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HORÁCIO FRUTUOSO
JAN 2016

Mobile Uploads [Moodboard], 2015

Horácio Frutuoso (1991) work and lives in Oporto, Portugal. Has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Fine Arts in Oporto and professional formation in glass production technics from Cencal ­ Marinha Grande. Was in 2012 a founding member of the collectives Expedição and Sintoma, both with activity in Oporto and focused in reactivating the artistic practice in the city and the investment in artists, with a program based in the intersection of different generations of local and international artists. Has been actively involved and produced some projects with other artists and collectives since 2010, like DrumondFrutuoso or Painel. In the production of his work draws on various media, with a special interest in painting and performance.

UPCOMING - EXHIBITION

GONÇALO PRETO
JAN 2016

Guidelines
Oil on Wood
100 x 70 cm
2015

Gonçalo Preto, born in Lisbon in 1991, completed a BFA in Product Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon, having studied for 10 months at Kassel Kunsthochschule (GER) whitin the Erasmus program, where he regained the interest for the drawing practice, thanks to the freedom of the educational system. In late 2012 he moved to Berlin, where he lived and worked during 12 months, and developed a wide body of work mostly composed by ink on paper and printmaking techniques. In  January 2014, he moved to San Francisco, CA (USA) to start his second BFA in Fine Arts - Painting at the Academy of Art University. His work as been shown in Portugal, Germany and the United States of America. Currenlty lives and works in Lisbon.

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FILIPA TOJAL
JAN 2016

Blue Gardens [Exhibition View], 2015

Filipa Tojal, born in 1993, completed a BA in Fine Arts – Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Oporto, Portugal, having also studied for six months at Middlesex University, London UK, where she developed her interest in drawing and printmaking. As a painter, her work reflects on the pictorial capabilities of nature and in the conception of environments and emotional states. In 2014 she did an artistic residence in Île d’Ouessant, France, where she could understand her own connection to nature and landscape. Right now lives and works between Oporto, Portugal and Piedmont, Italy, while preparing her trip to Japan, where she will proceed her studies in a Master in Painting.

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FILIPA ROQUE
JAN 2016

O Lugar das Coisas
Acrylic and Pencil on Paper
40 x 50 cm
2015

Lives and works in Lisbon. BA in Painting (2012) and Communication Design (2008) at Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon. Artist selected for several art competitions, such as Jovens Criadores 2012 (Cascais), Art < 30 2012 (Sala Parés, Galeria Trama, Barcelona), XVI Call (Galéria Luis Adelantado, 2015, Valencia). Was a resident artist at the 17th Cerveira Biennial (2013) and Budapest Galéria (Lisbon Budapest Interchange Program, 2014). In 2015, exhibited the project Desenhos Longos, at Galeria Quadrum, Lisbon. Continues working in painting and drawing, focusing on the playful articulation of lines, forms and surfaces. 

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DIOGO BOLOTA
JAN 2016

Pelikan, 2015

Diogo Bolota, born in Lisbon, moved to London in 2013. Making a BA in Architecture at FA-UTL influenced his conception of drawing practice. A special interest for drawing and painting made him go to England to continue his studies in arts which were first started before architectural studies in FBAUL. There, he did a Master in Drawing at University of Arts of London which terminated in September 2013. His approach to work, in a fine art context, mixtures the knowledge acquired at FBAUL and at FA-UTL. In the past two years, among other projects, he participated in Canto Chanfrado (Avenida 211), he did Sabotage at Maus Hábitos (Porto) and a project room at A Cunha (Lisbon).