CV KIKA NICOLELA
b. 1976, Brazil
Kika Nicolela is a Brazilian artist and experimental filmmaker. Her works include single-channel videos, installations, performances, experimental documentaries and photography. Graduated in Film and Video by the University of Sao Paulo, Kika Nicolela also completed film courses at UCLA University. She was the recipient of several grants and has participated of nearly 100 solo and collective exhibitions in Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Portugal, UK and US. Her videos have been screened and awarded in festivals of more than 30 countries, such as: Kunst Film Biennale, Oberhausen International Short Filme Festival, ACA Media Arts Festival, Videoformes New Media & Video Art Festival, International Electronic Art Festival Videobrasil and Exis Experimental Film & Video Festival. Since 2008, Kika Nicolela also curates and coordinates the Exquisite Corpse Video Project, an ongoing collaborative series of videos that involves more than 70 artists from 25 countries. In 2010, she was selected for the Rondo Studio (Austria), Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation (Germany), Gyeonggi Creation Center (South Korea) and the I-Park (US) residency programs; she will also have a retrospective of her videos at the prestigious Museum of Modern Art in Salvador, Brazil. In 2011, she will be artist-in-residence at Seoul Art Space Geumcheon (South Korea) and Route Fabrik (Switzerland). The artist is represented by DConcept, a São Paulo based art gallery, and Vtape, a Toronto based videoart distributer.
EDUCATION
2008
Video Extremities: Processes of Critical Analysis. MIS – Audiovisual Museum, São Paulo, Brazil.
Videos, Projections And Installations In Natural Environments. Bragança Paulista, Brazil.
The Actor And Film. b_Arco, São Paulo, Brazil.
2007
Art And Technology, The Modern Alchemy. Toronto, Canada.
2004
Media Art Since Video. Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo, Brazil.
Cinema And Digital Languages. Usina do Gasômetro, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2003
AFI Master Seminars. American Film Institute, Los Angeles, US.
2002
Screenwriting IFP Series. Screenwriters Guild, Los Angeles, US.
IFP Director’s Seminars. Los Angeles, US.
ASC Cinematographers’ Seminars. Los Angeles, US.
Directing Actors For Film And Television. University of California UCLA, Los Angeles, US.
Cinematography For Directors. University of California UCLA, Los Angeles, US.
Feature Screenwriting. University of California UCLA, Los Angeles, US.
Acting for Camera. Playhouse West, Los Angeles, US.
1994-2000
Film and Video. University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Languages: English (Advanced, TOEFL 267/300) and French (Intermediary)
ART RESIDENCIES AND STIPENDS
2011
IG Route Fabrik AIR. Zurich, Switzerland.
Seoul Art Space Geumcheon. Seoul, South Korea.
Sazmanab Project. Tehran, Iran.
2010
Casa das Caldeiras. São Paulo, Brazil.
I-Park Foundation Residency Program. East Haddam, US.
COMP Crossing of Movements Project International Residency Program. Seoul, South Korea.
Gyeonggi Creation Center. Ansan, South Korea.
Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation. Schöppingen, Germany.
Rondo Studio Program. Graz, Austria.
2009
Sumu Residency. Turku, Finland.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2010
Exhibition Abroad Grant. Bienal Foundation and Ministry of Culture, Brazil.
EMPAC Dance Movies Commission finalist. New York, US.
Travel Grant. Cultural Diffusion and Exchange Program, Ministry of Culture, Brazil.
Best Video of 2009 (nomination). One Minute Festival, Brazil.
2009
Rumos Itaú Cultural Cinema e Vídeo Award (finalist). Brazil.
EMPAC Dance Movies Commission finalist. New York, US.
Best Videoart. A Corto di Donne Short Film Festival, Naples, Italy.
Best Video nomination. Blue Banana Video Art Contest, Landau, Germany.
Best Video. One Minute Festival, Brazil.
Best Video. Magmart International Videoart Festival, Naples, Italy.
Exhibition Grant. Centro Universitário Maria Antonia, São Paulo, Brazil.
