João Serrano

JOÃO SERRANO was born in Lisbon in 1951. He attended the lithography and graphic arts course at the Escola de Artes Decorativas António Arroio in Lisbon. Headed for The Netherlands in 1971, where he lived, studied and worked as an artist until 1990. In 1972 he studies photography and engraving at the Free Academy in The Hague, and Contemporary Art History at the Free University of Amsterdam. In 1973 he was admitted to the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, where he attended several departments such as Painting, Graphic Arts, and Textile Design under the guidance of Alexander Metz, Wim Brusse, Herman Gordijn, Charles Jongejans, among others. Em 1975, he installed his first atelier in the Dutch city of Heemskerk and joined the Group of Fine Artists «Ateliers Mariaschool». In 1980 he moves to Amsterdam, where he undertakes several activities in the area of the fine arts and the audiovisual, mostly in the context of the so-called «Grupo de Amesterdão», composed of different Portuguese-speaking artists living in The Netherlands. From 1979 to 1990 he is a permanent member of and sponsored artist by BBK (Dutch Association for Fine Arts) and the Kunstenbond FNV (Fine Artists Trade Union), having received several work stipendia, n...

ISolo and group exhibitions (a brief selection)
SOLO SHOWS
1974/1980 – “Open Studios”, Heemskerk, The Netherlands
1978 – City Hall Council, Beverwijk, The Netherlands.
1979 – City Hall Gallery of Heemskerk, The Netherlands; City Haal Gallery of Haarlem, The Netherlands.
1980 – Galerie de Ark, Haarlem, The Netherlands.
1983 – Galerie Phototoförum, Bremen, Germany; Gallery Gruppe Grün, Bremen, (Germany).
1984 – Gallery Convento da Graça, Torres Vedras, Portugal
1987 – Gallery Novo Século, Lisbon, Portugal
1987 – Photography «From Bergen to Kirkeness», Norsk Handelsvorläg and Norwegian Post Services,
1988 – Cultural Center of Mora, Portugal.
2006 – Gallery Dintra Design, Alkmaar, The Netherlands.
2007 – City Hall Council of Torres Vedras, Portugal; Gallery Cultural Center De Cirkel, Heemskerk, City Hall Council of Heemsker; the Higher Institute of Psychology, Lisbon, Portugal.
GROUP SHOWS
1972 – Gallery Bernard Schoutemans, Alkmaar, The Netherlands; Municipal Museum of Enkhuizen, The Netherlands.
1974/76 – Itinerant exhibition by students and ex-students of Gerrit Rietveld Academy across Europe, USA and Japans, sponsored, among others, by the Council of Arts of The Netherlands; Municipal Gallery of Heemskerk, The Nethe...