Mito Elias

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Mito Elias
Session with Private Z(oo)M - Lx Factory, Lisbon, October 2011
Born	Fernando Hamilton Barbosa Elias 9 August 1965 Praia, Cape Verde
Occupation	Poet, artist, visual artist

Fernando Hamilton Barbosa Elias, also known as Mito or Mito Elias (born 9 August 1965) is a Cape Verdean artist, visual artist, poet and performer. He has a workshop in West Melbourne, Australia.^[1]

Biography

Mito Elias was born in Praia, Santiago, Cape Verde.

Exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

1984: Corêto Visual - Corêto da Praça/Centro Cultural Português, Praia, Cape Verde
1991: AR.CO - Lisbon, Portugal
1992: Palácio Foz - Lisbon, Portugal
1993: Hotel Méridièn - Luanda, Angola
1994: Culturgest - CGD - Lisbon, Portugal
1997: The Karantonha Exhibit - Boston Center For The Arts, USA
1998: Universidad de Lecce, Italy
2001: Arte nas Terras Raianas. Moura, Portugal
2002: I Bienal de S.Tomé e Princípe – S. Tomé e Príncipe
1996: Mosteiros dos Jerónimos - Lisbon, Portugal
2006: LUSOVIDEOGRAFIA – Espaço Durex - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2007: Le Bourgeois Experimental - St. German des Prés, Paris, France
2008: Tentativa de Agotar un Lugar Africano – In Continum - Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain

ECOS À BOLINA (Na Rota De Calamus) - CINUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil

AFRICA NOW! - Emerging Talents From a Continent on The Move - World Bank, Washington DC, USA

2012: The Script Road - Si Stau (noção 1ª de Macau) - Old Court House, Macau
2018: Personnel Experience – Footscray Community Arts Centre - Melbourne - Australia
2021: De Dentro e Fora – UCLLA – Lisbon – Portugal
2023: Wyndham Art Prize - Wyndham Art Gallery - Australia

Selected solo exhibitions

1983: Painting & Crafts – French Cultural Centre - Praia, Cape Verde
1989: 15 Alternative Snapshots from Cape Verde – CV Association, Lisbon, Portugal
1995: Mitomorfoses - INAC - Praia/ People’s Palace - Mindelo, Cape Verde

Duet - Galeria Gymnasium, Lisbon, Portugal

1997: Lágrimas de Indigo - INAC - Praia/ Cultural Centre of Mindelo, Cape Verde
1998: Insulano (11ª ilha) - Galeria Municipal da Amadora, Portugal

Águalusa & Terracota - Recreios da Amadora, Portugal

Lantuna Na Mei Di Mar - EXPO'98 - Lisbon, Portugal

1999: Kurasson Di Sibitchi – Cultural Palace - Praia/CCM – Cultural Centre of Mindelo, Cape Verde

Serenata Em Bilingue - Teatro Baltazar Dias, Funchal, Madeira

2001: The Hitchiker Drumbeat - The Garage Studio, North Providence, USA
2002: N' - Ler Devagar Bookstore, Lisbon, Portugal

Mare Calamus - Jorge Vieira Museum, Beja, Portugal

2003: The Cape Verdean Blues (A Blue Note 4 HS) – National Library, Praia, Cape Verde
2004: Timenti Lua Ka Subi - PCIL - Cultural Palace, Praia, Cape Verde
2005: Dia Santo Na Lém Di Mulato – PCIL - Cultural Palace, Praia, Cape Verde

Promessa Di Marlargo - Mabooki Bookshop, Lisbon, Portugal

2006: Só Pamodi Bó (1 recordai pa Luís Morais) – Library Orlando Ribeiro, Lisbon, Portugal

Li-Sim-Sim - Kerry Center, Beijing, China

Fisherman's Wharf - Macao, China

2007: Na Som Di Kriolu – Expominas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2008: Nu Bai – BCA - Atlantic Comercial Bank Auditorium, Praia, Cape Verde

FishBonEye - S.Vicente City Hall, Mindelo, Cape Verde

2009: Nó di Sulada - WMDC (World Music and Dance Centre), Rotterdam, Netherlands
2010: Majina - 30 anos 100 Lennon - Buchholz Bookstore, Lisbon, Portugal

POEMix (Collaboration with Binga de Castro) – IILP (International Institute of Portuguese Language), Praia, Cape Verde

Na Fai Minotu - UNICV (University of Cape Verde), Praia, Cape Verde

De Pareidolia (Collaboration with Ana Rita Pires) - PCIL, Praia, Cape Verde

2011: Amor Sta La - Galeria da Ordem dos Médicos, Lisbon, Portugal

10x9.11 - (with Binga de Castro) – The Music House, Praia, Cape Verde

Pé Na Boti - Vídeo_Phonics Witnesses – CV Cultural House, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Paredis & Numbrason (collaboration with Ana Rita Pires) - CAC Tejo, V.V.Rodão, Portugal

Private Z(oo)M - Tempo de Bichos, Afro-Brazil Museum, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2012: CRIOLANTUS – PCIL - Cultural Palace, Praia, Cape Verde

[RE]alphabetika @ Cascais - Parque Palmela, Cascais, Portugal

Private Z(oo)M - Macau Literary Festival, Polytechnic Institute of Macao, Macao, China

2014: Fandata - Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

[Ex]Isle (Painted Tales) as part of the Latin Festival - Ventana Fiesta, Frankston Arts Centre, Australia

2015: SCRIPTA (Writings of the World) – as part of the Big West Festival – African Town – Footscray – Melbourne – Australia

[RE]alphabetika @Díli – Fundação Oriente, Díli, East Timor

2016: MADATONG – Bromley Gallery, Windsor, Melbourne, Australia
2017: qp – as part of the Fringe in The West – FCAC, Melbourne, Australia
2019: SATISfashion - Metro West, Melbourne, Australia
2021: ecHoIc [audio testimonies] – Gallery Spaces – Sunshine – Melbourne – Australia
2022: Nefelibata – Gallery Spaces – Sunshine – Melbourne – Australia

OBI TA FLA – CCCV – Lisbon – Portugal

ORENDA [dueto com Bento Oliveira] – CCCV – Lisbon – Portugal

Awards

August 2001 – Salúquia Prize for best painting at the group exhibition Arte nas Terras Raianas, Moura, Portugal
May 2005 – Citizenship Honor medal from the City of Praia, Cape Verde Islands
October 2005 - First Class Medal for Cultural Services – Praia,Cape Verde Islands
June 2007 – Cultural Honor from the City of Praia, Cape Verde Islands
July 2010 – Vulcan Prize for Cultural Services, Praia, Cape Verde Islands.