Curriculum Vitae
Joana Maria Pereira Pestana
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Joana Maria Pereira Pestana
Citation names
- Pestana, Joana M.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- B21A-ABE8-4453
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-4456-9894
Email addresses
- joanamppestana@gmail.com (Professional)
Websites
- www.joanapestana.com (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - Arts - Architectural design
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Advanced (C1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2021/09 - 2025
Ongoing
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Doctoral Program in Digital Media (Doutoramento)
Major in Tecnologias
Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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2014 - 2016
Concluded
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Visual Communication (Master)
Major in Experimental Communication
Royal College of Art, United Kingdom
"Venerating Objectivity: The Information Design Repertoire Applied to Individual Memorabilia" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2010 - 2011
Concluded
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Design da Imagem (Curso de mestrado (conclusão do curso de especialização))
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal
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2004/09 - 2008/07
Concluded
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Design de Comunicação (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal
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15 |
Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2023/09/01 - Current | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade do Porto, Portugal |
| Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal | ||
| 2020/09 - 2023/07/31 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal |
| 2021 - 2023/06/30 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional do Porto, Portugal |
| 2019 - 2021 | Invited Assistant (University Teacher) | Kingston University, United Kingdom |
| 2017 - 2018 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom |
| 2009/09/15 - 2012/09/30 | Assistant (Polytechnic Teacher) | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal |
Other Careers
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2013/04/01 - 2014/09/30 | Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) | Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
| Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal |
Outputs
Publications
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Artistic / Performance
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/04/11 | Fora d' Horas: Joana Pestana | Fora d'Horas
Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2024/03/01 | Remote Conversations With The More-than-Human | XVIII Jornadas CIAC – Mentes e Máquinas: a IA na Comunicação, Cultura e Artes
CIAC – Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação (Faro, Portugal)
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| 2022/05/19 | Plug and Play: Joana Pestana | Plug & Play
Escola Superior Artística do Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2021/11/05 | Mesa-redonda / A prática artística como investigação. Painel partilhado com Ana Catarina Pinho, Ana Carvalho, Joao Leal e Horacio Marques. | 17.ª edição do Imagens do Real Imaginado - Ciclo de Fotografia, Cinema e Multimédia (IRI)
Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design – Instituto Politécnico do Porto (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
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| 2021/10/27 | Portefolio Presentation: Joana Pestana | Aula Aberta
ETIC (Escola de Tecnologias Invenção e Criação) (Lisboa, Portugal)
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| 2021/02/01 | Drawings and tangible experiences mediated by interfaces or digital mediums | Aula Aberta
ESAD (Escola Superior de Artes e Design - Matosinhos) (Matosinhos, Portugal)
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| 2019/03/28 | Design and Disobedience | E-X-S-I Encontros Expressões com Som e Imagem
Universidade da Maia – ISMAI (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2014/04/17 | Industry Friday Speakers: Joana Pestana | Industry Friday Speakers
University of Bedfordshire – School of Art and Design (Bedforshire, United Kingdom)
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| 2012/12/12 | The disguised presence of the ‘Other’ in ephemeral artefacts | Face Forward: International Typographic Conference
Dublin Institute of Technology and 'ID2015 (Dublin, Ireland)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2021/11/02 - 2021/11/08 | Co-curation with Patrícia Nogueira and Ana Carvalho of the exhibition "Omnisciência: estratégias de fractura e fuga", featuring
works by Filipe Vilas-Boas, Jennifer Lyn Morone, Paula Albuquerque, and the collective formed by Joao Correia, Tiago Martins,
Sérgio Rebelo. Alongside the artworks we selected a group of everyday objects that either attempt to disrupt or reinforce
surveillance systems. Public program (8 November) included a round-table discussion with Joana Bértholo and the projection
of Fordlandia Malaise, by Susana de Sousa Dias. (2021/11/02 - 2021/11/08)
Exhibition (Co-organisor)
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IRI Images do Real Imaginado 2021 – Ciclo de Fotografia, Cinema e Multimédia, Portugal |
| 2020/10/02 - 2020/12/31 | Curation of the exhibition "Scrolling the Arcane", with projects and essays by Alice Bucknell, Christina Worner, Daniel Martins,
David Benqué, Diogo Tudela, Eva Papamargariti, Ken Hollings, Nestor Pestana, Raquel Peixoto and Tiago Patatas. Funded by Criatório
2019 and supported by Porto Planetarium. Opening and public presentation took place at the Porto Planetarium Dome on the 2
October 2020.
(2020/10/02)
Exhibition (President of the Organising Committee)
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| 2018/10/29 - 2018/11/01 | Critical-GPS workshop invited to explore the latent potential of public interventions in virtual 'space'. This 4-day workshop
took place at the White City campus of the Royal College of Art and had the participation of 14 students across the college.
