Diana Policarpo is a visual artist and composer with an MFA from Goldsmiths College, University of London. Recent exhibitions and performances include Galeria Municipal do Porto (2020); Kunsthall Trondheim (2020); Contemporary Art Museum of Elvas (2020); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2019); MAAT, Lisbon (2019); Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon (2018); Kunsthall Oslo (2018); LUX Moving Image, London (2017); and Kunstverein Leipzig (2017). In 2019, Policarpo was awarded the EDP Foundation New Artists Award.
In the moving image work ‘Death Grip’ (2019), artist Diana Policarpo offers a sonic exploration of a caterpillar fungus species as it folds narratives of healing and economic progress.