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Jose Freitas Cruz
lisbon,
Portugal
Member Since: Feb 2001
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Artist Media:
Computer Art (3)
Installation Indoor (1)
Mixed Media (48)
Painting Acrylic (102)
Painting Oil (8)
Watercolor (18)
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 ...

Further Information
Artist Galleries:
presently - none


galeria da praça, porto,
1996/1998

arcada gallery, estoril,
1990/1993


...

Further Information
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
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
Commissions:
Panel [500cm x 350cm]
commissioned for the altar of
the church of our lady of
ascension in portela de santa
iria, near lisbon

...

Further Information
Artist Galleries:
presently - none


galeria da praça, porto,
1996/1998

arcada gallery, estoril,
1990/1993


...

Further Information
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
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
Commissions:
Panel [500cm x 350cm]
commissioned for the altar of
the church of our lady of
ascension in portela de santa
iria, near lisbon

...

Further Information

Exhibitions for Jose Freitas Cruz:



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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