ABOUT

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Tomás Cajueiro is a researcher, photographer, and cultural producer working across visual narratives, decolonial studies, and contemporary image cultures. His practice bridges academic research, teaching, and artistic production, with a focus on the politics of representation and alternative visual imaginaries.
He holds a PhD with Cum Laude in Communication and Journalism from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, as well as a Master’s degree with distinction in International Politics from the University of Manchester.
His research examines the representation of marginalised cultures, with particular attention to photojournalism, visual regimes, and decolonial image practices. He publishes internationally in journals and edited volumes in photography, communication, and cultural studies, engaging with themes such as the digitalisation of art, visual power structures, and the role of images in shaping cultural narratives.
Alongside his research, Tomás teaches photojournalism and visual communication at the university level, including at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona) and the Institute for American Universities (IAU, Spain), where he develops critical approaches to image-making, ethics, and visual storytelling.
Since 2013, he has worked as an independent cultural producer, developing and managing projects across Brazil and Europe. His work includes exhibitions, publications, and cross-disciplinary collaborations, often within public funding frameworks. He is also part of the collective Ocupe.Arte: Valinhos, dedicated to expanding access to art and cultural production.
His artistic and curatorial work has been presented in institutions such as MIS Campinas and Galeria Braz Cubas (Santos), as well as in cultural spaces in Spain and Italy. Through this intersection of research, teaching, and practice, his work contributes to critical debates on visual culture and the construction of decolonial perspectives.
CURRICULUM
EDUCATION
• Ph.D. with Laude in Communication and Journalism (October/2020 – June/2024) - Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
• MBA in Cultural goods:  culture, economy, and management  (March/2015 – October/2017) - Getúlio Vargas Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil
• Master’s degree with Merits in International Politics (September/2011 – September/2012) - University of Manchester – Manchester, UK
• Bachelor's in Communication Sciences (September/2007 – July /2010) -  University for Foreigners of Perugia – Perugia, Italy.
       2009 (Erasmus, 4 months) Department of Middle Eastern History and Political Science, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey.    
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2026 –  Presente: Lecturer in Photojournalism and Visual Narratives
American College of the Mediterranean (ACM), Barcelona — Teaching in English
Course leader for Photojournalism and Visual Narratives for international students. Responsible for course design, syllabus development, and delivery of both theoretical and practical components, covering the history and theory of photojournalism, visual ethics, and critical image analysis.
2026 –  Presente:  Lecturer in Photojournalism and Journalistic Languages
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona) — Teaching in Spanish
Instructor for photojournalism within the course Journalistic Languages. Responsible for course design and theoretical content, addressing photojournalism theory, visual composition, photographic practice, visual ethics, and critical image analysis.
EDITORIAL PUBLICATIONS

2025 – Cajueiro, Tomas & Bosco, Estevão. Visual narratives, aesthetics and decoloniliaty: Imagery and the construction of the Other.Ventura Edizione (Forthcoming)
2025 – Trajetórias Vol. 3: Das sementes que o vento leva. Proac ICMS
2023 – Trajetórias Vol. 2: Andanças por terras  estranhas. Proac ICMS
2022 - Espécies Nativas: um diálogo entre Genivaldo Amorim e Jorge Dias. Proac Edital
2022 – Trajetórias Vol. 1: A imensidão dos sonhos. Proac ICMS
Conferences and Seminars

2025 – Digital decolonisation and digital Justic, University of Johannersburg, South Africa. Presentation: Digital coloniality and the struggle for epistemic plurality: Journalism collectives as agents of refusal and reparation
2025 – IV ReDICo Conference, Potsdam University, Germany. Presentation: Decolonizing Digital Geographies: Collective Journalism and the Creation of Possible Imaginaries.
2025 – New Media Writing Prize Annual Unconference, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom.  Presentation: The Collective 'Brazilian Portraits': Photography and the Construction of Identities.
2024 – HGGS Summer Forum, Heidelberg University, Germany.  Presentation: Photographic Collectives: In Search of a Definition for a Possible Vector of a Decolonial Photography.
2023 – VI Latin American Studies Conference by CELAB, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. Presentation:  Photographic Collectives: A Decolonial Photography?
2023 – Seminar on Ecosophy by Ubiminor, University of Bologna, Italy.  Presentation:  Photographic Collectives and Decolonial Imagery
2022 – GEPPFOR Seminar, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Presentation: Photojournalism and Epistemic Disobedience
GRANTS AnD Funding

2023 - PROAC Grant by the State of São Paulo Culture department (BRA): Photographic collectives: an overview of a contemporary phenomenon.                 
   2020 - Grant by CRT Foundation (ITA):  Printed catalog ‘Racconto Plurale – ‘Canta Oltre’  
2019 - Grant by the Virada Sustentável Institute (BRA): Terùn: stories from the  Movimento Sem Terra
2019 - Grant by the Virada Sustentável Institute (BRA): Scavengers of Hope
2017 - Grant by the State of São Paulo Culture department (BRA): Retratos Brasileiros: São Paulo
2015 - Grant by the Campinas Culture department (BRA): Retratos Campineiros
ARTISTIC PRODUCTION
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 - A beleza e a dor: Brasil-Nigéria, Sala d'Or - Barcelona (SPA) and MIS- Campinas (Brazil)
2024 - A beleza e a dor: Brasil-Nigéria, Museu Haroldo Pazzinato - Valinhos (BRA)
2022 - Terùn, Espacio de exposición Facultad de Filosofía UAB  –  Barcelona (SPA)
2020 - Dal vuolto al Volto, Palazzo Lascaris  – Turim (ITA)
2019 - Terùn, L'Arteficio: Show Room & Art Factory – Turim (ITA)
2019 - Terùn, Virada Sustentável de Campinas – Campinas (BRA)
2019 - Scavenger of Hope, Virada Sustentável de Valinhos - Valinhos (BRA)
2017 - Brazilian Portraits: São Paulo, Galeria Braz Cubas  – Santos (BRA)
2017 - Brazilian Portraits: São Paulo, Museu Araçatubense de Artes Plásticas  – Araçatuba (BRA)
2017 - Brazilian Portraits: São Paulo, Museu Histórico Sorocabano - Sorocaba (BRA)
2016 - Brazilian Portraits, Cavallerizza Irreale – Turim (ITA)
2016 - Brazilian Portraits, Università per stranieri di Perugia  – Perugia (ITA)
2016 - The beauty and the pain: an experience in Nigeria, Centro de Exposições da Unicamp - Piracicaba and Campinas (BRA)
2015 - Portraits from Campinas, Museu da Imagem e Som (MIS) – Campinas (BRA)
2014 - The beauty and the pain: an experience in Nigeria, Ponto de Cultura Ibaô – Campinas (BRA)
2012 - The beauty and the pain: an experience in Nigeria, CIS Guanabara (UNICAMP) – Campinas (BRA)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 - Castellers e San RoC, Concurs de fotografia Festa Major de Gracia Barcelona – Barcelona
2021 - Tra le speranze, Vinhedo Visual Arts Festival – Vinhedo/SP
2018 - Almada, Ubatuba Arts Festival – Ubatuba/SP
2017 - OCupe.Arte: Valinhos, Espaço Cutural Aguazul Piscinas,Valinhos/SP
2014 - Brazilian Portraits, 1o Fórum da Juventude – Valinhos/SP
2014 - Nigerian Faces, Novo Panorama das Artes – Valinhos/SP 
2011 - The beauty and the pain: an experience in Nigeria, 8th Salão Nacional de fotografia Pérsio Galembeck – Araras/SP
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