Galeria 111 - Artists

Pedro A.H. Paixão

Curriculum

Born in Angola, 1971
Lives and works in Milan, Italy

In 1996 completed the Advanced Studies program in Fine Arts at Ar.Co - Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, in Lisbon, and in 1999 a Master of Fine Arts at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1999 presented his first solo exhibition, Flieg!, at the Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão/Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, in Lisbon. Selection of solo exhibitions: The Feast (2009), with Rui Moreira, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon; Drawing in Brueghel Drawing (2007), Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon; *Ar, Drawing Studies (2003), Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa. Selection of group Exhibitions: 25 Frames per Second (2007), Fundação PLMJ, Lisbon; 50 Years of Portuguese Art (2007) Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon; Bouzean (2005) Faro Capital da Cultura, Faro; Guardi, The Art of Memory (2003), Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon; Mnemosyne (2000), Encontros de Fotografia de Coimbra; The Indiscipline of Drawing (1999-2000), IAC.

His work is present in the following collections: MAH Collection, collection of the Victor and Maria da Graça Carmona e Costa Foundation and collection of the PLMJ Foundation.