Zalo Kappa

In an age of technological innovation, when the competitive flux of production
has taken the place of the physical expression of one's inner universe and imaginary,
and after it's obituary has been declared innumerous times over the last 150 years,
painting presents itself as an act of resistance. A melancholic resistance that mirrors
several times and spaces, between past and present, yet mostly, the extent of an utopian
time and space: the inner time and space of its author.
What room is there in the world for mystery? What language is there for a logic
and wisdom that is not binary? Can we go beyond the argument? What other
relationship can you have with the world besides dominance? Listening to the truth of
being is the silent response to a being's calling. This silent response is found in painting.

University of Lisbon, Master of Fine Arts - Painting, 2017

Leipzig Fine Arts Academy (HGB), Germany, Invited student, 2014

University of Lisbon, Portugal, Fine Arts Degree - Painting, 2010

Studied under:
Prof. Ruprecht von Kaufmann,
Prof. João Jacinto,
Prof. Alba D'Urbano,
Prof. Magdalena Jetelová,
Prof. Heribert C. Ottersbach

2022 - Pop Cañi (c), Factoria de Arte y Desarrollo, Madrid
2021 - V Biennal de València (c), CCC Octubre Cultura Contemporània, Valencia
2021 - Antes-Durante-Después (c), ESPAI 30. Ateneu Sagrerenc, Barcelona
2021 - XII Antzezaleak (c), Antzezaleak Colectiv, Getxo, Bilbao
2020 - Versiona Thyssen VIII (c), Museu Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
2019 - Trasmutacion (i), En Loop, Madrid
2018 - Unworldliness (i), Lisbon
2017 - Main Title (i), Fine Arts Gallery, Lisbon
2016 - Against Disappointment (c), EDP Foundation, Lisbon
2015 - Where to (c), ISEG, Lisbon
2013 - The sky under the winter (i), Maestro Durão Gallery, Leipzig
2013 - Rundgang (c), HGB, Leipzig
2013 - Dependent Publishing - An overlook on contemporary self-publishing practices in Portugal (c), Salon für Kunstbuch 21er Haus, Vienna of Austria
2012 - Ananque (c), Galeria Zé dos Bois (ZDB), Lisboa
2012 - Ananque (c), Camões Library, Lisbon
2010 - untitled (i), Braço de Prata Factory, Lisbon
2009 - Palemová seed (i), Indie Rock Café Gallery, Lisbon
2008 - The gap between weights (c), Espaço Avenida, Lisbon

Awards, Grants and Residencies

2022 - Las Manos en Positivo, projecto educacional/curatorial, Co-production Asociación cultural El Gato de 5 Patas, Madrid...