Meet the artists nominated by Bienal Fotografia do Porto in 2022

They will join the platform’s activities to present their work to international professionals and to network, amongst other opportunities that will be developed for them, including exhibitions, publishing opportunities, portfolio reviews, and more.

Discover more about them:

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Sviatlana Stankevich

A Belarusian photographer working with documentary and conceptual photography. Graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Belarusian State University шт Minsk. Graduate of the Academy of Documentary Photography and Photojournalism “Photographics”, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Carlos Trancoso

Carlos Trancoso (b. 1989) is a Portuguese visual artist that works and lives in Porto. He uses the photographic gaze in a critical perspective on the way the human being relates to technology. His work aims to challenge established patterns of interaction and creation of images in contemporary society.

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Xenia Petrovska

Xenia Petrovska (b. 1988) is a photographer based in Kyiv, Ukraine. She studied at the MYPH art school and at the Kyiv School of Photography. Xenia's works are rooted in the mysterious and even slightly surreal atmospheres created by light and color. She took part in numerous group exhibitions in Ukraine in Europe.

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Nuno Serrão

Is a Portuguese photographer and filmmaker born on Madeira Island. His work starts with a functional level of emotion, logic, minimalism, and curiosity; He consider them the building blocks of his creative process. Curiosity often leads him into document frameable stories that, in the end, will pose a whole new set of questions.

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Maria João Salgado

Maria João Salgado, was born in Portugal, in 1992 and has studied at the Portuguese Institute of Photography (IPF) and at Institute of Cultural and Artistic Production (IPCI) in Porto. Since 2015 she has been focusing on Documental Photography, mainly developing projects on human rights and alternative living communities.

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