2008
Best Video nomination. Vivo Arte.Mov, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Best Video nomination. HTTPVIDEO festival, São Paulo, Brazil.
2007
Travel Grant. Cultural Diffusion and Exchange Program, Ministry of Culture, Brazil.
Nominated for the 7th Sergio Motta Award of Art and Technology, São Paulo, Brazil.
Best Video (official jury). Videoformes New Media & Video Art Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Honorary Award (students jury). Videoformes New Media & Video Art Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Nominated for the UNESCO’s The Breaking The Chains Award for the Best Film on the Theme of Slavery and its Outcomes.
Best Experimental Video nomination. São Carlos Video Festival, São Carlos, Brazil.
2006
Production Grant. São Paulo Arts Council, São Paulo, Brazil.
Production Grant. Recife’s Art Week, Recife, Brazil.
Exhibition Grant. Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Best Documentary Feature. Cineport Festival, Lagos, Portugal.
Best Feature Film. CineEsquemaNovo Festival de Cinema, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Honorary Award. Alucine Toronto Latino Media Festival, Toronto, Canada.
Best Film nomination. Mostra do Filme Livre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2005
Best Experimental Documentary. Sopot Independent Film Festival, Sopot, Poland.
Honorary Award. Sopot Independent Film Festival, Sopot, Poland.
Best Experimental Video. CineAmazônia Festival, Porto Velho, Brazil.
Best Experimental Video nomination. International Izmir Short Film Festival, Izmir, Turkey.
Honorary Award. International Experimental Film Festival Carbunari, Maramures, Romenia.
Honorary Award. International Experimental Film Festival Carbunari, Maramures, Romenia.
2004
Best Direction of Photography. Brasilia Film Festival, Brasilia, Brazil.
2003
Best Moving Picture nomination. Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo, Japan.
2000
Nominated for the Nascente Award, São Paulo, Brazil.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Actus. Centro Universitário Maria Antônia, São Paulo, Brazil.
Cinema de Artista: Kika Nicolela. Museum of Modern Art, Salvador, Brazil.
Kika Nicolela: Recent Videos. Fridey Mickel Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
Kika Nicolela. Atrium Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, US.
2009
Kika Nicolela | selected videos and photos. 16mm Café & Screening Room, London, UK.
Distant Affinities. Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland.
Kika Nicolela: Selected Videos. Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, US.
2008
Kika Nicolela. 312 Online, online exhibition.
Looking at Art: Kika Nicolela. Centro Cultural B_Arco, São Paulo, Brazil.
Kika Nicolela Retrospective. Aza Film Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Re:Play Kika Nicolela. Eden343, São Paulo, Brazil.
2007
Kika Nicolela Retrospective. Espaço Unibanco de Cinema, São Paulo, Brazil.
Kika Nicolela Retrospective. Film Klub Póznan, Poland.
Windmaker. Sesc Vila Mariana, São Paulo, Brazil.
2006
A Arte de Kika Nicolela. Arte Sesc Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Face a Face. Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
2005
Nós. MIS Audiovisual Museum, São Paulo, Brazil.
2004
Flux. Capela do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Tell Me What You Are Thinking Now. The World Bank, Washington, US.
Wallpaper. Sala Fittke, Trieste, Italy.
Wikitopia. Videotage, Hong Kong, China.
Rain of Down. Pärnu Artmuseum’s Linnagalerii, Pärnu, Stonia.
Rain of Down. Tampere Culturehouse Telakka, Tampere, Finland.
Open Studios. Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ansan, South Korea.
10 Years of Alternative Media. Seoul Art Space Seogyo, Seoul, South Korea.
FILE Electronic Language International Festival. Centro Cultural FIESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
Environments. Pátio da Inquisição, Coimbra, Portugal.
This is Uncomfortable: Relational Dissonance in Recent Video. Gallery TPW, Toronto, Canada.
Rain of Down. Linnagalerii/Kunsthalle, Tallinn, Estonia.
Time-Lapse. Galerie F6, Schöppingen, Germany.
I Was There. Stedefreund, Berlin, Germany.
Frieze. MKL Medienkunstlabor, Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria.
