RUI CALÇADA BASTOS

Born in 1971 in Lisbon (PT)
Lives and works in Lisbon (PT)

Rui Calçada Bastos develops a very diverse practice in which absence, displacement, communication and selfknowledge are key elements. Inspired by the cities that he traveled to or lived in, he focuses on urban landscapes, objects, shapes and situations that would perhaps be overlooked at first glance. He reveals the poetic and narrative potential of forgotten details, imperfections and evidence of human disturbances. In a real and metaphorical sense, the reflections, duplications and confrontations constitute variations on a leitmotiv that runs through the artist’s videos, photographs and installations. He confronts the viewer with a self-referential view dealing with self and other, inner and outer, here and there. The artist continually changes his position in a perpetual attempt to reach towards selfassurance or anchorage, which never seem to take place.

Rui Calçada Bastos studied Painting at the Porto School of Fine Arts and the Lisbon School of Fine Arts, and Visual Arts at the Centre for Art and Visual Communication – Ar.Co, in Lisbon. After a residency in Paris, at Cité international des Arts, he moved to Berlin in 2002 for a residency at Kunstlerhaus Bethanien. In 2004, he was awarded the Federal grand for Science, Research and Culture in Berlin. He continued his travels with residencies at the Macao Museum of Art (CN), Tate Modern (UK), Vila Aurora in Los Angeles (US), Reis Residency in São Paulo (BR) and Officina Mundi (PT). He received the first prize at the International Video Festival of Macao in 2011.
Rui Calçada Bastos has been exhibited internationally, mainly in the US, Brazil, China, Portugal, Spain, France and Belgium. He had two major personal exhibitions in Portugal: a solo show at the MAAT in Lisbon in 2016 and a large-scale retrospective at the Colégio das Artes in Coimbra, in 2019. His works are included in public collections in Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Brazil, Spain and Portugal.

 


 

[ARTICLES]

Selected essays :

  • “Light is an involuntary choreography” by João Silvério, 2014 (EN)
  • “Rui Calçada Bastos” by Sabrina van der Ley, 2013 (EN)
  • “On the Passage of a Few Things and People Through a Brief Moment in Time” by Markus Richter, 2013 (EN)
  • “Rui Calçada Bastos” by Leonor Nazaré, 2015 (EN)
  • “Between irony and uncertainty by Delfim Sardo, 2002 (EN)

Press articles :

"Rui Calçada Bastos | ARTIST IN FOCUS", Irène Laub Gallery, 2020
"Conversa com Rui Calçada Bastos" by OFFICINA MUNDI (in Portuguese)
"Artist Talk Initiative: Rui Calçada Bastos" by CIAC (in Portuguese)

COLLECTIONS

NBK – Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin (DE)
Susanne & Werner Peyer Collection (CH)
Plancius Collection (NL)
Institute Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto (BR)
Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderna, Valencia (ES)
Ordonez-Falcon Collection (ES)
Galicia Contemporary Art Center, Santiago de Compostela (ES)
Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria (ES)
Fundación Juan Entrecanales de Azcárate (ES)
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (PT)
EDP Foundation’s Art Collection / MAAT collection, Lisbon (PT)
António Cachola Collection / Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elva (PT)
Centro de Artes Visuaisde Coimbra Collection (PT)
Novo Banco Collection, Lisbon (PT)
Lisbon Municipality Collection (PT)
Frederic De Goldschmidt Collection, Brussels (BE)
Fundação PLMJ, Lisbon (PT)
Fundação Oriente, Lisbon (PT)
Arquipélago – Centro de Artes Contemporâneas, Ribeira Grande (PT)
Ordonez-Falcon Collection (ES)
Orient Foundation (PT)
Juliao Sarmento Collection (PT)
José Carlos Santana Pinto Collection (PT)
Jason Associates Collection (PT)
Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection (PT)
Alfredo Hertzog da Silva Collection (PT)

SOLO SHOWS

2022

Words don’t come easy, Galeria Bruno Múrias, Lisbon (PT)

