ANTÓNIO CARAMELO
ANTÓNIO CARAMELO was born in Angola during the Année érotique (according to a song by Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg) a time when it didn´t even existed kizomba or kuduro, only Merengue. He studied Fine Arts in Lisbon (Sculpture) and he attended a master in art and interactive communication in Barcelona, a master that is not even recognized in Spain. Currently he teaches and as he is disappointed with the education systems, he ponders to work as a bartender in Mexico. He exhibited regularly since 1999, the date coinciding with the departure of the moon from the Earth's orbit (see: TV show “Space1999”). For this reason he never exhibited on the moon, but relatively close, considering the tangible universe: "Touch me: It's about time!", Galerija Klovi?evi dvori, Zagreb, 2014, "SUL/SAL", Fundation Verbeke, Bélgica, 2014, "NÓS", Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, 2014, "Sem Quartel / Without Mercy – exhibition", Sinsmógrafo, 2014, "Febre dos Fenos / Hay Fever", Cultivamos Cultura, S. Luis, Odemira, 2014, "Collecting Collections and Concepts", Fabrica ASA, Guimarães, 2012, "Dive in", Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, 2013, "O Fim da Violência", Casa Bernardo, Caldas da Rainha, 2013, "Dreaming of a Butterfly", Bishop's Square, Spitalfields, London, UK, 2011, "Where Are You From? Contemporary Art From Portugal", Faulconer Gallery, Iowa, USA, 2008, "Toxic – o discurso do excesso", Fundição de Oeiras, 2005, "Portugal - 30 artists under 40", Stenersen Museum, Oslo, 2004, "Expect The World - video screening", Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, 2001, "Plano XXI", Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, 2000, among others.
