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Ranging from a variety of media (photography, video, sound, live art, object-based, installation, site-specific), my works have been analysing daily life gestures, routine and familiarity as a way of researching and understanding some deeper meanings in one’s life.I have been using photography to convey states of mind and emotional feelings. Trying to capture moments of deep introspection in terms of self-conscience and density of the condition of the human being. A density made of multiple layers, including inconsistency and error.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The still image representing a slice of time became useful in my works as a way of visually representing a suspension of reality. As it happens when time seems to stop when we experience a strong emotion, or we let ourselves be driven by a train of thought. Two narratives take place simultaneously \u2013 one at our conscience level and another as real life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The span of time is experienced at different velocities, in our complex lives. It could be said that the works acknowledge the reality of a mind space as an interesting point for the perception of this floating reality of ours.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rita Castro Neves finished her training at the Lisbon\u2019s Ar.Co School of Visual Arts (Photography Dept.) in 1995 and in 1998 at the Slade School of Fine Art (Master in Fine Art, Media Dept.), Rita is currently a student at the Doctorate Programme at Coimbra University, School of the Arts (Doutoramento em Arte Contempor\u00e2nea).<\/p>\n

Rita Castro Neves has been exhibiting regularly in both institutional spaces (Museum of Contemporary Art of Serralves, Porto, Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, Brazil, Spike Island, Bristol, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, I.C.A., London, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki, Image Museum, Braga, Nogueira da Silva Museum, Braga, Neo-Realism Museum, Vila Franca de Xira, F\u00e1brica Asa, Guimar\u00e3es European Capital Culture) and alternative spaces (rented flat, primary school, public toilet, record shop, the Finnish art space Oksasenkatu 11…).
\nSince 2015 Rita develops collaborative work with Daniel Moreira. With Laking<\/em>, produced in 2015 following an invitation by the Finish art space Oksasenkatu 11, they started a long project on the representation of landscape, using drawing, photography and video \u2013 in installation, to think about artistic collaboration, different techniques and artistic cultures, territory, scale and journey. Showing at Galeria Bang Bang (Lisbon, 2016), Galeria Oitavo (Porto, 2017), Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 Rodrigues (Porto, 2017) Sputenik The Window (Porto, 2017), Museu da Imagem at the Encontros da Imagem Braga Photo Festival (Braga, 2017), Col\u00e9gio das Artes (Coimbra, 2017), Galeria Bolsa de Arte (S\u00e3o Paulo, 2017), the Lisbon Museu Geol\u00f3gico (Lisbon, 2018) and at the Casa Museu Medeiros e Almeida (Lisbon, 2018), ), at the Romanesque catholic church Mosteiro de Brav\u00e3es (Portas do Tempo project, Ponte da Barca, 2018), a group show at Pa\u00e7o Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, curated by Ant\u00f3nio Olaio and Malu Fatorelli (Brazil 2018 – our part was supported by the Porto City programme Shuttle \u2013 Programa de Internacionaliza\u00e7\u00e3o Art\u00edstica \/ Programa Pl\u00e1ka), at the Porto Planetarium Sem Imago Mundi, Antes um Desvio Aleat\u00f3rio, curated by Eduarda Neves, at the Museum of Wool, Magic Mountain \u2013 Beira Interior University (Covilh\u00e3, 2018), at the Caf\u00e9 Candelabro, Porto, December 2018, a programme curated by Nuno Ramalho, at the Science and Natural Museum, Lisbon, (Lisbon, March 2019), at the Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Eug\u00e9nio Almeida (\u00c9vora, 2019) curated by F\u00e1tima Lambert, at C.A.A.A. curated by Ricardo Bastos Areias (Guimar\u00e3es, 2019) and with a temporary public work for the Porto Crystal Palace Gardens part of the Ci.CLo Bienal de Fotografia do Porto, 16th May \u2013 2nd July 2019, curated by Virg\u00edlio Ferreira. In September 2019 na exhibiton with Guto Lacaz took place at the Portuguese Consulate of S\u00e3o Paulo, in October at Ext\u00e9ril (Porto) and in November had an instllation at the Wool Museum of Covilh\u00e3, as part of the meeting Montanha M\u00e1gica* Arte e Paisagem.
\nIn 2022 Daniel and Rita will have an exhibition at Appleton Square, in Lisboa.
\nIn August 2017 they were at the Brazilian Ateli\u00ea Fidalga in the context of the Paulo Reis Residency (S\u00e3o Paulo) presenting a solo show, and in October 2017 they travelled through Japan in a study trip with a Funda\u00e7\u00e3o Oriente Short Term Grant.
\nIn May 2018 at the Inter.Meada Residency (Mar\u00edn \/ Gaspar Collection) in Alvito, Portugal, in June at the Serra da Estrela high mountains (Magic Mountain \u2013 Beira Interior University), both residencies resulting in solo exhibitions in a small chapel (Ermida de Santa Luzia, Alvito, June 2019) and at the Covilh\u00e3 Museum of Wool (November 2018). During the month of July 2018, they had a residency at the Portuguese Cam\u00f5es – Cultural Centre of Maputo, Mozambique, resulting in a solo exhibition, with its main installation now at the Maputo museum Museu da Universidade Eduardo Mondelane (Director: Alda Costa). Last residencies include a collaborative residency with Brazilian artists Claudia Tavares and Renata Cruz at the Brazilian Festival de Fotografia de Paranapiacaba, invited by Jo\u00e3o Kulcs\u00e1r in August 2019, supported by the Consulate General of Portugal in S\u00e3o Paulo, and at Luzlinar residency programme at Feital, in Portugal (September 2019).<\/p>\n

Currently is a teacher at the School of Fine Arts, University of Porto, where she created and directed a Post Graduate Course in Performance. Here Rita created in 2012, coordinating since then, the research group Symptom. Performance. Research. Experimentation.
\nRita Castro Neves is a member of i2ADS the Research Institute in Art, Design and Society, School of Fine Arts, University of Porto.<\/p>\n

From 2005 till 2008 was the Educational Coordinator of the Photography Course at the Portuguese Institute for Photography.<\/p>\n

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