Musa paradisiaca is a duo formed by Eduardo Guerra (Lisbon, 1986) and Miguel Ferrão (Lisbon, 1986), both based in Lisbon, Portugal.
Since 2010, they have explored various media, such as sculpture, film, drawing, and performative actions.
The duo emphasizes the importance of orality and dialogue in their artistic work, where the tension between individual expression, represented by the “author,” and collectivity is manifested.
They seek to integrate different perspectives and skills from a variety of entities, practitioners, experts, and references, both collective and individual, in a collaboratively evolving process.
Some of their recent solo exhibitions include:
‘Harlequin’, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto (2025); ‘Solar’, Appleton Box, Lisbon (2023); ‘New People’, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon (2021); ‘João’, O Armário, Lisbon (2021); ‘An animal with a backpack’, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon (2021); ‘The I of the Beeholder’, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon (2020); ‘Cavazaque Piu Piu’, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto (2019); ‘Curveball Memory’, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto (2018); ‘Man with really soft hands’, Galeria Múrias Centeno, Lisbon (2017), and Frieze, London (2017); ‘Masters of velocity’, Dan Gunn Gallery, Berlin (2016); ‘Alma-bluco’, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch (2015); ‘Machines’ audition’, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon (2014); ‘Flowers’ audition’, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon (2014).
And also at
Horanggasy Artpolygon, Gwangju (2023); Fórum Cultural de Cerveira (2023); Centro de Arte Oliva, São João da Madeira (2023); CCCCB, Castelo Branco (2023); Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers (2022); CAC Torres Vedras (2022), Frac des Pays de la Loire, Nantes (2022); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2019); MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon (2018); Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2017); BoCA - Biennial of Contemporary Arts, Lisbon (2021 and 2017); Quetzal Art Centre, Vidigueira (2017); Vdrome, online (2017); ISELP, Brussels (2017); Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon (2017 and 2013); José de Guimarães International Art Centre, Guimarães (2016); Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto (2016 and 2015); National Museum of Contemporary Art, Lisbon (2015); Videoex Film Festival, Zurique (2015); Malmö Art Academy - Moderna Museet, Malmö (2015); Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, Paris (2015); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2013); Cinemateca Portuguesa, Lisbon (2013).
Selected for
FLAD Drawing Prize (2021), Sonae Media Art Prize (2015), Prémio Novos - Artes Plásticas (2015) and EDP New Artists Prize (2013). Eduardo Guerra and Miguel Ferrão were individually selected for BES Revelação Prize (2010).
Part of
Coleção de Arte Contemporânea do Estado, Portugal; Collection Frac des Pays de la Loire, France; Modern Collection - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal; Serralves Foundation Collection - Contemporary Art Museum, Portugal; Portuguese Art Collection EDP Foundation, Portugal; De Bruin-Heijn Collection, Holanda; António Cachola Collection, Portugal; Norlinda and José Lima Modern and Contemporary Art Collection, Portugal; Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection, Portugal.
Represented by
Quadrado Azul (Lisbon and Porto)