Celeste Cerqueira

Celeste Cerqueira is a visual artist with a degree in painting from FBAUP and a Master’s in Visual Arts – Intermedia from the University of Évora.

In collaboration with Silvestre Pestana, she co-founded the “What is Watt?” collective (2001-2009) and contributed to the creation of the Virtual Biennial (2013 and 2015), as well as the Lote 67 art space (since 2018).

In addition to her solo exhibitions, she has been invited to participate in various collective projects, curated by Daniela Stelle (2017), Eduarda Neves (2018 and 2019), José Maia (2015 and 2017), Nuno Canelas (2016), Nuno Faria (2016), Pedro Ruiz (2014 and 2016) and Valeria Bartesina (2017).

Her artistic approach is based on visual recordings, including fact-based investigations from the official archives of censorship in Portugal between 1933 and 1974. This exploration of historical memory leads her to develop strategies of distancing and critical analysis of social dynamics and contemporary collective thought.
More recently, she has enriched this methodology by integrating research accessible online, combined with the use of digital media such as the iPad.