JOÃO GOMES GAGO

Visual artist. Born in Lisbon, Portugal.

Lives and works in Lisbon (PT).

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Contact me directly to: joaogomesgago@gmail.com

 
  • 2016-18 | Master of Drawing and Printmaking (MFA), Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto. PT
    2014 | Individual Project, Ar.co, Lisbon. PT
    2013-14 | Bachelor of Fine Arts (Exchange) University of East London. UK
    2010-13 | Bachelor of Drawing (BFA), Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon. PT

  • 2023 | The Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize (nominated) 2021 | 9th Abel Manta Painting Award (shortlisted)
    2020 | 12th Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Award (shortlisted)
    2018 | First prize, 10th Vila Verde International Biennale for Young Art (winner - BPI Prize)
    2017 | Young Creators Award, Visual Arts, IPDJ & CPAI (shortlisted)
    2017 | Internacional Drawing Competition, Encontrarte Amares (shortlisted)

  • 2024 | Em Queda, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon. PT 2021 | Plano Fulgor, Curated by Manuel San-Payo, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon. PT
    2020 | Pinta Solo Project, Curated by Roc Laseca, Pinta Miami, Fl. USA 2019 | Acto Instável, Dentro, Porto. PT
    2018 | Reencenação, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon. PT
    2016 | Princípio Expansível, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon. PT
    2013 | Se me perguntarem o que vi, Teatro Carlos Alberto, Porto. PT

  • 2024 | Beyond Boundaries, Fabbrica del Vapore, Curated by Nicolas Vamvouklis, Milan. IT 2023 | Artefactos do Descarte, Machado de Castro National Museum, Coimbra. PT 2023 | Um Lugar Depois o Outro, Associação 289, Faro. PT 2022 | Matter Matters, Atelier Concorde, Lisbon. PT 2022 | Drawing Room, Palacio de las Alhajas, Madrid. ES 2021 | 9th Abel Manta Painting Award, Abel Manta Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Gouveia. PT
    2020 | 12th Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Award, Amadeu de Souza-Cardoso Municipal Museum, Amarante. PT
    2019 | Draw Art Fair London, Saatchi Gallery, London. UK
    2019 | Biblioteca na Biblioteca, Serralves Museum, Porto. PT
    2019 | Gaia International Art Biennale, Quinta da Fiação, Porto. PT
    2019 | Drawing Room, Palácio Santa Bárbara, Madrid. ES
    2019 | Ai os Ais de Tanta Gente, Atelier Caldeiras, Porto. PT
    2018 | Extremo Meio, FBAUP Museum, Porto. PT
    2018 | Drawing Room, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon. PT
    2018 | Verão Danado, Galeria de Exposições - IPDJ, Faro. PT
    2018 | Specularis: Look Through, Alberto Sampaio Museum, Guimarães. PT
    2018 | 10th International Biennial for Young Art, Vila Verde, Braga. PT
    2018 | GABINETE, Art Fair – Works on Paper & Fine Arts, Madrid. ES
    2018 | JUSTMAD 9, Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid. ES
    2017 | Mostra Jovens Criadores 2017, Villa Glória, Mangualde, Viseu. PT
    2017 | Berlin-Klondyke im Soeht 7, ehem. Frauengefängnis, Berlin. DE
    2017 | Drawing Competition, Encontrarte Amares 2017, Amares. PT
    2017 | JUSTMAD 8, Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid. ES
    2017 | Berlin-Klondyke, UGM Studio, Maribor, SI
    2017 | Portfólios, Ap’art Galeria, Porto. PT
    2017 | D’ Après Abel Salazar, Casa-Museu Abel Salazar, Porto. PT
    2016 | 90° à Sombra, Casa das Artes Mário Elias, Mértola. PT
    2015 | Pequenos Formatos, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon. PT
    2015 | “XS art”, Galeria Maria Lucília Cruz, Lisbon. PT
    2013 | Múltiplos de Arte, Galeria Prova de Artista, Lisbon. PT
    2013 | Desenhar a Poesia, Biblioteca Municipal José Saramago, Loures. PT
    2013 | Nas Margens da Linha, Cine-Teatro Avenida, Sala da Nora, Castelo Branco. PT
    2012 | Galerias Abertas das Belas-Artes (G.A.B-A), Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon, PT 2011 | XVII Bienal Artes Plásticas, Festa do Avante, Lisbon. PT

  • 2024 | Prologue, Beyond Boundaries, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan. IT

    2022 | Invocation (Passage), NU'VEM Residency, Pico Island, Azores. PT

    2022 | Take Over, Curated by Pedro da Silva & Inês Moreira, Lugar do Monte, Ovil. PT

    2019 | Auto-Deus, Pisar o Risco ∙ Campo de Batalha, Teatro Municipal do Porto – Rivoli, Porto. PT

  • 2021 | A Impressão do Gesto | The Impressure of the Gesture , with João Gomes Gago, directed by Rafael Pais Gomes

  • 2024 | Beyond Boundaries, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan. IT 2022 | NU'VEM, FREESAM, Pico Island. PT 2019 | Campo de Batalha, Teatro Municipal do Porto - Rivoli. PT
    2016 | RésVés, Mértola. PT
    2016 | Berlin-Klondike, Berlin. DE

  • 2024 | A Conversation With João Gomes Gago, on the occasion of the artistic residency "Beyond Boundaries" at Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, pub. on the bjcem website 2023 | Visual essay, Time Travel, pub. in FITA Magazine Vol. IV 2023 | Interview with João Gomes Gago, at the studio, by Pedro da Silva, pub. in ArteCapital 2022 | Curating art/archaeology: proto and post-excavation processes, by Pedro da Silva e Inês Moreira, pub. in MIDAS - Museums and Interdisciplinary Studies 2020 | 12th Amadeu de Souza Cardoso Award, João Gomes Gago, pub. by Municipal Museum Amadeu de Souza-Cardoso, Amarante (catalog)
    2019 | Apócrifa #9, Drawings, pub. by Apócrifa – PLEC – Revista Literária
    2019 | Drawing Room, João Gomes Gago, pub. by Drawing Room, Madrid (catalog)
    2018 | X International Biennale for Young Art, pub. by município de Vila Verde (catalog)
    2018 | Quadro Eléctrico, João Gomes Gago, author’s edition, Porto
    2018 | JustMad9, pub. by JustMad, Madrid (catalog)
    2017 | Jovens Criadores 2017, pub. by CPAI (catalog)
    2016 | Princípio Expansível, João Gomes Gago, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon (catalog)
    2013 | Se me perguntarem o que vi (collaboration with TN21), pub. in Violência – Fetiche do Homem Bom, Teatro Carlos Alberto, Porto

  • Represented in private and institutional collections in Portugal and abroad.

 


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