biography

 

 

 

António Bolota was born in Benguela (Angola, 1962) and came to Portugal in 1975. He lives and works in Bicesse. He graduated in Civil Engineering at “ISEL” (Lisbon’s Superior Institute of Engineering) between 1981 and 1985, keeping the exercise of this activity until the present time. He initiated his artistic training in Drawing and Painting between 1994 and 1998 at the School “Oficina de Artes” and at Cooperativa (Collective) “Atitude”, both in Cascais. In 2001 he integrated “ARCO” (Art and Visual Communication Center) where he continued his training and developed his knowledge in Aesthetics, Art History and Drawing Practice, until 2003. From 2004 to 2007, at the same school, he took the Sculpture course. He finished his artistic training with ARCO’s Advanced Course between 2006 and 2008. He has started his artistic practice in 2006 with the collective exhibition “Sem Título” (“Telhado”) (Translation – “No Title” “Ceiling”) at Interpress in Lisbon, keeping this practice and the exhibiting regular.

 

Carla Filipe was born in Aveiro, in 1973, and currently lives in Porto. She took a degree of Fine Arts-Sculpture by Faculdade de Belas Artes (Visual Arts’ Faculty) at Porto’s University and is a Master in “Contemporary Artistic Practices” by the same institution. In 2009/10 she won a Fundação (Foundation) Calouste Gulbenkian’s scholarship at Acme Studios in London. Carla started exhibiting in the beginning of the year 2000 and the following exhibitions were the most relevant ones: “As primas da Bulgária” (The Bulgarian Cousins) (par tone) Kunstverein Milano, Milan, 2012; “Arquivo Surdo-Mudo” (Deaf-Mute Arquive) Tranzit.Display, Prague, 2011; “Bordas de Alguidar” (The basin’s edges) Galeria Graça Brandão (Gallery), Lisbon, 2011; “Experiência Flutuante – Paisagens Gráficas” (Floating Experience – Graphic Landscapes), Galeria Nuno Centeno (Gallery), Oporto, 2011; “O povo Reunido Jamais será- representações gráficas” (The reunited people will never be- graphic representations) Museu do Neo-Realismo (Neo-realist Museum), Vila Franca de Xira, 2010; “É um espaço estranho e maravilhoso, o ar é seco, quente e insípido Precarious, escape, fascination (It’s a strange and marvelous space, the air is dry, warm and tasteless...)”, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, 2010; “Desertar” (To Desert), InTransit, Oporto, 2007; “Estas coisas levam tempo” (These things take time) Espaço Campanhã (Campanhã Space), Oporto, 2009; “Zona de Estar” (Living Area), Salão Olímpico (Olympic Saloon), Oporto, 2004. From its various collective exhibitions we should mention: Tratado de Paz (Peace Treaty): 1813. Asedio, incendio y reconstrucción de San Sebastián (curatorship Pedro G. Romero) Museo San Telmo (Museum), San Sebastian (Spain), 2013; “Redundancy”, GFLK, Bad Tolz, 2012; “Ateliers de Rennes, Les Prairies” (curatorship by Anne Bonnin), Rennes, 2012; “Riso: uma exposição a sério” (Laugh: a serious exhibition) EDP, Lisbon, 2012; “Um diálogo da região de Múrcia com o Norte de África” (A dialogue between Murcia’s region and the North of Africa) Manifesta 8 (curatorship Tranzit.org) Murcia, 2010; “Hospitalidade” (Hospitality), São João’s Hospital, Oporto, 2009, “Está a morrer e não quer ver” (It’s dying and it doesn’t want to see), Campanhã Space, Oporto, 2009; “Part-ilha”, Spike Island, Bristol, 2008; “INTRO”, Contretype, Brussels, 2007; “Busca Pólos” (Polo Search), Vila Flor’s Cultural Center, Guimarães and Portugal’s Pavillion, Coimbra (co-production with the Art Contemporary Museum of Serralves, Oporto) 2006; “Toxic – The excess speech”, Terminal and Plano 21, Oeiras, 2005; “Pág. 133” (Page 133) Pessegos p’ra Semana, Oporto. Carla has also been greatly involved in associative activity on the development and programming for alternative spots at Oporto’s city.