Conceição Abreu (PT)


Biography

Portuguese. Born in 1961 in São Martinho de Sintra, Portugal. Lives in Lisbon.

 

Education


2014-2015

Art and Design Doctoral Program (DAD), Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP)


2012

Master of Arts and Multimedia (Photography), Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon (FBAUL)


2010

Bachelor of Dance, Escola Superior de Dança do Instituto Politécnico, Lisbon

 

1998-2000
Individual Project in Painting at Ar.Co School of Fine Arts, Lisbon

 

1995-1998

Degree in Painting from Ar.Co School of Fine Arts, Lisbon

 

Awards & Prizes

 

2016

Best Experimental Short Film – ...and around ... and around ... and around (with Carlos Coelho Costa), NewBorn Short Film Agency, 1st Edition, Berlin


2008

Acquisition Prize in Photography, I International Biennial, Montijo, Portugal

Honorable Mention in Video, I International Biennial, Montijo, Portugal

 

Individual Exhibitions

 

2019

Lugar do Desenho - Fundação Júlio Resende, Gondomar, Portugal


2016

Contextile 2016 – Invited artist (with Isabel Quaresma), CAAA – Centre for Art and Architecture Affairs, Guimarães, Portugal


2013

Advérbios de Lugar, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon

Inside Out, TIVOLI Hotel, Lisbon

Entretempos, Caroline Pagès Gallery, Lisbon (cat.)


2011

Absence 2, Museu da Imagem, Braga, Portugal


2010

Absence, Sala do Veado, National Museum of Natural History, Lisbon

 

2009

Ties, Diferença Gallery, Lisbon

 

2008

Attached, Museu Nacional do Traje, Lisbon

Abrigos, Greenhouse of the Tapada das Necessidades, Lisbon

 

2007

Within, Caroline Pagès Gallery, Lisbon

 

2003

Jardins de água, Diferença Gallery, Lisbon

 

2002

Por debaixo de uma cerejeira, Clube 50-Cultural Association, Lisbon

 

Group Exhibitions


2019

8 Portuguese Women Artists, Caroline Pagès Gallery, Lisbon


2018

De fils ou de fibre, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Meymac, France

Variations Portugaises, curated by Caroline Bissière and Jean-Paul Blanchet, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Meymac, France


2017

Da pop art às transvanguardas, apropriações de arte popular, Bienal de Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal

Encontro Internacional #16.ART: Artis intelligentia: IMAGINAR O REALMuseu da Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto, Porto


2015

(Des)Hemisférios, curated by Fernando José Pereira, Reitoria da Universidade do Porto, Portugal

De que estamos a falar?, Museu da Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

5:1, Museu da Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade do Porto, Portugal


2014

Contextile 2014 – Contemporary Textile Art Biennial, Casa da Memória, Guimarães, Portugal 

Nas imediações do desenho, Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon

 

2013

14th International Tapestry Triennial, Lodz, Poland

Drawing in the University Today, Universidade do Porto, Oporto, Portugal

6749/010.013, curated by victor pinto da fonseca and Pedro Cabral Santo, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon

Marco Aurélio and Friends - Sete Artistas Ulissiponenses, curated by António Pedro Mendes, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon


2012

Contextile, Contemporary Textil Art Trienial, Casa da Memoria, Guimarães, Portugal

Desviar do Olhar, Caroline Pagès Gallery, Lisbon


2011

PIN ANONIMUM_Useless, Tangencial EXD'11, Lounging Space, Lisbon

[Re]visitações, Galeria Municipal do Montijo, Portugal

Espaço _Arte (Centenary of the Lisbon University), Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon


2010

Artists Books, Diferença Gallery, Lisbon

Encontros da Imagem, curated by Rui Prata, Braga, Portugal

Small is Beautiful, Caroline Pagès Gallery, Lisbon

Cabinet d'Amateur, Sala do Veado, National Museum of Natural History, Lisbon (cat.)

Espacio Atlantico, Vigo Art Fair (Spain), rep. by Caroline Pagès Gallery, Lisbon

 

2008

On Europe, I International Biennial, Montijo, Portugal

 

2006

AR.CO Bazar, Belém Cultural Centre, Lisbon

Papeis, Diferença Gallery, Lisbon

 

2005

Diferenças, Diferença Gallery, Lisbon

 

2004

30 x 30, Diferença Gallery, Lisbon

Sensibilizarte, Communications Museum, Lisbon

 

2001

Cabinet de Curiosités, Diferença Gallery, Lisbon

Lisbon Art Fair (rep. by Diferença Gallery, Lisbon)

 

2000

Grant Recipients and Finalists 2000, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon

 

1999

Grant Recipients and Finalists 1999, AR.CO School of Fine Arts, Lisbon

 

1998

AR.CO Spring Exhibition, Quinta de São Miguel, Almada/Lisbon

 

1997

AR.CO Spring Exhibition, Quinta de São Miguel, Almada/Lisbon

 

Bibliography


MATOS Miguel, Exposição Inside Out, in Time Out, April 24, 2013

RESENDE Joana, Tivoli Lisboa apresenta exposição de Conceição Abreu, Inside Out, on canelaehortela.com, April 19, 2013

SERRADO Patricia, Inside Out/Conceição Abreu/Tivoli Lisboa, on Mutante/Blogue, April 17, 2013

SOARES DE OLIVEIRA Luisa, A Ausência de Si, on e-vai.net, January 7, 2010

COELHO Nicolau, Bienal do Montijo "On Europe", on e-vai.net, August 13, 2008
PINHEIRO Luis, O "Cachecol" de Conceição Abreu - Entrevista, on e-vai.net, July 22, 2008
PINHEIRO Luis, O Corpo Vestido, on e-vai.net, July 22, 2008
CUNHA Nuno, Abrigos, in Noticias Sabado, p. 52, July 12, 2008
SOARES DE OLIVEIRA Luisa, Within de Conceição Abreu, in Publico-Ipsilon, p. 61, September 21, 2007
POMAR Alexandre, Conceição Abreu na Galeria Caroline Pagès, on http://alexandrepomar.typepad.com/, July 23, 2007
RUIVO Ana, Conceição Abreu, in Expresso N°1588 - ACTUAL Supplement, p. 35, 37, April 5, 2003


Collections


Banco Espirito Santo, Lisbon

Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland

Montijo Biennial, Portugal

Lisbon University, Portugal
and private collections in Portugal, France and Australia

 



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