12 CONTEMPORARIES: PRESENT STATES
from 15 FEB 2014 to 11 MAY 2014
Gabriel Abrantes, Sónia Almeida, Pedro Barateiro, Sérgio Carronha, Mauro Cerqueira, Priscila Fernandes, Carla Filipe, Pedro Lagoa, Nuno da Luz, Ana Santos, André Sousa, !Von Calhau!
An exhibition featuring twelve emerging artists from Portugal whose practices reflect the shifting conditions of contemporary art production over the last decade. Developed through a process of research in Portugal, the UK, Germany and the US, where many of the featured artists currently live and work, the exhibition considers the critical reception and urgency of artistic practice in Portugal, as well as within the expanded field of contemporary global realities.
In the early 1990s, the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art organized several landmark group exhibitions surveying the then-current state of contemporary art in Portugal. ‘Ten Contemporaries’, curated by Alexandre Melo in 1992, provided an overview of the work of a generation of artists working in the 1980s. ‘Images for the 90s’, curated by Fernando Pernes in 1993, was seen as a reaction to the new decade, which developed in the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of apartheid in South Africa and the consolidation of the neo-liberal economic model.
In the second decade of the twenty-first century, as digital communication, globalization and post-colonial realities prevail, artists are faced with new social, economic, political and technological conditions and circumstances. Portuguese artists today are part of a mobile yet also locally distinct artistic context, in which history, language and politics define a rich and common field of investigation and exploration. Critically engaging a diverse range of artistic practices, including painting, sculpture, cinema, music, theatre and performance, the artists in 12 Contemporaries: Present States propose distinct approaches within the field of contemporary art, while also suggesting a collective perspective on contemporaneity.
Curators: Suzanne Cotter and Bruno Marchand
Production: Serralves Foundation
Related Activities OPENING
14 Feb (Fri), 22:00-24:00, free entrance
MEETINGS AT THE EXHIBITION
15 FEB (16:00)
With artists Priscila Fernandes, André Sousa and Pedro Lagoa
20 FEB (18:30)
With Ricardo Nicolau, Deputy to the Diretor of Museu de Serralves
08 MAR (16:00)
With the artists Pedro Barateiro, Mauro Cerqueira, Ana Santos, Carla Filipe
09 MAY (21:30)
With Filipa Oliveira (independent curator)
More information here
GUIDED TOURS
16 FEB (SUN), 12h−13h, free
By Matilde Seabra, Serralves Museum education staff
22 FEB (15:00)
Guided tour for Amigos de Serralves by Bruno Marchand (co-curator)
09 MAR (SUN), 12h−13h, free
By Joana Mendonça, Serralves Museum education staff
21 MAR (FRI), 21h30−22h30, free
By Matilde Seabra, Serralves Museum education staff
More information here
06 APR (SUN), 12h−13h, free
By Matilde Seabra, Serralves Museum education staff
More information here
PERFORMANCE
14 FEB (23:00)
Performance by !Von Calhau!
15 FEB (17:30)
Performance by Nuno da Luz
SYMPOSIUM
14-15 mar
Symposium "Group exhibitions: A Critical Reflection"
More information here
CINEMA Access: free ticket given at the Reception of the Museum
22 MAR (17:30)
Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt: "Palácios de Pena"
More information here
23 MAR (17:30)
Gabriel Abrantes: "Ennui Ennui"
Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt: "A History of Mutual Respect"
More information here
Gabriel Abrantes André Sousa Ana Santos Nuno da Luz Pedro Lagoa Carla Filipe Priscila Fernandes Mauro Cerqueira Sergio Carronha Pedro Barateiro Sónia Almeida !Von Calhau! Gabriel Abrantes (1984, North Carolina, USA) lives and works in Lisbon.
In 2006 he received his BA in Cinema and Visual Arts at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York.
He also studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, in 2005-06, and at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, France, in 2007.
In 2010, Abrantes co-founded the film production company A Mutual Respect. His films have been featured in exhibitions including ‘List Projects: Gabriel Abrantes’, MIT List Visual Arts Center (Cambridge, MA, USA, 2013), ‘Dinasty’, Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2010) and ‘Reset’, Fondation d’Enterprise Ricard (Paris, 2010). In 2010, he had a retrospective exhibition at Centro Cultural Vila Flor (Guimarães, Portugal).
