Ferreira was born in Mozambique in 1967, he lived and studied in South Africa. He has lived in London and Amsterdam for several years, returning to Johannesburg in 2005 to initiate a new body of research. He is Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
His artistic practice incorporates various media in which he engages debates about the self, technology, history and post-colonialism. The works often critique cultural generalizations of stereotyping and fetishism implicit in established cinematic genres. In performances, he experiments with the temporal qualities of psychological capacity, stressing the limitation of physical situations in relation to his body. His work is entirely trans-disciplinary crossing many boundaries synchronously. He has shown internationally in the 8th Havana Biennale, The World Wide Video Festival and various other exhibitions. ... http://artsrightsjustice.net/profile/JoseFerreira