Joanna Mamede is a Brazilian-British artist and director whose practice begins with moving image and extends into material form. Working across film, installation, ceramics and print, she uses research to construct speculative situations that question how meaning is made and understood.
The screen is a recurring point of departure in Mamede’s practice. Her work examines how images, language and systems of knowledge shape our understanding of the world, often bringing different forms of knowledge and experience into tension. Moving between Brazilian and British contexts, she often works with women and uses performance to explore relationships between bodies, landscapes and wider structures of power.
In Willow Black (2025), choreographed movement is translated from film into ceramic roundels and drypoint prints, extending the life of a gesture beyond its original duration. This movement between image and object has become an important part of Mamede’s recent practice, allowing something first encountered through the screen to be experienced through material, touch and weight.
Mamede’s work has been exhibited and screened internationally at Tate Modern, Aesthetica Film Festival, Festival Ecrã, Videobardo, Deptford X, Ruskin Gallery and Rich Mix. She holds an MRes in Art: Moving Image from Central Saint Martins. She is a Trustee at Equalities Work and a former Trustee at LUX Moving Image. She is also a member of the ICGC, overseeing the Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection of Brazilian modern and contemporary art.
Mamede is available for selected commissions and collaborations with cultural institutions, brands and other partners. If you’d like to work together, please get in touch.