Abrantes is the winner of several prizes, including the EDP Prize (2009), the FNAC Novos Talentos Prize (Indie Festival, Lisbon, 2009) and the Golden Leopard for Best International Short Film (Locarno Film Festival, 2010).
André Sousa (1980, Porto) lives and works in Porto.
In 2003 he completed his BA in Painting at the Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto.
Between 2001 and 2007, he was responsible, together with Mafalda Santos and Miguel Carneiro, for the artist-run space PêssegoPráSemana, and, between 2005 and 2009, for the project room Mad Woman in the Attic, both in Porto.
Since 2008, he has run, together with Mauro Cerqueira, the project and artist-run space Uma Certa Falta de Coerência, in Porto.
He has undertaken several residencies, most recently at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, in 2009, and at Spike Island (Bristol, 2007). Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Satekpunkts’, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre (Riga, Latvia, 2012), ‘Primeira Avenida: Rua de Sentido Único’, Espaço Montepio/Fundação de Serralves (Porto, 2012), ‘Friso Freezing’, The Barber Shop (Lisbon, 2011), ‘Jenseits’, Enblanco Projektraum (Berlin, 2009), ‘Império’, Chiado 8 - Arte Contemporânea (Lisbon, 2007) and ‘Prémio EDP Jovens Artistas’, CACE Cultural do Porto (2007). Ana Santos (1982, Espinho, Portugal) lives and works in Lisbon. She studied Sculpture at the Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa and completed the MA in Contemporary Culture and New Technologies at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
She also attended the Visual Arts course from the Gulbenkian Foundation Creativity and Art Creation Programme, Lisbon.
She has undertaken the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York. Her work has been featured in several exhibitions, which include ‘Prémio EDP Novos Artistas’, Fundação EDP (Porto, 2013), ‘Forma Conceptual e Ações Materiais’, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves (Porto, 2013), ‘Primeira Avenida: Rua de Sentido Único’, Espaço Montepio/Fundação de Serralves (Porto, 2012), ‘Trabalho’, Chiado 8 Arte Contemporânea (Lisbon, 2012) and ‘Open Studio - O Sítio das Artes’, Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon, 2007). Nuno da Luz (1984, Lisbon) lives and works in Berlin.
He is an artist, graphic designer and independent publisher, having founded together with André Romão and Gonçalo Sena, the publishing house Atlas Projectos.
Together with Joana Escoval, he also founded the record label Palmario Records. Recent projects and exhibitions include ‘Laissez Vibrer’, Enblanco Projektraum (Berlin, 2013) and CAVE/Solar - Galeria de Arte Cinemática (Vila do Conde, Portugal, 2013), ‘Resonant Chamber - Cycle of Performances on Aural Spectrality’, Contemporary Art Centre and RIXC Media Space (Riga, Latvia, 2013), ‘Der Geist im Vakuum’, 267 Quartiere für zeitgenössische Kunst und Fotografie (Braunschweig, Germany, 2013), ‘AVANTE!’, SP-Arte (São Paulo, 2012), ‘Como proteger-se do tigre’, XVI Cerveira Biennial (Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal, 2011) and ‘Prémio EDP Novos Artistas 2011’, Museu da Eletricidade (Lisbon, 2011). Pedro Lagoa (1975, Leiria, Portugal) lives and works in Lisbon.
He attended the advanced course in Visual Arts at the Maumaus Escola de Artes Visuais, Lisbon, and completed his studies at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste - Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main.
He is currently an artist in residence at Gasworks, London. Recent exhibitions include ‘Record Breaking Party’, Cabaret Voltaire (Zurich, 2013), ‘When I Look at the Clouds I See Clouds’, Galeria Boavista (Lisbon, 2012), ‘Random Access/Conjunctures Within Breach’, Nam June Paik Art Centre (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 2010), ‘Record breaking’, Ve.Sch - Verein für Raum und Form in der bildenden Kunst (Vienna, 2008), ‘I Will Not Throw Rocks’, Form Content (London, 2007).
