Born in 1971, Joana Vasconcelos is a Portuguese visual artist with a career spanning over 30 years and a huge variety of media. Recognised for her monumental sculptures and immersive installations, she decontextualises everyday objects and updates the arts and crafts concept for the 21st century, establishing a dialogue between the private sphere and public space, popular heritage and refined culture. She questions the status of women, consumer society and collective identity with humour and irony.
3 December 2025 • Maïa Morgensztern
But for the 2023 vintage of Mouton Rothschild, she condensed her immersive visual universe into the compact, intimate space of a wine label
21 February 2025 • Mark Westall
The exhibition marks the start of an ambitious programme of contemporary art sponsored by the Foundation to coincide with its 50th anniversary.
1 November 2024 • Mark Westall
Works to be shown alongside masterpieces by Goya, Velázquez, Murillo, Zurbarán,
El Greco and Titian
29 April 2023 • Maïa Morgensztern
After a global pandemic and a few technical setbacks, Joana Vasconcelos’ “Tree of Life” is unveiled at the Sainte-Chapelle de Vincennes,
14 July 2021 • Tabish Khan
A triple treat of exhibitions at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
20 November 2020 • Mark Westall
5 places you can see Art outdoors during lockdown
2 November 2020 • Mark Westall
Goldie, Gavin Turk, Jamie Reid, Lauren Baker and Rugman are among 21 artists who have generously lent their talents to create extraordinary works for the auction, which will be held by The Auction Collective on Wednesday 4th November.
9 March 2020 • Mark Westall
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) presents a major exhibition of over 25 works by leading conceptual Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos. One of the most prominent female visual art practitioners in the world, this is Vasconcelos’ largest exhibition ever held in the UK and YSP’s headline presentation for 2020 in a year of programming dominated by women artists.
27 March 2018 • Mark Westall
HIX ART has teamed up with London Based Art initiative Art Wars for the exhibition‘Art Wars East’. Featuring new works by emerging and established artists.
17 March 2014 • Mark Westall
‘Art Wars’ stormtrooper helmets currently available for purchase by The Chapman Brothers, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Joana Vasconcelos, Mr.Brainwash, Mat Collishaw, Ben Moore, Jason Brooks, Paul Fryer, and Alison Jackson.
14 February 2014 • Mark Westall
From today Manchester Art Gallery will stage the UK’s most ambitious exhibition of works by Portuguese contemporary artist Joana Vasconcelos.
10 September 2013 • Mark Westall
Damien Hirst, Paul Fryer, David Bailey and Joana Vasconcelos are the latest artists to confirm participation in Art Wars – an exhibition of Stormtrooper helmets transformed into works of art by artists including Yinka Shonibare, Inkie, Mat Collishaw, Mr.BrainWash, Ben Eine, Antony Micallef, Oliver Clegg and Jake and Dinos Chapman.
24 November 2011 • Rachel Bennett
Following on from the success of last year’s ‘The House of the Nobleman’ art exhibition, curator Victoria Golembiovskaya presents ‘The Return’ viewing at Boswall House.
10 October 2011 • Mark Westall
Peter Doig, Damien Hirst, Lucien Freud, Whitney McVeigh, Claude Monet, Takashi Murakami, and lots more ……..
21 July 2010 • Mark Westall
Image: Joana Vasconcelos Garden of Eden 2008 Plastic flowers, synchronous micromotors, compact fluorescent lamps, discs in transparent polychrome acrylic, electrical… Read More
