Beatriz Albuquerque

Beatriz Albuquerque was selected by Flash Art magazine as one of the 100 most relevant international artists under the age of 45. She lives and works between Porto and New York and is known for her interdisciplinary practices between activism and cross media. Awards include the Breakthrough Award for the 17th Biennial Cerveira; Myers Art Prize Award from Columbia University, New York; and the Premio Ambient Performance Series, PAC / edge Performance Festival, Chicago. She exhibits internationally, with solo and group exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago; Chicago Cultural Center; Chelsea Art Museum, New York; Emily Harvey Foundation, New York; , The Kitchen, New York; Anthology Film Archives, New York; 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Turkey; 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Greece; MUBE Brazilian Museum of Sculpture, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Ghana National Museum; Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Bogota, Columbia; Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Caracas, Venezuela; TRAMA Festival in Porto, Portugal; and many others. She is the author of ART + INTERNET + PERFORMANCE = beginning of the 90s and Video Games + Glitch = Learning: Video Games Vs. Teachers.

Beatriz received her bachelor of arts and Fine Arts from Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto, her Master of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is completing her Doctorate in New Media and education at Columbia University, New York with a Fulbright and Foundation for Science and Technology scholarship.