Narratives of the Self Forum
Books by women artists
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The forum Narratives of the Self: Books by Women Artists brings together artists, publishers, curators and researchers to explore the role of artists’ books in the work of women creators, between the public and the private. This meeting is part of the IHA/NOVA SEED-Project Narratives of the Self between the public and the private: books by women artists in the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Art Library Collection and is part of the exhibition of the same title, which runs in the Art Library atrium until 12 May 2025.
By combining introspection and exhibition, artist’s books are a hybrid medium that is particularly relevant to female creation, allowing for a personal and experimental approach to the themes of identity, the body and memory. As Johanna Drucker emphasises, “the space of a book is intimate and public at the same time”, facilitating communication between lived experience and artistic expression.
This forum reflects on how these self-representative and autobiographical practices contribute to the emancipation of “female subjectivities” and to the debate on the visibility of women in art history.
The forum is organised by the Gulbenkian Art Library, the Instituto de História da Arte (NOVA FCSH) and the Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas / Laboratório de Investigação em Design e Artes, with scientific coordination by Ana Barata (Gulbenkian Art Library), Bruno Marques (IHA-NOVA FCSH/IN2PAST), Isabel Baraona (ESAD. CR | IPLeiria; LiDA), Joana Rocha e Cunha (IHA-NOVA FCSH) and Susana S. Martins (IHA-NOVA FCSH/IN2PAST).
Image: Door / Rita Barros, 2007. [S.l.] : Rita Barros, 2007. 1/3 copy; signed by the artist. Art Library. LA 1283
Speakers
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Ana Janeiro
Photographer, artist, teacher and researcher who develops her work and artistic research in the fields of self-portraiture, photography and performance. She has been working in photography since 2000, and her artistic work has been published in various publications and exhibition catalogs, having exhibited in Portugal, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Brazil and India.
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Ana Mata
Lives and works in Lisbon and Proença-a-Nova. She has a PhD in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon, where she has been teaching Painting as a guest lecturer since 2010. She has exhibited regularly since 2002. Her work is part of several Portuguese private and public collections.
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Ana Pérez-Quiroga
Visual artist, performer and film director. Her work maps everyday life and common objects in the construction of the self-portrait and gender issues, through installations, objects, photography, film and performance art. She is currently a post-doctoral researcher at CHAIA/FCT at the University of Évora.
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Ana Rito
Visual artist, curator, author, researcher and university lecturer. She has a PhD in Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon and is a professor on the PhD course in Artistic Studies (FLUL) and the PhD course in Contemporary Art at the College of Arts of the University of Coimbra. Researcher at CEIS20 of University of Coimbra.
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David-Alexandre Guéniot
With a degree in Political Science and Philosophy, he is the artistic director of the GHOST publishing house, founded in 2011 with photographer Patrícia Almeida (1970-2017). His editions have been part of exhibitions and received awards, including the Ministry of Culture’s Book Design Award (2018, 2019 and 2021) and PhotoEspaña’s Best Historical Research Book Award (2024). As an author, he has co-signed several publications with Patrícia Almeida.
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Filipa Valladares
She is an independent curator, editor and bookseller. Graduated in sculpture from FBAUL (1996). Postgraduate in Curatorial Studies (FBAUL/Gulbenkian, 2005). PhD in Multimedia Art from FBAUL. She was coordinator of the Fundació Foto Colectania in Portugal (2001/2009). As a curator, she has held several photography exhibitions. In 2011, she founded Associação STET – livros & fotografias.
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Gabriela Vaz Pinheiro
She has a degree in sculpture from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto and a PhD by project from Chelsea College of Art & Design. Her main areas of activity are artistic practice, curating, art teaching and research, and she regularly produces curatorial and editorial work.
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Márcia Oliveira
She is an assistant researcher at the Center for Humanistic Studies at the University of Minho, with a post-doctorate in Art Studies/Art History, focused on the theme of Artist’s Books. She was a visiting scholar at Rutgers University, USA, in the fall semester of 2016. She completed her PhD at the University of Minho in 2013 with a thesis on Art and Feminism in Portugal in the post-revolutionary context.