JOÃO FERRO MARTINS
JOÃO FERRO MARTINS was born in 1979 in Santarém. Completed Visual Arts Studies at E.S.A.D. Caldas da Rainha where he begins is work in painting, drawing and photography. Lives in Lisbon since 2003 where is work achieves tridimensional and sonorous dimension. He also develops several actions with the use of music, performance and video.
Took part in various exhibitions from which stand out: EDP Foundation "10th Edition of Novos Artistas EDP Prize" / EDP Porto Foundation Gallery and Casa da Música, Porto; “Visões do Desterro”, Caixa Cultural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro; “I wish this was a song, Music in Contemporary Art”, Nasjonalmuseet, Museet for samtidskunst, Oslo; “MNAA Olhares Contemporâneos”, National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon; “Junho das Artes”, Óbidos Municipal Museum, Óbidos; “A secreta vida das palavras”, Sines Art Centre, Sines; “7 Artistas ao 10º Mês”, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, amongst other. Individually stand out: “La cosa che vuoi dirmi è bella o brutta?” / 3+1 Contemporary Art, Lisbon; “reprise” / Fernando Santos Gallery, espaço Padaria Independente, Porto; “Ficção Científica” / Concorde Atelier, Lisbon; “F.O.R.M.E.L.” (Faux, Ordinaire, Revêche, Manipulateur, Egoïste, Lascif) / Caroline Pagès Gallery, Lisbon; “From L to L and back again” (João Ferro Martins and Ruth Proctor) / The Mews, Project Space, London; “Mistifório” / Reflexus Contemporary Art, Porto; “Falsete” / Espaço Avenida 211 / Sala Bebé, Lisbon.
Took part in various exhibitions from which stand out: EDP Foundation "10th Edition of Novos Artistas EDP Prize" / EDP Porto Foundation Gallery and Casa da Música, Porto; “Visões do Desterro”, Caixa Cultural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro; “I wish this was a song, Music in Contemporary Art”, Nasjonalmuseet, Museet for samtidskunst, Oslo; “MNAA Olhares Contemporâneos”, National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon; “Junho das Artes”, Óbidos Municipal Museum, Óbidos; “A secreta vida das palavras”, Sines Art Centre, Sines; “7 Artistas ao 10º Mês”, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, amongst other. Individually stand out: “La cosa che vuoi dirmi è bella o brutta?” / 3+1 Contemporary Art, Lisbon; “reprise” / Fernando Santos Gallery, espaço Padaria Independente, Porto; “Ficção Científica” / Concorde Atelier, Lisbon; “F.O.R.M.E.L.” (Faux, Ordinaire, Revêche, Manipulateur, Egoïste, Lascif) / Caroline Pagès Gallery, Lisbon; “From L to L and back again” (João Ferro Martins and Ruth Proctor) / The Mews, Project Space, London; “Mistifório” / Reflexus Contemporary Art, Porto; “Falsete” / Espaço Avenida 211 / Sala Bebé, Lisbon.