Carla Filipe (1973, Vila Nova da Barquinha, Portugal) lives and works in Porto.
She studied Sculpture at the Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto from where she was also awarded an MA in Art Practices.
Filipe was co-founder of the artist-run space Salão Olímpico, Porto, 2003?05.
She has undertaken residencies at AIR Antwerpen, in 2013, and at ACME Studios, London, in 2009-10.
Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Modernitat Amagada’, Casa Capell (Mataró, Barcelona, 2013), 13th Istanbul Biennial (2013), ‘Gravity and Disgrace’, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2013), ‘As primas da Bulgária’, Kunstverein Milano (Milan, 2012), ‘Um olhar periférico sobre uma cultura (London UK)’, Der vierte Raum (Bremen, Germany, 2012), ‘Prémio EDP Novos Artistas’, Museu da Eletricidade (Lisbon, 2011) and ‘O povo reunido jamais será - representações gráficas’ , Museu do Neo-Realismo (Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, 2010). Priscila Fernandes (1981, Coimbra, Portugal) studied Painting at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin, and completed an MFA at the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam.
She has undertaken several residencies, most recently at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, in 2013-14.
Fernandes was the winner of the EDP Novos Artistas Prize in 2011 and of the Dutch Basicprijzen Prix de Rome also in 2011.
Recent exhibitions include ‘Abstract Possible: Stockholm Synergies’, Tensta Konsthall (Stockholm, 2012), ‘Eva International - After the Future, Biennial of Visual Art’ (Limerick City, Ireland, 2012), ‘Prix de Rome’, Smart Project Space (Amsterdam, 2011) and ‘Prémio EDP Novos Artistas’, Museu da Eletricidade (Lisbon, 2011). Mauro Cerqueira (1982, Guimarães, Portugal) lives and works in Porto.
He studied Fine Arts/Drawing at the Escola Superior Artística do Porto (Guimarães branch).
Since 2008, Cerqueira is responsible, together with André Romão, for the project space Uma Certa Falta de Coerência, in Porto.
He has undertaken residencies at the Rauschenberg Residency, Captiva Island, Florida, in 2013 and at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, in 2012. Selected solo exhibitions include ‘Expedição’, Maus Hábitos (Porto, 2013), ‘Visões do desterro’, Centro Cultural do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, 2013), ‘O mundo dos cegos’, Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin, 2012), ‘89 km. Colección CGAC’, Marco - Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo (Vigo, Spain, 2010), ‘Serin e as trepadeiras’, Laboratório das Artes (Guimarães, Portugal, 2009) and ‘Sua boca, aberta para gritar, estava cheia de terra’, Kunsthalle Lissabon (Lisbon, 2009). Sérgio Carronha (1984, Cascais, Portugal) studied at the Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, in 2003-09, and completed the Erasmus Programme at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, in 2006-07.
He participated in the 5th edition of the Visual Arts Residencies at ZDB, Lisbon, in 2013. Main solo exhibitions include ‘Apanha uma pedra. Atribui-lhe um valor’, Espaço Arte Tranquilidade (Lisbon, 2013) and ‘Os seres sensíveis nos mundos da forma e no mundo do desejo’, Espaço Parkour (Lisbon, 2012). Carronha was also included in the group exhibitions ‘Jazz aqui, na pequena praia extrema’, ZDB (Lisbon, 2013) and ‘Play!’, Espaço Fábrica Features (Lisbon, 2010). Pedro Barateiro (1979, Almada, Portugal) lives and works in Lisbon.
He completed the MFA at the Malmö Art Academy, Lund University, Sweden, the Independent Study Programme of Visual Arts at the Maumaus Escola de Artes Visuais, Lisbon, and the Fine Arts degree at the Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal.
Barateiro has undertaken residencies at Air Antwerpen, in 2012-13, Pavillon ? Palais de Tokyo, Paris, in 2008-09, The International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, in 2007-08, Spike Island Artspace, Bristol, in 2005 and ZDB, Lisbon, in 2003-05.
