BIOGRAPHY
Born in Lisbon (May 23, 1942). Is a Portuguese fine art photographer, cinematographer and director. He studied
photography and film in the "University film studio", Lisbon. In 1970 began work as a photographer, filmmaker and
cameraman alongside his personal work. Among the eighties and nineties taught photography ARCO Fine Arts
Academy , Lisbon, Portugal. Continues to develop his personal work and exhibit regularly..
Exhibitions
2010 - March - Installation "OF SPACE AND TIME" is included in the International Week of the Brain in 2010,
promoted by the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine at Coimbra University and the Center for
Neuroscience of Coimbra initiative by the Brain and Art.
2009 - November - "SPACE AND TIME" - Installation in the library of FCT / UNL Caparica campus, built with images
taken in a MRI machine and printed on cards policarbonatoalveolar. It occupies a rectangle 11 meters by 9.5 meters,
2.40 meters tall.
2009 - April - "SPEECHES" - great Hall of the castle. Exhibition sponsored by Espaço_Corpo within the celebrations
of World Day of dance, with the support of the Municipality of Castelo de Vide.
2008 - It participates in collective exhibition, "That is Me", self - portraits by contemporary artists. Carmona e
Costa Foundation.
2008 - August - Invited to ON EUROPE 1º International Biennial of Plastic Arts IX Vespeira Prize, Montijo, Portugal.
2007 - August - "in sinu matris", XIV Cerveira biennial of Fine Art, Portugal.
2006 - August - collective exhibition, "13 Artists - Digital Art", S.N.B.A., in Lisbon, Portugal.
2006 - July - collective exhibition "Galery 57" in Leiria, Portugal.
2005 - July - Invited, with the installation "in sinu matris", audio recoding, in the VIII Edition of the Montijo Biennial
of Fine Art | Vespeira Prize.
2005 - March - "Shadows", collective exhibition PhotoSapiens in Évora.
2004 - December - "In Sinu Matris", exibition and installation at the municipal gallery of Montijo.
2004 - October - HORIZONT(E) 19842004: "Twenty Years of Gallery Cómicos | Luis Serpa", comemorative exibition
at Cordoaria Nacional. With Cristina Ataíde, Txomin Badiola, Judith Barry, Daniel Blaufuks, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Mário
Cabrita Gil,Pedro Calapez, Fernando Calhau, Luis Campos, Chuck Close, Hannah Collins,John Coplans,Jan Fabre, Ângela
Ferreira, Hamish Fulton, Cristina Iglesias,Joseph Kosuth, António Lagarto, Eurico Lino do Vale, Gerhard Merz,
JorgeMolder,Mariele Neudecker, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Lucas Samaras,Julião Sarmento, Cindy Sherman, Susanne
Themlitz, Boyd Webb, Robert Wilson e Gilberto Zorio.
2004 - September - Photo-portfolio Exhibition at "Luis Serpa Gallery", Lisbon, Portugal.
2004 - July - "Shadows", collective exhibition PhotoSapiens in Bragança, Portugal.
2002 November - "50 FOTÓGRAFOS PORTUGUESES DOS ANOS 50 À ACTUALIDADE", exhibition organized by "PLMJ
FOUNDATION", in "FOUNDATION OF SERRALVES", patronised by the National Committee for Portugal International
Association of Plastic Arts from UNESCO and the International Secretariat in the UNESCO headquarters in Paris,
France.
2002 - It participates as invited in the VII Edition of the "Montijo Fine Art Biennial" with the installation: "Dolphins
in Montijo", Portugal.
2001 - "Look About Montijo" - 4 contemporary photographers. "Dolphins in Montijo". Color photograph 214x171
cm, audio recording. Montijo Council, Portugal.
2000 - "O ENTARDECER EM ALFAMA" (Dusk in Alfama), Women's portraits in Lisbon, Portugal.
