[studies]:

- Currently is developing his PhD thesis: "The contemporary art practice between entropy and self-regulation", PhD supervisor: Javier Tudela, Doctor of Philosophy, expert in contemporary art and theories related to Chaos.
- PhD program at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Vigo [2004], obtaining the Diploma of Advanced Studies - PhD [DEA] [2005] with the project: "Flexibility and transmutation of contemporary art ... ".
- Postgraduation [Master of Arts Research Programme] with an investigation into the "Site-specific / Public Art Practices & Visual Arts at Higher Education", Surrey, Roehampton University, London.
- Degree in Fine Arts - Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto [1994-1999] .
- Soares dos Reis Art School, Porto.

[professional activity]:

- Teacher: Higher Education.
- Currently: Scholarship for PhD by F.C.T. (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology).

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curriculum:

solo exhibitions + independent projects or occasional interventions

2010 - [exhibition] war toy on my war: the story of an anti-monument @ parque da juventude/ a park where young people can undertake cultural, social and sport activities [commissioned by amnesty international - nucleus of kids and house of culture] vila nova de famalico, portugal
2010 - [exhibition] ...nice to see you ms. hollow! @ oficina cultural [gallery of instituto politcnico de viana do castelo] viana do castelo, portugal
2009 - [exhibition] banca de artista @ serpente - contemporary art gallery [miguel bombarda] porto, portugal
2007 - [public dispositive] brot auf der strae: bread on the road, an exercise of entropy or self imagination @ [beetween berlin mitte - rosenthaler platz and the schnefeld airport] berlin, germany
2006 - [draw -display] from filipe sampaio collection, visual art work of alexandre a.r. costa, @ dr. filipe sampaio's private gallery, portugal.
2004 - [exhibition] gatherings or the epigram of the contemporary game? @ alvarez salaum gallery, oporto, portugal
2002 - [exhibition] with the corrosion @ dhiva n1, tzp, famalico, portugal
2001 - [rotative images slideshow device] only the character of the big ears doesn't walk in space activity @ artemosferas, oporto, portugal.
- [interactive devices] in your own backyard @ artemosferas, oporto, portugal.
2000 - [exhibition]"art" @ global author, famalico, portugal.
1999 - [exhibition] finalist - visual arts @ museu do surrealimo [provisionally], famalico, portugal.

group exhibitions

2008 - rnd output [installation, vdeo & performance by fictionary players & hmbrito] - exhibition: on space off space on - espao para duas propostas de comissariado de alexandre a. r. costa & tiago almeida, parbola gallery - jos falco 124, porto, portugal
2008 - le menu parodie [installation & performance by fictionary players] kaldarte 13 - no-nexo caldas de reis, pontevedra, spain
2008 - [invited artist] luzboa2008 III lisbon contemporary art biennal, lisbon, portugal
2007 - bunnys - sports [installation by fictionary players] at rosalux, berlin, germany
2006 - mail O2 , calouste gulbenkian foundation, paris, france
- i.m.a.n., casa das artes, famalico, Portugal
2005 - sonda.viseu, i.p.j. gallery, viseu, portugal
- mini - cars project - art en el coche, kaldarte, caldas de reis and itinerary for cultural spaces in spain
- i.m.a.n., casa das artes, famalico, portugal
2004 - 5 artistas 5 atitudes, cinanima, espinho, portugal
2003 - III prmio de escultura city desk, cascais cultural center, d.luis I foundation, cascais, portugal
- praticle project [presenting o.p.a.c.a.] university of surrey- roehampton-london, uk
- kaldarte - international event on contemporary public art, caldas de reis-pontevedra, spain
- video arte at salo olmpico project - miguel bombarda street, oporto, portugal
2002 - zie h., 1st International video art and experimental music trends in houses, frankfurt, germany
- black out, [fictionary players collective], artemosferas, oporto, portugal
- brg`02 - 2nd international festival of electronic music and multimedia art, braga, portugal
- flashcontacto [fictionary players collective], artemosferas, oporto, portugal
2001 - 3rd edition of pontos de contacto, [fictionary players collective], oporto, portugal
- the winning artists gallery, surrealism museum, v. n. famalico portugal
- itinerant collective bonjia foundation, oporto city hall, oporto, portugal
- projecto objectos ldicos, campanh foundation - oporto, portugal
2000/02 - euro-world project, high patronage of the european central bank [frankfurt], several european capitals
2000/01 - "itinerncias por San Ildefonso", la granja-madrid, spain
2000/01 - 3rd international arts biennial, marinha grande, portugal
2000 - prmio de aquisio da universidade do porto - 17 finalistas, rvore gallery, oporto, portugal
1999 - 3 + 3 da f.b.a.u.p. at matriz, v. n. famalico, portugal
1997 - revisiting marcel duchamp, coimbra university, coimbra, portugal
1996 - draw, f.b.a.u.p., porto, portugal

