Ei! Marionetas / Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora

Ei! Marionetas - Encontro Internacional de Marionetas de Gondomar 2026

Vânia Kosta Puppets [ EXHIBITION ]

• Vânia Kosta < Braga
• all audiences . free access

Vânia Kosta Puppets

Vânia Kosta

She graduated with a degree in Art Education from the School of Education in Viana do Castelo in 2004, and it was through the Socrates/Erasmus programme that she first had the opportunity to travel and discover more about herself and the world, having attended the Art & Craft course (ceramics module) at Bergen University College in Norway.

It was in 2015, with her first invitation to collaborate with the Mandrágora Puppet Theatre Company, that she explored and discovered the potential of textiles applied to set design, creating immersive worlds that invite the audience to enter and discover. She enjoys filling spaces with her sculptures and observing the connection and interaction the public establishes with them. Her most recent works have, in fact, come to incorporate elements created by the public, thus integrating other identities, memories, stories and impressions, in a search for greater meaning and a sense of community.

In the visual arts circuit, her work was first presented at the Cerveira International Biennial in 2017, followed by other editions (2018 / 2022) and biennials, such as the Arcos de Valdevez Biennial (2025), the Espinho Biennial 2023 and the Alentejo International Biennial, where she was named the winning artist of the 2023 edition. Invitations to participate in group exhibitions continue, notably the invitation to take part in the “Perspetiva 24” exhibition at the invitation of Helena Mendes Pereira and João Ribas in 2024 at the Vila Nova de Cerveira Forum.

Her career is marked by diverse collaborations and experimentation, notably the creation of the set design for the show based on Ruído Roído’s album “Êxtase do silêncio”, premiered at the GNRation black box in Braga, as well as the artistic creation of imagery and the design of CD and vinyl covers for bands and poetic projects, such as António Durães’ “Cavalgada de mil Ámperes” project.

art

download