Joana Ricou moved from Portugal to America to study art and biology at Carnegie Mellon University, which allowed her to work in the lab and in the studio. Today, her process begins with a survey of research articles and news. She then contacts researchers directly to discuss their motivation and gather artifacts of their work. In the studio, she builds on these ideas to form questions about our concepts of self and our place in the world, usually in the form of oil paintings. A painting based on her work with Dr. Alison Barth was published as the cover of the Journal of Neuroscience (2005), supporting what has become her core motivation: that art can both support and contribute to science, and vice-versa. This has driven her work in science art and science education work since and has led to collaborations with galleries, schools and museums in Portugal and the USA, including the Andy Warhol Museum (2007), the Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh and the National Aviary (2010).
Membro Integrado Não-Doutorado
Ciência e Arte (Membro)
Área de Investigação Perspectivas sobre o Corpo. Filosofia, Ciência e Arte (Membro)
Projecto interno Perspectivas sobre o Corpo. Filosofia, Ciência e Arte (Membro)
Página Pessoal:
http://joanaricou.com/
J. Ricou, D. Commisso, L. Gonzalez, J. A. Pollock. 2011.Evaluation of Mural Series on the Evolution of Life. International Journal for Cross-Displinary Subjects in Education (IJCDSE), Volume 2, Issue 3, ISSN: 2042 6364 (Online)
Joana Ricou (CFCUL)
Um, Nenhum e Cem Mil
Pinturas, Vídeos e Instalações
Galeria Edge Arts, Arte Contemporânea
16 de Janeiro e 15 de Fevereiro de 2013
Joana Ricou (CFCUL)
Exposição Multitudes
The Arte Institute Gallery, Lisbon