Celina Lage (Belo Horizonte, 1972) is Italian & Lebanese born in Brazil. She is Professor of Curation and Contemporary Art in the State University of Minas Gerais (UEMG), Brazil. She collaborated from 2009 to 2012 in the Graduate Program in Applied Arts at the Hellenic Open University, Greece. Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Master of Theory of Literature and Bachelor of Philology, major in Greek and Latin. Post-doctorate in the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and Athens School of Fine Arts (Greece). Former Fellow of the Alexander Onassis Foundation, the State Scholarships Foundation (Greece) and CNPq (Brazil).
As the founder of Vision Art in Greece from 2008 to 2012, she spearheaded a pioneering venture in stereoscopic (3D) technologies and artistic products, backed by funding from the European Community and the Greek Government. Her leadership focused on blending cutting-edge 3D technology with artistic expression to create immersive experiences, establishing Vision Art as a beacon of innovation at the intersection of art, technology, and business. Currently, she develops and supervises postgraduate-level theoretical and practical research on new technologies applied to the arts with her own team, continuing her commitment to pushing the boundaries of how art and technology intersect.
Celina Lage is transdiscipinary new media and NFT Artist. Her artistic research is characterized by concerns with contemporaneity, intertemporality and rereadings of the past. Her artworks reflect in a peculiar way her passion for words and images, letters, poetic and metalinguistic mechanisms. She took part in exhibitions and festivals in New Zealand, Spain, Greece, Argentina, England, Germany, Denmark & Brazil.
Education.
Federal University of Minas Gerais, PhD Studies in Comparative Literature, 2004
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Master in Literary Theory, 2000
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Bachelor Degree in Latin, 1995
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Bachelor Degree in Ancient Greek, 1995
Group Exhibitions, performances.
BIGG – Biggest, Union KBH, Copenhagen, Denmark 2019.
Linhas Sensíveis, Galeria Escola Guignard, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2019.
#arteliBeRdade, Fórum das Letras, Ouro Preto, Brazil, 2018.
Learning from Documenta, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece 2017.
Manchester Studios, Manchester School of Art, England, 2017.
#arteliBeRdade, Espaço do Conhecimento UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2017.
Photomediations, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany, 2016.
Art & Memory – Brazilians in Greece, Antiracist Festival, Greece, 2014.
Curating Memory I – Personas & Narratives, Antiracist Festival, Greece, 2014.
Curando a Memória I – Personas e Narrativas, Bios, Greece. 2014.
Greek Revolution 2010 (radial/sound installation), Argentina, 2011.
Círculos Poéticos (multimedia performance), Passworld Festival, Spain. 2007.
James Joyce’s Echoes, National Library, New Zealand. 2004.
James Joyce’s Echoes – Bloomsday in Athens. Small Music Theatre. Athens, Greece, 2004.
Music, sound poetry.
Thanatos (CD track) PHASE!-Greece, 2013.
Ybervolika (CD track) EMI – Greece. 2009.
Oimoi (CD track) Small Music Theater – Greece 2007.
Ypervolika (CD track), Small Music Theatre – Greece, 2006.
Homenagem a Miltos Sarturis (experimental music performance), Small Music Theatre, Greece. 2006.
Comodino – Bizantinum Lambada (CD track), Vinil Microstore, Greece, 2006.
Comodino – Bizantinum Lambada (experimental music performance), Festival Yuria, Greece, 2005.
Member of the Group Los Borrachos, Brazilian Sound Poetry, 2000-2004.
Círculos Viciosos (Vicious Circles, Performance). Digital poetry, Dance and Sound Poetry. Salsaparrilha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2003.
James Joyce’s Echoes (CD). Celina Lage, Thanos Kois and Anastasis Grivas (Thodoris Zoutsos – as invited). Athens, Greece, 2004.
Cacograma (LAGE, C. F. ; LOPES, E. M., CD track), Brazil, 2001.
Los Borrachos – Dor, Amor, Humor (CD). Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2000.
Cacograma (CD). Sound Poetry Compilation (Los Borrachos as invited group). Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2001.
Fellowships, Researches.
Postdoc Research in Postgraduate Studies Program “Art, Virtual Reality & Multi-User Systems of Artistic Expression”, Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA), University Paris 8, Athens, Greece, 2017-2018.
Art Theories and Practices. Research Group. State University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2014-now.
Postdoc Research, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UoA), State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), Athens, Greece, 2012-2013.
Posgratuate Research Fellowship, Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, Greece, 2003-2004.
Published Academic Papers & Books