Magna Araújo Amorim

MAGNA ARAÚJO AMORIM (B. 2003) IS A PORTUGUESE VISUAL ARTIST WORKING PRIMARILY WITH DOCUMENTARY AND CONCEPTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY, DEVELOPING WORK ACROSS ARTISTIC, CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS, WITH AN ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN CULTURAL PRODUCTION.

SHE WORKS WITH ADVERSA, AN ART STUDIO FOUNDED IN 2022. WITHIN ADVERSA, SHE HAS COLLABORATED ON PROJECTS WITH INSTITUTIONS AND PLATFORMS SUCH AS MACAM — MUSEU DE ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA ARMANDO MARTINS, CANAL180, MODALISBOA, TATE COLLECTION, METRO DO PORTO, COMPANHIA PAULO RIBEIRO AND ESTÚDIOS VICTOR CÓRDON. HER PRACTICE COMBINES VISUAL DOCUMENTATION WITH ARTISTIC COLLABORATION AND PRODUCTION, INCLUDING HER ROLE IN THE ARTISTIC DIRECTION OF UMBILICAL, A PERFORMATIVE INSTALLATION PRESENTED AT TEATRO THALIA. UMBILICAL EXPLORED CONFLICT AND WAR THROUGH THE PRINCIPLE OF IMPENETRABILITY, STAGING AN IMMERSIVE AND CYCLICAL INSTALLATION IN WHICH PERFORMERS CONNECTED BY ROPES COMPETED FOR A SHARED CENTRAL SPACE, POSITIONING THE AUDIENCE AS AN ACTIVE PRESENCE WITHIN THE TENSION.

MAGNA IS PART OF THE PRODUCTION DIRECTION TEAM OF BIOGRAF — INTERNATIONAL FILM & MOVING ARTS FESTIVAL, PROMOTED BY ADVERSA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MUNICIPALITY OF VILA NOVA DE CERVEIRA. THE FIRST EDITION OF BIOGRAF TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST 2025 IN VILA NOVA DE CERVEIRA AND PRESENTED MORE THAN 50 FILMS FROM 20 COUNTRIES.

HER WORK HAS BEEN RECOGNISED AT EUROPEAN AND MUNICIPAL LEVEL. IN 2024, SHE WAS AWARDED THE MEGALIZZI–NIEDZIELSKI PRIZE BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, RECOGNISING HER PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK ON URBAN MOBILITY AND PUBLIC SPACE. HER WORK WAS ALSO SELECTED AS A FINALIST IN THE ENVIRONMENT&ME — EEA PHOTO COMPETITION 2025, ORGANISED BY THE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY. IN 2024, SHE RECEIVED THE MUNICIPAL MEDAL OF MERIT (COPPER GRADE) FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF VILA NOVA DE CERVEIRA, RECOGNISING HER BROADER CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION AND THE INTERNATIONAL PROJECTION OF THE TERRITORY, AND IN 2025 SHE RECEIVED AN HONOURABLE MENTION FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO THE CREATION, COORDINATION AND PRODUCTION OF BIOGRAF'25.