A selection of his solo exhibitions include: ‘We Belong to Other People When We're Outside’, Kettle's Yard (Cambridge, UK, 2013), ‘Today Our Eyes are Closed’, Kunsthalle Lissabon (Lisbon, 2010), ‘Theatre of Hunters’, Kunsthalle Basel (2010), ‘Theory of Speech’, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves (Porto, 2009). Barateiro has also participated in the 29th São Paulo Biennial (2010), the 16th Biennial of Sydney and the 5th Berlin Biennial (both in 2008).
Sónia Almeida (1978, Lisbon) lives and works in Boston, USA.
She studied at the Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa and completed the MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, in 2006.
Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Forward/Play/House’, MIT Visual Art Center (Cambridge, MA, USA, 2014) and ‘To Be Abstract’, Chiado 8 Arte Contemporânea (Lisbon, 2009).
She also participated in the following group exhibitions: ‘DeCordova Biennial’, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Boston, 2013), ‘Modern Talking’, Muzeul National de Arta Cluj-Napoca (Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2012); ‘Painting Overall’, 5th Prague Biennial (Czech Republic, 2011), ‘Four Rooms’, Centrum Sztuki Wspó?czesnej Zamek Ujazdowski (Warsaw, 2011), ‘EDP Novos Artistas’ (Lisbon, 2009) and ‘The Elementary Particles (Paperback Edition)’, Standard (Oslo) (Oslo, 2006). !Von Calhau! (2006, Porto) is the art duo composed of Marta Baptista and João Alves.
They have been developing a transdisciplinary body of work in the areas of visual art, film and music.
Co-founders of the graphic studio Oficina Arara, in Portothey have undertaken residencies at the Galeria ZDB in Lisbon, in 2009, and at the Atelier MTK in Grenoble.
Their projects were also featured at the 10th edition of the União Latina Prize (2011) and in the exhibition ‘Discurso Visual’, Instituto Araújo Porto/Fundação de Serralves (Porto, 2011).
In 2012, !Von Calhau! launched their first LP entiled Quadrologia Pentacónica released by Rafflesia Records. Exclusive Sponsor of The Museum Exclusive Sponsor of a Major Exhibition "Serralves Ecossistema Criativo" Project co-financed by:
An exhibition featuring twelve emerging artists from Portugal whose practices reflect the shifting conditions of contemporary art production over the last decade. Developed through a process of research in Portugal, the UK, Germany and the US, where many of the featured artists currently live and work, the exhibition considers the critical reception and urgency of artistic practice in Portugal, as well as within the expanded field of contemporary global realities.
In the early 1990s, the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art organized several landmark group exhibitions surveying the then-current state of contemporary art in Portugal. ‘Ten Contemporaries’, curated by Alexandre Melo in 1992, provided an overview of the work of a generation of artists working in the 1980s. ‘Images for the 90s’, curated by Fernando Pernes in 1993, was seen as a reaction to the new decade, which developed in the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of apartheid in South Africa and the consolidation of the neo-liberal economic model.
In the second decade of the twenty-first century, as digital communication, globalization and post-colonial realities prevail, artists are faced with new social, economic, political and technological conditions and circumstances. Portuguese artists today are part of a mobile yet also locally distinct artistic context, in which history, language and politics define a rich and common field of investigation and exploration. Critically engaging a diverse range of artistic practices, including painting, sculpture, cinema, music, theatre and performance, the artists in 12 Contemporaries: Present States propose distinct approaches within the field of contemporary art, while also suggesting a collective perspective on contemporaneity.
