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Artist Statement:
Having recently spent 4 years
in Borneo it is inevitable
that the tropical rainforest
and tales of maritime
exploration continue to be
reflected in my current work.
Indeed, travel and
displacement condition my work
- the many places I lived in
throughout my childhood and
those others my chronic
wanderlust has ...
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Artist Galleries:
presently - none
galeria da praça, porto,
1996/1998
arcada gallery, estoril,
1990/1993
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Artist Reviews:
catalogue texts:
[*]submersion and flight -
text by portuguese artist Lima
de Freitas for the first solo
exhibition in 1987:
My forays into the realm of
"artistic teaching" - an
unfortunate description - have
been many throughout the
years; in truth no one teaches
no one, especially in the
complex and sensitive domain
...
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Collections:
private collectors in europe:
mostly portugal, france,
germany, switzerland, uk +
private collectors in
australia, bahrain, brunei,
hong kong, malaysia,
singapore, u.s.a.
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Commissions:
Panel [500cm x 350cm]
commissioned for the altar of
the church of our lady of
ascension in portela de santa
iria, near lisbon
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Artist Galleries:
presently - none
galeria da praça, porto,
1996/1998
arcada gallery, estoril,
1990/1993
...
Further Information
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Artist Reviews:
catalogue texts:
[*]submersion and flight -
text by portuguese artist Lima
de Freitas for the first solo
exhibition in 1987:
My forays into the realm of
"artistic teaching" - an
unfortunate description - have
been many throughout the
years; in truth no one teaches
no one, especially in the
complex and sensitive domain
...
Further Information
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Collections:
private collectors in europe:
mostly portugal, france,
germany, switzerland, uk +
private collectors in
australia, bahrain, brunei,
hong kong, malaysia,
singapore, u.s.a.
...
Further Information
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Commissions:
Panel [500cm x 350cm]
commissioned for the altar of
the church of our lady of
ascension in portela de santa
iria, near lisbon
...
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Exhibitions for Jose Freitas Cruz:
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having shown his work for the first time in a group show at the fortress of cascais in 1985, freitas cruz has since taken part in countless collective and group shows in germany, chile, india, portugal and brunei:
EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED COLLECTIVE & GROUP SHOWS :
2007
october: with [OD] artists rui aço & fernando vidal - Ordem dos Médicos, lisbon, portugal
2006
september: with artists pedro pinto coelho and luís bivar - Quebramar event, cascais marina, portugal
november: [OD] resident artists' exhibition - [OD] gallery, cascais, portugal
2005
february: 'the fruits of the rainbow tree' with artists lena bosch and herwig bayerl - empireArt gallery, brunei
march: [x?] artists - one boat. empireArt gallery, brunei
2004
january: artforum / brunei 2004 - the art gallery - brunei national museum, bandar seri begawan, brunei
june: inaugural exhibition - empireArt gallery, bandar seri begawan, brunei
2003
inaugural exhibition/gallery artists - rainforest gallery, bandar seri begawan, brunei
2002
guests in brunei - the art gallery - brunei national museum, bandar seri begawan, brunei
1998
amnesty international exhibition [in an 18th century prison] - cadeia da relação - oporto, portugal.
artexpo cascais 98 - boardwalk along the atlantic - lisbon, portugal
1997
kunst im kettenwerk, kunstverein kettenwerk (ww2 panzer production line), with artists Genia Hoffmann, Thomas Boerner and Wolfgang Block, hamburg, germany
DeGrau - inauguration exhibition, cascais, portugal
gallery artists - galeria da praça, porto
winter exhibition - convosco gallery, lisboa
1996
winter exhibition with jorge portela and other artists - artespaço gallery, cascais
1994
portarte 94, portimão
áfricamiga - [auction/exhibition] caixa geral de depósitos, lisbon
1993
portarte 93, portimão
criarte - belém cultural centre, lisbon
1991
young artists award, galeria soctip, lisbon, portugal
selected for the young artists exhibition,
casino estoril, portugal
1989
9th international art biennial of valparaíso, chile
1988
selected for the young artists exhibition,
casino estoril, estoril, portugal
1985
[fortress] cidadela de cascais, cascais, portugal
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS [only those shows where a new body of work was presented]:
2005
inspirasi - empireArt gallery, bandar seri begawan, brunei
2004
par-delà les îles aux épices/beyond the spice islands - alliance française de brunei
2003
paintings from the borneo series - the empire hotel, brunei
2000
ermida nª srª da conceicao (17th century chapel in belém), lisbon, portugal - selected works from the water series.
1999
galeria castelo maior, cascais, portugal – mysterious vortex/misterioso vórtice
1998
galeria da praça, porto, portugal – circumambulatio [text: Laura de Castro]
1996
galeria 65a, lisbon – the bridges of utopia/as pontes da utopia
1994
isabella's artroom, lisbon - the unfathomable noumenon/o insondável númeno
1993
galeria arcada, estoril, portugal – the paths that lead to the sea/os caminhos que levam ao mar
1992
galeria arcada, estoril - india 2 [text: David Mourão-Ferreira]
1990
siemensforum, lisbon – watercolours/aguarelas
1988
galeria janela verde, lisbon - india 1
1986
amoreiras complex, lisbon - first solo: submersion and flight/a submersão e o voo [text: Lima de Freitas]
PUBLIC INTERVENTION:
1994
panel for the altar of the church of our lady of the ascension in portela de st. iria near lisbon, portugal.
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