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JOÃO LOURO
Lisbon, Portugal, 1963
Lives and works in Lisbon.



Current Exhibitions

13.12.12 - 13.01.13: Pureza EXD’13, Convento da Trindade, Lisbon, Portugal.
02.11.12 - 03.03.13: The Return of the Real 20 – João Louro, Museu do Neorealismo, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal [solo show].
20.10.12 - 17.03.13: Riso: uma Exposição a sério, Museu da Eletricidade, Lisbon, Portugal.
23.09.12 - 06.01.13: Contested Territories, Dorsky Gallery, NY, USA.
09.05.12 - 11.01.13: Prémio Bienal de Fotografía Purificación García, several locations, Spain.



Upcoming Exhibitions


2013: Project ‘’Travessa da Ermida’’, Belém, Lisboa, Portugal [solo show].
2013: Boy meets Girl, Girl meets Boy, SOLAR – Galeria de Arte Cinemática, Vila do Conde, Portugal [solo show].
Forbidden Zone - Intervenção Artística Casal Ventoso, Lisboa, Portugal



Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011
Grand Prix, Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto, Portugal
In God We Trust, BES Arte & Finança, Lisboa, Portugal
If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change, Appleton Square, Lisbon, Portugal
Smoke and Mirrors, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal

2010
My Dark Places, Museo d’Art Contemporanea Roma (MACRO), Italy.
The Great Houdini, Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais, Bragança, Portugal.

2009
The Hustler, Centro Artes Visuais (CAV), Coimbra, Portugal. Curated by Miguel Amado.
Running with Bonnie & Clyde, Museu do Caramulo, Portugal.

2008
Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison e Elvis Presley, Galeria Fernando Santos, Oporto, Portugal.
LA Confidential, Gallery Christopher Grimes, Los Angeles, USA.

2007
Big Bang, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal.

2006
Play, Rec and Pause, Gallery Christopher Grimes, Los Angeles, USA.
João Louro, La Nuova Pesa Gallery, Rome, Italy.

2005
Naked Drawings, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal.

2004
Blind Runner, Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Lisbon, Portugal. Curated by Delfim Sardo.

2001
Epicentro, Estudo sobre a Origem das Línguas, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal.
La Pensée et l’Erreur, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain. Curated by Ferran Barenblit.
Love Scenes, Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Aplauso, Ensaio sobre os Dados Imediatos da Consciência, Serralves Foundation / Silo Cultural Space, Porto, Portugal.

2000
Runaway Car Crashed #2
, Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal. Curated by João Fernandes.
Museum of Contemporary Art (MACS), Porto, Portugal.

1999
Run Away Car Crashed #1, Cultural Centre of São Paulo (CCSP), São Paulo, Brazil.

1998
Eye of the Devil, Museum of Ceramic, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal.
Air Bag, The Return of the Real, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Museu do Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal.
Diamond Shine, Círculo Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Ibiden. Xerox after Violent Death, Cesar Galeria, Lisbon, Portugal.

1996
Tokyosony Wonder Museum, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal.

1994
News Hound, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal.
News Hound, Galerie Georges Verney-Carron, Lyon, France.
I do What Happens, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal.
Sin Servir a su Majestad, Espai Pascual Lucas, Valência, Spain.

1991
King & Kong? O que aconteceu ao Niilismo?, National Public Library, Lisbon, Portugal.


Selected Group Exhibitions


2011
O Castelo em 3 partes: Assalto, Destruição e Reconstrução, GUIMARÃES 2012 - European Capital of Culture, Portugal. Curated by Paulo Cunha e Silva.
En Obras, Arte Y Arquitectura en la Colección Teixeira de Freitas, TEA - Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Canárias, Spain.
Stories of Material Life, Visual Arts Center of Cáceres, Helga de Alvera Foundation, Spain. Curated by Delfim Sardo.
Nul Si Découvert, Le Plateau, Paris, France.
O Museu em Ruínas, MACE – Museum of Contemporary Art of Elvas, Portugal.