Curators: Suzanne Cotter and Bruno Marchand
Production: Serralves Foundation
Related Activities OPENING
14 Feb (Fri), 22:00-24:00, free entrance
MEETINGS AT THE EXHIBITION
15 FEB (16:00)
With artists Priscila Fernandes, André Sousa and Pedro Lagoa
20 FEB (18:30)
With Ricardo Nicolau, Deputy to the Diretor of Museu de Serralves
08 MAR (16:00)
With the artists Pedro Barateiro, Mauro Cerqueira, Ana Santos, Carla Filipe
09 MAY (21:30)
With Filipa Oliveira (independent curator)
More information here
GUIDED TOURS
16 FEB (SUN), 12h−13h, free
By Matilde Seabra, Serralves Museum education staff
22 FEB (15:00)
Guided tour for Amigos de Serralves by Bruno Marchand (co-curator)
09 MAR (SUN), 12h−13h, free
By Joana Mendonça, Serralves Museum education staff
21 MAR (FRI), 21h30−22h30, free
By Matilde Seabra, Serralves Museum education staff
More information here
06 APR (SUN), 12h−13h, free
By Matilde Seabra, Serralves Museum education staff
More information here
PERFORMANCE
14 FEB (23:00)
Performance by !Von Calhau!
15 FEB (17:30)
Performance by Nuno da Luz
SYMPOSIUM
14-15 mar
Symposium "Group exhibitions: A Critical Reflection"
More information here
CINEMA Access: free ticket given at the Reception of the Museum
22 MAR (17:30)
Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt: "Palácios de Pena"
More information here
23 MAR (17:30)
Gabriel Abrantes: "Ennui Ennui"
Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt: "A History of Mutual Respect"
More information here
Gabriel Abrantes André Sousa Ana Santos Nuno da Luz Pedro Lagoa Carla Filipe Priscila Fernandes Mauro Cerqueira Sergio Carronha Pedro Barateiro Sónia Almeida !Von Calhau! Gabriel Abrantes (1984, North Carolina, USA) lives and works in Lisbon.
In 2006 he received his BA in Cinema and Visual Arts at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York.
He also studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, in 2005-06, and at Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, France, in 2007.
In 2010, Abrantes co-founded the film production company A Mutual Respect. His films have been featured in exhibitions including ‘List Projects: Gabriel Abrantes’, MIT List Visual Arts Center (Cambridge, MA, USA, 2013), ‘Dinasty’, Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2010) and ‘Reset’, Fondation d’Enterprise Ricard (Paris, 2010). In 2010, he had a retrospective exhibition at Centro Cultural Vila Flor (Guimarães, Portugal).
Abrantes is the winner of several prizes, including the EDP Prize (2009), the FNAC Novos Talentos Prize (Indie Festival, Lisbon, 2009) and the Golden Leopard for Best International Short Film (Locarno Film Festival, 2010).
André Sousa (1980, Porto) lives and works in Porto.
In 2003 he completed his BA in Painting at the Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto.
Between 2001 and 2007, he was responsible, together with Mafalda Santos and Miguel Carneiro, for the artist-run space PêssegoPráSemana, and, between 2005 and 2009, for the project room Mad Woman in the Attic, both in Porto.
Since 2008, he has run, together with Mauro Cerqueira, the project and artist-run space Uma Certa Falta de Coerência, in Porto.
He has undertaken several residencies, most recently at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, in 2009, and at Spike Island (Bristol, 2007). Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Satekpunkts’, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre (Riga, Latvia, 2012), ‘Primeira Avenida: Rua de Sentido Único’, Espaço Montepio/Fundação de Serralves (Porto, 2012), ‘Friso Freezing’, The Barber Shop (Lisbon, 2011), ‘Jenseits’, Enblanco Projektraum (Berlin, 2009), ‘Império’, Chiado 8 - Arte Contemporânea (Lisbon, 2007) and ‘Prémio EDP Jovens Artistas’, CACE Cultural do Porto (2007). Ana Santos (1982, Espinho, Portugal) lives and works in Lisbon. She studied Sculpture at the Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa and completed the MA in Contemporary Culture and New Technologies at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
She also attended the Visual Arts course from the Gulbenkian Foundation Creativity and Art Creation Programme, Lisbon.
She has undertaken the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York. Her work has been featured in several exhibitions, which include ‘Prémio EDP Novos Artistas’, Fundação EDP (Porto, 2013), ‘Forma Conceptual e Ações Materiais’, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves (Porto, 2013), ‘Primeira Avenida: Rua de Sentido Único’, Espaço Montepio/Fundação de Serralves (Porto, 2012), ‘Trabalho’, Chiado 8 Arte Contemporânea (Lisbon, 2012) and ‘Open Studio - O Sítio das Artes’, Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon, 2007). Nuno da Luz (1984, Lisbon) lives and works in Berlin.