2000 - "A.R.C.O. 2000", "Novo-Século Gallery" at Fair in Madrid, Spain.
1999 - "FAC 99", "Novo-Século Gallery", in Lisbon, Portugal.
1999 - November - "Speeches", "Novo-Século Gallery", Lisbon, Portugal.
1999 - November - "Speeches", in Leiria, Portugal.
1999 - June - "Trem - Arco, Gallery" Faro, Portugal.
1998 - "Expo 98": 30 large portraits of average life women were placed around the walls of the Territory Pavillion at
Lisbon, Portugal.
1997 - "Contacto", "1839 Gallery" at Belem Cultural Center. Project sponsored by Portuguese Photography Center,
Lisbon, Portugal.
1995 - Invited by Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores to collective exhibition at SNBA, in Lisbon.
1995 - Invited by João Garção and Nuno Carinhas to exhibit “Discursos” at the store-gallery Fictions in the
neighborhood of Graça, in Lisbon.
1994 - "Lisbon 94": The European Capital of Culture, 4 giant photographs with 10x8 meters were placed on the
front of 4 buildings. The print method was by ink jet printing.
1991 - "Europalia 91" in Brussels, Belgium. Portraits of writers José Saramago and David Mourão Ferreira.
1989 - "The Spirit Alfa", invited by a major advertising agency, Lisbon, Portugal.
1988 - "Portugal and the Environment", Forum Picoas, Lisbon, Portugal.
1988 - "A.R.C.O. 88", Madrid, Spain, portraits of Jose Maria Sicilia, Miquel Barceló, Piet de Jonge, Cristina Iglesias,
Joel Fischer, Boyd Webb, Michael Biberstein, Juan Muñoz e Joseph Kossuth, "Comicos Gallery" directed by Luis
Serpa.
1987 - "Trends of Architecture Portuguese" by Álvaro Siza, Hestnes Ferreira, Luíz Cunha, Manuel Vicente, Tomás
Taveira.
An itinerant exhibition produced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Secretary of Cultural Affairs.
1987 - Portraits, "Meetings of Photography" in Coimbra, Portugal.
1987 - Portraits, "Meetings of the Image" in Braga, Portugal.
1986 - "A Idade da Prata", "Comicos Gallery", directed by Luis Serpa, Lisbon, Portugal.
1981 - Photographs of João Cutileiro sculptures, São Lourenço Gallery, Algarve and in I.C.E.P, New York, USA.
Cinematography
1999 - Director of photography of “Paroles”, directed by Ricardo Costa.
1990 - Finishing of the film of João Brehm, “Transparências em Prata”, started in 1982, equally as director of
photography.
1987 - Film for the RTP, “O Mistério do Armário”, directed by João Brehm.
1982 - Beginning of João the Brehm film, “Transparências em Prata”, equally as director of photography.
1982 - Director of photography of the João Brehm film, production of the Televisions Swedish and Portuguese,
based in the work of the Professor Lima de Faria, make on fusing between animal and vegetal cells.
1982 - Direct and produces a set of ten advertising films.
1979 - Collaborate in "Experiências", by Manuel Carvalheira.
1979/81 - Director of photography of 2 films of Noémia Delgado, for the RTP, “Contos Fantásticos Portugueses".
1978/79 - Director of photography of "Crianças em Luta", TV series, directed by João Brehm, shown in the R.T.P..
1978 - Camera operator and director of photography in the film of Rui Simões, “Bom Povo Português”.
1977 - Collaborate in "Carta de aniversário", directed by Luís Couto.
1977 - Director of photography of the film of Sérgio Ferreira, “O Prisioneiro”.
1977 - Director of photography in the film "25 Canções de Abril", collective work.
1977 - Director of “O Jardim dos Esquecidos”, shown in the R.T.P. in 1978, in the program “TV Forum”, and in the
Festival of Leipzig in 1978, Germany .
1977 - Director of photography of the film of Luis Couto, “Madrugada”.
