Fernando Hamilton Barbosa Elias, also known as Mito or Mito Elias (born 9 August 1965) is a

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an artist, visual artist and a poet.

Biography

Mito Elias was born in

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, Santiago, Cape Verde. He studied art at Centro de Arte & Comunicação Visual Arco (Ar.Co) in Lisbon, Portugal, between 1989 and 1992. He has lived and worked in the diaspora since 1989, developing an original imagery language consisting of the search for Creole oral traditions and tales, a symbiotic style between wash, writing and multimedia, and has thus been named Mare Calamus. Since 1983, he has regularly presented his exhibits, work drawn, painted, written or video-graphed, travelling to all corners of the world. He is represented in exhibitions all over the world, including the

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(USA), BNU (Macao, China), Afro Brasil Museum (São Paulo, Brazil), Regional Government of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, Presidency of the Cape Verde Republic, Embassy of Cape Verde in Lisbon and Ethnic Communities' Council of Victoria, Australia. He has lived in

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, Australia, since 2013. He runs Fandata Studio, together with his wife, who is also a visual artist. He works as a visual arts tutor and community facilitator in many projects around Melbourne.

Exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

*1984: Corêto Visual - Corêto da Praça/Centro Cultural Português, Praia, Cape Verde *1991: AR.CO - Lisbon, Portugal *1992: Palácio Foz - Lisbon, Portugal *1993: Hotel Méridièn - Luanda, Angola *1994: Culturgest - CGD - Lisbon, Portugal *1997: The Karantonha Exhibit - Boston Center For The Arts, USA *1998: Universidad de Lecce, Italy *2001: Arte nas Terras Raianas. Moura, Portugal *2002: I Bienal de S.Tomé e Princípe – S. Tomé e Príncipe *1996: Mosteiros dos Jerónimos - Lisbon, Portugal *2006: LUSOVIDEOGRAFIA – Espaço Durex - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *2007: Le Bourgeois Experimental - St. German des Prés, Paris, France *2008: Tentativa de Agotar un Lugar Africano – In Continum - Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain :::ECOS À BOLINA (Na Rota De Calamus) - CINUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil :::AFRICA NOW! - Emerging Talents From a Continent on The Move - World Bank, Washington DC, USA *2012: The Script Road - Si Stau (noção 1ª de Macau) - Old Court House, Macau *2018: Personnel Experience – Footscray Community Arts Centre

Selected solo exhibitions

*1983: Painting & Crafts – French Cultural Centre - Praia, Cape Verde *1989: 15 Alternative Snapshots from Cape Verde – CV Association, Lisbon, Portugal *1995: Mitomorfoses - INAC - Praia/ People’s Palace - Mindelo, Cape Verde :::Duet - Galeria Gymnasium, Lisbon, Portugal *1997: Lágrimas de Indigo - INAC - Praia/ Cultural Centre of Mindelo, Cape Verde *1998: Insulano (11ª ilha) - Galeria Municipal da Amadora, Portugal :::Águalusa & Terracota - Recreios da Amadora, Portugal :::Lantuna Na Mei Di Mar - EXPO'98 - Lisbon, Portugal *1999: Kurasson Di Sibitchi – Cultural Palace - Praia/CCM – Cultural Centre of Mindelo, Cape Verde :::Serenata Em Bilingue - Teatro Baltazar Dias, Funchal, Madeira *2001: The Hitchiker Drumbeat - The Garage Studio, North Providence, USA *2002: N' - Ler Devagar Bookstore, Lisbon, Portugal :::Mare Calamus - Jorge Vieira Museum, Beja, Portugal *2003: The Cape Verdean Blues (A Blue Note 4 HS) – National Library, Praia, Cape Verde *2004: Timenti Lua Ka Subi - PCIL - Cultural Palace, Praia, Cape Verde *2005: Dia Santo Na Lém Di Mulato – PCIL - Cultural Palace, Praia, Cape Verde :::Promessa Di Marlargo - Mabooki Bookshop, Lisbon, Portugal *2006: Só Pamodi Bó (1 recordai pa Luís Morais) – Library Orlando Ribeiro, Lisbon, Portugal :::Li-Sim-Sim - Kerry Center, Beijing, China :::Fisherman's Wharf - Macao, China *2007: Na Som Di Kriolu – Expominas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil *2008: Nu Bai – BCA - Atlantic Comercial Bank Auditorium, Praia, Cape Verde :::FishBonEye - S.Vicente City Hall, Mindelo, Cape Verde *2009: Nó di Sulada - WMDC (World Music and Dance Centre), Rotterdam, Netherlands *2010: Majina - 30 anos 100 Lennon - Buchholz Bookstore, Lisbon, Portugal :::POEMix (Collaboration with Binga de Castro) – IILP (International Institute of Portuguese Language), Praia, Cape Verde :::Na Fai Minotu - UNICV (University of Cape Verde), Praia, Cape Verde :::De Pareidolia (Collaboration with Ana Rita Pires) - PCIL, Praia, Cape Verde *2011: Amor Sta La - Galeria da Ordem dos Médicos, Lisbon, Portugal :::10x9.11 - (with Binga de Castro) – The Music House, Praia, Cape Verde :::Pé Na Boti - Vídeo_Phonics Witnesses – CV Cultural House, Rotterdam, Netherlands :::Paredis & Numbrason (collaboration with Ana Rita Pires) - CAC Tejo, V.V.Rodão, Portugal :::Private Z(oo)M - Tempo de Bichos, Afro-Brazil Museum, Sao Paulo, Brazil *2012: CRIOLANTUS – PCIL - Cultural Palace, Praia, Cape Verde ::: Elphabetika @ Cascais - Parque Palmela, Cascais, Portugal :::Private Z(oo)M - Macau Literary Festival, Polytechnic Institute of Macao, Macao, China *2014: Fandata - Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia ::: xsle (Painted Tales) as part of the Latin Festival - Ventana Fiesta, Frankston Arts Centre, Australia *2015: SCRIPTA (Writings of the World) – as part of the Big West Festival – African Town – Footscray – Melbourne – Australia ::: Elphabetika @Díli – Fundação Oriente, Díli, East Timor *2016: MADATONG – Bromley Gallery, Windsor, Melbourne, Australia *2017: qp – as part of the Fringe in The West – FCAC, Melbourne, Australia *2019: SATISfashion - Metro West, Melbourne, Australia

Awards

*August 2001 – Salúquia Prize for best painting at the group exhibition Arte nas Terras Raianas, Moura, Portugal *May 2005 – Citizenship Honor medal from the City of Praia, Cape Verde Islands *October 2005 - First Class Medal for Cultural Services – Praia,Cape Verde Islands *June 2007 – Cultural Honor from the City of Praia, Cape Verde Islands *July 2010 – Vulcan Prize for Cultural Services, Praia, Cape Verde Islands.

References

External links

Mitomorphosis blog

Saatchi ArMacanese Review (Revista Macau), September 2006
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