BENEDITA MENEZES (1996, Lisbon, Portugal) is a freelance independent curator and researcher based in London, UK. She holds a Painting BA from the Fine-Arts School University of Lisbon (FBA-UL), Portugal, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Aesthetics, Art and Political Cultures from the Social and Human Sciences School Nova University of Lisbon (FCSH-UNL), Portugal. She also studied at Karel de Grote University College, Antwerp, Belgium, during her BA. Benedita holds an MA Curating and Collections from Chelsea School of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, UK.
She has worked at commercial galleries such as Madragoa Gallery and Note Architecture Gallery and arts institutions such as the Modern Art Center of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. She worked as assistant to Luiza Teixeira de Freitas, an independent curator and collector based in Lisbon, having participated in projects such as Four Flags Lisbon, Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ Untitled (Fortune Cookie Corner), Lisbon edition, and in publishing collaborations with artist Julião Sarmento.
Benedita is the founder of project "Broken Phone, We'll meet in objects/ Telefone Estragado, Encontramo-nos em objetos", part of the "Now it was" collective and writer for Umbigo Magazine, and freelance writer for Umbigo Magazine. She is currently Gallery Manager at Prahlad Bubbar, London. BENEDITA MENEZES
PUBLICATIONS
"If Eve ain't in your garden: intersections between Nas X, Karen McLean and Bronzino" [Essay], Umbigo Magazine #78, 2021
"To reconstruct desire: Abraham Cruzvillegas" [Exhibition text], Janela, 2021
"PLANTASIA OIL Co.: Adrian Balseca" [Exhibition text], Janela, 2021
"Gretchen Andrew" [Interview], Umbigo Magazine #78, 2021
"The Eye is not Satisfied with seeing: Jennifer Packer" [review], Umbigo Magazine online, 2021
"Angel of Anarchy: Eileen Agar" [review], Umbigo Magazine online, 2021
"Tomorrow at the Battle", exhibition text for "ludografia", by Ana Romãozinho, at Módulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, 2021
"Strip Club: Julião Sarmento" [Exhibition text], Janela, 2021
"Astragalus: Francisco Tropa"[Exhibition text], Janela, 2020
CURATED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
"Our Haunted Futures". Interim show collectively curated by MACC Chelsea School of Arts and Design, UAL students. Online, 2021
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"Reverberations: A Response to the Her Noise Archive". Interim show collectively curated by MACC Chelsea School of Arts and Design, UAL students.Chelsea Space/online, 2021
Broken Phone - we'll meet in objects. A collaborative project with Pedro Gil. 2020-2021
EDUCATION
MA Degree Curating and Collections, University of the Arts London, Chelsea College of Art and Design, 2021
Postgraduate Diploma in Aesthetics and Artistic Studies - Art and Political Cultures, Nova University of Lisbon, Social and Human Sciences, 2019
BA Degree in Painting by the Fine Arts Faculty, University of Lisbon - 2014-2018 (ERASMUS in Karel de Grote - Sint Lucas University College of Art & Design, Antwerp), 2018
COURSES AND CERTIFICATES
“Art, Disability and Cultural Management”, Access Art, online (Dec. 2021)
“Copyright and Public Domain”, Access Art, online (Dec. 2021)
Summer course at Nova University of Lisbon, Social and Human Sciences, "Reading the art piece, contributions from psychoanalysis", 2019
Short-course at the Royal Academy of Arts, "Curating Art and Design", London, 2019
Short-course at MUTE Gallery, "Doomed Philosophers", Lisbon, 2018
CAE Certificate in Advanced English (C2)
DELF Scolaire en Français (A2)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Internship as Collection Assistant at Coleção Teixeira de Freitas, Lisbon, 2020
Internship as Assistant and Inventory Technician at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 2019
Internship as Assistant to the Manager of Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, 2019
Production Assistant at NOTE Architecture Gallery, Lisbon, 2018
EXHIBITIONS (as an artist)
Collective exhibition at SNBA, 2019
GAB - Open Galleries of Faculdade de Belas Artes, University of Lisbon, 2016, 2017, 2018
Collective exhibition "274" in Centro Cultural de Cascais, 2017
Collective exhibition "12x12" in Atelier da Travessa, 2016
Collective exhibition "ART-LAB - Mitos e Rituais da Tapeçaria Contemporânea", in Instituto Politécnico de Viana do
Castelo, 2016