I Heart Video Art II. Critical Media Lab, Kitchener, Canada.
Caged Bird Sings. Crypt Gallery, London, UK.
Living Spaces. Maktab Anbar, Damascus, Syria.
RED: The Gendered Color in Frames. Photon Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Neighbors. Rondo Studios, Graz, Austria.
Woman Artists: An Invitational Show. George Waters Gallery, Elmira, US.
SP Arte – São Paulo Art Fair. São Paulo, Brazil.
Supermarket Art Fair. Stockholm, Sweden.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol.1. Santa Fe Complex, Santa Fe, US.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol.1. 16mm, London, UK.
Wonderland: ações e paradoxos. São Paulo Cultural Center, São Paulo, Brazil.
2009
Vitruvian Woman. Velan Center for Contemporary Art, Torino, Italy.
Kunst Film Biennale. Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany.
100 a 1000. Escola São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Act Art. London, UK.
Manipulated Image: the Moving Still. Santa Fe, US.
Contato Multimedia Festival. São Carlos, Brazil.
International Artist Initiatives Istanbul Meeting. Istanbul, Turkey.
New Filmmakers Series. Randall Scott Gallery, New York, US.
The End Of The World Souvenir. Head Quarters, Melbourne, Australia
Exquisite Corpse Video Project. DConcept Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil.
Water. Bananapark Gallery, Landau, Germany.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project. Head Quarters, Melbourne, Australia.
Infiltration, Usina Do Gasometro, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
One Minute Film. Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art, Yerewan, Armenia.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project. AS220 Gallery, Providence, US.
Mostra de Vídeos. FASM, São Paulo, Brazil.
37th Contemporary Art Salon of Santo André. Santo André, Brazil.
Tolerance. Casadalapa, São Paulo, Brazil.
Rosa dos Ventos. Teatro Tuca, São Paulo, Brazil.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project, Formverk, Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Supermarket Art Fair. Stockholm, Sweden.
Berlin International Directors Lounge. Gallery Scala, Berlin, Germany.
Water Preserves. State Of The Art Gallery, Ithaca, US.
2008
Minividfest2, Total Kunst Gallery, Edinburgh, UK.
Body Language. Monkeytown, New York, US.
Container Art SP. Villa-Lobos Park, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project. Rural Research Laboratories, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, US.
Dreams. Usina Unibanco de Cinema, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Outcasting Season 4. Online.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project. Monkeytown, New York, US.
Video Smack. Randall Scott Gallery, Washington, US.
Intimidade Pública. Eden343, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project. Formverk, Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Loop Diverse. Galeria Dels Àngels, Barcelona, Spain.
Videolab Caldas. Caldas Da Rainha, Portugal.
2007
10 A Mil. Escola São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Supermarket of Art International Biennial. Warsow, Poland.
Dream’s Aesthetic. Usina Unibanco de Cinema, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Livre Experimental Videos Exhibition. Usina do Gasometro, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Imagem-Corpo#2. Videolab, international tour.
Recortar e Colar | Crtl_C + Crtl_V. Sesc Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil.
Situ/Ação Videos de Viagem. Paço Das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil.
Space Invaders. Gallery 1313, Toronto, Canada.
MIX. 3LD Art & Technology Center, New York, US.
2006
Coletiva do Programa de Exposições. Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
SPA. Recife, Brazil.
Marte é Aqui. São Paulo, Brazil.
Situ/Ação Aspectos do Documentário Contemporâneo. Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
Videometry Video as a Mesuring Device in Contemporary Brazilian Art. Galeria Dels Àngels, Barcelona, Spain.
Paris é Aqui. São Paulo, Brazil.
2005
Cartography of the South. Kunst Film Biennale, Cologne, Germany.
Virada Cultural. Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil.
Ocupação. Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil.
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin de Nouveau Cinéma et Art Contemporain. Centre Culturel Suedois, Paris, France.
Povos de São Paulo. Point Ephémère, Paris, France.
2004
Lord Palace Hotel Interventions. Lord Palace Hotel, São Paulo, Brazil.
