Cinthia Marcelle
Cinthia Marcelle was born 1974 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Partner of Katásia Filmes, production company dedicated to the creation and research of cinema and art, based in Belo Horizonte. She graduated in fine arts from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 1997-1999. Her work has been commissioned for significant group exhibitions including the Biennal de la Habana, 2006; Lyon Biennale, 2007; Panorama da Arte Brasileira, São Paulo and Madrid, 2007-2008; Bienal de São Paulo, 2010; No Lone Zone, Tate Modern, London, 2012; Triennial of New Museum, New York, 2012; Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros, Mexico City, 2012; Dundee Contemporary Art, Scotland, 2012; Bienal do Mercosul, 2013-2014; Istanbul Biennial, 2013; Sharjah Biennial, 2013-2015, Secession, Vienna, 2014. She was awarded the International Prize for Performance, Trento, 2006; TrAIN Artist in Residency award at Gasworks, London, 2009; and The Future Generation Art Prize, Kiev, 2010. This year she was invited to produce a new solo show at Duplex Gallery, MoMA PS1, New York.
Tiago Mata Machado
Tiago Mata Machado was born 1973 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He is the partner of Katásia Filmes, a production company dedicated to the creation and research of cinema and art, based in Belo Horizonte. He earned a Master’s degree in Multimedia by the Art Institute of Campinas State University (Unicamp) and worked as a cinema critic for the newspaper Folha de São Paulo from 2000 to 2006. He is today curator and filmmaker, author of the feature-length films O Quadrado de Joana, 2006; The Residents, internationally released in the Festival of Berlin 2011 and award winner at the Cinema Festival of Brasília 2010 and the Festival of Tiradentes 2011; and The Sleepwalkers (in editing process). Machado is co-author of the experimental videos Black Hole, New Museum, New York; Biennial of São Paulo, 2010; The Century, New Museum Triennial, New York, 2012; Biennial of Istanbul, 2013; Platform and One Way Street, released in the International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2014. He also photographed and co-directed with Cinthia Marcelle the videos 475 Volver, Cruzada, Leitmotiv and Automóvel.
