Biography
Joana Alarcão is a Portuguese Interdisciplinary Eco-artist and writer that works primarily within the concepts of social/environmental justice and culture.
She has an M.A in Art & Ecology, a B.F.A in Sculpture and a diploma of Level IV technician in Ceramics. She has already showcased her work in collective exhibitions, solo and contemporary magazines.
Creating sculptures, charcoal drawings, performances and writings influenced by environmental practices, she explores human cognitive behaviours and climate change from multiple lenses.
Bringing awareness to the corrosive social alienation toward the Environment and even human beings. The contrasts of how nature is consecutively part of the human species and human reaction toward it led her sculptures and drawings to be mostly human referenced and made with naturally made materials. The friction behind these two arguments is a major aspect of her practice.
Complementary to her studio practice she founded the Publication Insights of an Eco Artist and has worked with magazines such as Women to Women, Public Oferrings Ltd, GateKeeper, and the NGO Creative Conscious and Arts Help.
Exhibitions
2021 - "Based on a True Story" - Group exhibition, Pada studios Gallery,Barreiro, Portugal.
2020 - "Earth" - Round Lemon, Online Gallery, London.
2020 - "Visualizing Change "-Group exhibition, Burren college of art Gallery, Ireland.
2019 - "Dafne Project" - Group Online exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal.
2019 -"Conexões Naturais"- Solo exhibition, Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Caparica, Portugal.
2019 -"Mesa"- Collective exhibition of sculpture, Gallery of Cultural Animation, Aljustrel, Portugal.
2018 - "Open Galleries"-Collective exhibition, Faculty of fine arts, Lisbon, Portugal.
2018 -“Lugares e Caminhos”- Group exhibition-land art, Proença-a Nova Art Gallery, Portugal. Residencies
Features
2022- Arts Help International Women's Day Series
2021 – Altiba 9 Contemporary Art
Magazine- Artist Interview
2020 – Art Hole Magazine
2020 – A5 Magazine #34