João Louro (1963) lives and works in Lisbon. He studied architecture at the University of Lisbon and painting at the Arco School of Visual Art.
João Louro's body of work encompasses painting, sculpture, photography and video. A natural descendant of conceptual and minimal art, João Louro has sought to override the romantic paradigm using the importance and role of the viewer, who completes the work of art. One of the prime concerns to his work is the reorganization of the visual world and what visuality means. Another important issue is the language in all of its possibilities and aspects.

João Louro was invited by Maria de Corral to participate in The Experience of Art in the Italian Pavilion at the 51st International Art Exhibition of the Biennale di Venezia. The most recent exhibitions include Smoke and Mirorors, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art (2011); My Dark Places, MACRO – Contemporary Art Museum of Rome and The Great Houdini, Contemporary Art Center of Bragança (2010); The Hustler, Visual Arts Center of Coimbra and Running with Bonnie & Clyde, Caramulo Museum (2009); Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison e Elvis Presley, Fernando Santos Gallery, Oporto and LA Confidencial, Christopher Grimes, Los Angeles (2008); Big Bang, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon (2007); Insite 05 - Art Practices in the Public Domai, San Diego/Tijuana (2005); Blind Runner, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon (2004).

His work is included in several major collections such as the Arco Collection Foundation, Madrid; the Margulies Collection, Miami, Florida; Foundation / Collection Jumex, Mexico; Serralves Foundation Collection (MACS), Portugal; Helga Alvear Collection, Spain; Museo d´Arte Contemporanea di Roma (MACRO); Museo de Arte Contemporânea de Bragança, Portugal; Aberdeen City Council, Scotland.

His work is represented by Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal and Christopher Grimes, Los Angeles, USA.

 

Current Exhibitions

10.11.11|04.03.12: En Obras, Arte y Arquitectura en la Coleção Teixeira de Freitas, TEA – Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Canarias, Spain

 

Upcoming Exhibitions

April 2012: O Castelo em 3 partes: Assalto, Destruição e Reconstrução, GUIMARÃES 2012 – European Capital of Culture, Portugal
October 2012: The Return of the Real, MNeorealismo, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal [solo show]

Forbidden Zone - Intervenção Artística Casal Ventoso, Lisboa, Portugal 

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2011 Grand Prix, Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto, Portugal
        In God We Trust, BES Arte e Finança, Lisboa, Portugal
        If we want Things to stay as They are, Things will have to change, Appleton Square, Lisbon, Portugal
        Smoke and Mirrors, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal

2010 My Dark Places, Museo d’Art Contemporanea Roma (MACRO), Italy (catalogue)
        The Great Houdini, Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais, Bragança, Portugal (catalogue)
2009 The Hustler, Centro de Artes Visuais (CAV), Coimbra, Portugal | Curated by Miguel Amado
        Running with Bonnie & Clyde, Museu do Caramulo, Portugal
2008 Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley, Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto, Portugal (catalogue)
        LA Confidential, Gallery Christopher Grimes, Los Angeles , USA
2007 Big Bang, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
2006 Play, Rec and Pause, Gallery Christopher Grimes, Los Angeles, USA
        João Louro, La Nuova Pesa Gallery, Rome, Italy (catalogue)
2005 Naked Drawings, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
2004 Blind Runner (curated by Delfim Sardo), Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Lisbon, Portugal (catalogue)
2001 Epicentro, Estudo sobre a Origem das Línguas, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
        La Pensée et l’Erreur, (curated by Ferran Barenblit), Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
        Love Scenes, Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
        Aplauso, Ensaio sobre os Dados Imediatos da Consciência, Serralves Foundation / Silo, Porto, Portugal (catalogue)
2000 Runaway Car Crashed #2, (curated by João Fernandes), Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art (MACS), Porto, Portugal.
1999 Run Away Car Crashed #1, Cultural Centre of São Paulo (CCSP), São Paulo, Brasil
1998 Eye of the Devil, Museum of Ceramic, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
        Air Bag, The Return of the Real, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Museu do Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal
        Diamond Shine, Círculo Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
        Ibiden. Xerox after Violent Death, Cesar Galeria, Lisbon, Portugal (catalogue)
1996 Tokyosony Wonder Museum, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal
1994 News Hound, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal
        News Hound, Galerie Georges Verney-Carron, Lyon, France
        I do What Happens, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal
        Sin Servir a su Majestad, Espai Pascual Lucas, Valência, Spain
1991 King & Kong? O que aconteceu ao Niilismo?, National Public Library, Lisbon, Portugal

 

Selected Group Exhibition

2011 Stories of Material Life | Curated by Delfim Sardo, Visual Arts Center of Cáceres, Helga de Alvear Foundation, Spain
        Nul Si Découvert, Le Plateau, Paris, France
        O Museu em Ruínas, MACE - Museum of Contemporary Art of Elvas, Portugal

