{{Short description|Cape Verdean artist}} {{Multiple issues|{{COI|date=April 2023}} {{Notability|1=Biographies|date=February 2024}}}} {{Infobox writer | image =IM01i.jpg | imagesize =300px | caption = Session with Private Z(oo)M - Lx Factory, Lisbon, October 2011 | alt = | name = Mito Elias | birth_name = Fernando Hamilton Barbosa Elias | birth_date = | birth_place = Praia, Cape Verde | occupation = Poet, artist, visual artist | yearsactive = | spouse = | children = }} '''Fernando Hamilton Barbosa Elias''', also known as '''Mito''' or '''Mito Elias''' is a Cape Verdean artist, visual artist, poet and performer. He has a workshop in Melbourne, Australia.
==Early life and education== Fernando Hamilton Barbosa Elias{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} was born in Praia, on the island of Santiago in the Cape Verde Islands.<ref name=saatchi/>
He studied art in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1989 until 1992, and did not return to Cape Verde.<ref name=saatchi/>
==Studios== Elias has a workshop in Australia.<ref name=saatchi>{{Cite web |title=Mito Elias |url=https://www.saatchiart.com/mitoelias |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=Saatchi Art |language=en}}</ref>
He moved to Australia in 2013, and worked as a visual arts tutor at Footscray Community Arts in Melbourne. He also established Fandata Studio in Sunshine, in the western suburbs of Melbourne.
===Awards=== {{BLP unsourced section|date=September 2024}} *August 2001 – Salúquia Prize for best painting at the group exhibition Arte nas Terras Raianas, Moura, Portugal *May 2005 – Citizenship Honor medal from the City of Praia, Cape Verde Islands *October 2005 - First Class Medal for Cultural Services – Praia,Cape Verde Islands *June 2007 – Cultural Honor from the City of Praia, Cape Verde Islands *July 2010 – Vulcan Prize for Cultural Services, Praia, Cape Verde Islands <!--- commenting out until cited ==Exhibitions== ===Selected group exhibitions=== *1984: Corêto Visual - Corêto da Praça/Centro Cultural Português, Praia, Cape Verde *1991: AR.CO - Lisbon, Portugal *1992: Palácio Foz - Lisbon, Portugal *1993: Hotel Méridièn - Luanda, Angola *1994: Culturgest - CGD - Lisbon, Portugal *1997: The Karantonha Exhibit - Boston Center For The Arts, USA *1998: Universidad de Lecce, Italy *2001: Arte nas Terras Raianas. Moura, Portugal *2002: I Bienal de S.Tomé e Princípe – S. Tomé e Príncipe *1996: Mosteiros dos Jerónimos - Lisbon, Portugal *2006: LUSOVIDEOGRAFIA – Espaço Durex - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil *2007: Le Bourgeois Experimental - St. German des Prés, Paris, France *2008: Tentativa de Agotar un Lugar Africano – In Continum - Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain :::ECOS À BOLINA (Na Rota De Calamus) - CINUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil :::AFRICA NOW! - Emerging Talents From a Continent on The Move - World Bank, Washington DC, USA *2012: The Script Road - Si Stau (noção 1ª de Macau) - Old Court House, Macau *2018: Personnel Experience – Footscray Community Arts Centre - Melbourne - Australia *2021: De Dentro e Fora – UCLLA – Lisbon – Portugal *2023: Wyndham Art Prize - Wyndham Art Gallery - Australia
===Selected solo exhibitions=== *1983: Painting & Crafts – French Cultural Centre - Praia, Cape Verde *1989: 15 Alternative Snapshots from Cape Verde – CV Association, Lisbon, Portugal *1995: Mitomorfoses - INAC - Praia/ People’s Palace - Mindelo, Cape Verde :::Duet - Galeria Gymnasium, Lisbon, Portugal *1997: Lágrimas de Indigo - INAC - Praia/ Cultural Centre of Mindelo, Cape Verde *1998: Insulano (11ª ilha) - Galeria Municipal da Amadora, Portugal :::Águalusa & Terracota - Recreios da Amadora, Portugal :::Lantuna Na Mei Di Mar - EXPO'98 - Lisbon, Portugal *1999: Kurasson Di Sibitchi – Cultural Palace - Praia/CCM – Cultural Centre of Mindelo, Cape Verde :::Serenata Em Bilingue - Teatro Baltazar Dias, Funchal, Madeira *2001: The Hitchiker Drumbeat - The Garage Studio, North Providence, USA *2002: N' - Ler Devagar Bookstore, Lisbon, Portugal :::Mare Calamus - Jorge Vieira Museum, Beja, Portugal *2003: The Cape Verdean Blues (A Blue Note 4 HS) – National Library, Praia, Cape Verde *2004: Timenti Lua Ka Subi - PCIL - Cultural Palace, Praia, Cape Verde *2005: Dia Santo Na Lém Di Mulato – PCIL - Cultural Palace, Praia, Cape Verde :::Promessa Di Marlargo - Mabooki Bookshop, Lisbon, Portugal *2006: Só Pamodi Bó (1 recordai pa Luís Morais) – Library Orlando Ribeiro, Lisbon, Portugal :::Li-Sim-Sim - Kerry Center, Beijing, China :::Fisherman's Wharf - Macao, China *2007: Na Som Di Kriolu – Expominas, Belo Horizonte, Brazil *2008: Nu Bai – BCA - Atlantic Comercial Bank Auditorium, Praia, Cape Verde :::FishBonEye - S.Vicente City Hall, Mindelo, Cape Verde *2009: Nó di Sulada - WMDC (World Music and Dance Centre), Rotterdam, Netherlands *2010: Majina - 30 anos 100 Lennon - Buchholz Bookstore, Lisbon, Portugal :::POEMix (Collaboration with Binga de Castro) – IILP (International Institute of Portuguese Language), Praia, Cape Verde :::Na Fai Minotu - UNICV (University of Cape Verde), Praia, Cape Verde :::De Pareidolia (Collaboration with Ana Rita Pires) - PCIL, Praia, Cape Verde *2011: Amor Sta La - Galeria da Ordem dos Médicos, Lisbon, Portugal :::10x9.11 - (with Binga de Castro) – The Music House, Praia, Cape Verde :::Pé Na Boti - Vídeo_Phonics Witnesses – CV Cultural House, Rotterdam, Netherlands :::Paredis & Numbrason (collaboration with Ana Rita Pires) - CAC Tejo, V.V.Rodão, Portugal :::Private Z(oo)M - Tempo de Bichos, Afro-Brazil Museum, Sao Paulo, Brazil *2012: CRIOLANTUS – PCIL - Cultural Palace, Praia, Cape Verde :::[RE]alphabetika @ Cascais - Parque Palmela, Cascais, Portugal :::Private Z(oo)M - Macau Literary Festival, Polytechnic Institute of Macao, Macao, China *2014: Fandata - Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia :::[Ex]Isle (Painted Tales) as part of the Latin Festival - Ventana Fiesta, Frankston Arts Centre, Australia *2015: SCRIPTA (Writings of the World) – as part of the Big West Festival – African Town – Footscray – Melbourne – Australia :::[RE]alphabetika @Díli – Fundação Oriente, Díli, East Timor *2016: MADATONG – Bromley Gallery, Windsor, Melbourne, Australia *2017: qp – as part of the Fringe in The West – FCAC, Melbourne, Australia *2019: SATISfashion - Metro West, Melbourne, Australia *2021: ecHoIc [audio testimonies] – Gallery Spaces – Sunshine – Melbourne – Australia *2022: Nefelibata – Gallery Spaces – Sunshine – Melbourne – Australia :::OBI TA FLA – CCCV – Lisbon – Portugal :::ORENDA - Memória da Pele - [dueto com Bento Oliveira] – CCCV – Lisbon – Portugal *2024: Alt_Print (Riba Kova) - CCCV - lisbon - Portugal-->
==References== {{Reflist}}
<ref name="WorldBank2008">{{cite web | title = Africa Now! Exhibition | website = World Bank eMuseum | date = 2008 | url = https://worldbank.emuseum.com/objects/3540/countdown-to-basies-blues | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="RTPHeroes">{{cite web | title = Heróis de África documentary | website = RTP Play | date = 2010 | url = https://www.rtp.pt/play/p14246/e847607/herois-de-africa | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="Anthology">{{cite book | title = Antologia Cabo-Verde: Poesia e Prosa Contemporânea | publisher = Africa e Africanidades | year = 2010 | url = https://www.africaeafricanidades.com.br/documentos/ANTOLOGIA-CABO-VERDE.pdf | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="Buala">{{cite web | title = Mito Elias no Museu Afro Brasil | website = BUALA | date = 2011-11-07 | url = https://www.buala.org/en/da-fala/mito-elias-no-museu-afro-brasil-s-paulo | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="Macau">{{cite web | title = Out of Africa: Macau's Cultural Connections | website = Macau Closer | date = 2012-05-04 | url = https://macaucloser.com/arts/out-africa/ | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="AfricanArtAgenda">{{cite web | title = Mito Elias: Mare Calamus | website = African Art Agenda | date = 2013-04-22 | url = https://africanartagenda.tumblr.com/post/44292943130/mito-elias | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="SBSMadatong">{{cite web | title = Cape Verdean artist Mito Elias opens MADATONG exhibition | website = SBS Portuguese | date = 2016 | url = https://www.sbs.com.au/language/portuguese/en/podcast-episode/cape-verdean-artist-mito-elias-opens-madatong-exhibition-in-melbourne/qa9qvbbza | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="FB_MADATONG">{{cite AV media | title = MADATONG