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Biography
Was born in Lisbon. Attended the Fine Arts School of Oporto. The artist creates his works of art in open cycles, using mixed media, drawing, painting, photography or sculpture in installations, which frequently refer to literature, personal or collective memory, and where writing takes a visual value. In 1967-68 he lived in Paris and since 1968 lives in Milan and exhibits in Portugal regularly. He participated in the Paris Biennale in 1980 and was the Portuguese representative to the Venice Biennale in 1984. Selection of solo exhibitions: 1990 Vestígios, Gallery EMI Valentim de Carvalho, 1992 "Um quarto de Página", Cycle Camera Scripta, Camera Picta, Casa Fernando Pessoa, Lisbon, 1996 Antological exhibition at CAM-JAP, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. 1997 "Coincidências", Gallery Porta 33, Funchal, Madeira Island. Selection of Group shows: 1994 "Self-portrait" in "O Rosto da Máscara", Centro Cultural de Belém, "Anatomia do Horizonte, 1911-1999 O ensino Médico em Portugal", Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon.
Exhibitions
Face - a - Face
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
02-10-2001 ~ 30-04-2001
Vestígios
Galeria Valentim de Carvalho, Portugal
01-01-1989 ~ 01-01-1989
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo, Novas Aquisições, 2000
Published by Arte Ibérica
José Barrias - Vestígios, 1989
Published by Galeria Valentim de Carvalho
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