Povos de São Paulo. Sesc Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil.
Povos de São Paulo. Galeria Olido, São Paulo, Brazil.
2000
Realidades Sobrepostas. Centro Universitário Maria Antonia, São Paulo, Brazil.
CURATORIAL / JURY MEMBER
2010
CineDesign Festival. Curator of 3 video screenings. Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Recife, Brazil.
Absence / Ausência. Video screening co-curated with Alysse Stepanian, to be presented at Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, US.
Jury member at Videoformes New Media & Video Art Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
2009
Self and Other Representations. Video screening presented at Alucine Toronto Latino Media Festival, Toronto, Canada.
2008-ongoing
Exquisite Corpse Video Project. Curator and coordinator of this collaboration project that currently involves more than 60 artists worldwide.
2006-2007
É Aqui series. Co-curator and co-coordinator of series of 1-day exhibitions in the homes of artists or friends.
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
2010
FreeNetWorld International Film Festival. Nis, Serbia.
Cortopotere ShortFilmFestival. Bergamo, Italy.
Semana de Cine Experimental. Madrid, Spain.
VideodanzaBA Festival Internacional. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
DA International Digital Art Festival. Sophia, Bulgaria.
Asolo Art Film Festival. Asolo, Italy.
Indie World Film Festival. Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Festival Images Contre Nature. Marseille, France.
Pocket Films Festival. Paris, France.
K3: International Short Film Festival Villach. Villach, Austria.
Festival Internacional de Cine Digital. Santiago, Chile.
IX Festival Internacional de la Imagen. Manizales, Colombia.
Oberhausen Film Festival. Oberhausen, Germany.
VideoChannel Cologne [self ] ~imaging. Cologne, Germany.
International Film Festival of Uruguay. Montevideo, Uruguay.
Videoformes New Media & Video Art Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Tiradentes Film Festival. Tiradentes, Brazil.
2009
Alucine Toronto Latino Media Festival. Toronto, Canada.
Vivo Arte.Mov. Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
VideoDanzaBA. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Thess Short Film Festival. Thessaloniki, Greece.
Portobello Film Festival. London, UK.
Videoholica International Video Art Festival. Varna, Bulgaria.
Video Art Festival Miden. Kalamata, Greece.
Festival Images Contre Nature. Marseille, France.
International Film Festival Yerevan. Yerevan, Armenia.
Dança em Foco Festival Internacional de Vídeo e Dança. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
A Corto di Donne Short Film Festival. Naples, Italy.
Athens Video Art Festival. Athens, Greece.
One Minute Festival. São Paulo, Brazil.
Naoussa International Film Festival. Naoussa, Greece.
Magmart International Videoart Festival. Naples, Italy.
Muestra Internacional de Video Gen XY. Vera Cruz, Mexico.
2008
Alucine Toronto Latino Media Festival. Toronto, Canada.
Vivo Arte.Mov. Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Festival Della Criativitá. Florence, Italy.
Focfest Freedom of Choice International Video And Film Festival. Lisbon, Portugal; Istanbul, Turkey.
Vad International Video And Digital Arts Festival. Girona, Spain.
2007
Festival Nacional de Video-Imagem em 5 Minutos. Salvador, Brazil.
Mostra Audiovisual Paulista. São Paulo, Brazil.
Mostra Videodança de São Carlos. São Carlos, Brazil.
Festival do Livre Olhar. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Videoformes New Media & Video Art Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
International Experimental Film Festival Carbunari. Maramures, Romenia.
Mostra de Cinema de Tiradentes. Tiradentes, Brazil.
Mostra do Filme Livre. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Sydney Latin American Film Festival. Sydney, Australia.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival. Austin, US.
Vídeo Festival São Carlos. São Carlos, Brazil.
International Videofestival Bochum. Bochum, Germany.
Zanzibar International Film Festival. Zanzibar, Tanzania.
Festival Cineesquemanovo. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2006
Euroshorts European Festival of Short Films. Warsow, Poland.
Festival Cineesquemanovo. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Cineport Festival de Cinema de Países de Língua Portuguesa. Lagos, Portugal.
