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Manuela São Simão was born in São Paulo - Brazil - in 1980, going to Portugal in 1985 where she finished her five years degree in Fine Arts - Painting, at the Fine Arts School of Oporto University.
She is a muldidisciplinary artist working with different mediums. Along with her personal work she has been developing curatorial projects under the name EDITMAKEMIX, mixing visual arts and sound in the production of sound exhibitions, radio transmissions and the organization of concerts and other sound related projects.
Since 2006 she also designs and facilitates arts and illustrations workshops for children in Museums, Galleries,Libraries, schools, allways inspired by contemporary art and her own work! 
 
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Personal details
Nationality// Portuguese
Date and Place of Birth// 08-10-1980, São Paulo (Brazil).
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Education1998/2002
// Five years Degree in Fine Arts - Painting, Fine Arts School of Oporto University. 
2002
// Erasmus Program Scholarship at National Academy of Art, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Complementary Training2009
 // UTAustin Digital Media Summer Institute, classes at "Technology and Culture" by professor Craig Watkins in Universidade Nova (Lisbon);

2008
// Performative Sound Workshop, Days Off Sound, oriented by João Galante and Ana Borralho, promoted by NEC;
// Performance workshop by the french performer Catherine Bay, organized by Serralves Foundation,Oporto;

2007
// Specialization Course in Design and Digital Graphic Design Production at the Design School and Studio Alquimia da Cor, Oporto;

2005
// Digital Photography Course in the Portuguese Institute of Photography, Oporto;

2004
// Initiating Photography Course promoted by Portuguese Youth Institute in Oporto;// Technical Web Design and Multimedia Course, sponsored and promoted by Youth Foundation in Oporto;

2003
// Performance workshop directed by the French artist Nádia Lauro with the collaboration of the performer Franz Polstra, by the time of Nadia Lauro´s site-specific Project/Installation “As Atletas.Porto.2003” at Serralves Contemporary Art Museum;

// Course of Sound Animated Movie oriented by the director Abi Feijó and sound maker Tentúgal, at Casa da Animação, Porto;

// Animated Drawings Workshop oriented by the directors Abi Feijó and Jorge Ribeiro, at Casa da Animação, Porto.

2001/2003
// Silkscreen and Engraving – classes at Fine Arts School of Oporto; 
2002
// Lithography – classes at National Academy of Art_Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Projects and Exhibitions 

2009
 // Participation in the colective exhibition "10 anos Exteril", at Espaço Ilimitado Gallery in Porto.// Participation in the exhibition "Fabrica: For the People, From the People", at MAK Design Space, Museum of Wien, from 17th June to 16th Augoust.

// MaJhora FM - Project selected for the event Serralves em Festa 09 and presented in the gardens of Serralves Contemporary Art Museum,OPorto. Sound Performance with and orchestra of 100 radios playing a sound improvised in real time by two musicians. Project winner in the contest for young creators, by Manuela São Simão and Joana Mateus, in co-creation with the musicians Pedro Lopes and José Alberto Gomes and the collaboration of the performers Sem Palco and the technical team of Rádio Zero (Lisbon);// Handle With Love Project, exhibition in collaboration with Joana Mateus and a 2 hours on-going performance in collaboration with the musician José Gomes and streamed for Radio Zero (Lisbon). Project presented at Espaço Ilimitado, a Gallery in Oporto, curated by João Baeta.// Participation in First Spark, Soundart Radio Festival, a festival organized by an art based radio in South Devon UK. Conception of the sound piece "Hope Song" in collaboration with the visual artist Joana Mateus.// Participation in the collective exhibition at START Space Gallery in London, curated by Pedro Costa;// Participation in the Colors Notebook Project Exhibition at Fabrica Features, Lisbon.

2008
 // Conception and presentation with the visual artist Joana Mateus, of the sound performance "Handle With Love Song", at the concert room of Passos Manuel, in the event TELL, Oporto;// Participation as performer at Blanche-Neige, project by Catherine Bay, presented at TRAMA Performative Arts Festival, Porto.// Participation in the Public art project at Praça da Batalha, REDline08 Bordering on Us: International Meeting of Contemporary Art, Community, Identity and Representation,oriented by the film curator Tobias Hering (Germany) and the choreographer Emre Koyuncuglu (Turky), Oporto. http://bucket-project.blogspot.com
// Participation in the conception and presentation of the performance/action “Meeting Point for Constructing” by Partícula Collectivo in Cultural Space Maus Hábitos, and at "A Sala" (project curated by the performer Susana Chiocca), Oporto;
http://particulacolectivo.blogspot.com
// Project/Installation “Growing the City”, with João Pádua, site-specific public art installation for Faria Guimarães
Metro Station in Oporto; this project was winner in a contest and therefore selected and sponsored by
Company Metro do Porto S.A.; Organization of a public performative action in the last day of the exhibition.
http://growingthecity-project.blogspot.com// Conception and participation in "Playing Artists" project presented at Ada - European Festival in Action;