performance and audio-visual projects

2008 - rnd-output (by fictionary players) @ parbola gallery - jos falco, porto, portugal
2007 - guitarras variaveis 07.07.22 by and with pal - an experimental non-fixed improvised guitar project) casa da animacao, oporto, portugal, [www.larapal.org/guitarrasvariaveis]
- "puper" (by public performedia)at zero gallery, berlin, germany
- bunnys - sports (by fictionary players) at rosalux gallery, berlin, germany
- we are quiet at home 15th performance art conference (e.p.i. zentrum)
2006 - collapse in the mount (public performedia collective) operao transbordo/projecto telefrico. laboratrio das artes, guimares, portugal
- happyland [fictionary players collective]iman06: maus habitos, oporto, portugal
- quem come tudo no come o nada, iman 06, funchal, madeira island, portugal
- como o nada, iman06: casa das artes, vila nova de famalico, portugal
2005 - [multimedia and performance art in an real time experiment] with jorge f. santos and technical support by paulo c. team, sopro - transdisciplinar event, ipj, viseu
- urban c(o)urses: one hour, casa das artes de vila nova de famalico, portugal
2004 - killing rule. cinanima, espinho, portugal
2003 - art investigation (1st contact). kaldarte - public art event, caldas de reis-pontevedra, spain
- art investigation (work in progress). froebel college garden - london, uk
- art investigation (work in progress). sub-way - london, uk
- art investigation (work in progress). the theatre museu walk - london, uk
2002 - ementa (fictionary players collective)pontos de contacto, miguel seabra studio, porto, portugal
2000 - "just looking & smiling, dressing the bourdoux coat" performance developed during
the production of the creamaster cicle movie by matthew barney. guggenheim museum, new york, u.s.a.
1999 - a cerimnia do elefante dourado (with jorge f. santos) X international art bienal, vila Nova de cerveira, portugal
- voyeur dans l`espace, (with jorge f. santos), fine arts museum, oporto, portugal
1998 - revisiting gerard ritcher - the invention of memory (with jorge f. santos), f.b.a.u.p., porto, portugal
- revisiting john cage - there is no space for emotions in a work of art?, (with jorge f. santos) f.b.a.u.p., oporto, portugal

conferences/lectures and workshops

2008 - [lecturer] o universo das artes performativas - o papel das vanguardas no sculo xx, departamento de comunicao e expresses artsticas da escola superior de educao do ipvc - IV ciclo internacional de conferncias
2007 - [lecturer] da arte. da cidade. do efmero/from art. from the city. from the ephemeral, with pedro cabral santo, arte lisboa07, international contemporary art fair, lisbon
- [lecturer] sculpture practices/prticas de escultura, fbaup/faculty of fine arts of oporto
2006 - [lecturer] cultural administration vs cultural animation, e.s.e., academic campus of gaia. portugal
- [lecture and practical work] under contemporary art territories, school of santana, madeira island
- [lecturer] reflections about art in pedagogic and social context, iman art project, iec - university of minho, braga.
- [workshop-device for open lecture] around culture, casa das artes, vila nova de famalico
2005 - [lecturer, with multimedia and performance - real time experiment] with jorge f. santos and technical support by paulo c. team, sopro - transdisciplinar event, ipj, viseu
- [member of table and lecturer] painting and sculpture i.s.e.i.t. university campus - viseu
- [moderator and lecturer]homage / reflections on o pestana`s work , casa das artes, vila nova de famalico
2003 - [member of table] the power of image, e.s.e. - i.p.v.c., viana do castelo
2002 - [lecturer] interdisciplinary concepts at contemporary art practice, arca - university arts school, coimbra
- [lecturer] "artistic partnerships, structures and multidisciplinarity" [ciclo de conferncias relaes d`arte] aula magna - f.b.a.u.p.- faculty of fine arts, university of porto, porto
- [lecturer] the artemosferas project [for the students' visit - of the master degree in curatorship studies of f.b.a.u.l. - faculty of fine arts, university of lisbon), espao artes mltiplas, porto
2000 - [lecture and practical work] structures [from the request of trao visual arts association), space for the surrealism museum", v. n. famalico.

