João Louro (1963) lives and works in Lisbon. He studied architecture at the University of Lisbon and painting at the Ar.Co 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 his work’s main concerns 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 Mirrors, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon (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 Confidential, Christopher Grimes, Los Angeles (2008); Big Bang, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon (2007); InSite 05 - Art Practices in the Public Domain, 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 in Miami, Florida; the Jumex Foundation in Mexico; the Serralves Foundation Collection (MACS) in Portugal, BES Collection; António Cachola Collection.
His work is represented by Cristina Guerra Gallery Contemporary Art in Lisbon, Portugal as well as Christopher Grimes Gallery in Los Angeles, USA.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Apr 2013: Trienal no Alentejo, Portugal
Jun 2013: João Louro, Fernando Santos Gallery, Porto, Portugal [solo show]
2013: Boy meets Girl, Girl meets Boy, SOLAR – Galeria de Arte Cinemática, Vila do Conde, Portugal [solo show]
2013: Project ‘’Travessa da Ermida’’, Belém, Lisboa, Portugal [solo show]
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012 The Return of the Real 20 – João Louro, Museu do Neorealismo, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal [solo show]
2011 Grand Prix, Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto, Portugal
In God We Trust, BES Arte & 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 (cat)
The Great Houdini, Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais, Bragança, Portugal
2009 The Hustler | Curated by Miguel Amado, Centro Artes Visuais (CAV), Coimbra, Portugal
Running with Bonnie & Clyde, Museu do Caramulo, Portugal
2008 Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison e Elvis Presley, Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto, Portugal
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
2005 Naked Drawings, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
2004 Blind Runner | Curated by Delfim Sardo, Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Lisbon, Portugal
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 Cultural Space, Porto, Portugal
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
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
2012 Riso: uma Exposição a sério, Museu da Eletricidade, Lisbon, Portugal
Monocromo, Fundación RAC, Pontevedra, Spain
Pureza EXD’13, Convento da Trindade, Lisbon, Portugal
Contested Territories, Dorsky Gallery, NY, USA
Prémio Bienal de Fotografía Purificación García, several locations, Spain
2011 O Castelo em 3 partes: Assalto, Destruição e Reconstrução | Curated by Paulo Cunha e Silva, GUIMARÃES 2012 - European Capital of Culture, Portugal
En Obras, Arte Y Arquitectura en la Colección Teixeira de Freitas, TEA - Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Canárias, España
Stories of Material Life | Curated by Delfim Sardo, Visual Arts Center of Cáceres, Helga de Alvera Foundation, Spain
Nul Si Découvert, Le Plateau, Paris, France
O Museu em Ruínas, MACE – Museum of Contemporary Art of Elvas, Portugal
2010 A Cupa não é minha - Colecção António Cachola | Curated by Eric Corne, MCB - Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisboa, Portugal
Look Up! Natural Porto Art Show: Olhares Mutilados | Curated by David Barro, Atelier Paulo Lobo, Porto, Portugal
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 | Curated by Miguel Amado, MCB - Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisboa, Portugal
California Dreamin’ – PortugalArte10 | Curated by Fred Hoffmann, Pavilhão Portugal – Parque Nações, Lisboa
Like Tears in Rain, Palácio das Artes - Fábrica de Talentos, Porto, Portugal
2 de Copas, Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisboa, Portugal
Jogo de Espelhos | Curated by João Pinharanda, Museu Arte Contemporânea de Elvas | Colecção António Cachola, Portugal
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Pacific Design Centter, Santa Monica, CA
A Roll of the Dice, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa, Portugal
2009 Colecção Serralves 2009, MACS – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Group Show, Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto, Portugal
A Beleza do Erro, LxFactory, Lisboa, Portugal
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
No Room, Gallery Christopher Grimes, Los Angeles, USA
Parangolé - Fragmentos desde os 90: Brasil, Portugal, Espanha - Museu Patio Herreriano de Valladolid, Spain
Ponto de Vista: Obras da Colecção Fundação PLMJ, Lisboa, Portugal
2007 Urban Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
Entre a Palavra e a Imagem, Cultural Santander Foundation, Porto Alegre, Brasil
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
Insite 05 — Art Practices in Public Domain, S. Diego/Tijuana, México.
51st International Art — La Biennale di Venezia, The Experience of Art |Curated by Maria del Corral, Venice, Italy
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
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
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
1996 Manifesta 96, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1995 Espectáculo, Disseminação, Deriva e Exílio? Um projecto em torno de Guy Debord, Metallurgic of Beja, Beja, Portugal
Peninsulares | Curated by João Fernandes, Galeria Tomas March, 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 (MACS), Porto and Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
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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