Funded by ACROSS RCA. Workshop leaders: Christina Worner, Joana Pestana & Max Ryan. (2019/10/29 - 2019/11/01)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Royal College of Art, United Kingdom |
| 2017 - 2017/05/17 | Post-Eady, a collective formed by Joana Pestana, Max Ryan and Vilja Achté, was intended as a space for workshop creation and
critical discussion around graphic design. Post-Eady organised 4 workshops entitled "A Tumblr Manifesto" at Helsinki Design
Week, 2016; London Design Festival, 2016; European Design Awards, 25 May 2017. About the project: https://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/visual-communication-graduates-continue-critical-graphic-design-workshops/ (2016 - 2017)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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| 2016/01/01 - 2016/06/30 | Eady Forum, a student-led platform for the discussion of graphic design in the contemporary realm led by Joana Pestana, Vilja
Achte, Max Ryan, James Sanderson and Lorenzo Pradelli, while students at the Royal College of Art. Supervised by senior tutor
Adrian Shaughnessy. Guests included Design Displacement Group, Lucille Tenazas, James Langdon, Jonathan Barnbrook and Silvio
Lorusso. (2016/01/01 - 2016/06/30)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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Royal College of Art, United Kingdom |
| 2016/04 - 2016/06 | The «Post Digital» workshop series raised awareness towards the relevance of materials, the sense of touch and possibilities
of disobeying surveillance technology. Funded by Reachout RCA, 2016. Workshop leaders: Christina Worner, Jin Young An and
Joana Pestana. Invited artist: Hayden Anyasi. Participants 15 students from Villiers High School and 13 students from Brentside
High School. (2016/05/01 - 2016/06/30)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Royal College of Art, United Kingdom |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2017/11/13 - 2017/11/18 | Had two works selected and presented in the exhibition "Graphics RCA: Fifty Years and Beyond" (1963-2015), which celebrated
half a century of graphic design through the work of students and staff at the Royal College of Art. The exhibition was curated
by Adrian Shaughnessy, Jeff Willis, Richard Doust and Professor Teal Triggs . Dubai Design District, Dubai.
Exhibition
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Graphics RCA: Fifty Years and Beyond
Royal College of Art, United Kingdom
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| 2016 - 2016 | 2 Posters presented at the International Poster Exhibition — Graphic Design Festival Scotland, National Centre for Design
and Architecture, Glasgow.
Exhibition
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International Poster Exhibition – Graphic Design Festival Scotland
Graphic Design Festival Scotland, United Kingdom
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Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
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| 2023 - 2033 | ARTECH 2023 - 11th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts - Digital Creation Processes | Faro |
| 2022/11/24 - 2022/11/25 | ARTeFACTo 2022 Macao – 3rd International Conference on Digital Creation in Arts, Media and Technology | Macao |
| 2021 - 2021 | ARTECH 2021 Hybrid Praxis – Art, Sustainability & Technology | Aveiro, Portugal |
| 2020 - 2020 | ARTeFACTo 2020 – Digital Creation in Arts and Communication | Faro, Portugal |
| 2019 - 2019 | ARTECH 2019 - Digital Media Art Ecosystems 9th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts | Braga, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2024/02/09 - Current | Publicação Digital | Design de Comunicação (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal |
| 2021/03/01 - Current | Design Editorial e E-Publishing | Artes e Multimédia (Licenciatura) | Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal |
| 2020/10/01 - Current | Design de Comunicação | Artes e Multimédia (Licenciatura) | Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal |
| 2023/02/01 - 2033/06/30 | Teoria dos Novos Media | Mestrado em Som e Imagem (Mestrado) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola das Artes, Portugal |
| 2024/09/01 - 2025/01/31 | Projecto 4 | Design de Comunicação (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal |
| 2023/09/15 - 2024/01/30 | Design Multimédia | Design de Comunicação (Licenciatura) | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Belas Artes, Portugal |
| 2022/09/30 - 2023/06/30 | Práticas Multimédia II | Som e Imagem (Licenciatura) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola das Artes, Portugal |
| 2019/09 - 2021/07 | Communication and Context (Level 4) | BA Graphic Design (Bachelor) | Kingston University School of Art, United Kingdom |
| 2021/03/01 - 2021/06/30 | Design de Interação | Artes e Multimédia (Licenciatura) | Instituto Universitário da Maia, Portugal |
| 2018/09/01 - 2019/09/01 | Graduation Projects (Level 6) | BA (Honours) Graphic Design (Bachelor (1st cycle)) | Sheffield Hallam University Department of Art and Design, United Kingdom |
| 2009/09/15 - 2012/09/15 | Teoria da Imagem | Tecnologias e Design de Multimédia (Licenciatura) | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal |
| 2009/09/15 - 2012/09/15 | Design Gráfico | Tecnologias e Design de Multimédia (Licenciatura) | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal |
| 2010/03/01 - 2012/07/15 | Produção Multimédia | Tecnologias e Design de Multimédia (Licenciatura) | Instituto Politécnico de Viseu Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão de Viseu, Portugal |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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| 2023/07/28 | Entrevista para o artigo "Os artistas portugueses e as máquinas a imaginar juntos", compreendendo depoimentos de Leonel Moura, Gabriel Abrantes, Carincur, Odete e Joana Pestana. | Jornal Público (Ípsilon) |
Interview (tv / radio show)
| Program | Topic | |
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| 2022/03/17 - 2022/03/17 | Sumo Podcast: Joana Pestana + Rui Silva "live" @ Maus Hábitos | Design |
Other jury / evaluation
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023 - 2033 | Membro do Júri do DGLAB Prémio Design de Livro 2023. O júri da edição de 2023 foi composto por Clara Vilar, Joana Pestana, João M. Machado e Maria Neves. | Republica Portuguesa Direção-Geral do Livro dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas, Portugal |
| 2022/05/26 - 2022/06/04 | Membro do Júri para a chamada de artes visuais do X Festival Jardins Efémeros. O júri foi constituído por Joana Pestana, Patrícia Portela e Sandra Oliveira. |
Distinctions
Award
| 2011 | Bolsa Ideias de Origem Portuguesa
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
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Other distinction
| 2024 | Mencion – Premio Diseño integral / transversal
BID24 – Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño, Spain
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