Eduarda Neves

Eduarda Neves is a Professor of Contemporary Art, Art Theory and Critical Studies. As an independent curator she has presented exhibition projects in national and international institutions and spaces. Her research and curatorship articulate the domains of art, philosophy and politics.

She was part of the Contemporary Art Acquisition Committees for the Portuguese State Collection (2019-20), for the Porto Municipal Collection (2021) and (2023) the Appreciation Committee that selected the Official Portuguese Representation at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2024.
She is a member of the Advisory Board of The New Centre for Research & Practice.

Among the works she published, the following stand out: O Auto-retrato. Fotografia e Subjectivação [Self-Portrait. Photography and Subjectivation] (Lisbon: Palimpsesto | CEAA, 2016) [shortlisted for the Pen Club award in the Essay category, 2017]; Nem-Isto-Nem-Aquilo [Neither-This-Nor-That] (2020); 35 graus Celsius. Ensaios sobre arte contemporânea [35 degrees Celsius. Essays on contemporary art] (2021), by the same editor [shortlisted for the Pen Club award in the Essay category, 2022]; and BESTIÁRIO MENOR. Tempo e Labirinto na arte contemporânea [MINOR BESTIARY. Time and Labyrinth in contemporary art] (Lisbon: Barco Bêbado, 2022), which will be published (2024) in English version by &&& Books (The New Centre, Berlin).
She is a regular contributor to “Contemporânea” magazine. In 2021, she was the guest editor of #7 of this publication, dedicated to photography in the field of visual arts. Principal Investigator of Art and Critical Studies research group/CEAA.

She is currently director of ESAP – Porto Art School, where she teaches contemporary art and is programmer of DÍNAMO gallery.