2004
João Pedro Vale
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João Pedro Vale
João Pedro Vale’s creative path has consolidated itself through affirmation of sculpture as a privileged means of thinking about questions as diverse as national identity – including its associated myths, dramas and customs – as well as critical revisiting and interpretation of topics related to popular culture – from children’s stories to film imagery – complemented by unique attention to the complex web of affections and feelings that characterize relations in so-called post-industrial societies. The figurative drive of his work often collides with his choice of unusual materials – where form and concept merge in a process of continuous questioning of the act of reception.
Miguel von Hafe Pérez
biographic notes
João Pedro Vale was born in Lisbon in 1976. He lives and works in Lisbon.
Solo exhibitions (sel.):
2015 - Cruising Utopias (with Nuno Alexandre Ferreira), Galeria Presença, Porto.
2013 - O Efeito Werther/ The Werther Effect, Carpe Diem – Centro de Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon.
2012 - Ghob - The End Is Near, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil.
2011 - Hero, Captain and Stranger, Artprojx Cinema, SVA Theatre, New York, USA.
P-Town, We Are:, Nurture Art, Brooklyn, New York.
English As She Is Spoke, PLMJ Foundation, Lisbon.
Group exhibitions (sel.):
2014 - Acervo. Artistas Portugueses en la Colección Navacerrada, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid.
Histoires Sans Sorcière, La maison de la vache qui rit, Lons-le-Saunier, France.
Da Cartografia do Poder aos Itinerários do Saber, Museu Afro Brasileiro, São Paulo.
Largo Tempo, Museu Carlos Machado, S. Miguel, Azores.
2013 - Sincronias, MEIAC, Badajoz.
Casa Ocupada, Casa da Cerca, Almada.
Works from the Portugal Telecom Collection, Graça Morais Contemporary Art Centre, Bragança.