Project a Black Planet explores the influence of Pan-Africanism on artistic and cultural production from the 1920s to today, featuring over 300 works including paintings, installations, posters, journals, and films. Pan- Africanism encompasses movements advocating anti-colonial resistance and solidarity among people of African descent. The exhibition highlights the critical role of artists in shaping Pan-African visions, with work from across Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean, North America, and Western Europe. Monica de Miranda is among the artists contributing to this exploration of Panafrica as a conceptual space where rupture, dissent, and collective imagination converge in pursuit of emancipatory futures.
©️ still from The Path to the Stars (2022) by Mónica de Miranda
Aligned with the theme of this year’s Triennial of Photography Hamburg, Mónica de Miranda’s works explore the intersections of identity, memory, and relational landscapes. Through her photographic practice, she examines how personal and collective histories shape the ways we encounter others, creating visual narratives that highlight connection, empathy, and the infinite interplay between the self and land. Her images lie within the Triennale’s reflection on human bonds, emphasizing care, dialogue, and the ethical responsibility of witnessing the other.
©️ Above the Line (2024) from As if the World had no West series by Mónica de Miranda
For the group show The Tirailleur Trials and Tribulations, at HKW, Mónica de Miranda presents The Spell Stone is a multi-screen video installation that reimagines Angolan liberation through layered, research-driven storytelling, intertwining memory, resistance, and the recovery of voices long silenced by official histories. Featuring documentary testimonies from freedom fighters who participated in Angola’s armed struggle for independence and the subsequent civil war, the work unfolds within a sculptural structure inspired by the Black Star — a symbol of African freedom and unity — transforming the space into both a memorial and a site of dialogue. The installation expands the exhibition’s decolonial narrative, tracing a continuum of anti-colonial resistance across geographies and generations.
©️ still from The Spell Stone (2026) by Mónica de Miranda
The exhibition reflects on landscape as a territory in constant transformation, bringing together different generations, artistic languages and contemporary themes. Rooted in specific geographies yet resonating across cultures, it suggests that landscape is shaped by memory, history and perception as much as by physical space. Mónica de Miranda participates in this group show, fostering an open dialogue between art, culture and territory. Inspired by a poem by Manuel Gusmão, the title evokes the idea that landscape — like art — is never fixed, but continually transformed by place, time and the gaze of the viewer.
©️ Untitled (City-Scape series) by Mónica de Miranda (2017)
In September, The Monastery of Leça do Balio inaugurates the exhibition People in Motion. Curated by Roberto Cremascoli, the exhibition is a contemporary reflection on migration, belonging and empathy, exploring what moves us as people and communities. During the artistic itinerary, Mónica presents Greenhouse, a Creole garden that combines sculpture, stage, installation and meeting space.
©️Still from Transplanting by Mónica de Miranda (2024)