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João Vasco Paiva

1979, Coimbra (PT).

Lives and works between Lisbon (PT) and Hong Kong (HK).

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Biography

EDUCATION

2006 - 2008

Master in Fine Arts - Creative Media, with distinction. School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HK).

2000 - 2004

Bachelor in Fine Arts - Painting. Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Porto (PT).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

3/4. Cidade Pre0cupada 2023, organised by Oficinas do Convento, Casa Branca (PT).

2021

Placid For A While. Zona Mista, London (UK).

EXOLINGUISTICS. Lehmann + Silva, Porto (PT).

2017

Room Service. Absolut Art Bar, Hong Kong (HK).

.Connecting. Com Irini Miga, PRACTICE, New York (US).

2016

Green Island. Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong (HK).

Benches, Stairs, Ramps, Ledges, Ground. Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York (US).

CARGO. MNAC: Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado, Lisbon (PT).

2015

Unlimited. MAAP Space, Brisbane (AU).

Dormant Fabric. Counter Space, Zurich (CH).

2014

Cast Away. Casa Garden - Fundação Oriente, Macau (MO).

2013

Near and Elsewhere. Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong (HK).

Objects Encrypted. Goethe Institut, Hong Kong (HK).

2011

Palimpseptic. Saamlung Gallery, Hong Kong (HK).

Forced Empathy - Anchored Monument I. Experimenta, Hong Kong (HK).

2010

Sea of Mountains. ParaSite, Hong Kong (HK).
Experiments on the Notation of Shapes. Input Output Gallery, Hong Kong (HK).
Chirps. Videotage, Hong Kong (HK).

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Abril Vermelho. Curated by Miguel Von Hafe Pérez, Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra (PT).

ARCOmadrid 2024. Lehmann + Silva, Madrid (ES).

2023

ARCOlisboa 2023. Lehmann + Silva, Lisbon (PT).

2022

Artissima 2022. Lehmann + Silva, Turin (IT).
ARCOmadrid 2022. Lehmann + Silva, Madrid (ES).

2021

Cut Down the Middle. Curated by Cláudia Pestana in dialogue with João Vasco Paiva, Galeria da Av. da Índia, Galerias Municipais de Lisboa, Lisbon (PT).

2020

Tales of a City. Denny Dimin Gallery, New York (US).

arquivo de destruição: Departamento de IEC. By Pedro Lagoa, curated by Bruno Marchand, Culturgest (online), Lisbon (PT).

2019

Condo London. Kate MacGarry Gallery, London (UK).

Dreams, Illusions, Phantom Flowers. Elephant West, London (UK).

Heap of Language. Tai Kwun– Centre for Heritage and Arts, Hong Kong (HK).

2018

Bold2018. Bold Tendencies, London (UK).

Aquatopia. CFCCA, Manchester (UK).

D-Tale, Videos from the Pearl River Delta. Times Art Centre, Berlin (DE).

2017

Polyrhytmia. Castlefield Gallery, Manchester (UK).

FIAC Hors les Murs. Jardin des Tuleries / Museu do Louvre, Paris (FR).

misty clouds, scaterred colours. Sapzio Ridotto, Venice (IT).

Scraggly Beard Grandpa. Capsule, Shangai (CN).

City Limits. M+ / Broadway Cinematheque, Hong Kong (HK).

Left Overs. With Andreia Santana, HANGAR, Lisbon (PT).

2016

Time Test. Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (CN).

2015

Mausoleu. Encounters, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HK).

Both Sides Now II – It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Chronus Art Center, Ray Art Center, Newcastle (UK); chi K11 art space, Shangai (CN).

Connecting Spaces. British Council, Hong Kong (HK); Fabrica, Brighton (UK); Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth (UK); Institute of Contemporary Art, London (UK).

LANDSEASKY. Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN).

Invisible Light. Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong (HK).

LOOP. Casa Asia, Barcelona (ES).

2014

A few reasons for a non-dismissive art. Laboratório das Artes, Guimaraes (PT).

Gestern. Lichtenberg Studios, Berlin (DE).

LANDSEASKY. Artsonje Center, Seoul (KR); OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shangai (CN); MAAP Space, Brisbane (AU); Guangzhou Museum, Guangzhou (CN).

The Part in the Story. Witte de With, Roterdam (NL).

Latent Spaces. Haw Par Villa, Singapore (SG).

2013

Vladivostok Biennale. Vladivostok (RU).

Paper Rain. Com Arto Lindsay, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HK).

The Decelerator. European House of Art of Upper Bavaria, Freising (DE).

The Decelerator. SUDLAB, Naples (IT).

Living as Art Form. Independent Curators International, New York (US).

2012

Hong Kong Eye. Saatchi Gallery, London (UK).

