Palmela, Setubal, Portugal
I am born in Lisbon in 1960 and I live and work in Palmela. My academic formation, was decisive f...
About the artist
Joined In 2015
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About the artist
Joined In 2015
(35 Followers)
I am born in Lisbon in 1960 and I live and work in Palmela.
My academic formation, was decisive for my work as a visual artist, once it gave me a better understanding of Space and its mutation in Time, as well as the desire for exploration and experimentation of new materials,
I started to make exhibitions as a painter in 96.
Over the years, I developed my work through visual and written research on contemporary art.
In 2011, I abandoned painting, and I started to investigate human perception of visual elements, within the transparent bi dimensional supports. Now I'm looking for their relationship in sculpture.
The main influences in my work, come from observation of nature ( mainly the human nature), the reading of philosophical authors, and a special friendship, with the painter Fernando Calhau.
This association of factors in conjunction with intuition and experience, has transforme my first contents of work, in poetic thoughts of philosophical nature, formalize more and more in the sum of many subtractions.
I was graduated in architecture in 1985 at the Lisbon Superior School of Fine Arts.
Start 2013 teaching contemporary art at the National Fine Arts Society in Lisbon and since 2017 I'm a member of it's Board of Directors.
I am also Canson ambassador in Portugal and an artist of the António Prates Gallery ( Lisbon)
MAIN INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2015, Gallery Antonio Prates, Lisbon, Portugal.
2014, Museum MAEDS, Setubal, Portugal;
2013, Gallery Bozart, Lisbon, Portugal;
2004, Gallery of Modern Art of the National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon, Portugal;
1999, Ho Yin Cultural Center, Macau, China;
1998, Gallery Damião de Goes, Embassy of Portugal, Brussels, Belgium;
1997, Museu Infante D. Henrique, Faro, Portugal;
Portuguese Cultural Center, Sao Tome;
Cultural Center of Mindelo, Cape Verde;
MAIN COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:
2018,Art Gallery of Leiria, Leiria, Portugal
2017,XIX Internacional Biennial of Vila Nova de Cerveira (“Apropriação, Desejo e Memória”, artist invited by curator Jaime Silva), Portugal;
2017 “Arrábida Roteiro de Afectos”,(artist invited by curator Joaquina Soares) Museu MAEDS, Setúbal, Portugal;
2016,Collective of Award-Winning Artists of the Arte Hoje (Art Today) Exhibition,
2015,“6º Passion for Freedom London Art Festival”, London, Reino Unido;
2014,“Arte Hoje” (Art Today) National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon, Portugal;
2005,Museum MAEDS, Setubal, Portugal;
2005,Foundation Eng. António de Almeida, Porto, Portugal;
2005, XV Biennial of Avante,( guest artist), Portugal;
2004,Museum of Avei...
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