Miguel De
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Miguel De

miguel@miguelde.com

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Miguel De (Portugal, 1992) is a queer artist, who works in photography, music and video. He holds a master's degree in Photography from Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica Portuguesa (2022) and a degree in Cinema and Audiovisual from Escola Superior Artística do Porto (2013). After living in Porto and London, he settled in Braga in 2015.

His work deals with the queer experience, melancholy and issues of representation and ambiguous moralities. Always from the perspective of problematizing assumptions, his work addresses male homosexual identity, touching on key points such as desire, sex and attraction. His dissertation and master's final project focused on the representation of the male body and masculinity by homosexual photographers, which earned him high praises by the jury chaired by Alexandre Melo, renowned curator and art commissioner.

He has a photography artist book published in 2021, “conhecer um corpo”. He has already exhibited his photographic and videographic work in Lisbon, Porto and Braga. In 2022 he was featured on the list of Best Portfolios, in an international portfolio reading promoted by the IMAGO Lisboa Photo Festival. He regularly collaborates with the Braga Media Arts and Braga’27 projects, promoted by the Municipality of Braga.

In addition to visual work, he is part of Circo Caótico with Daniel Seabra and Mafalda Gonçalves, where he is the author of the music and sound design for the collective's performances. He collaborates with BANQUETE – Association for Research and Creation in Performing Arts, also with the creation of music and soundscapes for performance.

He collaborates with artists from various fields, such as João Pedro Rodrigues, Maria Trabulo, Antonio da Silva, Daniel Seabra, Joana Castro, Júlio Cerdeira, Dora Vieira, David Machado, Distorted Vision, Rui P. Andrade (Canadian Rifles) and Lola Rossi.

2023

→ collective exhibition — Masc — Too Much of a Good Thing, a ilha / XYZ Books — Lisbon, Portugal

→ collective exhibition — Pega de fogo — ACTUM, Palácio do Raio — Braga, Portugal

 

2022

→ solo exhibition — Masc — Livraria aberta — Porto, Portugal

→ interview — Arde — Umbigo Magazine

→ interview — Falar Fazendo: Media Arts — Braga'27 — Braga, Portugal

→ music performance — Panorama — PROMETEU'22 — Lisbon, Portugal

→ portfolio review — Masc — Best Portfolios @ IMAGO LISBOA Photo Festival — Lisbon, Portugal

→ experimental film — Cartografias Imaginárias, with Lola Rossi — Temporada Portugal-França — Circuito - Serviço Educativo Braga Media Arts

→ music and sound design — Matérias Inúteis, by Banquete — premiere at Braga, Portugal

→ portfolio review — Masc — Josh Lustig, Instituto Português de Fotografia — Porto, Portugal

 

2021

→ collective exhibition — Masc — Amor em Tempos de Cólera - ACTUM — Braga, Portugal

→ book presentation — Conhecer um corpo — 11th Lisbon's Photobook Fair — Lisbon, Portugal

→ artistic residence — Fogo-Fátuo, a film by João Pedro Rodrigues — Lisbon, Portugal

→ film showing — The Kiss — Shortcutz — Funchal, Portugal

→ film showing — The Kiss — Shortcutz — Guimarães, Portugal

→ music performance — PNRM — ACTUM — Braga, Portugal

→ music and sound design — Raíz, by Circo Caótico — premiere at Leiria, Portugal

→ film showing — The Kiss — Shortcutz — Ovar, Portugal

→ exhibition — Masc — Panorama21 - Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica Portuguesa — Porto, Portugal

→ interview — Vamos Falar? Onde vês arte? — Rádio Universitária do Minho — Braga, Portugal

→ article — The Kiss: The obscene off the scene — Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts (Vol. 13 Nr. 2) — Porto, Portugal

→ book presentation — Conhecer um corpo — Feira do Livro de Braga — Braga, Portugal

→ article — Bodybuilding and the future of gender — Cineclube EA — Porto, Portugal

→ pitch — Masc — PH21 - Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica Portuguesa — Porto, Portugal

→ interview — Braga de... — Braga'27 — Braga, Portugal

→ video performance — Darktraces, a performance by Joana Castro — DDD - Festival Dias Da Dança — Porto, Portugal

 

2020

→ collective exhibition — The myth of Atlas — ACTUM — Braga, Portugal

→ film showing — The Kiss — Caminhos do Cinema Português — Coimbra, Portugal

→ film showing — The Kiss — Prometeu — Lisbon and Porto, Portugal

→ music performance — Symphony of the Future — ACTUM — online

→ film showing — The Kiss — FEST New Directors New Films Festival — Porto, Portugal

→ music and sound design — Por Um Fio, by Daniel Seabra — premiere at Ponte de Lima, Portugal

→ music and sound design — Com(Sequência), by Circo Caótico — premiere at Almada, Portugal

→ music and sound design — Crisálida, by Daniel Seabra — premiere at Porto, Portugal

 

up to 2019

→ music and sound design — [HOSE], by Daniel Seabra — premiere at Ílhavo, Portugal

→ live video performance — Circuito — Braga Media Arts, Noite Branca — Braga, Portugal

→ collaborative concert — Ocupa#3, with David Machado and Dora Vieira — gnration — Braga, Portugal

→ collective exhibition — A Body of Land — shairart — Braga, Portugal

→ collective exhibition — A Body of Land — Guimarães Noc Noc — Guimarães, Portugal

→ collective exhibition — A Body of Land — Bienal de Arte Jovem — Vila Verde, Portugal

miguel@miguelde.com

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Miguel De (Portugal, 1992) is a queer artist, who works in photography, music and video. He holds a master's degree in Photography from Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica Portuguesa (2022) and a degree in Cinema and Audiovisual from Escola Superior Artística do Porto (2013). After living in Porto and London, he settled in Braga in 2015.

