A.Isa Araújo (b. Lisbon, Portugal) is an intermedia artist and teacher based in Caldas da Rainha, PT.
Creates in the hybrid encounters of performance art, digital performance, dance and eco-somatic practices, video, photography and installation, addressing issues of power, corporeality, identity and otherness, with a focus on the interdependent relationships between humans and other-non-humans in a context of climate urgency.
Has presented her work at various national and international festivals, such as Sea of Art International Film Festival in Norway (receiving the Best ECO Work award for Corpo Líquido e Plástico 0.0), Live Performers Meeting (Netherlands and Italy), SWIFF Festival (USA), Imajitari (Indonesia), OurFestival8 (Greece), EnAct Performance Festival (Belgium), among others. CAMPING Centre National de la Danse, Paris scholarship, awarded by Teatro Municipal do Porto, (2022).
Co-creating
Collaborates and co-creates with various artists and collectives with emphasis on Mr.Lazy & Mme.Leisure and their experimental work with live video and sound.
Co-founder of the non-profit RIZOMA COLONY collective and Artistic director of the now extinct a·mor·phous AV Fest - International Audiovisual Performance Festival.
Sharing
Teaches classes and workshops, gives talks and masterclasses on the subjects of performance & media, dance and somatic movement.
Guest assistant professor of “Performance, Body and Device” and “Performance and Visuality” at ESAD.CR’s BFA in Visual Arts.
Learning
Attending post-graduate in Media & Performance at ESTC,IPL (Theater and Cinema). Master in Performing Arts and Post-graduate in Contemporary Dance at ESMAE,IPP (Music and Performing Arts). BA in Theater at ESAD.CR. (Arts and Design). Professional Photography at Oficina da Imagem, Oporto and Pedagogical Skills at Institute of Arts and Sciences. Regular participation in workshops and courses in the areas of dance, somatic practices, performance, photography, video and theater.
