbra: Photo Impulse Project, 2021. ISBN 978-972-671-655-6.
TALKS & ART EDUCATION
2024
Artist Talk, BA Photography. London College of Communication, London (UK).
2023
EPQ Sixth Form Mentor. The Photographers’ Gallery, London (UK).
Annual Photography Awards Jury. International.
Workshop Facilitator, Collage Comparison Symposium. University of Oxford, Oxford (UK).
In Conversation Facilitator, FORMAT23 (with Debbie Cooper on the Winters Archive). Derby (UK).
Artist Facilitator, School in Residence Programme. Derby Moor Academy & Cavendish, Derby (UK).
Research Seminar Speaker. University of Oxford, Oxford (UK).
2022
Portfolio Reviewer, BA Photography (Third Year). University of the Arts London, London (UK).
2021
Workshop Facilitator, New Art Exchange, Nottingham (UK).
Online Workshop Facilitator, New Art Exchange, Nottingham (UK).
Online Workshop Facilitator, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto (PT).
Writings
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