JOÃO LOURO
Lisbon, Portugal, 1963
Lives and works in Lisbon.
Current Exhibitions
29th Jun – 29th Sep 2013: Do Desaparecimento – Blind Images,
Phantomgraphs e Subtitles, Castelo Branco, Portugal [solo show]
6th Jun – 19th Sep 2013: Territórios de Transição #11 – A Experiência do
Silêncio, BES Arte e Finança, Lisboa, Portugal
1st Jun – 31st Jul 2013: L’Écriture du Désastre, Fernando Santos Gallery,
Porto, Portugal [solo show]
Apr - Oct 2013: Trienal no Alentejo, Portugal
Upcoming Exhibitions
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
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2001
2000
The Return of the Real 20 – João Louro, Museu do Neorealismo, Vila Franca de
Xira, Portugal
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
My Dark Places, Museo d’Art Contemporanea Roma (MACRO), Italy (cat)
The Great Houdini, Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais, Bragança,
Portugal
The Hustler | Curated by Miguel Amado, Centro Artes Visuais (CAV), Coimbra,
Portugal
Running with Bonnie & Clyde, Museu do Caramulo, Portugal
Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison e Elvis Presley, Galeria Fernando Santos, Porto,
Portugal
LA Confidential, Gallery Christopher Grimes, Los Angeles, USA
Big Bang, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
Play, Rec and Pause, Gallery Christopher Grimes, Los Angeles, USA.
João Louro, La Nuova Pesa Gallery, Rome, Italy
Naked Drawings, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
Blind Runner | Curated by Delfim Sardo, Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Lisbon,
Portugal
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
Runaway Car Crashed #2 | Curated by João Fernandes, Serralves Museum of
Contemporary Art (MACS), Porto, Portugal
1999
1998
1996
1994
1991
Run Away Car Crashed #1, Cultural Centre of São Paulo (CCSP), São
Paulo, Brasil
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
Tokyosony Wonder Museum, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal
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
King & Kong? O que aconteceu ao Niilismo?, National Public Library, Lisbon,
Portugal
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
More Young Americans, L’Enclos des Bernasdins – Hôtel de Miramion,
Paris, France
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
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
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
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
2007
2006
2005
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1991
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
Urban Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
Entre a Palavra e a Imagem, Cultural Santander Foundation, Porto Alegre,
Brasil
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
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
Into the Breach | Curated by Thomas Peutz, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Liste Basel 03, Smart Project Space, Basel, Switzerland
EAST International | Curated by Lawrence Weiner and Jack Wendler, Norwich
Gallery, Norwich, United Kingdom
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
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
Ruído | Curated by Miguel Perez, Cesar Galeria, Lisbon, Portugal
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
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
Manifesta 96, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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
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
Made in Portugal, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal
V Bienal dos Jovens do Mediterrâneo, Marseille, France