BoCA is a non-profit cultural association founded in 2015 in Lisbon, with a mission centered on contemporary creation. Through a transdisciplinary approach, it promotes the hybridization of languages and the breaking down of boundaries between visual arts, performance, music and other artistic expressions.
Its work is built on synergies between cities (linking Lisbon to other national and international contexts), between cultural institutions (museums, theaters, galleries and heritage spaces) and the public space, and between different audiences. This diverse ecosystem strengthens the dialog between artists, territories and communities.
With a clear commitment to the present and future of artistic creation, BoCA encourages critical reflection on the contemporary socio-cultural context, supporting innovative creative processes and projects that challenge conventions.
The BoCA carries out its activities along five lines:
Commission and Production of Artistic Projects
Programming of the Biennial of Contemporary Arts
National and International Dissemination
Educational Program
Regular Program
BoCA develops its activity regular mainly in the municipality of Lisbon, involving dozens of cultural institutions in its programming. With a focus on the national and international circulation of the artists and works it commissions and programs in each arts biennial, since 2015 BoCA has been extending its programming, on a one-off basis or in cycles, to other cities and countries.
In Lisbon, partnerships with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Centro Cultural de Belém, Culturgest, Teatro Nacional D. Maria II, MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Teatro do Bairro Alto, Museu da Água, Cinemateca Portuguesa, Cinema São Jorge, Galerias Municipais EGEAC or Panteão Nacional stand out.
Internationally, partnerships have been established with deSingel (BE), Kunstenfestivaldesarts (BE), Festival d’Automne à Paris (FR), Museo Nacional del Prado (ES), Wiener Festwochen (AT), Somerset House (UK), Théâtre National de Toulouse (FR), Kunsthalle Baden Baden (DE) or Teatre Lliure (ES).
- Curator of the BoCA biennial 2025
- John Romão
- Executive direction
- Suzanne Marivoet
- Production direction
- José Maria Cortez
- Administration and financial management
- Rita de Neves Dias
- Executive production
- Inês Sampaio
- Communication
- Maria Barbosa de Carvalho
- Coordination of participatory projects (Sub21 and Mutantes)
- Sara Franqueira
- National and international touring
- Inês Le Gué | jardin&cour
- Media relations
- this is ground control
- Visual identity
- Helmo
- Website Design and Code
- Nonverbal Club
- Designer residente
- Miguel Santos
- Photography
- Bruno Simão
- Video
- Waves of Youth
- Accounting
- Contas ao Cubo
Team
- If you have any questions, please contact us at
- info@bocabienal.org
- Press
- Cláudia Duarte
Tel: (+351) 963 884 269
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- Support for the Education Program
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