Tânia Dinis
1983, from Vila Nova de Famlicão. Works and lives in Porto.
Master in Contemporary Art Practices from Visual Arts Porto University, 2015. Degree on Theater Studies – Interpretationn from ESMAE, 2006.
Made her short film documental / experimental “Não são favas, são feijocas” in 2013, Arco da Velha in 2015, video-instalation Linha in 2016 and Teresa e Laura in 2017.
Was part of the artista colective DAS PLAST V PJS, during Eduarda Neves project - Algumas razões para uma arte não demissionária, in 2014/2015 and was part of Correspondências, also an Eduarda Neves em 2015/2017. Took parto f festivals and other projects in Portugal, Espanha, United Kingdom, USA, Brasil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Australia, and her artistic projects explore different mediuns - performance, cinema, video – photography and instalation – having strongly a an itinerant character.
She has been working within the last years from archive photos, family álbuns, films – personal / intimite or anonimous, and creating this material new objects.
Has collaborated with Cia – Excessos, Brasil and Útero Associação Cultural.
Was part of FAMEP | I Jornadas FOTOGRAFIA E ARQUIVO, organized by ESAP in 2014.
Was member of the juri for full-length / feature film film at the 17º Festival Lusobrasileiro (Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal) and in 2016 for Curta Oito – Festival Internacional de Super 8 in Curitiba, Brasil.
In cinema, Tânia worked as an actrice with film-makers as: Jorge Quintela, Rodrigo Areias, Pedro Bastos, Paulo Abreu, Pedro Flores, Rita Azevedo Gomes, Pedro Ludgero, Edgar Pêra, João Brochado, Susana Neves and André Gil Mata.
In theater with the directors: Luís Mestre, António Durães, Marcos Barbosa, Ana Luena, Nuno Preto, Rodrigo Santos, Inês Vicente, Joana Morães and Diogo Dória.
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