Ana Mesquita (artist)

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Ana Mesquita (artist)
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Born1967
Mozambique
NationalityPortuguese
Alma materUniversidade Autónoma de Lisboa
OccupationVisual artist

Ana Mesquita, (born 1967 in Mozambique) also known by her artist name MESQ, is a Portuguese visual artist. She studied design, having graduated from the CITEX Design course in Oporto in 1991, and she furthered her education with a post-graduation in Journalism from the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa. Mesquita's artistic work is characterized by stark color palettes, wide strokes, and patterns to convey messages, a mixed visual form of textual expression[1][2][3]

For twenty years, Mesquita pursued a career in journalism,[4] both on TV[5] and press, before returning to her artistic roots in 2012.[6][7] Since then, she has launched a series of individual exhibitions[8] both in Portugal and internationally. Her work spans across various mediums, including digital drawing[9], video art, mural painting, and collage composition.[10] She is part of the movement of women visual artists that has been shaping the newer cultural environment of 21st century Portugal.

In 2021, she co-created, with the musician / composer João Gil[11] a show named "Caixa de Luz, (LightBox) "[12] that went on production in Capitólio and in Casa da Música. Ana Mesquita's video installation works are characterized by a figurative style, using color and form to communicate narratives and emotions.

Her body of work belies the ability to shift between different art forms and mediums. She has embarked in several artistic collaboration works that have been exhibited in Maat museum[13] and in the biennal[14] de Cerveira. Her latest published work, commissioned by Portuguese TV channel RTP 2, is a series of short videos as an hommage to the author, politician and translator Vasco Graça Moura.

References

  1. "Bairro da Torre em festa recebe mural de Ana Mesquita (MESQ) | Câmara Municipal de Cascais". www.cascais.pt (in português). Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  2. "Given the extensive number of works that Ana Mesquita painted to create the two murals in Amarante, Sofia Marçal, director of the National Museum of Natural History, invited the artist to create an exhibition with them in tribute to Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso" (translation from the Portuguese)
  3. LX, Agenda (19 December 2018). "Temperamento - Tributo a Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso". agendalx.pt. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  4. rtp, RTP Arquivos (June 2016). "Ana Mesquita". arquivos.rtp.pt. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  5. Farinha, Paulo (February 2013). "Relação à distância". www.dn.pt. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  6. "Ana Mesquita". zet.gallery. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  7. Vasques Rito, Catarina (31 January 2024). "Ana Mesquita expõe em Paris / Ana Mesquita exhibit in Paris". dn.pt. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  8. Correia, Cristina (2017-03-01). "Ana Mesquita expõe "Frida Miranda"". Executiva (in português). Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  9. "Since exhibiting her paintings made on an iPad in 2012, Ana Mesquita hasn't stopped. In 2018, it opened its largest exhibition, “Temperamento”, in the former Colegio dos Nobres Riding Arena, next to the Museum of Natural History and Science, an interactive experience in tribute to Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. The recognition of her creativity is crowned with this triumph in the Plastic Arts group, to which she was nominated together with the artists Fernanda Fragateiro and Maria Leal da Costa."
  10. "Viagem pelo Esquecimento". viagempeloesquecimento.pt. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  11. Nathing, Nathing (25 November 2006). "João Gil - Sons em Trânsito". sonsemtransito.com. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  12. Ribeiro, Margarida (15 September 2021). "Caixa de Luz: o espectáculo que leva João Gil e convidados à Casa da Música". timeout.pt/. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  13. "Viagem Pelo Esquecimento".
  14. de Cerveira, Bienal (25 November 2023). "Ana Mesquita, João Gil e Mia Couto APRESENTAM PROJETO "VIAGEM PELO ESQUECIMENTO" NA XXII BIENAL INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE DE CERVEIRA". bienaldecerveira.pt. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

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