Mito Elias

Mito Elias
Session with Private Z(oo)M - Lx Factory, Lisbon, October 2011
Born	Fernando Hamilton Barbosa Elias Praia, Cape Verde
Occupation	Poet, artist, visual artist

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.

Fernando Hamilton Barbosa Elias was born in Praia, on the island of Santiago in the Cape Verde Islands.^[1]

He studied art in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1989 until 1992, and did not return to Cape Verde.^[1]

Elias has a workshop in Australia.^[1]

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.

• 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

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• Mitomorphosis blog (in Portuguese)
• Cape Verdean artist Mito Elias opens Madatong exhibition in Melbourne – SBS Portuguese
• Mito Elias quis unir as pessoas via tecnologia primordial de comunicação: a escrita – SBS Portuguese
• A poesia sem fronteiras de Mito Elias – SBS Portuguese
• Heróis de África: Mito Elias – RTP África
• Nomadik: Brimbank community art in motion – The Westsider
• Mito Elias apresenta “Obi ta Fla” em Portugal e na Cidade da Praia – A Nação
• Performance “Obi ta Fla” em Portugal e na Cidade da Praia – Expresso das Ilhas
• Pressing need for print – Star Weekly
• Projecto ALT_PRINT com crianças da Cova da Moura – Balai.cv