2010
Look Up! Natural Porto Art Show: Olhares Mutilados, Atelier Paulo Lobo, Porto, Portugal. Curated by David Barro.
Tudo o que é sólido dissolve-se no ar: o social na Colecção Berardo, MCB - Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal. Curated by Miguel Amado.
California Dreamin’ – PortugalArte10, Pavilhão Portugal – Parque das Nações, Lisbon, Portugal. Curated by Fred Hoffmann.
Like Tears in Rain, Palácio das Artes - Fábrica de Talentos, Oporto, Portugal.
2 de Copas, Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisbon, Portugal.
Jogo de Espelhos, Museu Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Colecção António Cachola, Elvas, Portugal. Curated by João Pinharanda.
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Pacific Design Centter, Santa Monica, California, USA.
A Roll of the Dice, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal.

2009
Colecção Serralves 2009, MACS – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Oporto, Portugal.
Group Show, Galeria Fernando Santos, Oporto, Portugal.
A Beleza do Erro, LxFactory, Lisboa, Portugal.
As Bright As The Sun – Entre o Céu e o Mar, Centro Cultural de Lagos, Art Algarve, Portugal.
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA.
More Songs about Images, Voyeur Project View, Lisbon, Portugal.
Garbage Pin Project, MCO Arte Contemporânea, Oporto, Portugal.

2008
Besart – Colecção Arte Banco Espírito - O presente: uma dimensão infinita, Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal. Curated by Maria de Corral e Lorena Martinez de Corral.
No Room, Gallery Christopher Grimes, Los Angeles, USA.
Parangolé - Fragmentos desde os 90: Brasil, Portugal, Espanha - Museu Patio Herreriano de Valladolid, Spain.
Ponto de Vista: Obras da Colecção Fundação PLMJ, Lisbon, Portugal.

2007
Urban Festival, Zagreb, Croatia.
Entre a Palavra e a Imagem, Cultural Santander Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

2006
Personal Views: Regarding Private Art Collections in San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, USA.
Raconte-Moi une Histoire..., Galerie Baumet Sultana, Paris, France.
Entre a Palavra e a Imaxe, Fundación Luís Seoane, Corunha, Spain.
Entre a Palavra e a Imagem, City Museum, Lisbon, Portugal.

2005
O Contrato Social, Bordalo Pinheiro Museum, Lisbon, Portugal.
Romance [a novel], Cristina Guerra, Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa.
Insite 05 — Art Practices in Public Domain, S. Diego/Tijuana, Mexico.
51st International Art — La Biennale di Venezia, The Experience of Art, Venice, Italy. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa.
Le Marathons des Mots, Toulouse, France.

2003
Into the Breach, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Liste Basel 03, Smart Project Space, Basel, Switzerland.

2002
EAST International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, United Kingdom. Curated by Lawrence Weiner and Jack Wendler.

2001
Confronto + Mistura, Freixo Power-Station, Porto, Portugal. Curated by Ricardo Basbaun.
UrbanLab, Maia Bienial, Maia, Portugal. Curated by Paulo Mendes.
Colecção Banco Privado, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art (MACS), Oporto, Portugal. Curated by João Fernandes.

2000
More Works about Buildings and Food, Oeiras Foundry, Oeiras, Portugal. Curated by Pedro Lapa.
Portuguese Contemporary Art, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
XXVI Bienal de Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. Curated by Maria Corral and Miguel Perez.

1999
Ruído, Cesar Galeria, Lisbon, Portugal. Curated by Miguel Perez

1998
Read my Lips all Guilty, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal.
Read my Lips all Guilty, 6 ème Biennale International du Film sur l'Art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.

1997
Ecos de la Materia, Museu Estremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporânea (MEIAC), Badajoz, Spain.
ICTM 97, Palácio Galveias, Lisbon, Portugal.
Ecos de la Matéria 2, Sala de las Atarazanas, Valência, Spain.
Ex. Mater, Museu Estremeño e Iberoamericano, MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain.
Art Attack, Galeria ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal.

1996
Manifesta 96, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

1995
Espectáculo, Disseminação, Deriva e Exílio? Um projecto em torno de Guy Debord, Metallurgic of Beja, Beja, Portugal.
Peninsulares, Galeria Tomas March, Valencia, Spain. Curated by João Fernandes.
Espai Antoni Estrany, Barcelona, Spain. Curated by João Fernandes.
40 ème Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, Paris, France. Curated by João Pinharanda.

1994
Imagens para os anos 90, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art (MACS), Porto and Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal.
Fet a Europa, Portugal, Centre Cultural d’Alcoi, Spain.

1993
Made in Portugal, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal.

1991
V Bienal dos Jovens do Mediterrâneo, Marseille, France.




Work Exhibitions Curriculum
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