Mónica de Miranda (Porto, 1976), lives and works between Portugal and Angola. Artist and researcher, her work is based on themes of urban archaeology and personal geographies. She holds a Visual Arts Degree from the Camberwell College of Arts (London, 1998), a Master’s Degree in Art and Education from the Institute of Education (London, 2000) and a PhD in Visual Art from the University of Middlesex (London, 2014). Mónica is also one of the founders of the artistic residencies project Triangle Network in Portugal and she founded in 2014 the project Hangar – Center for Artistic Research, in Lisbon.
In 2016 she was nominated for Novo Banco Photo Prize and exhibited at Museu Coleção Berardo (Lisbon, Portugal) as a finalist. Mónica was also nominated for Prix Pictet Photo Award in the same year.

She exhibits regularly and internationally since 2004 and has participated in various residencies in institutions such as the Tate Britain, French Institute, British Council/Iniva. Her work is present in public collections like the MAAT, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado and Arquivo Municipal de Lisboa.