Living as Art Form. Videotage, Hong Kong (HK).

Performing the Archipelago. Asia Art Archive, Spring Workshop, Hong Kong (HK).

rites, thoughts, notes, sparks, swings, strikes. a hong kong spring. ParaSite Art Space, Hong Kong (HK).

What should I do to live your life. Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah (AE).

The Fourth State of Water: From Micro to Macro. Center of Contemporary Art, Torun (PL).

2011

Future Nostalgia. Shenzen Architecture Biennale, Idutang Project Space, Shenzhen (CN).

Immersive Surfaces. Dumbo Arts Festival, New York (US).

The Creators Project. Ullens Center of Contemporary Art, Beijing (CN).

Seoul International New Media Festival. Seoul (KR).

New Media Archeology II. Videotage, Hong Kong (HK).

Unit for Sound Practice and Research. Goldsmiths University, London (UK).

Nuits Sonores. Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon (FR).

Writing of the Wall. Kunsthalle Kowloon, ArtHK, Hong Kong (HK).

New Media Archeology. Videotage, ArtHK, Hong Kong (HK).

Imaginary Belongings. Museu do Oriente, Lisbon (PT).

Special Projects. Hong Kong Artwalk, Hong Kong (HK).

The Decelerator. allannederpelt fine arts, New York (US).

The Decelerator. Sur La Montagne, Berlin (DE).

The Decelerator. Videospace, Budapest (HU).

Double Happiness. Meet Factory, Prague (CZ).

Writing Machine Collective. Y-Square, Hong Kong (HK).

2010

Experimenta Mostra de Videoarte. SESC, Sao Paulo (BR).

Against Easy Listening. 1a Space, Hong Kong (HK).

The Creators Project. 798 Space, Beijing(CN).

Sigma. Osage Gallery, Hong Kong (HK).

The Conditional Form of the Real. Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture, Moscow (RU).

Moscow International Young Art Biennial. National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow (RU).

Hong Kong Biennial Awards. Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong (HK).

Unmeasured Music. Input/Output Gallery, Hong Kong (HK).

2009

Microwave International New Media Art Festival. Hong Kong (HK).

London International Festival of Exploratory Music. London (UK).

Architecture is Discourse with Music. Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Hong Kong (HK).

FILE Hipersônica. Festival Internacional da Linguagem Eletrônica. Sao Paulo (BR).

Athens Video Art Festival. Athens (GR).

2008

Cities of Desire. CityTransit, Vienna (AT).

Waterland Kwanying. 2Kolegas, Beijing (CN).

Hong Kong & Shenzhen Architecture and Urbanism Bienniale. Hong Kong (HK).

AWARDS

Grants and Awards

2015

Sovereign Asian Art Prize (finalist), The Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong Kong (HK).

2012

Internationalization Support Grant, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (PT).

2011

Emerging Artist Grant, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong (HK).

2010

Hong Kong Biennial Awards, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong (HK).

2009

Best Creative Work Award, High Jacking Public Spaces, InMedia, Hong Kong (HK).

2006 - 2008

Research Grant, Fundação Oriente (PT).

RESIDENCIES

2019

Red Gate Gallery / Triangle Network, Beijing (CN).

2017

HANGAR Centro de Investigação Artística, Lisbon (PT).

2016

PRACTICE, New York (US).

2015

ZhDK + City of Zurich, Zurich (CH).

Artspace, Sidney (AU).

2014

Lichtenberg Studios, Berlin (DE).

2010

Fuse Artist in Residence, Videotage, Hong Kong (HK).

MAIN COLLECTIONS

Porto Municipal Art Collection (PT).
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire (UK).

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing (CN).
M+ Museum, Hong Kong (HK).

Various

Colaborations

Paper Rain with Arto Lindsay, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HK).

The Decelerator with Alexandre Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten), exhibition, dvd, several locations.

Noise to Signal with Zbigniew Karkowsky, performance, digital release, Hong Kong (HK).

Unlimited with Vagus Nerve (Li Jiahong + Wei Wei), video for MAAP Space, Brisbane (AU).

CatWalk with Nadim Abbas, Hong Kong Art Walk, Hong Kong (HK).

TEACHING

2020

Guest Lecturer: China Academy of Art, Hangzhou (CN).

2010 - 2012

Lecturer: Hong Kong Art School - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Hong Kong (HK) / Melbourne (AU).

2008 - 2010

Lecturer: School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HK).

2007 - 2008

Teaching Assistant: School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (HK).

TALKS

2012

What Could I do to Live your Life. Architecture Department, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah (AE).

2011

Ecological Reduction. Department of Musicology, Goldsmiths University, London (UK).

2010

Telematic Art. Calgary University, Calgary (CA).

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