He is an artist, graphic designer and independent publisher, having founded together with André Romão and Gonçalo Sena, the publishing house Atlas Projectos.
Together with Joana Escoval, he also founded the record label Palmario Records. Recent projects and exhibitions include ‘Laissez Vibrer’, Enblanco Projektraum (Berlin, 2013) and CAVE/Solar - Galeria de Arte Cinemática (Vila do Conde, Portugal, 2013), ‘Resonant Chamber - Cycle of Performances on Aural Spectrality’, Contemporary Art Centre and RIXC Media Space (Riga, Latvia, 2013), ‘Der Geist im Vakuum’, 267 Quartiere für zeitgenössische Kunst und Fotografie (Braunschweig, Germany, 2013), ‘AVANTE!’, SP-Arte (São Paulo, 2012), ‘Como proteger-se do tigre’, XVI Cerveira Biennial (Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal, 2011) and ‘Prémio EDP Novos Artistas 2011’, Museu da Eletricidade (Lisbon, 2011). Pedro Lagoa (1975, Leiria, Portugal) lives and works in Lisbon.
He attended the advanced course in Visual Arts at the Maumaus Escola de Artes Visuais, Lisbon, and completed his studies at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste - Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main.
He is currently an artist in residence at Gasworks, London. Recent exhibitions include ‘Record Breaking Party’, Cabaret Voltaire (Zurich, 2013), ‘When I Look at the Clouds I See Clouds’, Galeria Boavista (Lisbon, 2012), ‘Random Access/Conjunctures Within Breach’, Nam June Paik Art Centre (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 2010), ‘Record breaking’, Ve.Sch - Verein für Raum und Form in der bildenden Kunst (Vienna, 2008), ‘I Will Not Throw Rocks’, Form Content (London, 2007).
Carla Filipe (1973, Vila Nova da Barquinha, Portugal) lives and works in Porto.
She studied Sculpture at the Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto from where she was also awarded an MA in Art Practices.
Filipe was co-founder of the artist-run space Salão Olímpico, Porto, 2003?05.
She has undertaken residencies at AIR Antwerpen, in 2013, and at ACME Studios, London, in 2009-10.
Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Modernitat Amagada’, Casa Capell (Mataró, Barcelona, 2013), 13th Istanbul Biennial (2013), ‘Gravity and Disgrace’, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2013), ‘As primas da Bulgária’, Kunstverein Milano (Milan, 2012), ‘Um olhar periférico sobre uma cultura (London UK)’, Der vierte Raum (Bremen, Germany, 2012), ‘Prémio EDP Novos Artistas’, Museu da Eletricidade (Lisbon, 2011) and ‘O povo reunido jamais será - representações gráficas’ , Museu do Neo-Realismo (Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, 2010). Priscila Fernandes (1981, Coimbra, Portugal) studied Painting at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin, and completed an MFA at the Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam.
She has undertaken several residencies, most recently at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, in 2013-14.
Fernandes was the winner of the EDP Novos Artistas Prize in 2011 and of the Dutch Basicprijzen Prix de Rome also in 2011.
Recent exhibitions include ‘Abstract Possible: Stockholm Synergies’, Tensta Konsthall (Stockholm, 2012), ‘Eva International - After the Future, Biennial of Visual Art’ (Limerick City, Ireland, 2012), ‘Prix de Rome’, Smart Project Space (Amsterdam, 2011) and ‘Prémio EDP Novos Artistas’, Museu da Eletricidade (Lisbon, 2011). Mauro Cerqueira (1982, Guimarães, Portugal) lives and works in Porto.
He studied Fine Arts/Drawing at the Escola Superior Artística do Porto (Guimarães branch).
Since 2008, Cerqueira is responsible, together with André Romão, for the project space Uma Certa Falta de Coerência, in Porto.