2021

upright, cur. Gregory Lang, Irène Laub Gallery, Brussels (BE)

2020

Return to Sender, Porta 14, Lisbon (PT)
I can’t see you, but i know you’re here
, Galeria Bruno Múrias, Lisbon (PT)

2019

Unsettling Affairs, cur. Ana Anacleto, Colégio das Artes, Coimbra (PT)

2018

Landscape for the Vanished, Galeria Bruno Múrias, Lisbon (PT)

2017

Spectateur Eternel, cur. Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues, Irène Laub Gallery, Brussels (BE)

Spectateur Eternel, The Room, Lisbon (PT)

 

2016

Walking Distance, cur. João Pinharanda. MAAT Museu de Arte, Arquitectura e Tecnologia, Lisbon (PT)

Interruptions and Imperfections, Galeria Fonseca Macedo, Azores (PT)

2015

Bom Vôo / Good Flight, Sala Fidalga, Paulo Reis Residency, São Paulo (BR)

In the desert, you cant remember your name, Galeria Fernando Santos, Oporto (PT)

2014

À Luz Sincera do Dia, cur. João Silvério, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas (PT)

Passagem de Nível, cur. João Silvério. Invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin (DE)

2013

The American Sunset, Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisbon (PT)

As Far as I Can See, Travessa da Ermida, Lisbon (PT)

2012

Par Terre, Espace Photographique Contretype, Brussels (BE)

If you`re going through hell, keep going, Galeria José Robles, Madrid (ES)

2011

If youre going through hell, keep going, Invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin (DE)

New City, Martin Mertens Galerie, Munich (DE)

Self-Portrait while thinking, Project Room, Galeria Fernando Santos, Oporto (PT)

2010

Programa 6, cur. by Paulo Reis, Carpe Diem Art & Research, Lisbon (PT)

Dissonance, Galerie Sans Titre, Brussels (BE)

New City, cur. by José Drummond, AFA Gallery, Macao (CN)

2009

Lumen, cur. by Paulo Reis, Light interventions, Rio de Janeiro (BR)

Cabin Fever, Appleton Square, Lisbon (PT)

2008

Life in a bush of ghosts, Invaliden1 Gallery, Berlin (DE)

2007

Scarface, Galeria Adhoc, Vigo (ES)

2006

Avalon, Vera Cortês Agência de Arte, Lisboa (PT)

Walkabout, Invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin. (DE)

Pequeños Problemas, cur. by Seve Penelas, Sala Minerva, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (ES)

2005

Ten years looking forward to see you, cur. by Sergio Mah, Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisbon (PT)

AC#4., cur. by Miguel Amado and Filipa Oliveira, Galeria Arte Contempo, Lisbon (PT)

2004

Loneliness comes from one, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Oporto (PT)

Studio Contents, Sala Poste- Ite, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Oporto (PT)

Project Room, cur. by Miguel Amado, C.A.V Centro de Artes Visuais de Coimbra, Coimbra (PT)

2003

Identidades, Continuação #4, cur. João Pinharanda. S.N.B.A. Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon (PT)

Its not romantic to be romantic, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (DE)

2002

Ambos, Poste-ite, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Oporto (PT)

1999

Ten Years Looking forward to see you, Galeria Lino António, Lisbon (PT)

Entrada/Saída. Art Attack, cur. by Pedro Falcão, Museu da Cerâmica, Caldas da Raínha (PT)

1996

Ambulant, Galeria Lino António, Lisbon (PT)

1995

Pausa, Boqueirão da praia da Galé, Lisbon (PT)

1994

Nove dias cento e quarenta quilómetros, Boqueirão da Praia da Galé, Lisbon (PT)

GROUP SHOWS

2023

Pintura sem Fim, Brotéria, Lisbon (PT)

FPM #4 – Bons, menos Bons e outros Sobreviventes (Good, less Good and other Survivors), PLMJ, Lisboa (PT)

Imaginar Futuros, Arquipélago – CAC, Ribeira Grande (PT)

