Fernando Hamilton Barbosa Elias, also known as Mito or Mito Elias (born 9 August 1965) is a Cape Verdean artist, plastic artist and a poet.
Mito Elias was born in Praia. He studied at Ar.Co in Lisbon between 1989 and 1991. He works and lives in the diaspora since 1989. He has developed a language that searched the orality of a symbiotic style between water, writing and multimedia, which he designed Mare Calamus (Sea of Straws)
He was the founder of the review Sopinha de Alfabeto (1986). which was done with other poets including Filinto Elísio, Eurico Barros, and Vadinho Velhino.
Later he did an exposition of his paintings in his Mitomorfosis (Mitomorphosis) in the two largest cities of Cape Verde: Praia and Mindelo, one was at the renowned Palácio do Povo.
He was interviewed with RTC in September 2011, Macau Hoje (Macau Today) in February 2012 and A Semana a month later. His works were recently displayed at some expos in 2014 and 2015 Melbourne, Australia along with Dili, the capital of East Timor.
He was awarded the Volcano Medal (Medalha de Vulcão) first class by the president of Cape Verde.
2007: Le Bourgeois Experimental. Saint Germain des Près, Paris, France.2008: Africa Now! Emerging Talents From a Continent on The Move. World Bank, Washington DC, Estados Unidos.2008: Ecos à Bolina (Na Rota De Calamus). CINUSP, São Paulo, Brasil.2008: Porto Madeira 2008. Santiago, Cabo Verde.2008: Exposition commemorating 50 years of the Bissaya Barreto Foundation, Coimbra, Portugal2011: De Pareidolia: Paredis & Numbrasom. Casa das Artes e Cultura (House of Arts and Culture), Tejo, Vila Velha de Rodão, Portugal.2012: Si Stau (Notion No. 1 of Macau) - Old Court House, Macau.2006: Li-Sim-Sim. Fisherman's Wharf, Macau, China2006: Li-Sim-Sim. Kerry Center, Beijing. China.2007: Na Som di Kriolu. Expominas, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.2008: FishBonEye. São Vicente Municipal Hall, Cape Verde,2008 Nu Bai. BCA Auditorium, Praia, Cape Verde.2009: Nó di Sulada - WMDC - Rotterdam, Netherlands.2010: Majina (30 anos 100 Lennon) - Buchholz Library - Lisboa - Portugal.2011:Private Z(oo)m: Tempo dos Bichos. Afro-Brazil Museum, São Paulo, Brasil2011: Amor Sta La - Ordem dos Médicos (Medical Order) - Lisbon - Portugal.2012: Criolantus - PCIL - Praia - Cabo Verde.2014: [EX] Isle - Frankston Arts Centre - Melbourne, Australia.2014: Fandata - Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery - Melbourne - Australia.2015: [RE] alphabetika - Oriental Foundation - Díli - Timor Leste.2015: Scripta - Melbourne - Austrália.Artesanato & pintura - French Cultural Center - Praia - C. V. 1989Imagens alternativas de C.V. (photography) - Associação Caboverdiana (Capeverdean Association) - Lisbon - Portugal 1995Mitomorfoses (painting and design) - Instalações do MCC - Praia - C.V.Mitomorfoses (painting and design) - Palácio do Povo - Mindelo - C.V 1997Lágrimas de Indigo ( Pintura ) - Instalações do MCC - Praia - C.V.Lágrimas de Indigo ( Pintura ) - Mindelo Cultural Center - S.Vicente - C.V.
