bio
miguel bonneville (porto, 1985) creates autofictional and exobiographical works focused on the deconstruction and reconstruction of identity. their work is transdisciplinary. it is, therefore, presented in a variety of formats, such as performances, drawings, photographs, films, music and artist books.
since 2003, their work has been presented in art galleries, film festivals, theaters and non-conventional venues in portugal and abroad, namely the serial projects family project, miguel bonneville and the importance of being.
in 2015, they received the rede ex aequo award for advancing positive lgbtqi+ representation in the performing arts, for the performances fear and feminisms (with maria gil) and the importance of being simone de beauvoir, and in 2025 they were awarded the vs literary prize – ernesto sampaio.
they studied drama at academia contemporânea do espectáculo (2000-2003), having complemented their studies with the following courses: visual arts (calouste gulbenkian foundation, 2006), autobiographies, life stories and artist’s lives (cies-iscte, 2008), archive – organization and maintenance (citeforma, 2013), cyborgs, sex and society (fcsh, 2016) and philosophy and art (mute, 2017), among others.
they received grants from the calouste gulbenkian foundation, centro nacional de cultura, spa cultural fund, funchal city council, and culture moves europe – individual mobility of artists and cultural professionals.
they were part of the artistic direction of teatro do silêncio cultural association (2018-2023) and were represented by contemporary art gallery 3+1 arte contemporânea (2009-2013) and contemporary dance production company eira (2004-2006).
they directed film and video work such as camera obscura (2023), a fear with two big faces (2022), moth (2016), and a landscape of failure (2008), among others.
they published the books the diaries of c.c. rausch (corpos editora, 2006), ensaios de santidade (sr. teste, 2021), the personal is political (douda correria, 2021), book of daniel and other texts (urutau, 2024), the importance of being – anthology (teatro praga/sistema solar, 2025), and also the artist editions jérôme, olivier et moi (homesession, 2008), notes of a suicidal primate (2017), dissection of a swan (2018), cyborg’s lament (2021) and dark chamber (2022).
they wrote papers, essays and other texts for the portuguese magazines flanzine, wrongwrong, dobra, cine qua non, and faces de eva, as well as for the brazilian magazine periódicus.
they have participated in artistic residencies such as sítio das artes/calouste gulbenkian foundation (lisbon, 2007), homesession (barcelona, 2008), mugatxoan/serralves foundation (porto, 2010), transeuropa2012 (hildesheim, 2012), arts printing house (vilnius, 2013), arte y desarrollo (madrid, 2014) and la box (bourges, 2018), among others.