Helena Gouveia Monteiro is a visual artist and experimental filmmaker from Portugal living in Dublin.
Concerned with the history of technical images and influenced by experimental cinema and media archaeology, she creates films, books, and multi-media installations that engage different levels of visual and cultural recognition to question our perception of language and audio-visual experiences.
Her work has been shown internationally in both gallery and cinema spaces, including International Film Festival Rotterdam, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Indie Lisboa, Curtas Vila do Conde, and Festival Ecrã. “Purkyně’s Dusk” (2021) is distributed by Light Cone Paris and “Man of Aral” (2023) was supported by the film project award from the Arts Council of Ireland.
She is the co-founder of Stereo Editions, an independent publishing collective of artists’ editions, a member of L’Abominable/Navire Argo, and currently co-directs the LUX Critical Forum Dublin.

contact
thesocietyofspectacles[at]gmail[dot]com
https://www.instagram.com/thesocietyofspectacles/
http://stereoeditions.com/
stereoeditions[at]gmail[dot]com
https://www.instagram.com/stereoeditions/

NEWS

current/forthcoming

Man of Aral screening at Hamilton Fish Pool, NYC Lower East Side
September 21st and 27th
No Swimsuit Required, Water Works Program by Public Art Fund and The Film-Makers’ Cooperative co-curated by Tom Day and Gabriela López Dena

Man of Aral Screening at Watergate Cinema in Kilkenny September 25th
Out of Focus Program by Juana Robles and Michael Higgins
Out of Focus #3 – Drifting Scapes

Film Programming for DISSOLUTIONS: an experimental film festival with aemi, The Complex, Dublin, September 6th & 7th 2024

Film Programming at The Hugh Lane Gallery:
May 11th https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/damned-if-you-dont/
July 6th https://hughlane.ie/explore_learn/film-screening-shortsjul24/
October 5th
November 9th

Artist represented at the 23rd Bienal Internacional de Artes da Cerveira, Portugal, July-December 2024.

Sirius Arts Centre Cobh, “ends meet” screening and solo exhibition, March 2025

2024

Screening of Man of Aral at La Rochelle International Film Festival, Programmed by Association Braquage, France, July 6th 2024 https://festival-larochelle.org/film/man-of-aral/

Screening of Man of Aral at Avanti Navire Argo program at L’Ecran St Denis, France, June 7th https://lecranstdenis.fr/FR/424

Screening of Man of Aral at Indie Lisboa, National Competition, Portugal, May 29th/31st 2024 https://indielisboa.com/filme/man-of-aral/

Screening of Man of Aral at 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA, March 29th, 2024, Films in Competition 6: 35MM AND 16MM https://www.aafilmfest.org/62-schedule-page

Premiere screening of Man of Aral at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024, Fine Grain Program, January 28, 29, February 1st https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2024/films/man-of-aral

2023

Stereo Editions book-launch, presentation, and screening of Sky Hopinka’s The Island Weights at Dublin Art Book Fair and Irish Film Institute.
Screening of Purkyne’s Dusk at Fisura, Festival Internacional de Cine y Video Experimental, Mexico
Residency at Sirius Arts Centre Cobh, September-October 2023
Roundtable on Experimental Film Publication, with Stereo Editions, at s8 Mostra de Cinema Periférico, A Coruña, June 4th 2023 https://s8cinema.com/en/2023/05/11/observatorio-bearing-witness-how-to-publish-books-on-experimental-film-today/
Screening of Purkyne’s Dusk at Museum d’Histoire Naturelle as part of Nature Expanded (programme by Elio Della Noce and Emmanuel Lefrant), Paris, January 2023 https://www.mnhn.fr/fr/film/cycle-nature-elargie-sentir-comme-une-plante
Screening of Segismundo (2015) at Halle Nord Capsule 2.82 (11 November to 3 December) in Geneva https://halle-nord.ch/event/capsule-282

2022
Arts Council of Ireland Film Project Award 2022 for “Man of Aral”
Dear Doc fellow at Doc’s Kingdom 2022 “Gestures and Fragments” in Portugal (fellowship supported by the Gulbenkian Foundation)
Lux Critical Forum Dublin Screening at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, co-curated with Michelle Hall https://imma.ie/whats-on/imma-outdoors-luxcritical-screening/
Screening of Purkyne’s Dusk at Festival Ecrã in Rio de Janeiro
https://www.festivalecra.com.br/6fecrafilmescurta-1/crepusculo_de_purkyne_o
Participant in The Flaherty Seminar 2022 (online)
Lux Critical Forum Dublin Screening at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, co-curated with Michelle Hall https://imma.ie/whats-on/imma-outdoors-luxcritical-screening/
Screening of Purkyne’s Dusk at Festival Ecrã in Rio de Janeiro
https://www.festivalecra.com.br/6fecrafilmescurta-1/crepusculo_de_purkyne_o
Participant in The Flaherty Seminar 2022 (online)
Oberhausen Seminar at the 68th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, with the The Flaherty (New York), LUX (London) and Doc’s Kingdom (Lisbon). (supported by Fingal County Council) https://oberhausenseminar2022.weebly.com/participants.html
Purkyne’s Dusk included in the publication Expanded Nature, Light Cone Editions https://lightcone.org/fr/publication-79-expanded-nature

