Art Journalists

Balolas Carvalho

Journalist; Writer; Creator; Producer

I am a truth seeker, a freedom fighter, and a service-driven spirit. As a human being in progress, I assume privilege as a responsibility. Some of the biggest passions are connecting people and holding space for awareness metamorphosis to happen. We are not a match if you don’t like to be challenged. With a strong belief in the power of community, I’m moved to inspire a regenerative way of being more politically aware, ethically driven, and heart connected. As a believer in storytelling’s healing power, I perceive words as ancient keys to liberation. Adaptation master, creative problem-solving, and an unstoppable will to give the possible best (at the moment) are some of the traits that allow me to experience the World in a constant adventure state. I love exploring all realities and their rawness, and I’m always ready to hit the road. For three years, I’ve been producing an independent documentary in Palestine, “Bukra” focused on the different forms of peaceful resistance to the Israeli occupation in the Jenin refugee camp. Throughout 2021, I lived in Berlin and worked as a correspondent journalist for the European-awarded Luxembourg-based newspaper Contacto, collaborated with the investigative journalism project Setenta e Quatro and dived into the beauty of creation through independent filmmaking for Guerrilla Foundation. The Journey: I contributed as a freelance reporter for different publications and online media, including P3, Público. In Cape Verde (Africa), directed and restructured a Community Radio for seven months and worked as a stringer journalist for “Bloomberg”. Back in Portugal, I began my master studies in International Affairs while working for two startups in LA. In Feb 2017 joined the team of Jornal i as a reporter focused on Human Rights, Environment, and Alternative Lifestyles. Reported from 12 countries, created the weekly segment “Generation I”, dedicated to the study of the Millennial generation in Portugal, and traveled through the Balkans for 31 days by bus and train. Currently, I’m touring with different artists around the Europe while gathering funds for my independent projects. I’m also part of the production team of the Waking Life Festival, curating and producing the counter-culture stage (Apuro) while producing other private events. Other collabs: Encontros de Alvito, NLP Academy, Enara Fest, Primal Gathering, and Cultivation Berlin, among others. I’ve also produced 4 editions of a gathering, “B. Fest” and a fundraiser event in Lisbon, “Yala”, that attracted 630 people for a day of music, art, and talks about Palestine.