International Non-Budget Film Festival. Gibara, Cuba.
Mostra de Cinema dos Direitos Humanos da América Do Sul. Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil.
Festival Latinoamericano Da Classe Obreira (Felco). Itinerary.
Alucine Toronto Latino Media Festival. Toronto, Canada.
Mostra Do Filme Livre. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Aarhus Festival Of Independent Arts. Århus, Denmark.
International Videofestival Bochum. Bochum, Germany.
Inside Out Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival. Toronto, Canada.
Videolab. Coimbra, Portugal.
The First and The Last Experimental International Film Festival. Sydney, Australia.
Canariasmediafest International Festival of Arts. Las Palmas, Canary Islands.
Festival Luso-Brasileiro de Curtas-Metragens de Sergipe. Sergipe, Brazil.
Videoformes New Media & Video Art Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Zemos98. Seville, Spain.
Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival. Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
Naoussa International Short Film and Video Naoussa, Greece.
Festival Images Contre Nature. Marseille, France.
Festival Nacional de Cinema e Vídeo de Pacoti. Pacoti, Brazil.
2005
Sao Paulo International Film Festival. São Paulo, Brazil.
Zagreb Film Festival. Zagreb, Croatia.
Forumdoc.Bh Festival do Filme Documentário e Etnográfico. Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival. Guangzhou, China.
Mostra Trilhas Negras e Indígenas. São Paulo, Brazil.
Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Video Documental Independiente. Mexico City, Mexico.
Sopot Independent Film Festival. Sopot, Poland.
International Experimental Film Festival Carbunari. Maramures, Romenia.
Split International Festival Of New Film. Split, Croatia.
International Electronic Art Festival Videobrasil. São Paulo, Brazil.
Festival De Cinema Gay E Lésbico De Lisboa. Lisboa, Portugal.
Portobello Film Festival. London, England.
Exis Experimental Film & Video Festival. Seoul, Korea.
International Video Festival Videomedeja. Novi Sad, Serbia And Montenegro.
Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival. Lausanne, Switzerland.
Festival Mix Brasil de Cinema e Vídeo. São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília, Brazil.
Kunst Film Biennale. Cologne, Germany.
Vad International Video and Digital Arts Festival. Girona, Spain.
Mostramundo, Festival da Imagem em Movimento. Recife, Brazil.
Tirana International Film Festival. Tirana, Albania.
Cineamazônia Mostra Internacional Vídeo Ambiental. Porto Velho, Brazil.
International Izmir Short Film Festival. Izmir, Turkey.
FAM Festival Audiovisual Mercosul. Florianópolis, Brazil.
Mostra Audiovisual Dança em Pauta. São Paulo, Brazil.
Festival Internacional de Video Danza de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2004
Mostra Do Audiovisual Paulista. São Paulo, Brazil.
Tiburon International Film Festival. Tiburon, USA.
Festival Cineesquemanovo. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Festival De Cinema, Vídeo e Dcine. Curitiba, Brazil.
Chilean International Short Film Festival of Santiago. Santiago, Chile.
International Short Film Festival Hamburg. Hamburg, Germany.
Videoformes Festival International des Arts Video. Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Morbegno Film Festival. Morbegno, Italy.
Mostra do Filme Livre. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Festival Images Contre Nature. Marseille, France.
ACA Media Arts Festival. Tokyo, Japan.
Tabor Film Festival. Zabok, Croatia.
2003
Mostra de Vídeo Vtudo. Vitória, Brazil.
Bienal de Video y Nuevos Medios. Santiago, Chile.
VAD International Video and Digital Arts Festival. Girona, Spain.
Anchorage Film Festival. Alaska, USA.
Backup Festival. Weimar, Germany.
International Electronic Art Festival Videobrasil. Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Festival de Video de Teresina. Teresina, Brazil.
OTHER SCREENINGS
2010
MUSICVIDEOART. Mons-en-Baroeul, France.
Petite Pomme. Cinecycle, Toronto, Canada.
Video is The Only Constant. London, UK.
