Margarida Paiva
Portugal
Margarida Paiva (Coimbra, 1975) is a visual artist living in Oslo, and working with film, photography and installation. In 2007, she completed her Master's degree at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and has earlier studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Porto.
Recent work is the outcome of a personal exploration into the mystical dimension of the natural world. It is inspired by folklore, fairytales and ancient myths, where Nature is frequently linked with the human psyche relating to the unconscious. Using references to ecofeminism, these works aim to investigate the intersections between gender, ecology, activism and spirituality.
Solo exhibitions (selected): 2024, Eight Dark Dreams of Green Leaves, DTK Project Gallery, Fornebu (NO); 2022, I Am The Forest, Fotografiens Hus, Oslo (NO); 2020, Living With Dinosaurs, Trondheim Contemporary Art Center (NO); 2019, Soul Blindness, Rom for Kunst, Oslo Central Station (NO); 2018, Traversings, MIRA Contemporary Art Space, Porto (PT).
Group exhibitions (selected): 2024, Shadow of the Tall Orange Trees Tears, DTK Project Gallery, Fornebu (NO); 2022, La Vie Invisible, Centre Photographique d'Ile-de-France, Pontault-Combault (FR); 2020, Blindness, Muratcentoventidue Contemporary Art Gallery, Bari (IT); 2018, Looking Out Looking In, Muratcentoventidue Contemporary Art Gallery, Bari (IT).
Recent work is the outcome of a personal exploration into the mystical dimension of the natural world. It is inspired by folklore, fairytales and ancient myths, where Nature is frequently linked with the human psyche relating to the unconscious. Using references to ecofeminism, these works aim to investigate the intersections between gender, ecology, activism and spirituality.
Solo exhibitions (selected): 2024, Eight Dark Dreams of Green Leaves, DTK Project Gallery, Fornebu (NO); 2022, I Am The Forest, Fotografiens Hus, Oslo (NO); 2020, Living With Dinosaurs, Trondheim Contemporary Art Center (NO); 2019, Soul Blindness, Rom for Kunst, Oslo Central Station (NO); 2018, Traversings, MIRA Contemporary Art Space, Porto (PT).
Group exhibitions (selected): 2024, Shadow of the Tall Orange Trees Tears, DTK Project Gallery, Fornebu (NO); 2022, La Vie Invisible, Centre Photographique d'Ile-de-France, Pontault-Combault (FR); 2020, Blindness, Muratcentoventidue Contemporary Art Gallery, Bari (IT); 2018, Looking Out Looking In, Muratcentoventidue Contemporary Art Gallery, Bari (IT).
