|                | Margarida Paiva was born in 1975 in Coimbra, Portugal. She lives and works in Oslo. 
 Studies
 
                                  | 2005 - 2007 Oslo Academy of Fine Arts, Norway MA Fine Arts
 1999 - 2000 Trondheim Academy of Fine Arts, Norway
 Studies in video and photo
 1994 - 1999 Faculty of Fine Arts - University of Porto, Portugal
 5-year degree in Fine Arts
 
 |  Solo exhibition
 
                                  | 2010 2009
 2007
 2006
 2003
 |  | Screen Memories, FUNDAÇÃO - Porto, Portugal Untell Retrace, ROM Kunst+Arkitektur - Oslo, Norway
 Untitled Stories, Galeria Lab.65 - Porto, Portugal
 Nightfall, Galleri 21:24 - Oslo, Norway
 In.blue, Galleri Blunk - Trondheim, Norway
 
 |  Selected Exhibitions and Festivals
 
                                  | 2010 
 |  | Entangled Locations - Atopia feat. Hønefoss Film Festival - Hønefoss, Norway Green Screenings - Cinemateket / Filmens Hus - Oslo, Norway
 3rd Space - II Baltic Biennale - St. Petersburg, Russia
 European Media Art Festival - Osnabrück, Germany
 Minimalen Short Film Festival - Trondheim, Norway
 A Video Serenade - EFA Project Space - New York
 |               | 2009 |  | Microwave - New Media Arts Festival - Hong Kong Made in Norway - V.I.P. Gallery - Belgrade, Serbia
 Encontros da Imagem - Mosteiro de Tibães - Braga, Portugal
 Bandits-Mages International Festival - Bourges, France
 Human Emotion Project - Brancaleone - Rome, Italy
 EDP New Artists Award - Museu da Electricidade - Lisbon, Portugal
 
 |               | 2008 |  | Nordic PAM - Utsikten Kunstsenter - Kvinesdal, Norway Women in Picture - Cinefest International Festival of Young Filmmakers - Miskolc, Hungary
 Maiden Voyage - X Bienal Internacional, Symposium & Festival do CIMA - Coimbra, Portugal
 Mediawave - International Film and Music Festival - Győr, Hungary
 Garish Barish - The Cubicle Art Gallery - Manila, Philippines
 Les Inattendus - Independent Cinema and Video Festival - Lyon, France
 Debaixo da Película... - Museu da Imagem - Braga, Portugal
 |               | 2007 |  | Trunk The Nordic Art Video Festival - Cinema Regina - Östersund, Sweden Slowtime/Dreamtime – NewMediaFest at 3rd Digital Art Festival – Rosario, Argentina
 FIFF - Femmina International Film Festival - Verdal, Norway
 Art4lux - 3rd European Forum for Emerging Creation - Luxembourg
 The 3rd International Short Film Festival - Detmold, Germany
 Video Transit - Porsgrunn Kunstforening/Train Station - Porsgrunn, Norway
 A Room (with a view) - Arenbergschouwburg - Antwerp, Belgium
 Athens Video Art Festival 07 - Technopolis - Athens, Greece
 Videoformes - XXIIe Intern. Video Art and Media Festival - Clermont-Ferrand, France
 |               | 2006 |  | 2006 Teleférico - Laboratório das Artes - Guimarães, Portugal 2006 Bak Fronten - Galleri UKS - Oslo, Norway
 2006 21:26 - DTK Prosjektgalleri - Haslum, Norway
 2006 Unimovie - International Video and Short Film Festival - Pescara, Italy
 
 |               | 2005 |  | Supermercado - Galleri Seilduken - Oslo, Norway 13:SETE - Galeria Sete - Coimbra, Portugal
 Projecto AC #7 / DV1 - Galeria Arte Contempo - Lisbon, Portugal
 Atopic - Akershus Kunstnersenter - Lillestrøm, Norway
 That Uncomfortable Place Between Beginning and Ending - Scope Hamptons - New York
 COURTisane - Short Film, Video and New Media Festival - Ghent, Belgium
 Next Festival - 2nd Independent Film & Video Festival - Vilnius, Lithuania
 BZZZ Video Fictions and Realities - FIPA Film Festival - Biarritz, France
 Hic et Nunc - San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy
 Secret Memories - SELECT Media 4 Festival - Chicago, USA
 |               | 2004 |  | Video 2004 - Bergen Kunsthall - Bergen, Norway VideoChannel - Biennale of Electronic Art - Perth, Australia
 FIAV.04 - Video Art Festival - Milan, Italy
 The 3rd International Kansk Video Festival - Kansk, Russia
 |               | 2003 |  | Summer Show - Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst - Trondheim, Norway FIAV.03 - Video Art Festival - Tavira, Portugal
 Invisible Threat - Break 2.2 Festival - Ljubljana, Slovenia
 |               | 2002 |  | Penso Voltar - Centro Cultural Emmerico Nunes - Sines, Portugal To Play and the Monkey Business - Artemosferas - Porto, Portugal
 Under Surveillance - Oeiras Image Festival - Lisbon, Portugal
 Alquimias dos Pensamentos às Artes - Convento S. Francisco - Coimbra, Portugal
 |               | 2000 |  | Alquimias dos Pensamentos às Artes - Convento S. Francisco - Coimbra, Portugal |  Awards and Grants
 
                                  | 2009 2009
 2008
 2007
 2005
 2004
 2003
 |  | BKV Project Fund, Norway BKV 2-year work grant, Norway
 NBK Legatstipend, Norway
 Norwegian National Grants for Artists; travel grant
 Instituto Camões Project Fund, Lisbon
 BKV Grant, Norway
 Honorable Mention FIAV.03, Portugal
 
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