2009
CologneOFF V - Taboo! Taboo?. Arnolfini, Bristol, UK.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol.2. Kulturpalast Wedding International, Berlin, Germany.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol.2. Artists Television Access. San Francisco, US.
II Mostra (In) Dependente de Dança. Espaço Kasulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol.2. Unit, Tirana, Albania.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol.2. Magacin, Belgrade, Serbia.
Itinerância Videobrasil. Sesc Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol.1. Artists Television Access. San Francisco, US.
VIDEO VORTEX 4 International Conference. Split, Croatia.
Mostra Lanterninha. Galeria Olido, São Paulo, Brazil.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol.1. Kulturpalast Wedding International, Berlin, Germany.
Sessão Corredor - vídeos de artista. Ateliê397, São Paulo, Brazil.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol.1. Community Screening Center, Berkeley, US.
Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol.1. Núcleo de Produção Digital Orlando Vieira, Aracaju, Brazil.
MUSARAMA. Klubi, Turku, Finland.
2008
Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol.1. Vansa Visual Arts Network Of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa.
Mixtoquente. Casadalapa, São Paulo, Brazil.
2007
The Best of Videoformes 2007. SCAM Société Civile des Auteurs Multimedia, Paris, France.
The Best of Videoformes 2007. Lieu d'Art Contemporain, Reunion Island.
Mostra Dia Internacional da Mulher. Cine Goiânia Ouro, Goiânia, Brazil.
Mulheres da Frente de Trabalho. Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia da USP, São Paulo, Brazil.
CineVideo e Educação. Aracaju, Brazil.
Ação Cultural do MINC. Santarém, Brazil.
Teatro Municipal. Santo André, Brazil.
CineEsquemaNovo Awarded Films. CINUSP, São Paulo, Brazil.
Especial Semana da Consciência Negra. MIS (Museum of Image and Sound), São Paulo, Brazil.
II Curta as Mulheres. Aracaju, Brazil.
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2010
Creative Video. Daebudo, Ansan, South Korea.
Artist Workshop. Gyeonggi Creation Center, Ansan, South Korea.
Let’s Make This Uncomfortable. TPW Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
Formas do Vídeo. CineDesign, Teatro Cine Apolo, Recife, Brazil.
Expression through Video. Verbundschule Horstmar-Schöppingen, Schöppingen, Germany.
B’Sides - Pecha Kucha Night. Rondo Atelier, Graz, Austria.
2009
Digital Territories and the Globalization of the Individual. Festival Contato, São Carlos, Brazil.
Artist Talk. UFSCAR, São Carlos, Brazil.
Subjectivities in Transit. Sesc Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil.
Artist Talk. Unicamp’s Art Institute, Campinas, Brazil.
Video as Artistic Expression Tool. Núcleo de Produção Digital Orlando Vieira, Aracaju, Brazil.
Artist Talk. Turku Arts Academy, Turku, Finland.
Video Collaborations. Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden.
2008
Nomad Aesthetics. Alucine Toronto Latino Media Festival, Toronto, Canada.
Final Cut Pro for Artists. Eden343, São Paulo, Brazil.
Photoshop for Artists. Eden343, São Paulo, Brazil.
2007
Video Art and Experimental Cinema. ESPM, São Paulo, Brazil.
