Margarida Paiva
Margarida Paiva was born in 1975 in Coimbra, Portugal. She lives and works in Oslo.

Studies
2005 - 2007 Oslo Academy of Fine Arts, Norway
MA Fine Arts 
1999 - 2000 Trondheim Academy of Fine Arts, Norway
Studies in video and photo
1994 - 1999 Faculty of Fine Arts - University of Porto, Portugal
5-year degree in Fine Arts

Solo exhibition
2010
2009
2007
2006
2003
Screen Memories, FUNDAÇÃO - Porto, Portugal
Untell Retrace, ROM Kunst+Arkitektur - Oslo, Norway
Untitled Stories
, Galeria Lab.65 - Porto, Portugal
Nightfall
, Galleri 21:24 - Oslo, Norway
In.blue
, Galleri Blunk - Trondheim, Norway

Selected Exhibitions and Festivals
2010
Entangled Locations - Atopia feat. Hønefoss Film Festival - Hønefoss, Norway
Green Screenings - Cinemateket / Filmens Hus - Oslo, Norway
3rd Space - II Baltic Biennale - St. Petersburg, Russia
European Media Art Festival - Osnabrück, Germany
Minimalen Short Film Festival - Trondheim, Norway
A Video Serenade - EFA Project Space - New York 
2009 Microwave - New Media Arts Festival - Hong Kong
Made in Norway - V.I.P. Gallery - Belgrade, Serbia
Encontros da Imagem - Mosteiro de Tibães - Braga, Portugal 
Bandits-Mages International Festival - Bourges, France
Human Emotion Project - Brancaleone - Rome, Italy
EDP New Artists Award - Museu da Electricidade - Lisbon, Portugal
2008 Nordic PAM - Utsikten Kunstsenter - Kvinesdal, Norway
Women in Picture - Cinefest International Festival of Young Filmmakers - Miskolc, Hungary
Maiden Voyage - X Bienal Internacional, Symposium & Festival do CIMA - Coimbra, Portugal
Mediawave - International Film and Music Festival - Győr, Hungary
Garish Barish - The Cubicle Art Gallery - Manila, Philippines
Les Inattendus - Independent Cinema and Video Festival - Lyon, France
Debaixo da Película... - Museu da Imagem - Braga, Portugal 
2007 Trunk The Nordic Art Video Festival - Cinema Regina - Östersund, Sweden
Slowtime/Dreamtime – NewMediaFest at 3rd Digital Art Festival – Rosario, Argentina
FIFF - Femmina International Film Festival - Verdal, Norway  
Art4lux - 3rd European Forum for Emerging Creation - Luxembourg
The 3rd International Short Film Festival - Detmold, Germany  
Video Transit - Porsgrunn Kunstforening/Train Station - Porsgrunn, Norway  
A Room (with a view) - Arenbergschouwburg - Antwerp, Belgium
Athens Video Art Festival 07 - Technopolis - Athens, Greece  
Videoformes - XXIIe Intern. Video Art and Media Festival - Clermont-Ferrand, France 
2006 2006 Teleférico - Laboratório das Artes - Guimarães, Portugal
2006 Bak Fronten - Galleri UKS - Oslo, Norway
2006 21:26 - DTK Prosjektgalleri - Haslum, Norway
2006 Unimovie - International Video and Short Film Festival - Pescara, Italy
2005 Supermercado - Galleri Seilduken - Oslo, Norway
13:SETE - Galeria Sete - Coimbra, Portugal
Projecto AC #7 / DV1 - Galeria Arte Contempo - Lisbon, Portugal
Atopic - Akershus Kunstnersenter - Lillestrøm, Norway
That Uncomfortable Place Between Beginning and Ending - Scope Hamptons - New York  
COURTisane - Short Film, Video and New Media Festival - Ghent, Belgium
Next Festival - 2nd Independent Film & Video Festival - Vilnius, Lithuania
BZZZ Video Fictions and Realities - FIPA Film Festival - Biarritz, France  
Hic et Nunc - San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy
Secret Memories - SELECT Media 4 Festival - Chicago, USA
2004 Video 2004 - Bergen Kunsthall - Bergen, Norway  
VideoChannel - Biennale of Electronic Art - Perth, Australia  
FIAV.04 - Video Art Festival - Milan, Italy
The 3rd International Kansk Video Festival - Kansk, Russia
2003 Summer Show - Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst - Trondheim, Norway
FIAV.03 - Video Art Festival - Tavira, Portugal  
Invisible Threat - Break 2.2 Festival - Ljubljana, Slovenia
2002 Penso Voltar - Centro Cultural Emmerico Nunes - Sines, Portugal  
To Play and the Monkey Business - Artemosferas - Porto, Portugal
Under Surveillance - Oeiras Image Festival - Lisbon, Portugal
Alquimias dos Pensamentos às Artes - Convento S. Francisco - Coimbra, Portugal
2000 Alquimias dos Pensamentos às Artes - Convento S. Francisco - Coimbra, Portugal

Awards and Grants
2009
2009
2008
2007
2005
2004
2003
BKV Project Fund, Norway
BKV 2-year work grant, Norway 
NBK Legatstipend, Norway 
Norwegian National Grants for Artists; travel grant 
Instituto Camões Project Fund, Lisbon 
BKV Grant, Norway 
Honorable Mention FIAV.03, Portugal