2021
HALFTONE Print Fair 2021 at The Library Project, Photo Ireland, Dublin.
Screening of Purkyně’s Dusk at 22e Rencontres Cinéma et Vidéo à Nice, Regard Indépendant, 27th November 2021.
Residency at L’Abominable Film Lab, Paris, funded by Fingal County Council.
Residency at Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, funded by Arts Council Ireland. https://www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie/whats-on/artist-in-residence/helena-gouveia-monteiro
Screening of Purkyně’s Dusk at Curtas Vila do Conde 29th International Film Festival, Experimental Competition.
Screening of Purkyně’s Dusk at 67th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, programme curated by Light Cone, May 2021
File Note IV publication by Fire Station Artists’ Studios, article by Julie Morrissy
Shade New Light, video work, online exhibition at Hangar, Centro de Investigação Artística.
Resident at Hangar, Centro de Investigação Artística, Lisbon
https://hangar.com.pt/helena-gouveia-monteiro/
Portuguese Emerging Artist 2020 collective catalogue
https://www.emerge-ac.pt/portuguese-emerging-art-2020/

2020
Recipient of the Arts Council of Ireland Bursary Award in Film
Article on Forgery, Artists’ Take Over for Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane
Dublin Art Book Fair with Stereo Editions at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios.
Atelier 105 Residency at Light Cone Paris
https://lightcone.org/en/news-638-purkyne-s-dusk-de-helena-gouveia-monteiro
Soundtrack for “Canape” collective online edition by Stereo Editions by EST (Juliette Liautaud and Helena Gouveia Monteiro).
Purkyně’s Dusk will be produced with Light Cone Atelier 105 Residency in Paris
https://lightcone.org/en/news-607-laureats-de-la-premiere-session-2020
Digital Media Residency Award 2020 at Fire Station Artists’ Studios Dublin

2019
Halftone Print Fair at The Library Project Dublin.
Editing of Purkyne’s Dusk at Fire Station Artists’ Studios
JOYCESVOICES in in James Joyce Quarterly
Joyce Smithy: A Curated Review of James Joyce in Visual Art, Music, and Performance—Community and Elusive Understandings by Tess Brewer, Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes, Derek Pyle
The project Sweeney will be supported by Fingal County Council through the Artists’ Support Scheme Bursary towards the development of new work 2019.
“Barnacle” Collective Exhibition at 126 Gallery, Galway, Ireland

2018
Stereo Editions Exhibition at Liquidâmbar, Coimbra, Portugal
Professional Development Residency at Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Ireland
Project Bootcamp with LUX at Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival
Digital Film Making Workshop at National Botanic Gardens of Ireland
Hier sollte der Film eigentlich enden is screening at Traverse Vidéo Festival in Toulouse, France
“Barnacle” Collective Exhibition at Burren College of Art Gallery, Clare, Ireland
Launch of The Still

2017
A5 Art Fair at Galway Arts Centre, Ireland
Dublin Art Book Fair at Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, Dublin, Ireland with Stereo Editions
Halftone Print Fair, Dublin, Ireland
Emerging Artist Residency Award at at Burren College of Art Gallery, Clare, Ireland
Regarding the Hispanic World collective exhibition at Instituto Cervantes for Photo Ireland Festival, Dublin, Ireland

2016
Multiples salon de la petite édition d’artiste with Stereo Editions, Morlaix, France
Salon des éditions indépendantes de Lausanne with Stereo Editions, Switzerland
EST SET audio-visual performance with Juliette Liautaud at Studio PRÁM in Prague and NePokoj in Usti- nad-Labem, Czech Republic
Stereo Editions exhibition at Studio Prototyp, Prague, Czech Republic
Resident at Studio PRÁM with Juliette Liautaud, Prague, Czech Republic
Screening of Segismundo at Jornadas de Reapropiación, Ultra Cinema, Mexico
Screening of MalVuMalDit at Staunton International Film Festival, U.S.A.

2015
Screening of JOYCESVOICES at Arthur’s, Dublin, Ireland
Hier sollte der Film eigentlich enden is screening at Altered States, Electro Studios, Hastings, U.K.
Poste Ariel programmed by GREV in Souvenirs from Earth cable TV station dedicated to contemporary art
Poste Ariel audio-visual performance with Juliette Liautaud at Villa Arson, Nice, France
Odyssée collective exhibition at Villa Arson and Galerie de la Marine, Nice, France
Masters Degree with honours in Film (DNSEP) from École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Nice – Villa Arson, Nice, France

all images and text © Helena Gouveia Monteiro