Antoine de Mena (1979) is a French-Spanish filmmaker (dir., edt. and scriptwriter), artist, producer and language professional. His journey started in Litterature and Japanese Cinema Studies in Paris and Tokyo, which then led him to work with cinema, visual arts and translation. He is currently living and working in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His artistic work interrogates the fascist dimension of language and the hegemonic modes of existence and subjectivation of history, through essay and experimental films, installations, interventions in public spaces, calligraphic paintings, asemic writings, book-objects and experimental poetry. In Brazil, in collaboration with Capacete international residency program, he founded and produced the independent art space xow.rumi in Glória, Rio de Janeiro (2022-2023). He is currently involved with the ongoing project Selvagem, ciclo de estudos sobre a vida, and he is a member of the Grupo de pesquisa Eiras-Paracambi, a historical and artistic research collective on psychiatry and mental health in modern Brazil.
Antoine de Mena (1979) é um cineasta (diretor, editor, roteirista), artista, produtor e tradutor franco-espanhol. Seu percurso começou com Estudos em Literatura e Cinema Japonês em Paris e Tóquio, o que o levou a trabalhar com cinema, artes visuais e tradução. Atualmente vive e trabalha no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Seu trabalho artístico interroga a dimensão fascista da linguagem e os modos hegemônicos de existência e subjetivação da história. Ele se compõe de filmes ensaios e experimentais, instalações, intervenções em espaços públicos, pinturas caligráficas, escritos assêmicos, livros-objetos e poesia experimental. No Brasil, em colaboração com o programa de residência internacional Capacete, fundou e produziu o espaço de arte independente xow.rumi na Glória, Rio de Janeiro (2022-2023). Está atualmente envolvido com o projeto em andamento Selvagem, ciclo de estudos sobre a vida e é membro do Grupo de pesquisa Eiras-Paracambi, coletivo de pesquisa histórica e artística sobre a psiquiatria e as saúde mental no Brasil moderno.
Antoine de Mena (1979) est un cinéaste (réalisateur, monteur, scénariste), artiste, producteur et traducteur franco-espagnol. Son parcours a débuté par des études de Littérature et cinéma japonais à Paris et Tokyo, ce qui l'a conduit à travailler dans le cinéma, les arts visuels et la traduction. Il vit et travaille actuellement à Rio de Janeiro, Brésil. Son travail artistique problématise la dimension fasciste du langage et les modes d'existence hégémoniques et de subjectivation de l'histoire. Il est constitué de films essai et expérimentaux, d'installations, d'interventions dans l'espace public, de peintures calligraphiques, d'écritures asémiques, de livres-objets et de poésie expérimentale. Au Brésil, en collaboration avec le programme de résidence internationale Capacete, il a fondé et produit l'espace d'art indépendant xow.rumi à Glória, Rio de Janeiro (2022-2023). Il est actuellement impliqué dans le projet en cours Selvagem, ciclo de estudos sobre a vida et il est membre du Grupo de pesquisa Eiras-Paracambi, collectif de recherche historique et artistique sur la psychiatrie et la santé mentale dans le Brésil moderne.
EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2025
Com o que sonham as ervas daninhas?, cur. A Mesa (Cesar Kiraly e Yago Toscano), Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
2025
Com o que sonham as ervas daninhas?, cur. A Mesa (Cesar Kiraly e Yago Toscano), Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
2024
Videoarte no Café, Café Heimen/Tropigalpão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
Videoarte no Café, Café Heimen/Tropigalpão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
2023
Encruzilhadas Poéticas, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
Glória#2 - encontro de águas barulhentas, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
Glória#1, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
3rd International Colloquium in Contemporary Philosophy and Culture of the Society for Philosophy as Global Conversation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
Tropigalpão: presente!, Tropigalpão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
2022
Alumbramento, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
Grupo de pesquisa Eiras-Paracambi / Encontro #1, #2, #3, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
Um dia a gente viveu junto, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
Rebento, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
2021
Fantaisies #1, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
Fantaisies #1, La Centrale 22, Paris, France (solo)
Découdre des patrons #3, Pauline Perplexe, Arcueil, France (group)
Rio de ma fenêtre: journal pandémique en quatre temps, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
2020
PAN #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 (group, online show)
2019
LEBABEL #6, Librairie portugaise et brésilienne, Paris, France (group)
Home and Journey around the Globe, 2nd International Colloquium in Contemporary Philosophy and Culture of the Society for Philosophy as Global Conversation, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (group)
2018
Union des poètes et des boulangers / Atelier « Pain en chantier », Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (group)
2017
Thérapoètes, Nuit Blanche, Paris, France (group)
2016
Silence Project, l'Etna, Paris, France (solo film projection)
2013
Yamanaka Sadao, l'atérité en face, Festival de l'histoire de l'art, Fontainebleau, France (solo work-in-progress film projection)
2012
"Art & Caméra" Award winning, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA, France), for a film project about Japanese Film Director Sadao Yamanaka (1909-1938)
2011
Cellules, l'Etna, Paris, France (solo film projection)
2009
America's Game, La Société de Curiosités, Paris, France (solo film projection)
2008
Reliefs, Ateliers Varan, Paris France (solo film projection)
Encruzilhadas Poéticas, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
Glória#2 - encontro de águas barulhentas, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
Glória#1, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
3rd International Colloquium in Contemporary Philosophy and Culture of the Society for Philosophy as Global Conversation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
Tropigalpão: presente!, Tropigalpão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
2022
Alumbramento, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
Grupo de pesquisa Eiras-Paracambi / Encontro #1, #2, #3, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
Um dia a gente viveu junto, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
Rebento, xow.rumi/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (group)
2021
Fantaisies #1, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
Fantaisies #1, La Centrale 22, Paris, France (solo)
Découdre des patrons #3, Pauline Perplexe, Arcueil, France (group)
Rio de ma fenêtre: journal pandémique en quatre temps, Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
2020
PAN #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 (group, online show)
2019
LEBABEL #6, Librairie portugaise et brésilienne, Paris, France (group)
Home and Journey around the Globe, 2nd International Colloquium in Contemporary Philosophy and Culture of the Society for Philosophy as Global Conversation, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (group)
2018
Union des poètes et des boulangers / Atelier « Pain en chantier », Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (group)
2017
Thérapoètes, Nuit Blanche, Paris, France (group)
2016
Silence Project, l'Etna, Paris, France (solo film projection)
2013
Yamanaka Sadao, l'atérité en face, Festival de l'histoire de l'art, Fontainebleau, France (solo work-in-progress film projection)
2012
"Art & Caméra" Award winning, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art (INHA, France), for a film project about Japanese Film Director Sadao Yamanaka (1909-1938)
2011
Cellules, l'Etna, Paris, France (solo film projection)
2009
America's Game, La Société de Curiosités, Paris, France (solo film projection)
2008
Reliefs, Ateliers Varan, Paris France (solo film projection)
EDUCATION
Master's degree (Master 2) in Documentary Film Direction at Université de Poitiers, CREADOC, Pôle Magélis, Angoulême, France
Master's degree (D.E.A.) in Japanese Language and Culture at Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris, France. With scholarship period at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan
Master's degree (Master 2) in Documentary Film Direction at Université de Poitiers, CREADOC, Pôle Magélis, Angoulême, France
Master's degree (D.E.A.) in Japanese Language and Culture at Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales, Paris, France. With scholarship period at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan
Bachelor's degree (Licence) in History at Université Sorbonne - Paris IV, France