Portuguese plastic artist
João Carqueijeiro
João Carqueijeiro on the International Symposium of Ceramics of
Alcobaça (Portugal), July 1987
Born João Edmundo Lemos Carqueijeiro
(1954-02-25 ) February 25, 1954 (age 70) Known for plastic artist
João Edmundo Lemos Carqueijeiro is a Portuguese plastic artist . He was born in Lobito , Angola on 25 February 1954.
Until he was twenty years old he lived in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo ), Mozambique and in 1974, after the Carnation revolution , he went to Porto , Portugal.
It was there that, in 1982, he concluded his High Graduation in Drawing (under the direction of the master Sá Nogueira ) at the Cooperativa Árvore (ESAP ). He also graduated and specialized in Wheel , Raku and Glazes at La Bisbal Ceramic School , in Catalonia .
He has taught Ceramic Arts since 1985.
Selected works
A small selection of some of works of João Carqueijeiro divided by categories.
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Plates
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Collective exhibitions
1986 – 10th Meeting of European Ceramists "Périgueux" (France)1987 – Ceramic Art International Symposium at "Alcobaça" – Alcobaça (Portugal)1988 – Modern Art Centre of Calouste Gulbenkian's Foundation – Lisbon (Portugal)1988 – Contemporary Portuguese Ceramic Work "Leal Senado /Luís de Camões Museum" (Macao)1988 – Árvore Gallery – Oporto (Portugal)1988 – "L’Europe Des Céramistes" (The Europe of Ceramic Artists) – Auxerre (France)1989 – National Library – Lisbon (Portugal)1989 – "Palácio dos Anjos" – Algés (Portugal)1989 – "Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica de Aveiro" (International Ceramic Art Biennial) – Aveiro (Portugal)1989 – "Cinq Jeunes Créateurs Portugais" (Five Young Portuguese Artists) – "Les Mureaux" (France)1990 – "3 Jovens Ceramistas" (3 Young Ceramists) - Youth Foundation – Oporto (Portugal)1990 – International Meeting of Ceramic Arts – Vila Nova de Gaia (Portugal)João Carqueijeiro in Atlier Maruo , September 2001, Hondo , Amakusa, Japan1990 – European Meeting of Arts, "Palais des Papes" – Avignon (France)1991 – Magellan Gallery – Paris (France)1991 – Árvore Gallery – Oporto (Portugal)1992 – Petrogal / Ceramic Sculpture Meeting – Oporto (Portugal)1994 – Arménio Losa Gallery – São Mamede Infesta (Portugal)1995 – "Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica de Aveiro" (International Ceramic Art Biennial) - Aveiro (Portugal)1995 – Eng. António de Almeida Foundation – Oporto (Portugal)1997 – "10 Artistas do Porto em Fafe" (10 Oporto Artists at Fafe) Fafe (Portugal)1997 – Eng. António de Almeida Foundation (U.C.) – Oporto (Portugal)1997 – "Silêncios/Stille" Symposium at Feital – Trancoso (Portugal)1997 – Arménio Losa Gallery – São Mamede Infesta (Portugal)1997 - Ao Quadrado Gallery – Santa Maria da Feira (Portugal)1998 - Ceramic Art Symposium – Vila Nova de Cerveira – Portugal1998 – Direction of a Ceramic Mural – Artists European Meeting - Paredes de Coura (Portugal)1998 - "Silêncios/Stille" – Centro Cultural de Aveiro ( Cultural Center of Aveiro) – Aveiro (Portugal)1998 – Direction and production of the Ceramic Mural of the NORTE COOP Building – São Mamede Infesta (Portugal)1998 – "Silêncios/Stille", Ausstellung / Preetz (Germany)1999 – Direction of a Raku Workshop and exhibition "Atmosfera" (Atmosphere) – Epicentro Gallery – Oporto (Portugal)1999 – "Encontro de Cerâmica Figurativa – Figurado" (Human Figure Ceramic Meeting ) – Pottery Museum of Barcelos - Barcelos (Portugal)2000 – Direction and production of a Meeting of Shaped Plates - Oporto (Portugal)2000 – Gesto Coop. Gallery – Oporto (Portugal)2000 - A. M. I. Gallery – Oporto (Portugal)2001 – Participation on the Amakusa Ceramics Festival , Hondo (Japan), as guest artist, representing Portugal – Carrying through a workshop about Portuguese Traditional Tiling – Exposition of ceramic sculptures in the City Hall of Amakusa.2003 – Coordination and post-Exhibition of the workshop in ceramics on the XIIBienal03 (Biennial) of Vila Nova de Cerveira 2003 – Presentation of two video-installations "EntreBarreiras" e "XIIBienal03 a preto e branco – Os Gestos_Os Espaços_As Mãos" (co-directing and co-editing with Cristina Leal)2003 – Exhibition in the A.M.I. Gallery – Oporto (Portugal)2005 – Exhibition in the Bobogi Gallery – Aveiro (Portugal)2006 - Exhibition in the AvizArte Gallery - Porto (Portugal)
Individual exhibitions
1986 – "D" Gallery – Gondomar (Portugal)1990 – Labirintho Gallery – Oporto (Portugal)1993 – Magellan Gallery – Paris (France)1996 – Labirintho Gallery – Oporto - (Portugal)1996 – Aveiro City Hall Gallery – Aveiro (Portugal)2000 – Epicentro Gallery - Oporto (Portugal)2001 - Pottery Museum of Barcelos - Barcelos (Portugal)
Awards
1989 – 1st Prize in the II Art Exhibition-Small Size – Cooperativa Árvore – Oporto (Portugal)1989 – Honour Distinguished in the "Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica de Aveiro" (International Ceramic Art Biennial) – Aveiro (Portugal)1991 – 1st Prize in Creative Ceramic Art – I.E.F.P. (Portugal)
Collections
Alcobaça City Hall Museum – Alcobaça (Portugal)
Museu do Azulejo (Tile Museum) – Lisbon (Portugal)Luís de Camões Museum – (Macao)
I. E. F. P. – Oporto and Valença Centers (Portugal)
Pottery Museum of Barcelos – Barcelos (Portugal)
Amakusa City Hall – Hondo (Japan)
Portuguese Embassy in Tokyo – Tokyo (Japan)
Gallery of the North Delegation of AMI – Assistência Médica Internacional – Porto (Portugal)
Museum of the Biennial of Cerveira – Vila Nova de Cerveira (Porto)
See also
References
Leal Senado de Macau e Museu Luís de Camões, A Cerâmica Portuguesa Comtemporânea, Gráfica de Macau
Center Culturel de L'Yonne. France, L'Europe des Ceramistes, 1989, SEMA. ISSN 0152-2418
External links
Web sites dedicated to João Carqueijeiro:
