DAVIS LISBOA
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
About DAVIS LISBOA
Davis Lisboa (São Paulo, Brazil, 1965) In 1987 he moved to Barcelona. In 1989 he opened his own painting and illustration studio and in 2005 he began to hold exhibitions in art galleries, cultural centers and museums. Davis Lisboa has studied Visual Communication at the ETE Carlos de Campos (São Paulo), Painting at the Center d'Art i Disseny Escola Massana (Barcelona) and has a degree in Fine Arts from the Universitat de Barcelona. In 2009, he created the Davis Museum | The Davis Lisboa Mini-Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, a work of art and cultural entity recognized by the Generalitat de Catalunya, now expanding its activity towards cultural management.
He has participated in several exhibitions, including Museum Show at Arnolfini (Bristol, England), Eleven: The John Erickson Museum of Art (JEMA) 10 Year Retrospective at The Harn Museum of Art (Gainesville, USA) and at the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery (Fort Myers, USA), Remix - 10 years in the mix at the Spor Klübü (Berlin, Germany), Small, Unusual and Specialist Museums Survey at the CRATE Studio and Project Space (Margate, England), Aquí y Ahora 6 - "Power, corruption & lies" at the Galería Blanca Soto (Madrid, Spain), VI Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea di Firenze (Italy), Holland Art Fair (The Hague), among others. His works are in the Artists Space (New York, USA), Biblioteca de la Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), The Museum Of Modern Art (MOMA) Machynlleth (Wales), MuBE, Museu Brasileiro de Escultura e Ecologia (São Paulo, Brazil), Museo de Arte do Parlamento de São Paulo (Brazil), SAL Art Gallery, CW Post Campus of Long Island University (Brookville, USA), The Yellowstone Club (Big Sky, USA), among others.
Since finishing his studies he has focused on investigating the concept of museums created by artists, a narrative that has as precedents Marcel Duchamp (La Boîte-en-valise), Robert Filliou (Galerie Légitime) and Marcel Broodthaers (Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles).
Education:
1996-2008
Universitat de Barcelona, Fines Arts. Painting. Spain.
1987-1990
Escola Massana. Painting. Barcelona, Spain.
1985-1987
Carlos Fajardo workshops
(Venice Biennale in 1978 and 1993), São Paulo, Brazil.
1982-1984
EBART, Escola Brasileira de Arte. Drawing and Painting. São Paulo, Brazil.
1978-1982
Escola Carlos de Campos. Drawing of Communication. São Paulo, Brazil.
Events:
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
MOMA Wales, Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth, Wales, United Kingdom.
SAL Art Gallery, CW Post Campus of Long Island University, New York, USA.
MuBE, Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, São Paulo, Brazil.
MACC, Museo de Arte Contemporânea de Campinas, Brazil.
Fundação Cultural Badesc, Florianópolis, Brazil.
Museu de Arte do Parlamento de São Paulo, Brazil.
Artists Space, New York, USA.
The Yellowstone Club, Big Sky, Montana, USA.
Geert De Kegel Collection, Zele, Belgium.
Francesc Torres Collection, Barcelona, Spain.
Harddiskmuseum, Valencia, Spain.
FluxMuseum, Texas, USA.
Museo Microcollection, Busto Arsizio, Italy.
John Erickson Museum of Art (JEMA), Gainesville, USA.
Museum of the Sub-conscious, Okandukaseibe, Namibia; Tel Aviv, Israel; La Candelaria, Argentina, Houston, USA; Wiesbaden, Germany.
LACDA, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, USA.
Walpole Bay Hotel Museum and Napery, Margate, United Kingdom.
MoFAI, Museum of Failed and Abandoned Ideas, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Galeria Transparente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
La Erreria (House of Bent), Xátiva, Spain.
Galerii Epicentrum, Miejskiego Osrodka Kultury Sportu i Rekreacji w Chelmku, Chelmek, Poland.
Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Should museums celebrate elections?, curated by Francesca Brusa & Costanza Sartoris, Archive Box Museum. Zurich, Switzerland.
2011
The Aesthetic of Charge, MKAC, Museo Karura Art Centre. Second Life.
Davis Museum: Exhibition of the permanent collection of contemporary art by Davis Museum,
MKAC, Museo Karura Art Centre. Second Life.
Què hem de fer amb l'art dels nou vinguts?. Centre Cultural Riera Blanca. Barcelona, Spain.
2007
BMW by Davis. BMW Ibérica, Madrid, Spain.
BMW by Davis. BMW Cano Catalunya. Sant Cugat, Spain.
2006
Locus quod Filiolus. Galería San Vicente 31, Seville, Spain.
Locus quod Filiolus. Fine Arts, University of Barcelona. Spain.
2003
12 Autoretrats. Fine Arts, University of Barcelona. Spain.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
Beyond Limits: Postglobal Mediations, curated by Ginger Shulick and Denise Carvalho, San Diego Art Institute, California, USA.
Eleven: The John Erickson Museum of Art (JEMA) 10 Year Retrospective, Curated by Sean Miller. The Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Eleven: The John Erickson Museum of Art (JEMA) 10 Year Retrospective Curated by Sean Miller. Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Florida, USA.
2013
Incubarte, Festival Internacional de Arte Curated by Javier Marisco, Valencia, Spain.
The Wrong - New Digital Art Biennale, Homeostasis Lab Pavilion. Curated by Julia Borges & Guilherme Brandão, São Paulo, Brazil/World Wide Web.
Remix – 10 years in the mix, Davis Museum / Danger Museum, Spor Klübü, Berlin, Germany.
Small, Unusual and Specialist Museums Survey. Curated by Sacha Waldron. Crate, Margate, United Kingdom.
Fast Film "Here and gone in 60 seconds, participation in the Sean Miller's exhibition. LACDA, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, USA
2011
Museum Show, Curated by Nav Haq.
Davis Lisboa Mini- Museum (Davis Lisboa),
La Boîte-en-Valise (Marcel Duchamp), La Galerie Légitime (Robert Filliou),
Musée d'Art Moderne, Départment des Aigles (Marcel Broodthaers),
Museum of Contemporary African Art (Meschac Gaba),
Mouse Museum (Claes Oldenburg), Museum for Myself (Peter Blake),
Museum of American Art, Museo Salinas (Vicente Razo),
Museum of Modern Art Syros (Martin Kippenberger),
Museum of Incest (Simon Fujiwara)...
Arnolfini. Bristol, United Kingdom.
TroyArt International. MuBE - Museu Brasileiro da Escultura. São Paulo, Brazil.
2010
A Book About Death. SAL Art Gallery, CW Post Campus of Long Island University,
Brookville, NY, USA
A Book About Death. MOMA Wales - Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth, Wales, UK.
A Book About Death. MuBE - Museu Brasileiro da Escultura. São Paulo, Brazil.
Digital Art Expo International. LACDA, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, USA.
Sketch it Out!. APW Gallery. New York, USA.
Mi Torito Pucará. Galeria Artevistas. Albi, Toulouse, France.
2008
FAIM 2008. Feria de Arte Independiente de Madrid, Spain.
Asperger: Interior Magazine, directed by Lorena Dorta.
CASM, Centre d'Art Santa Mònica. Barcelona, Spain.
Muzeum Swiatowej Ilustracji. Bibliotece Glowinski. Olesnica, Poland.
Mi Torito Pucará. Galeria Artevistas. Barcelona, Spain.
Galeria Artevistas. Barcelona, Spain.
2007
Night of 1,000 Drawings. Artists Space, New York, USA.
VI Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea di Firenze. Italy.
Museu de Arte do Parlamento de São Paulo. Brazil.
Galeria Paspartú. Barcelona, Spain.
2006
Galeria espai [b]. Barcelona, Spain.
Marb Art. II International Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Marbella. Spain.
Galeria Paspartú, Barcelona, Spain.
2005
Miedzynarodowy Projekt, Art for Chelmek. Galerii Epicentrum.
Miejskiego Osrodka Kultury Sportu i Rekreacji w Chelmku.
Chelmek, Poland.
Puro Arte International Art Fair, Vigo, Spain.
Holland Art Fair. The Hague, Holand.
Galería Gaudí. Madrid, Spain.