His work deals with the queer experience, melancholy and issues of representation and ambiguous moralities. Always from the perspective of problematizing assumptions, his work addresses male homosexual identity, touching on key points such as desire, sex and attraction. His dissertation and master's final project focused on the representation of the male body and masculinity by homosexual photographers, which earned him high praises by the jury chaired by Alexandre Melo, renowned curator and art commissioner.

He has a photography artist book published in 2021, “conhecer um corpo”. He has already exhibited his photographic and videographic work in Lisbon, Porto and Braga. In 2022 he was featured on the list of Best Portfolios, in an international portfolio reading promoted by the IMAGO Lisboa Photo Festival. He regularly collaborates with the Braga Media Arts and Braga’27 projects, promoted by the Municipality of Braga.

In addition to visual work, he is part of Circo Caótico with Daniel Seabra and Mafalda Gonçalves, where he is the author of the music and sound design for the collective's performances. He collaborates with BANQUETE – Association for Research and Creation in Performing Arts, also with the creation of music and soundscapes for performance.

He collaborates with artists from various fields, such as João Pedro Rodrigues, Maria Trabulo, Antonio da Silva, Daniel Seabra, Joana Castro, Júlio Cerdeira, Dora Vieira, David Machado, Distorted Vision, Rui P. Andrade (Canadian Rifles) and Lola Rossi.

2023

→ collective exhibition — Masc — Too Much of a Good Thing, a ilha / XYZ Books — Lisbon, Portugal

→ collective exhibition — Pega de fogo — ACTUM, Palácio do Raio — Braga, Portugal

 

2022

→ solo exhibition — Masc — Livraria aberta — Porto, Portugal

→ interview — Arde — Umbigo Magazine

→ interview — Falar Fazendo: Media Arts — Braga'27 — Braga, Portugal

→ music performance — Panorama — PROMETEU'22 — Lisbon, Portugal

→ portfolio review — Masc — Best Portfolios @ IMAGO LISBOA Photo Festival — Lisbon, Portugal

→ experimental film — Cartografias Imaginárias, with Lola Rossi — Temporada Portugal-França — Circuito - Serviço Educativo Braga Media Arts

→ music and sound design — Matérias Inúteis, by Banquete — premiere at Braga, Portugal

→ portfolio review — Masc — Josh Lustig, Instituto Português de Fotografia — Porto, Portugal

 

2021

→ collective exhibition — Masc — Amor em Tempos de Cólera - ACTUM — Braga, Portugal

→ book presentation — Conhecer um corpo — 11th Lisbon's Photobook Fair — Lisbon, Portugal

→ artistic residence — Fogo-Fátuo, a film by João Pedro Rodrigues — Lisbon, Portugal

→ film showing — The Kiss — Shortcutz — Funchal, Portugal

→ film showing — The Kiss — Shortcutz — Guimarães, Portugal

→ music performance — PNRM — ACTUM — Braga, Portugal

→ music and sound design — Raíz, by Circo Caótico — premiere at Leiria, Portugal

→ film showing — The Kiss — Shortcutz — Ovar, Portugal

→ exhibition — Masc — Panorama21 - Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica Portuguesa — Porto, Portugal

→ interview — Vamos Falar? Onde vês arte? — Rádio Universitária do Minho — Braga, Portugal

→ article — The Kiss: The obscene off the scene — Journal of Science and Technology of the Arts (Vol. 13 Nr. 2) — Porto, Portugal

→ book presentation — Conhecer um corpo — Feira do Livro de Braga — Braga, Portugal

→ article — Bodybuilding and the future of gender — Cineclube EA — Porto, Portugal

→ pitch — Masc — PH21 - Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica Portuguesa — Porto, Portugal

→ interview — Braga de... — Braga'27 — Braga, Portugal

→ video performance — Darktraces, a performance by Joana Castro — DDD - Festival Dias Da Dança — Porto, Portugal

 

2020

→ collective exhibition — The myth of Atlas — ACTUM — Braga, Portugal

→ film showing — The Kiss — Caminhos do Cinema Português — Coimbra, Portugal

→ film showing — The Kiss — Prometeu — Lisbon and Porto, Portugal

→ music performance — Symphony of the Future — ACTUM — online

→ film showing — The Kiss — FEST New Directors New Films Festival — Porto, Portugal

→ music and sound design — Por Um Fio, by Daniel Seabra — premiere at Ponte de Lima, Portugal

→ music and sound design — Com(Sequência), by Circo Caótico — premiere at Almada, Portugal

→ music and sound design — Crisálida, by Daniel Seabra — premiere at Porto, Portugal

 

up to 2019

→ music and sound design — [HOSE], by Daniel Seabra — premiere at Ílhavo, Portugal

→ live video performance — Circuito — Braga Media Arts, Noite Branca — Braga, Portugal

→ collaborative concert — Ocupa#3, with David Machado and Dora Vieira — gnration — Braga, Portugal

→ collective exhibition — A Body of Land — shairart — Braga, Portugal

→ collective exhibition — A Body of Land — Guimarães Noc Noc — Guimarães, Portugal

→ collective exhibition — A Body of Land — Bienal de Arte Jovem — Vila Verde, Portugal