Exhibition Opening | website = Facebook | date = 2016-10-15 | url = https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1038120093662839 | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="Nomadik">{{cite web | title = Nomadik: Brimbank Community Art in Motion | website = The Westsider | date = 2018 | url = https://thewestsider.com.au/nomadik-brimbank-community-art-in-motion/ | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="StarWeekly">{{cite news | title = Pressing Need for Print | newspaper = Star Weekly | date = 2019-05-28 | url = https://brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au/news/pressing-need-for-print/ | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="CVInfo">{{cite web | title = Fernando Hamilton Barbosa Elias (Mito Elias) | website = Cabo Verde Info | url = https://www.caboverde-info.com/eng/Identity/Personalities/Fernando-Hamilton-Barbosa-Elias-Mito-Elias | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="Expresso">{{cite news | title = Mito Elias apresenta performance 'Obi Ta Fla' em Portugal e na Praia | newspaper = Expresso das Ilhas | date = 2022-07-13 | url = https://expressodasilhas.cv/cultura/2022/07/13/mito-elias-apresenta-performance-obi-ta-fla-em-portugal-e-na-cidade-da-praia/81025 | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="ANacao">{{cite news | title = Mito Elias: O artista que pinta histórias da diáspora | newspaper = A Nação | date = 2022-08-18 | url = https://www.pressreader.com/cabo-verde/a-nacao/20220818/281990381312145 | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="BalaiAlt">{{cite web | title = Projecto Alt_Print chega às crianças da Cova da Moura | website = Balai | date = 2024-03-15 | url = https://www.balai.cv/noticias/sociedade/portugal-artista-cabo-verdiano-mito-elias-e-ana-rita-pires-levam-projecto-alt_print-as-criancas-da-cova-da-moura/ | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="CreativeBrimbank">{{cite web | title = Mito Elias | website = Creative Brimbank Artist Registry | url = https://creativebrimbank.com.au/visualarts/brimbank-artist-registry/artists/mito-elias | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
<ref name="Facebook">{{cite AV media | title = ORENDA & OBI TA FLA Exhibition | website = Facebook | date = 2022-09-03 | url = https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=402798627498680 | access-date = 2025-07-15 }}</ref>
==External links== *[https://mito-elias.tumblr.com/ Mitomorphosis blog] {{in lang|pt}} <!---search does not find Elias in this source---*[https://issuu.com/revista-macau/docs/rm_issue_04 Macanese Review (Revista Macau), September 2006]---> * [https://www.sbs.com.au/language/portuguese/en/podcast-episode/cape-verdean-artist-mito-elias-opens-madatong-exhibition-in-melbourne/qa9qvbbza Cape Verdean artist Mito Elias opens Madatong exhibition in Melbourne] – SBS Portuguese * [https://www.sbs.com.au/language/portuguese/en/podcast-episode/mito-elias-quis-unir-as-pessoas-via-tecnologia-primordial-de-comunicacao-a-escrita/wv0hihwzt Mito Elias quis unir as pessoas via tecnologia primordial de comunicação: a escrita] – SBS Portuguese * [https://www.sbs.com.au/language/portuguese/en/podcast-episode/a-poesia-sem-fronteiras-de-mito-elias/3kfki6ib7 A poesia sem fronteiras de Mito Elias] – SBS Portuguese * [https://www.rtp.pt/play/p14246/e847607/herois-de-africa Heróis de África: Mito Elias] – RTP África * [https://thewestsider.com.au/nomadik-brimbank-community-art-in-motion/ Nomadik: Brimbank community art in motion] – The Westsider * [https://www.pressreader.com/cabo-verde/a-nacao/20220818/281990381312145 Mito Elias apresenta “Obi ta Fla” em Portugal e na Cidade da Praia] – A Nação * [https://expressodasilhas.cv/cultura/2022/07/13/mito-elias-apresenta-performance-obi-ta-fla-em-portugal-e-na-cidade-da-praia/81025 Performance “Obi ta Fla” em Portugal e na Cidade da Praia] – Expresso das Ilhas * [https://brimbanknorthwest.starweekly.com.au/news/pressing-need-for-print/ Pressing need for print] – Star Weekly * [https://www.balai.cv/noticias/sociedade/portugal-artista-cabo-verdiano-mito-elias-e-ana-rita-pires-levam-projecto-alt_print-as-criancas-da-cova-da-moura/ Projecto ALT_PRINT com crianças da Cova da Moura] – Balai.cv
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