curatorship

2010 - [pre-production: i.m.a.n.- art project (intermedia, multimedia, aco e nada), 5 edition]
2008/09 - [founder and director] i.m.a.n.- art project (intermedia, multimedia, aco e nada), 4 edition: uncontrolled, casa das artes famalico, with participations [for instance] as javier tudela, pedro penilo, zerofoundation, carlos sousa, bruno jamaica, nadia duvall, pascal ferreira, mariza teixeira, colectivo alg-a, etc.
2008 - [curator] off space on space off - espao comum para duas propostas de comissariado por alexandre a. r. costa + tiago almeida - exhibition, parbola gallery, jos falco street - porto.
2007 - [founder and director] i.m.a.n.- art project (intermedia, multimedia, aco e nada), 3 edition:the art of noise: incentives in order to design territories, casa das artes famalico, maus hbitos oporto, rosalux berlin, zero gallery berlin. with participations [for instance] as bartolom ferrando [es], calhau, yella, carla cruz, vitor lago silva, susana chioca or puper [pt], etc.
2006 - [founder and director] i.m.a.n.- art project (intermedia, multimedia, aco e nada), 2 edition: contemporary arts/social functions- casa das artes famalico + 10 extensions in portugal, brasil and spain [among them: universidade de minas gerais brasil with fernando aguiar, teatro viriato-viseu with pedro tudela and miguel carvalhais, galeria antnio henriques - arte contempornea with participation of gabriela albergaria and julio sarmento, funchal cultural institutions, the dinner-performances cycle with performances by paulo brando, alexandre a.r. costa or research kitchen [for instance] etc.
- artes em atelier [responsible - intermedia art workshops, viseu university campus, portugal
2005 - [founder and director] i.m.a.n.- art project (intermedia, multimedia, aco e nada) - casa das artes, v.n. famalico + 2 cultural spaces in oporto:[salo olimpico e maus habitos] with participations [for instance] as japp blonk [nl], o pestana, pedro almeida, miguel palma, pedro cabral santo [pt] juanjo fuentes or the principe 54 collective of performance [es]
- [co-organizer of sonda-viseu - experimental art fest]: museu gro vasco, instituto portugus da juventude, teatro viriato, etc. / also the exhibition with Alexandre A. R. Costa, Alice Geirinhas, o Pestana.
2004/05 - collaborating on curatorial process [responsible for the portuguese representation] with juanjo fuentes [curator of the public art event - kaldarte], caldas de reis, pontevedra, spain.
2002/03 - artist-organizer of dhiva - cycle of contemporary art at tzp
2000/03 - founder-member and responsible for the visual and performance art program @ programmatic project: artemosferas /espao artes mltiplas i.a.c. - oporto.

curatorship - visual and performing arts on the artemosferas project - porto.

2002 - [exhibition: condutas privadas] with maria lusitano santos, patricia valdez cardoso,
pedro valdez cardoso and rafael alvarez
- [exhibition of visual arts, music, d.j., v.j. and performance by francisco laranjeira:
xx - project by manuela t. campos] with adelina lopes, claudia ribau, irene ganalves, joana pimentel and manuela teixeira de campos
- [exhibition of visual arts and music: the parallel international event] with nuria [spain].
- artemosferadesign event, with furnor support [collaboration of architect and designer ermano apparo]
- [exhibition of visual arts, music and performance: black out, project by the fictionary players] with fictionary players [alexandre a.r. costa, jorge fernando dos santos and miguel seabra], catarina felgueiras/nuno jeremias ramalho, carla filipe, arturo fuentes e juanjo fuentes.
- ovarvideo fest [video recicled views] and performance, porto
- [exhibition of visual arts: an video art show?]: margarida paiva, mariken kramer, hc gile e sabina jacobsson.
- [exhibition of visual arts and music: to play and the monkey business, project by eduardo matos] with cristina regadas, eduardo matos, manuel santos maia, susana chiocca, gustavo sumpta, israel pimenta, insert, silvia castro, vitor almeida e pedro almeida paiva
- [exhibition of visual arts and music: tropicalia III] claudia ulisses, didier fiuza faustino e antonio caramelo
- [exhibition of visual arts and music: flashcontacto] with antonio leal, fausto assuno, joana mateus, jos a. pereira, bruno santos silva, cecilia albuquerque, fabrizio scoditti, the fictionary players: alexandre a.r. costa, miguel seabra e jorge f. santos, israel pimenta, manuel santos maia, manuela nuno de campos, renato ferro, isabel ribeiro and sergio azevedo.
2001 - [exhibition of visual arts and music: 7 artistas ao 11 ms, project by pedro cabral santo] with alice geirinhas, joo fonte santa, miguel soares, paulo mendes, pedro amaral, pedro cabral santo e joo simes.
- [exhibition of visual arts and music: regras do jogo da glria. projecto by paulo mendes] with daniel barroca, fernando ribeiro, joo tabarra, pedro barateiro e virgnia mota.
- [parallel event to the exhibition: fictional buzzing: o cruzeiro] de paulo castro.
- [exhibition of visual arts, performance and music: fictional buzzing - 1st] with miguel soares, remixing. fernando fadigas, antonio olaio e joo taborda. [exhibition of visual arts, performance and music: fictional buzzing - 2st] with vitor lago silva e pascal ferreira.
- [exhibition of visual arts and music: inaugural artemosferas]: with joo louro, miguel palma, joo onofre and pedro tudela. concert by @c+lia. , … Read More