Gunga Guerra is a self-taught visual artist, graduated in Advertising and Publicity and with MBA in New Digital Media Technologies, worked several years for a television channel with animation, computer graphics and short films. He uses various means of artistic expression such as video, animation, sculpture, drawing and painting. Born in Mozambique and living in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), the artist lives between three imaginary identity frontiers: Mozambique, Portugal and Brazil. His background in life led him to become more interested in political and social issues, aligned with remote memories of his personal history and acquired and lost identities.
Awards:
2020 . ‘Funarte Respirarte Award’ by National Art Foundation/ Fundação Nacional de Arte, Brazil
2020 . Minute Kuleshov Award by One Minute Festival, Brazil
2020 . Minute Quarantine (Two Awards) by One Minute Festival, Brazil
2020 . Golden Prize, by Oswaldo Goeldi Biennial, São Paulo - Brazil
2020 . XVII Território da Arte de Araraquara (XVII Araraquara Art Territory) , São Paulo - Brazil
2020 . ‘SOS Transarte - quarANTENA’ , by Transarte Brazil Gallery, São Paulo - Brazil
2020 . ‘Cultura Presente nas Redes’, by State Department for Culture and Creative Economy of Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
2020 . Best Animation of February and March by One Minute Festival, Brazil
2020 . Best Nano Minute by One Minute Festival, Brazil
2020 . Best Film of the 7th Brazilian Nanofilm Festival, São Paulo - Brazil
2019 . Honorable Mention of the Brasília Photo Show Festival, Distrito Federal - Brazil
2018 . Garimpo (new artist) Award 2018 Dasartes Magazine - Brazil
