His sculpture training, learned at the The Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, Portugal, has allowed him over the years to become a multidisciplinary artist, focusing on performance, media and the creation of objects. He is also the co-founder of Coletivo Lab.25.
2015-2019 | Bachelor in Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Porto, specialization in Sculpture.
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2024 | “Contemporary Mokuhanga Exhibition - International Artists”, august, Echizen Washi Village, Japan;
2023 | "Vozes da Paisagem", Pavilhão de Exposições FBAUP, Coletivo Lab.25, dezemobro, Porto;
2021 | “TELL ME BABY”, coordinated by Christian Haid, Nancy Naser al Deen, Lukas Staudinger (POLIGONAL/Queering Common Space), Kunstraum Kreuzberg, november, Berlin;
2021 | “Overflow,” Ágora _ Bienal de Arte Contemporânea da Maia 2021, september, Maia (Coletivo Lab.25);
2021 | Anuário ‘20, Galeria Municipal do Porto, may, Porto (Coletivo Lab.25);
2021 | “Apparatus”, integrated in Ci.CLO’21 Photography Biennale of Porto, may, Porto (Coletivo Lab.25);
2021 | Group exhibition “Where freedom is born”, coordinated by José Maia and João Terras, Espaço Mira, april, Porto (Coletivo Lab.25);
2020 | Group exhibition “voltar a olhar-te (onde o crial habita)”, espaço mira, may, Porto;
2020 | Guest artist at group exhibition “O desejo transpõe o gênero”, Oficina Azul Cobalto, april, Porto;
2020 | “Fora inverno, já era primareva, o verão seria glorioso_em liberdade”, Espaço Mira, april, Porto;
2020 | International contest artist represented at the XXI International Biennial of Art of Cerveira, march, Vila Nova de Cerveira;
2019 | “Morar. Murar,” 1st floor gallery, FBAUP, june, Porto (Coletivo Lab.25);
2019 | “Acreção”, collective exhibition of finalists of Fine Arts- Sculpture, FBAUP, june, Porto;
2019 | “Religar, Artistic Residence - Travel # 02”, The Santo Tirso International Museum of Contemporary Sculpture, may, Santo Tirso;
2019 | “Hifen”, collective exhibition of fine arts - sculpture finalists, CACE Cultural Porto, february, Porto;
2017 |Artistic installation at the event “A reflection on collective hallucination” at Maus Hábitos, Porto (D-Frente Collective).
ARTIST RESIDENCIES2023 | 2024 | Resident artist at MI-LAB AIR's Program, Mokuhanga Printing Technique, Kawaguchiko Studio, Japan;
2019 | Resident artist in the working group of the 1st Granite Symposium of Mondim de Basto, Mondim de Basto Granite Biennial, june to september, Mondim de Basto.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 - Now | Art Production at ARTWORKS, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal,(https://artworks.pt/) 2022 - 2023 | Internship at ARTWORKS, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal (https://artworks.pt/)2019 - 2021 | Co-founder and active member of Coletivo Lab.25;
2018 - Now | Independent Visual Artist.
WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING
2024 | Forklift Driving Training (up to 5 tons), KNOWIT, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal;2023 | Mokuhanga workshop at MI-LAB AIR's Program, Kawaguchiko Studio, Japan; 2017 | Technological Specialization Course on GlassBlowing, CENCAL, Marinha Grande