1973/75 - Producer and director of advertising films.
1970/73 - Camera operator and director of photography of advertising films.
1968 - It was initiated in the cinema as camera operator assistant.
Bibliography
2008 - Catalogue ON EUROPE 1º International Biennial of Plastic Arts IX Vespeira Prize.
2007 - Catalogue of "XIV Cerveira Biennial of Fine Art", "IN SINU MATRIS", "Novas Simbologias".
2006 - Catalogue of exhibition: "13 Artistas - Arte Digital", colective exhibition, S.N.B.A..
2005 - Catalogue of exhibition of the VIII Edition of the "Montijo Biennial of Fine Art", Vespeira Prize.
2004 - Catalogue: "Twenty years "Comicos | Luis Serpa, Gallery 1984-2004".
2004 - "IN SINU MATRIS" - Installation and Photography exibition, catalogue Edited by Montijo Council.
2002 - "50 FOTÓGRAFOS PORTUGUESES DOS ANOS 50 À ACTUALIDADE", catalog of exhibition organized by
Fundação PLMJ, in FUNDAÇÃO DE SERRALVES, patronised by Comité Nacional para Portugal da Associação
International das Artes Plásticas from UNESCO and Secretariado Internacional in Sede da UNESCO in Paris.
2002 - Catálogo of the VII Edition of the "Montijo Biennial of Fine Art".
2001 - " Um Olhar Sobre o Montijo" - 4 contemporary photographers. "Dolphins" in Montijo.
Catalogue edited by Montijo Council.
2000 - "O Entardecer em Alfama", portraits of women, edited by City council of Lisbon.
2000 - "A.R.C.O. 2000" - Catalogue, "Novo-Século Gallery".
1999 - "Discursos", edited by City council of Leiria / Images Museum, commissariat, Ana David.
1992 - Maria Gabriel: paintings, works inspired by the reading of the "Tragic-Maritime History".
1991 - "A Imagem das Palavras", featuring José Saramago e David Mourão Ferreira, edited by "Contexto", made for
Europalia 91.
1988 - As imagens da escrita - João Vieira. Work published at the exhibition reflected in Sala dos Passos Perdidos
of the National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon, between January and February 1988.
1988 - Bocados - Morceaux. Cómicos Gallery. Work published at the exhibition reflected in Cómicos Gallery, Lisbon
in January 1988.
1987 - "Têndencias da Arquitectura Portuguesa" - Featuring Álvaro Siza, Hestnes Ferreira, Luiz Cunha, Manuel
Vicente, Tomás Taveira.
1986 - "Cuarto Escuro" - edited by Kiosco Alfonso in La Corunha - Galiza, Spain.
1986 - "A Idade da Prata" edited by Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda.
1985 - Jose de Carvalho, Cristina Iglesias, Leonel Moura, Pedro Proença, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Ana Isabel Rodrigues,
Work published on the occasion of the participation of Cómicos-Area Inter-Media in the Art Fair Contemporary in
Madrid - ARCO'85 - contains biographical data of the artists represented.
1984 - Ana Isabel: Survivors. Work published on the occasion of the exhibition and patent in Gallery Cómicos,
Lisbon, March 14 to April 7, 1984.
1980 - João Cutileiro : Skulpturen und Mosaike. Dortmund-Kirchhörde: Unikat Galerie.
1979 - João Cutileiro: sculptures and mosaics. Work published at the patent exhibition at the Museum of Evora
Sept.-Oct. de 1979; exhibition organised with the contributor of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon.
Collections
Museum of the City in Lisbon, Portugal.
PLMJ Fundation, Portugal.
City Hall of Montijo, Portugal.
Museum of the picture in Leiria, Portugal.
Manuel Baptista Collection, Portugal.
Foundation José Saramago, Portugal.
Safira and Luís Serpa Collection.
Private collections in Portugal and abroad.