2022

Le pas suspendu, Irène Laub Gallery, Brussels (BE)

corpo, corpo, corpo, Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisbon (PT)

How design sounds, Forum Arte Braga, Braga (PT)

2021

Vertigo, Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra (PT)

FLORA, cur. Sara Antónia Matos and Pedro Faro, Museu Júlio Pomar, Lisbon (PT)

First Come First Served, Azan – Tomáz Hipólito Studio, Lisbon (PT)

2020

Thread, Galeria Bruno Múrias, Lisbon (PT)

Photographic works from the PLMJ Foundation
Collection, cur João Silvério, Lisbon (PT)

2019

1/3 MEELPRESS, Bermonsey Project Space, London (GB)

Art in motion, cur. Jorge Simões,  Museu de Arte de Macau, Macao (CH)

Língua Franca, cur. Rui Farinha, Instituto Cultural de Macau, Macao (CH)

Achrome, Irène Laub Gallery, Brussels (BE)

De outros espaços, cur. João Silvério and Pedro Gadanho Galeria Municipal do Porto (PT)

Constellations: A choreography of Minimal Gestures, cur. Ana Rito and Hugo Barata, Berardo Museum, Lisbon (PT)

Undercover, FEA Festival, Lisbon (PT)

2018

Variations Portugaises, CAC, Meymac (FR)

Escala 1:1, Tabacalera, Madrid (ES)

Politics of Discontent, Irène Laub Gallery, Brussels (BE)

GERMINAL- O núcleo Cabrita Reis na Colecção de Arte Fundação EDP, cur. Pedro Gadanho and Ana Anacleto, MAAT,  Lisbon / Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto (PT)

On Paper, Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto (PT)

Prazer Do Espírito E Do Olhar – Paisagem e Viagem em Arte Portuguesa da Coleção Arquipélago, Museu de Santa Maria. Ilha de Santa Maria (PT)

Paradisaea Lux Fragil, cur. Fernando Brízio. Hub Criativo do Beato, Lisbon (PT)

Meelpress / Bat bon à tirer, Appleton Square, Lisbon (PT)

Prazer do Esperito e do Orlar, Museu Graciosa, Santa Cruz da Graciosa (PT)

Distorção Inerente, Bruno Murias, Lisbon (PT)

2017

Library of Love, Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinatti, Ohio (US)

Specchio Paulo Reis, cur. David Barro, DIDAC, Santiago de Compostel (ES)

Colecção Moderna. Potugal Em Flagrante, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (PT)

Fifty-fifty, cur. Sergio Fazenda Rodrigues, Galeria Miguel Nabinho, Lisbon, (PT)

Wanderings, cur. Gregory Lang, Cristina Guerra Gallery, Lisbon (PT)

We’ve got Balls, Millenium Estoril Open, Estoril (PT)

Uma Colecção : Um Museu / 2007 – 2017, cur. João Silvério, MACE – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas. Elvas, (PT)

Da Fuga e do Encontro: Inversões do Olhar, cur. Sergio Fazenda Rodrigues, Espaço Novo Banco, Lisbon (PT)

O tempo inscrito – Memória, Hiato e Projecção, cur Sergio Fazenda Rodrigues, Espaço Quartel, Abrantes, (PT)

2016

Portugal, Portugueses, cur. Emanoel Araújo. Museo Afro Brasil, São Paulo (BR)

Autores Lusófonos na Colecção da Fundação PLMJ, cur.  João Silvério. Centro Cultural de Maputo (MZ)

Da Fuga e do Encontro: Inversões do Olhar, Obras da Colecção de Fotografia Contemporânea do Novo Banco, cur.  Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues, Espaço Novo Banco, Lisbon (PT)

Estado de Alerta, cur. Leonor Nazaré, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (PT)

2015

O Espírito de cada época, cur. Rejane Cintrão, Insitituto figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto (BR)

O que vc vê não é o que vc percebe, cur. Alfredo Hertzog, Emma Thomas Gallery, São Paulo (BR)

