Miguel Ferrão (Lisbon, 1986) is a visual artist, PhD candidate in Artistic Studies – Art and Mediations at NOVA University and FCT fellow. Holds a MA in Philosophy-Aesthetics by the same institution and a BA in Painting by FBAUL. Since 2010, partners with Eduardo Guerra as Musa paradisiaca, an artistic project shortlisted for EDP Foundation’s New Artists Award (2013) and SONAE Media Art Prize (2015), with work presented at Fundação Carmona e Costa (Lisbon), Galeria Municipal do Porto (Porto), Serralves Museum (Porto), MAAT — Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (Lisbon), BoCA – Biennial of Contemporary Arts (Lisbon), CIAGJ — José de Guimarães Internacional Art Centre (Guimarães), Kunsthalle Lissabon (Lisbon), HKW — Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), CRAC Alsace – Centre rhénan d’art contemporain (Altkirch), Moderna Museet (Mälmo), Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard (Paris), Palais de Tokyo (Paris) and Cinemateca Portuguesa (Lisbon). Collaborated as curatorial assistant with ZDB Gallery (Lisbon) and coordinated the programme “Aguêdê-Alê” in São Tomé and Príncipe (2010-2013).