quinta-feira, 5 de abril de 2012

 CV 

»His works intersect the languages of  image/video/sculpture with the spatial and interactive three dimensionality of the installation. In his site-specific works, he recreates and deconstructs the simulation of a game that contains aesthetic, social, political, and geographic and identity metaphors. He collects elements and remnants from the civil universe- its codes, laws and rules, events and history- that he uses to fill up a space, in a composition, that attempts to establish a relation amongst them. These are not narratives or descriptions but disrupted images, which build up realities and question the organizational, management and learning processes that are part of modern democratic society.

He graduated in Fine Arts (Painting) and has a Masters in Contemporary Artistic Practices, both from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto, Portugal (FBAUP).  

He was a teacher in the Multimedia Department from FBAUP and in the Plastic Arts Department from Art and Design School in Caldas da Rainha. He has been working as an artist and exhibitions curator since 1999.

He was a founding member of “Salão Olímpico”, an artists’ run space. This project organized several solo and group shows of plastic arts, thematic presentations of drawing, performances and cinema and also edited “fanzines”. He published the book "Salão Olímpico 03/06” (Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art and Cultural Center Vila Flor).


 Solo Shows:

2011
Museu Peça I – Museu do Neo-Realismo, Vila-Franca de Xira
2010
O Caçador de Borboletas – ZDB Gallery, Lisbon
2009
Mesa – Quadrado Azul Gallery, Lisbon
2007
Um dia mais – Apêndice Project, Oporto
2005
Europa – Espaço AC, Lisbon
To Drag – Quadrado Azul Gallery, Oporto
2003
Diamante – In-transit Project, Oporto
Eduardo Matos – Pêssego prá_semana, Oporto
The stars turn into stripes forever – with Renato Ferrão, Salão Olímpico, Oporto

Group Shows (selection):

2012
Collecting Collections and Concepts – Guimarães 2012 European Capital of Culture, Guimarães
Canal – With André Cepeda, Espace Photographique Contretype, Brussels, Belgium
2009
A Escolha da Crítica – Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon
2008
Projecto Informal – Laboratório da Artes, Guimarães
Mundos Locais – espaços, visibilidade e fluxos transculturais – Lagos Cultural Center
Where Are You From – Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Iowa, USA
2007
Pack – Edifício da Reitoria, Oporto University
Anti Monumentos – António Henriques Gallery, Viseu
Intro – Espace Photographique Contretype, Brussels, Belgium
Cidades Invisíveis: Obras na Colecção da Fundação PLMJ –  Lisbon Architecture Trienal
Depósito anotações sobre densidade e conhecimento – Edifício da Reitoria, Oporto University
2006
Busca Pólos – Centro de Portugal Pavillion, Coimbra / Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Oporto
Busca Pólos – Vila Flor Cultural Center, Guimarães
Portuguese screen / Video Art show case – Chiado Museum, Lisbon
2005
Portuguese screen – Video Art show case – Barcelona Video Art Festival, Spain
Desenhar Discursos: Sobre uma Urbanidade Disruptiva – Edifício Antiga Escola, Bienal de Cerveira
Em Fractura – colisão de territórios – Projecto Terminal – Hangar K7, Oeiras
2004
“No princípio era a viagem”– 28ª Bienal de Pontevedra, Spain
Quartel, Arte, Trabalho, Revolução – Salão Olímpico, Oporto
O Homem Invisível – ZDB Gallery, Lisbon
2003
Non – Pêssego prá_semana, Oporto
2002
Lost in Music – Independent project of fine arts “Too drunk to fuck” by João Fonte Santa, Lisbon
I like it here can I stay – ZDB Gallery, Lisbon
To play and the Monkey Business – Artemosferas, Oporto
2001
Academy Art Collection “Quem somos, de onde vimos, para onde vamos” by Sparring Partners – ZDB Gallery, Lisbon
Norht by Norhtwest – Caldeira 213, Porto
2000
Pontos de Contacto I – Artist studio in Praça da República, Oporto
1999
a Sul – Spatium Gallery, Tavira
a Sul – “Arco & Tren” Faro Municipal Galleries, Faro
Imersão Parcial – Palácio dos Duques, Guimarães

Other Projects:
Since 2001 has been the curator of several group shows:
Intro (2007) with André Cepeda at Espace Photographique Contretype, Brussels, Belgium.
Participating artists: André Cepeda, Carla Filipe, Eduardo Matos, Manuel Santos Maia, Pedro Barateiro, João Maria Gusmão e Pedro Paiva.
To Play (2003) at Artemosfera, Oporto.
Participating artists: Cristina Regadas, Eduardo Matos, Susana Chiocca, Manuel Santos Maia, Pedro Paiva, Israel Pimenta, Sílvia Castro, Vítor Silva.
North by Northwest (2001) together with Gustavo Sumpta at Caldeira 213, Oporto.
Participating artists: Alexandre Estrela, Carlos Roque, Eduardo Matos, Eva Mota, Fernando Fadigas, João Fonte Santa, Renato Ferrão, Sónia Neves, Nuno Ramalho.
Pontos de Contacto I e II (1999 and 2000) – Planned visits to artists’ studios, Oporto.
a Sul (1999) together with Manuel Santos Maia at Spatium Gallery, Tavira.
a Sul (1999) together with Manuel Santos Maia at  “Arco & Tren” Faro Municipal Galleries, Faro.


Brussels, 21th March 2012