Reflexiones, cur. Christina Ferreira Andrade, Colección CGAC, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela (ES)

Festival dos Jardins Efémeros, cur. Isabel Nogueira, Viseu (PT)

15 Anos, cur. João Silvério, Galeria Fonseca Macedo, Ponta Delgada (PT)

Lisbon Light / Luz de Lisboa, cur. Ana Eiró e Acácio de Almeida, Museum of Lisboa Torreão Poente, Lisbon (PT)

Usine de Rêve, cur. Ana Anacleto, Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian, CAV Centro de Artes de Coimbra, Coimbra (PT)

Afinidades Electivas. Julião Sarmento Coleccionader, cur. Delfim Sardo. Fundação EDP, Lisbon (PT)

Pontos Colaterais, cur. João Silvério, Centro das Artes Contemporâneas Arquipélago. São Miguel, Azores (PT)

2014

Hospitalidade, cur. Miguel von Haffe Perez, CGAC. Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea. Santiago de Compostela (ES)

China? Far away so close!, cur. José Drummond, Photo Docks, Lyon (FR)

Where is China?, cur. José Drummond, Luís Alegre and Nuno Aníbal Figueiredo, Beijing World Art Museum, Beijing (CN)

Artistas Invitados, 10 años en Joaquin Loriga, Galeria Adhoc, Vigo (ES)

Onde é a China ?, cur. José Drummond, Luís Alegre and Nuno Aníbal Figueiredo, Fundação Oriente, Lisbon (PT)

Phänomen, Martin Mertens Galerie, Berlin (DE)

2013

Caution! Things may appear different then they are, cur. Susanne Prinz, Offen Auf, AEG. Nuremberg (DE)

Super8, cur. Reynold Reynolds, MAM Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro (BR)

Territórios de Transição #11, A Experiência do Silêncio, Obras da Colecção, cur. Luis Serpa, BES Arte Finança, Lisbon (PT)

Picturing Places Around the World, Video Works from the collection of Video Forum at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, cur. Kathrin Becker, BB NCCA, Kaliningrad (RU)

Visões do Desterro, cur. Filipe Scovino and Jorge Espinho, Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro (BR)

Love Triangle, cur. Steffanie Hessler. Goethe Institute. Stockholm (SE)

Sob o Signo de Amadeo, Um século de Arte, cur. Leonor Nazaré. CAM, Fundação Calouste Gubenkian, Lisbon (PT)

Dysraphic City, cur. Patricia Rosas, Node Center Resident Curators, Projektraum Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin (DE)

2012

Riso / Laughter, cur. João Pinharanda, Museu da Electricidade, Sala de Exposições, Lisbon (PT)

You and Eye, Cartografias Existenciales e Itinerarios Urbanos, cur. Ada Azor, Centro Cultural Plaza, El vedado, Havana (CU)

Unfinished Journeys, cur. Sabrina van der Ley and Andrea Koksnes, Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, Arkitektur og design, Oslo (NO)

Miradas Cinematográficas, cur. Mónica Maneiro, Colección CGAC, Centro Torrente Ballester de Ferrol, Galiza (ES)

Super8, cur. Reynold Reynolds, Yerba Buena Center for the Art, San Francisco (US)

Colecçao Permanente, cur. Isabel Carlos, CAM-Centro de Arte Moderna – Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (PT)

2011

International Video Festival, Galeria de Exposições Temporárias da Fundação Oriente, Macao (MO)

Overseas, cur. Vladov Velkov, Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg (DE)

Super8, cur. Reynold Reynolds, Galeria Cristopher Grimes, Los Angeles (US)

Null Portrait, cur. Anna Geuder, Galeria Zink, Berlin (DE)

Alive She Cried, cur. Reynold Reyonlds, Galeria Zink, Berlin (DE)

Festival SOS 4.8, cur. David Barro, Murcia (ES)

Hall of Fame, Jugada a 3 bandas, cur. Virginia Torrente, Galeria Jose Robles, Madrid (ES)