He has undertaken residencies at the Rauschenberg Residency, Captiva Island, Florida, in 2013 and at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, in 2012. Selected solo exhibitions include ‘Expedição’, Maus Hábitos (Porto, 2013), ‘Visões do desterro’, Centro Cultural do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, 2013), ‘O mundo dos cegos’, Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin, 2012), ‘89 km. Colección CGAC’, Marco - Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo (Vigo, Spain, 2010), ‘Serin e as trepadeiras’, Laboratório das Artes (Guimarães, Portugal, 2009) and ‘Sua boca, aberta para gritar, estava cheia de terra’, Kunsthalle Lissabon (Lisbon, 2009). Sérgio Carronha (1984, Cascais, Portugal) studied at the Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, in 2003-09, and completed the Erasmus Programme at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara, in 2006-07.
He participated in the 5th edition of the Visual Arts Residencies at ZDB, Lisbon, in 2013. Main solo exhibitions include ‘Apanha uma pedra. Atribui-lhe um valor’, Espaço Arte Tranquilidade (Lisbon, 2013) and ‘Os seres sensíveis nos mundos da forma e no mundo do desejo’, Espaço Parkour (Lisbon, 2012). Carronha was also included in the group exhibitions ‘Jazz aqui, na pequena praia extrema’, ZDB (Lisbon, 2013) and ‘Play!’, Espaço Fábrica Features (Lisbon, 2010). Pedro Barateiro (1979, Almada, Portugal) lives and works in Lisbon.
He completed the MFA at the Malmö Art Academy, Lund University, Sweden, the Independent Study Programme of Visual Arts at the Maumaus Escola de Artes Visuais, Lisbon, and the Fine Arts degree at the Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal.
Barateiro has undertaken residencies at Air Antwerpen, in 2012-13, Pavillon ? Palais de Tokyo, Paris, in 2008-09, The International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York, in 2007-08, Spike Island Artspace, Bristol, in 2005 and ZDB, Lisbon, in 2003-05.
A selection of his solo exhibitions include: ‘We Belong to Other People When We're Outside’, Kettle's Yard (Cambridge, UK, 2013), ‘Today Our Eyes are Closed’, Kunsthalle Lissabon (Lisbon, 2010), ‘Theatre of Hunters’, Kunsthalle Basel (2010), ‘Theory of Speech’, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves (Porto, 2009). Barateiro has also participated in the 29th São Paulo Biennial (2010), the 16th Biennial of Sydney and the 5th Berlin Biennial (both in 2008).
Sónia Almeida (1978, Lisbon) lives and works in Boston, USA.
She studied at the Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa and completed the MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, in 2006.
Recent solo exhibitions include ‘Forward/Play/House’, MIT Visual Art Center (Cambridge, MA, USA, 2014) and ‘To Be Abstract’, Chiado 8 Arte Contemporânea (Lisbon, 2009).
She also participated in the following group exhibitions: ‘DeCordova Biennial’, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum (Boston, 2013), ‘Modern Talking’, Muzeul National de Arta Cluj-Napoca (Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2012); ‘Painting Overall’, 5th Prague Biennial (Czech Republic, 2011), ‘Four Rooms’, Centrum Sztuki Wspó?czesnej Zamek Ujazdowski (Warsaw, 2011), ‘EDP Novos Artistas’ (Lisbon, 2009) and ‘The Elementary Particles (Paperback Edition)’, Standard (Oslo) (Oslo, 2006). !Von Calhau! (2006, Porto) is the art duo composed of Marta Baptista and João Alves.
They have been developing a transdisciplinary body of work in the areas of visual art, film and music.
Co-founders of the graphic studio Oficina Arara, in Portothey have undertaken residencies at the Galeria ZDB in Lisbon, in 2009, and at the Atelier MTK in Grenoble.
Their projects were also featured at the 10th edition of the União Latina Prize (2011) and in the exhibition ‘Discurso Visual’, Instituto Araújo Porto/Fundação de Serralves (Porto, 2011).
In 2012, !Von Calhau! launched their first LP entiled Quadrologia Pentacónica released by Rafflesia Records. Exclusive Sponsor of The Museum Exclusive Sponsor of a Major Exhibition "Serralves Ecossistema Criativo" Project co-financed by:
