Pamina
Sebastião

Awardee

Country

Angola

Pamina Sebastião promotes queer expression through ther artistic practice.

Themes
Racial justice
Gender equality
Sexual Expression / Queer Expression
Others
Disciplines
Artistic Research
Performance
Visual Art
Awards
SEED Award 2022

Profile

Pamina Sebastião is a multidisciplinary visual artivist based in Luanda, Angola. Their work involves text, film, photography, and collage, often interrogating coloniality in Luanda’s context while imagining new forms of existence. They co-founded the Angolan Identity Archive, an LBTQI+ feminist collective and has been part of several LGBTQI+ organizations, including the Feminist Ondjango, the LINKAGES Angola team, and The Other Foundation. Pamina has been an activist on gender and sexuality for many years, focusing on stigma and discrimination as well as sexual and reproductive health and rights.