Colecção Permanente, cur. Isabel Carlos, CAM Centro de Arte Moderna – Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (PT)

Hall of Fame / Jugada a 3 Bandas, cur. Virginia Torrente, José Robles Gallery, Madrid (ES)

2010

Leerstellen, cur. by Sabrina van der Ley, Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Lisbon (PT)

Impressiones y comentarios, Fotografia contemporánea portuguesa, cur. by João Fernandes, Sala Parpalló, Valencia (ES)

Impressiones y comentarios, Fotografia contemporánea portuguesa, cur. by João Fernandes, Fundacion FOTO Colectania, Barcelona (ES)

Filme e Vídeo na Colecção do CAM, cur. Leonor Nazaré, Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão, Lisbon (PT)

Tirésias – Video de Artistas Made in Portugal, cur. Dinis Guarda, Centro Cultural de España, Montevideo (UY)

Da outra margem do Atlântico – alguns exemplos de video e da fotografia portuguesa, cur. Paulo Reis, Centro de Artes Helio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro (BR)

2009

Contemporary Hungarian Photography, 2009 Extended View, cur. Peter Lowas, City Gallery, Pécs (HU)

Do séc. XVII ao séc. XXI: além tempo, dentro do Museu, cur. Fátima Lambert, Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto (PT)

ZEIGEN, Eine Audiotour durch Berlin, cur. Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin (DE)

Desdibujados, cur. Jesus Alcaide, Fundacion Rafel Boti, Sala Puerta Nueva, Córdoba (ES)

Por entre a Ficção e a Realidade, cur. Maria do Mar Fazenda, BES Arte & Finança, Lisbon (PT)

Comunidad Ficticia, cur. Paz Guevara, Matucana 100, Santiago (CL)

P.A.L (Linea de Accion Permanente), cur. Miguel A. Fuentes Torres, Ciudadela (El Horno), Pamplona (ES)

Berlin change plus vite que mon ceur, Images mouvants pour une vision actuelle, cur. Paz Guevara, Saint Sauveur Station, Lille (FR)

Building Berlin, cur. Germaine Koh, Kitchner-Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo (CA)

Invaliden1, T20 Gallery, Murcia (ES)

Lá Fora, cur. João Pinharanda, Museu da Electricidade, Central Tejo, Lisbon (PT)

2008

BES Arte, Colecção Banco Espírito Santo, O presente: Uma dimensão infinita, cur. Maria de Corraland Lorena Martinez de Corral, CCB. Belém Cultural Center, Lisbon (PT)

Checkpoint Berlin, cur. Kathrin Becker and Karinne Vonna, Villa du parc, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Annemasse (FR)

Lá Fora, cur. João Pinharanda, Museu da Presidência da Républica, Viana do Castelo (PT)

Works from the collection, cur. Jorge Molder, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (PT)

Parangolé, Fragmentos desde los noventa en Espana, Portugal e Brasil, cur. Paulo Reis and David Barro, Museu Patio Herreriano, Valladolid (ES)

Itinerários.2006/2007, Fundacion Marcelino Botin, Santander (ES)

2007

Wir haben keine Probleme, cur.  Morten Kvamme and Solveig Ovstebo, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (NO)

Où? Scènes du Sud, cur. Francoise Cohen, Carré d’Art – Musée d’Art Contemporain de Nîmes, Nîmes (FR)

Instantes da Memória, cur. António Veiga Pinto, Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon (PT)

Cinquenta Anos de Arte Portuguesa, cur. Raquel Henriques da Silva, Ana Ruivo, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (PT)

O Banquete, cur. Paulo Reis, Vera Cortês Agência de Arte, Lisbon (PT)

25 Frames por Segundo – Videos da Colecção da Fundação PLMJ, cur. Miguel Amado, S.Jorge Cinema, Lisbon (PT)

2006

Jeune Creation Europeenne, cur. Fátima Lambert, Montrouge (FR), Klalpeda (LT), Salzburg (AT), Genova (IT), L´Hospitalet (ES), Amarante (PT)