// Project “Growing”: installation “Plastic People” and the one hour performative action “Growing” during the opening. Sound object “HO-S01” by Hugo M., Extéril Gallery, Porto.2007
// Collective event “15 Minutes of Fame”, with the 15 minutes action-project “Begging Cities/Bagging Cities”, Extéril Gallery, Oporto;

// Collective FBAUP Illustration Exhibition under the title “Illustrated Garden”, curated by the illustrator and designer Júlio Dolbeth, in Servartes Cultural Centre in Oporto;// Collective Exhibition “Paths” at Index Bookshop in Porto;// Collective Intervention “On The Other Hand_Sombra Clara”,at Biscaínhos Museum in Braga; creation of a scenic-installation and a performance with the performers Sílvia Ribeiro, Daniel Pinheiro and Tiago Bôto (Sem Palco Company);

// Participation in the Extéril Collection Exhibition, curated by Teixeira Barbosa at Biscainhos Museum, Braga;

// Collective Project “(De)FormatosII”, that joined painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, photography, performance and music, with the artists Teixeira Barbosa, Sofia de Carvalho e Pedro Marcolino at Espaço Imerge_CRL in Oporto. Organization and production of the experimental music concert of the duo “Território” that played inside the space of the exhibition;

2006
// Participation in the Colors Notebook Project with a proposal of a magazine illustrated under the concept: “Prejudice Works Like a Spreading Disease"; The exhibition took place in George Pompidou Centre in Paris and the aim was to promote liberty of Expression; The same exhibition moved along to Triennalle di Milano (Italy) and Shangai Art Museum;// Collective Project “(De)Formatos” in collaboration with the artists Sofia de Carvalho and Pedro Marcolino; a painting, drawing, installation and sculpture project made for Galeria 59, Lisbon;// Collective Exhibition “Narratives”, curated by the Portuguese curator and art reviewer Ana Luísa Barão, presented at Galeria Sete_Contemporary Art, Coimbra;// Individual Exhibition “Boxed Attitudes (Ideias em Acervo)” at Extéril Gallery, Oporto;

// Collective Painting Exhibition at National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon.2005
// Individual Exhibition “Boundaries_Space-Box” installation and project-room at Velha-a-Branca_ Cultural Experimental Space, Braga;// Individual Painting and Installation Exhibition “Borders and Framings” at Labirintho_Bar-Gallery, Porto;2004
// Individual Painting and Silkscreen Exhibition “Frontiers and Shapes”, at Remy_Hairdresser and CulturalSpace, Braga;// Collective Painting Exhibition at Corrente d’Artes Gallery, Lisbon.2003
// Individual Project-room with black light “Boundaries - Destaques”, at “Por Amor à Arte_Gallery”, Porto;// Collective Drawing Exhibition “Projections”, curated by Casal Aguiar for Júlio Resende Foundation, Porto;// Collective Erasmus Exhibition at Fine Arts School of Porto Museum._______________
Awards

2004
// 2nd Painting Award in the “Young Painters Award”, sponsored by Culturgest, Lisbon;// 2nd Painting Award in “Young Creators Award_Aveiro 04”; sponsored by the City of Aveiro.2003
// 2nd Award in “João Barata´s Painting Award”, sponsored by Barata´s Bookshops, Lisbon;// 3rd Illustration Award on Christmas Postcards Contest “N de Natal”, sponsored by the Portuguese Youth Institute, Oporto._______________
Other Activities/Projects2009
// Member of Radio Zero since July 2009.// Creation of EDITMAKEMIX, a project related to the organization and promotion of concerts, design and music. Organization and production of the concert of the french composer Perrine Bailleux, with the promoter Amplificasom, at Café Au Lait in Porto; production and design of some posters for the promoter Lovers & Lollypops.
// Creation and orientation of the illustration workshops with children at FNAC - Fórum Miúdos.

2008
// Co-founder of the Partícula Collective, in Oporto, with Davide De Merra (Italy), Luigi Greco (Italy), Teixeira Barbosa (Portugal), Walter Pereira (Portugal) and Jolanda Molinari (Italy) a group of Portuguese and Italian artists that create particular public (Indoor and outdoor) performative “meeting points for constructing”.

2007
// Co-organization, production and curator ship of the collective illustration exhibition under the title “Paths” for Índex Bookshop, Porto;// Creator of the brand “SPOT_art to wear and use”, hand made pieces under the concept of “wearable art”, all pieces unique and inspired by personal work as painting, drawing and illustration.

2006
// Invited to associate Casa da Animação, a place for the animation and related events in Oporto;2004
// Collaboration in the direction of the animated movies “O Presente” and “A Essência”, supervised by Abi Feijó, Tentúgal and Tânia Duarte, produced by Casa da Animação in Oporto;

2003
// Participation in the two performances by the French artist Nádia Lauro and the performer Franz Polstra, under the title “Sound Stimulator”, both of them presented in the tennis court of Serralves Museum, by the time of the project/installation “As Atletas.Porto.2003.”.(CV June 09)
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Next Project:
- flash-mob for Future Places Festival (Porto) with Joana Mateus, Pedro Lopes, Daniel Pinheiro and Luis Antero - October 09 - Future Places Festival
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