Name: Yana Naidenov

Professional Category: PhD Candidate – FCT scholarship; Visual Artist

Research project title: A Mediação Quântica na Arte Contemporânea. Ao encontro do tempo diferencial

Supervisor: Maria Teresa Cruz, ICNOVA Advisors: Margarida Brito Alves (IHA-NOVA FCSH/IN2PAST; NOVA FCT); Omar Costa Hamido (PQI Quantum Lab)

Thematic areas: Contemporary art, Quantum computing, Differential time, Media genealogy, Posthumanism, Indexicality

Position within IHA: RG Member [Contemporary Art Studies]

Contact: yanaidenov@fcsh.unl.pt

CIÊNCIA ID: 631F-D247-C9B9

ORCiD: 0000-0002-5895-1066

Biography

Yana Naidenov (Maputo, 1988) is a PhD candidate in the Art and Mediations doctoral program of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, NOVA University Lisbon. Her project, “Quantum Mediation in Artistic Practice: Toward Temporal Difference” is funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology, integrated in the Institute of Communication at Nova (ICNOVA), the Institute of Art History (IHA), and the Portuguese Quantum Institute Quantum Lab.

Since 2010 she practices as a visual artist, having participated in several solo and group exhibitions internationally, as well as residencies such as De Ateliers (2016-2018) in Amsterdam, Al Balad Residency (2020, Jeddah), the European Ceramic Work Center (2021), with support from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and Jester (2023, Genk), with support from Culture Moves Europe. In 2023 she received support from the Mondriaan Fonds (the Netherlands) with the project Quantum Hauntologies.

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Yana Naidenov (Maputo, 1988) é doutoranda em Estudos Artísticos – Arte e Mediações na Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Desenvolve o projecto “Quantum Mediation in Artistic Practice: Toward Temporal Difference” enquanto bolseira da Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, integrada no Instituto de Comunicação da Nova (ICNOVA), no Instituto de História de Arte (IHA) e no Quantum Lab do Portuguese Quantum Institute (PQI). É mestre em Escultura (Royal College of Art, 2013) e licenciada em design de interações (London College of Communication, 2010).

Desde 2010 exerce atividade como artista visual, tendo participado internacionalmente em exposições individuais e coletivas. Foi artista residente no De Ateliers (2016-2018, Amesterdão), na Al Balad Residency (2020, Jeddah), no European Ceramic Work Center (2021, Oisterwijk) com apoio da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, e no Jester (2023, Genk) com apoio da Culture Moves Europe. Em 2023 foi apoiada pelo Fundo Mondriaan (Países Baixos) com o projeto Quantum Hauntologies.

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Abbreviations:
RG – Research Group