SELECTED VIDEOS
2010
Actus (Brazil, in production)
Memory Collection #1 (Germany, 110’, triptych)
The Film That Was Not There #1 (Austria, 10’)
2009
Flickering (Brazil, 03’)
Let Me In! (Finland, 105’)
What To You Think Of Me? (Finland, 16’)
Dance (Brazil/Finland, 03’)
Exquisite Corpse Video Project Vol. 01 (Various Countries, 82’)
Desesmetak 2 (Brazil, 03’)
2008
Naked (Brazil, 03’)
2007
Windmaker (Brazil, 11’)
Nós / We (Brasil, 11’)
Passenger (France-Brazil, 05’)
Videoformes (France-Brazil, 05’)
2006
Ressonâncias / Ressonances (Brazil, 14’) Co-Direction Luciana Gandolfo
Face A Face / Face To Face (Brazil, 15’)
Poema do Êxtase / Ecstasy Poem (Brazil, 02’48’’)
Alucine (Brazil-Canada, 05’)
2005
Fala, Mulher! / Woman Cries Out! (Brazil, 80’) Co-Direction Graciela Rodriguez
Trópico de Capricórnio / Tropic Of Capricorn (Brazil, 30’)
Flux (Brazil, 11’) Co-Direction Suzy Okamoto
Zagreb – A Video Chronicle (Brazil-Croatia, 07’)
Curta-Se (Brazil, 06’)
2003
A/Través / Crossing (Brazil, 09’)
Vida por Um Fio / Life For A Thread (Brazil, 05’40” ) Co-Direction Sheila Hara
Antigos Presentes / Old Presents (Brazil, 06’) Co-Direction Eva Castiel
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Jager, David, “Space Odyssey Alucine Group Show's Lyrical Riffs”, critic’s pick, Now Magazine, Toronto, Canada, June 7 - 13, 2007
Mindêlo, Olivia, “Arte Contemporânea em Interface com a Cidade”, Continente Multicultural magazine, Recife, Brazil, September 2006
Molla, Rani, “Split the Difference”, Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe, US, May 2010
Monachesi, Juliana, “Digital Blind Date”, Exquisite Corpse Video Project, exhibition folder, DConcept Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil, 2009
Monachesi, Juliana, “Timor Mortis Conturbat Me”, Windmaker, exhibition catalogue, Sesc Vila Mariana, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2007
Monachesi, Juliana, “I’ll Be Your Mirror”, Ocupação, exhibition catalogue, Paço das Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2005
Monachesi, Juliana, “Doll”, Flux, exhibition catalogue, Capela do Morumbi, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2004
Nader, Wladir, “Para Tudo Terminar na Quarta-feira”, Sem-Terra magazine, January/February 2006
Maia, Luiza, “Namoro entre Design e Cinema”, Diário de Pernambuco newspaper, Recife, Brazil, June 1st 2010
Nordlund-Hessler, Tita, “Videokonst Fran Hela Varden”, Eskilstuna Kuriren newspaper, Eskilstuna, Sweden, 03/14/09
Oliveira, Cinthya, “A Voz do Povo”, Jornal O Tempo, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 11/23/2005
Pedersen, Christian, “O Talento Brasileiro no Maior Festival Latino De Curtas Da América Do Norte”, Brasil News, Toronto, Canada, 06/01/2007
Pitkanen, Milla, “Suomalaisten Vieraana”, Turun Sanomat Newspaper, Turku, Finland, 03/16/2009
Rancoule, Amandine, “Quand les Yeux sont aux Abois”, 20 Minutes Newspaper, France, June 2009
Rosele, Ursula, “What Do You Think Of Me?, Filmes Polvo Revista de Cinema, Brazil, January 2010
Rodrigues, Carolina, “A Fantasmática Digital do Corpo”, critic essay, October 2009
Quintela, Olga, “Imagem-Corpo#2”, exhibition catalogue, Lagos, Portugal, 2007
Sammad, Daniella, “I Would Believe Only In A God Who Could Dance”, Kika Nicolela – Selected Videos and Photos, exhibition folder, London, UK, 2009
Sherwin, Brian, “ArtSpace Talk with Kika Nicolela”, ArtSpace website, 10/11/2007
Stermitz, Evelin, “RED: The Gendered Color in Frames”, exhibition essay, 2010
Trottier, Dan, “One Corpse, 36 Suspects”, Santa Fe Reporter newspaper, Santa Fe, US, January 2010
Vieira, Cesar, “Zagreb – O Cinema em Ebulição”, Olho Vivo newspaper, Guarulhos, Brazil, March 2006
Villalba, Patrícia, “Brasil Conquista Prêmios em Portugal”, Estadão newspaper, São Paulo, Brazil, 12/06/2006
Zaccagnini, Carla, “Face a Face”, exhibition catalogue, Centro Cultural Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2006