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Biography
Portuguese artist, born in Lisbon. Graduated in Painting at the Fine Arts School of Lisbon (ESBAL), post-graduate studies at the The Slade School of Fine Art, Londres (1974). Monochrome and the void are the essence of his work. Calhau had is first exhibition in 1968, and afirmed his art by developing engraving (he participated at VIII Internationl Engraving Biennale, Ljbljana, Yugoslavia, and Prints Biennale, Tokyo, 1969) and using, at the same time, drawing, photography, S8 film, video, whilst painting. In the 80's he develops the idea on medium and shape, scale and architecture of space, employing, among other materials, iron and neon. Solo exhibitions (selection) 1968 "Gravuras brancas" Gal. Gravura, Lisbon; 1970 "Pintura" Gal. Quadrante, Lisbon; "Desenhos Negros" SNBA, Lisbon , 1975 "Fernando Calhau - Graphic Works", Fund. Calouste Gulbenkian; Lisbon; 1977 "Stage" Gal. Módulo, Oporto; 1978 "Night Works", SNBA, Lisbon; 1993 "Razão/Ratio", Gal. Cómicos, Lisbon; 1995 "Paint it Black" (with Michael Biberstein), Porta 33/Museo de Arte Contemporânea do Funchal, Madeira Island; 2000 "Slow Motion", Art Attack, ESTGAD, Caldas da Rainha; 2001 "00.01 Gal. Cristina Guerra, Lisboa, "Passageiro Assediado - Desenhos", CAMJAP, Fund. Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon. Group exhibitions (selection) 1972 Expo AICA, SNBA, Lisbon, 1973 Prémio Soquil, 1974 "Four Portuguese Printers", Galeria Valeriur de Daedeber, Aalst, 1976 "20e Aniversário da Gravura", Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, "Portugalia", Labirynt, Lublin, Poand, "Arte Portuguesa Contemporanea", Brasília, São, Paulo, Rio de Janeiro; 1977, "Alternativa Zero", "Photography as Art, Art as Photography", Porto, Lisboa, Barcelona, "Artisti Porthogesi d'Oggi", Laboratorio, Milan; 1988 "Lisbonne Aujourd'jui", Musée de Toulon, Toulon; 1992 "Arte Portuguesa: Parlamento Europeu", Strasbourg; 1998 "Arte Portugués desde 1960 en la Colección del Centro de Arte Moderna de la Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian", Fund. Pedro Barrié de la Maza, Madrid; 1999 "Circa 1968" Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Oporto, "Linhas de Sombra", CAMJAP Fund.Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, "Mostra de Vanguardas Portuguesas", Fund. ICO, Madrid; 2000 "Prémios EDP de Pintura e Desenho", Gal. do Rei D. Luís, Palácio Nacional da Ajuda, Lisboa. CAMJAP Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, has shown a retrospective of his work "Work in Progress" in 2001.
Exhibitions
Here and Now: On Minimal Art in The Berardo Collection
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
18-10-2003 ~ 22-02-2004
Grande Escala - Colecção Berardo
Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal
09-10-2004 ~ 18-03-2005
Building/Unbuilding/Inhabit - works of The Berardo Collection
Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal
29-04-2005 ~ 15-01-2006
Bienal da Arte “O Adeus ao Escudo; Os Portugueses em Portugal, na Europa e com o Euro”
Paço da Cultura,Câmara Municipal (Guarda), Portugal
20-05-2000 ~ 10-06-2000
Fernando Calhau – Pintura
Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Portugal
30-05-1998 ~ 04-06-1998
Face - a - Face
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
02-10-2001 ~ 30-04-2001
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
Berardo Museum Opening
Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal
25-06-2007 ~ 09-09-2007
Bibliography
Here and Now: On Minimal Art in The Berardo Collection, 2003
Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo
ISBN 972990300X
Grande Escala - The Berardo Collection, 2004
Published by Centro das Artes - Casa das Mudas
ISBN 972890200X
III Bienal da Arte “O Adeus ao Escudo; Os Portugueses em Portugal, na Europa e com o Euro”, 2000
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002
Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo
ISBN 972974288X
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