2010 Look Up! Natural Porto Art Show: Olhares Mutilados, Atelier Paulo Lobo., Porto, Portugal | Curated by David Barro (cat)
        A Culpa não é minha - Colecção António Cachola, MCB - Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisboa, Portugal | Curated by Eric Corne
        Márgenes de Silencio, Centro de Artes Visuales Fundación Helga de Alvear, Cáceres, Spain
        Tudo o que é sólido dissolve-se no ar: o social na Colecção Berardo, MCB - Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisboa, Portugal |           Curated by Miguel Amado
        Like Tears in Rain, Palácio das Artes - Fábrica de Talentos, Porto, Portugal
        California Dreamin’ – PortugalArte10, Pavilhão Portugal – Parque Nações, Lisboa | Curated by Fred Hoffmann
        Jogos de Espelhos, MACE - Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Portugal | Curated by João Pinharanda
        2 de Copas, Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisboa, Portugal
        A Roll of the Dice, Cristina Guerra Comporary Art, Lisboa, Portugal
        Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA
2009 Colecção Serralves 2009, MACS - Museu de Arte Contemporânea Serralves, Porto, Portugal
        Group Show, Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto, Portugal
        A Beleza do Erro, LxFactory, Lisboa, Portugal (catalogue)
        As Bright As The Sun – Entre o Céu e o Mar, Centro Cultural de Lagos, Art Algarve, Portugal
        30th Anniversary Exhibition, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Mónica
        More Songs about Images, Voyeur Project View, Lisboa, Portugal.
        Garbage Pin Project, MCO Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Portugal.
2008 Besart – Colecção Arte Banco Espírito - O presente: uma dimensão infinita (curated by Maria de Corral e Lorena                     Martinez de Corral), Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisboa, Portugal (catalogue)
        No Room, Gallery Christopher Grimes, Los Angeles, USA.
        Parangolé - Fragmentos desde os 90: Brasil, Portugal, Espanha - Museu Patio Herreriano de Valladolid, Spain (catalogue)
        Ponto de Vista: Obras da Colecção Fundação PLMJ, Lisboa, Portugal.
2007 Urban Festival, Zagreb, Croatia (catalogue)
        Entre a Palavra e a Imagem, Cultural Santander Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brasil (catalogue)
2006 Personal Views: Regarding Private Art Collections in San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art, USA.
        Raconte-Moi une Histoire..., Galerie Baumet Sultana, Paris, France.
        Entre a Palavra e a Imaxe, Fundación Luís Seoane, Corunha, Spain
        Entre a Palavra e a Imagem, City Museum, Lisbon, Portugal.
2005 O Contrato Social, Bordalo Pinheiro Museum, Lisbon, Portugal.
        Romance [a novel] (curated by Adriano Pedrosa), Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal (catalogue)
        Insite 05 — Art Practices in Public Domain, S. Diego/Tijuana, México (catalogue)
        51. International Art - La Biennale di Venezia, The Experience of Art (curated by Maria del Corral), Venice, Italy (cat)
        Le Marathons des Mots, Toulouse, France.
2003 Into the Breach (curated by Thomas Peutz), Smart Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
        Liste Basel 03, Smart Project Space, Basel, Switzerland.
2002 EAST International (curated by Lawrence Weiner and Jack Wendler), Norwich Gallery, Norwich, United Kingdom (catalogue)
2001 Confronto + Mistura (curated by Ricardo Basbaun), Freixo Power- Station, Porto, Portugal.
        UrbanLab (curated by Paulo Mendes), Maia Bienial, Maia, Portugal.
        Colecção Banco Privado (curated by João Fernandes), Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art (MACS), Porto, Portugal.
2000 More Works about Buildings and Food, (curated by Pedro Lapa), Oeiras Foundry, Oeiras, Portugal.
        Portuguese Contemporary Art, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
        XXVI Bienal de Pontevedra, (curated by Maria Corral and Miguel Perez), Galicia, Spain (catalogue)
1999 Ruído (curated by Miguel Perez), Cesar Galeria, Lisbon, Portugal.
1998 Read my Lips all Guilty, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal.
        Read my Lips all Guilty, 6 ème Biennale International du Film sur l'Art, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
1997 Ecos de la Materia, Museu Estremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporânea (MEIAC), Badajoz, Spain.
        ICTM 97, Palácio Galveias, Lisbon, Portugal.
        Ecos de la Matéria 2, Sala de las Atarazanas, Valência, Spain.
        Ex. Mater, Museu Estremeño e Iberoamericano, MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain.
        Art Attack, Galeria ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal (catalogue)
1996 Manifesta 96, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
1995 Espectáculo, Disseminação, Deriva e Exílio. Um projecto em torno de Guy Debord, Metallurgic of Beja, Portugal (cat)
        Peninsulares, Galeria Tomas March, (curated by João Fernandes), Valencia, Spain.
        Espai Antoni Estrany, (curated by João Fernandes), Barcelona, Spain.
        40 ème Salon de Montrouge, (curated by João Pinharanda), Montrouge, Paris, France.
1994 Imagens para os anos 90, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto and Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal (catalogue)
        Fet a Europa, Portugal, Centre Cultural d’Alcoi, Spain.
1993 Made in Portugal, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal.
1991 V Bienal dos Jovens do Mediterrâneo, Marseille, France.

 

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