A Partir da Colecção, cur. Jorge Molder, Centro de Arte Moderna. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (PT)

Invisible Cities, cur. Sabrina Van Der Ley and Markus Richter, Zamość (PL)

Invisible Cities, cur. Sabrina van der Ley and Markus Richter, Potsdam (DE)

Le Voyage, cur. Caroline Borgeouis / Pedro Cabrita Reis, Le Plateau, Paris (FR)

26 anos, Encontros de Fotografia, cur. Delfim Sardo, C.A.V Centro de Artes Visuais de Coimbra, Coimbra (PT)

The Peninsula, cur. Heman Chong, Singapore History Museum, Singapore (SG)

2005

Memo, cur. Janos Szoboszai, ACB Galeria, Budapest (HU)

FAST, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon (KR)

New Age, cur. James Chu, Macao Museum of Art, Macao (MO)

Densidade Relativa, cur. Leonor Nazaré, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (PT)

GP031031405, cur. Miguel Amado, Pedro Oliveira Gallery, Porto (PT)

Six Ring Tones, Invaliden1 Gallery, Berlin (DE)

União Latina, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (PT)

CGAC Collection – Recent Acquisitions, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela (ES)

Extensão do Olhar. Uma Antologia Visual da Fotografia Contemporânea.
Obras da colecção da Fundação P.L.M.J. C.A.V Centro de Artes Visuais de Coimbra (PT)

Algunas figuras, Arte Contemporanea en Portugal, cur. by João Pinharanda, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City (MX)

2004

Markus Krieger and Rui Calçada Bastos, NBK Kunst Bank Gallery, Berlin (DE)

2003

Fragmentos de um Universo, cur. João Pinharanda, Centro cultural Emérico Nunes, Sines (PT)

Outras Alternativas, cur. David Barro, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Vigo (SP)

With Bashful Longing, Dead Sober, cur. Janos Szoboszai Acb Gallery, Budapest (HU)

2002

Lugares (U) tópicos, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto (PT)

2000

International Video Festival, Palácio das Galveias, Lisbon (PT)

Olhares da Contemporaneadade, Palácio da Rosa, Lisbon (PT)

1999

BM99, cur. António Cerveira Pinto, Bienal da Maia, Maia (PT)

Europe in the Box, cur. Henrik Schrat and Frank Motz. Weimar (DE), Pludiv (BG), Prague (CZ), London (GB), Bologne (IT), Helsinki (FI)

Novos Camiños, Amenaza e promessas del arte electronico, cur. Manuel Olveira, Casa das Artes, Vigo (ES)

1998

Group show, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon (PT)

Projecto Tabaqueira, Antigo Edifício da Tabaqueira, Lisbon (PT)

1996

Do Oriente, Monumental Gallery, Lisbon (PT)

SCREENINGS

2019

Corpora Aliena: Dreams and Shadows, Iklectik Art Lab, London (GB)

 

2016

Festival FUSO, cur. Jean Francois Choignet, Le Cent Quatre, Paris (FR)

Ciclo Inter-Video, Video creacion audio visual en la colección Ordoñez Falcon de fotografia, Espacio de las Artes- TEA, Tenerife (ES)

2014

Festival FUSO, Salvador da Baía (BR)

Proyector, Festival Internacional de Video, cur. José Drummond, Matadero, Madrid (ES)

2013

Chantiers d`Europe, cur. António Câmara, Theatre de la Ville, Paris (FR)

Festival FUSO, Arte Institute, New York (US)

2012

Le Voyage, Festival Internazionale del Film di Roma, cur. Simona Ducci, Maison Louis Vuitton Roma Etoile, Rome (IT)

Utopia / FUSO 2012, cur. José Drummond, Museo do Chiado, Lisbon (PT)

Entre Comissários e Curadores, Os Artistas e os Livros, cur. Fátima Lambert, Fábrica ASA,Guimarães 2012, Capital Europeia da Cultura, Guimarães (PT)

2011

Filme e Vídeo na Colecção do CAM, cur. Leonor Nazaré, MIMO Museu da Imagem em Movimento, Leiria (PT)

Summer Film Series, cur. Doris Berger, Galeria Gagosian, Los Angeles (US)

Ikono TV, Artist of the month, cur. Ikono TV, Berlin (DE)

2010

Vital International Video Art, VIVA, cur. Macu Moran, Centro Pompidou, Paris (FR)

VIVA Festival, organized by Ana de Alvear, Museu HARA, Tokyo (JP)

VIVA Festival, organized by Ana de Alvear, MUVIM Museo Valenciá de la Ilustracion de la Modernita, Valencia (ES)

2009

The City as a Stage & My Favourite Past Time, cur. Kathrin Becker and David Thorp, ARTPROJX Artists Film Club, London (GB)

Warum real wenn´s irreal auch geht?, cur. Christian Niccoli, Friendrichs in der Temporary Berliner Kunsthalle, Berlin (DE)

Festival FUSO, cur. Jean-Francois Chougnet, BES Arte&Finança, Lisbon (PT)

VIVA Festival, organized by Ana de Alvear, Teatro del Círculo de Bellas Artes de Tenerife, Canary Islands (ES)

2008

VIVA Festival, organized by Ana de Alvear, MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai (CN)

VIVA Festival, organized by Ana de Alvear, Tokyo Hara Museum, Tokyo (JP)

Vision:A, cur. Javier Duero, Instituto Cervantes, Tokyo (JP)

My favourite Pastime, cur. Kathrin Becker, Royal Academy of London, London (GB)

E-Flux Video Rental, organized by Anton Vidokle and Julieta Aranda, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (PT)

Vision:A, cur. Javier Duero. Instituto Cervantes, Stockholm (SE)

2007

Vision:A, cur. Javier Duero, Art Beijing, Beijing (CN)

Vision:A, cur. Javier Duero, InVideo Festival, Milano (IT)

Vision:A, cur. Javier Duero, Arte Brasil, Brasilia (BR)

Spaces, Territories, cur. Kathrin Becker, Museum of Vojvodina, Novi Sad (RS)

Hybrid Praxen: Mixing, Sampling, Blending, cur. Doris Berger, NBK, Berlin (DE)

Berlin Calling, cur. Kathrin Becker, Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Siberia (RU)

Video Program, cur. Steinar Sekkingstad, Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (NO)

All That I Am, cur. Kathrin Becker, International Video Art from the Collection of the NBK Video-Forum, Berlin (DE)

Centre for Contemporary Art, Chisinau (MD)

Portugal in Motion Film and Video Screenings, cur. Miguel Amado, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington (US)

Art Summer University, cur. Manuel Saiz, Tate Modern, London (GB)

The Last Evidence of the Drowning of the One Left with Thoughts of Dissolution and Gloom, Vera Cortês Agência de Arte, Lisbon (PT)

2005

Berlin Video Artists, cur. Kathrin Becker, Tamayo Museum, México City (MX)

Del Zero al 2005, cur. David Barro, Fundacion Marcelino Botin, Santander (ES)

2004

Depicting Love, cur. Montse Badia, Eiszeitkino, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (DE)

Centro de Arte Rainha Sofia, Madrid, Centro Párraga, Murcia (ES)

Slip Role.Artists in Character, cur. by Laura Bruce, Castlefield Galllery, Manchester (GB)

Bergstuebl PROJEKTE, Bergstuebel Gallery, Berlin (DE)

The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (GB)

Folly, Lancaster (GB)

PRIZES

2011

First Prize – VAFA, International Video Festival, Macao (CN)

2008

Fundação Oriente, Lisbon (PT)

2006

Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander (ES)

2005

Nominated for the União Latina Prize (PT)

2004

Arbeitstipendium der Senatsverweltung fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur, Berlin (DE)

RESIDENCIES

2019

Officina Mundi,  Avis (PT)

2007

Art Summer University, Tate Modern, London (GB)

2006

Video Workshop, Macau Museum of Art, Macau (CN)