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João Freitas | Artistic CV


Education
2009 - 2014: Bachelor and Master's Degree: Visual Arts, Drawing Department, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels (BE)

Exhibitions

2022: I MAESTRI DEL COLORE, a vision by Francesco Carone, Galleria FuoriCampo, Siena (IT)

2022: Dialogues funèbres, curated by Stéphane Roy, Funaral galleries of the Laeken cemetery, Brussels (BE)

2022: IRIS SIDUS, curated by Laurent De Meyer, Artist Residency Huet-Repolt, Brussels (BE)
2022: Unshielded, La Patinoire Royale - Galerie Valérie Bach, Brussels (BE) - solo
2022: Miart, with Fuoricampo, Milan (IT)

2021: Brave New World Order, Casino Luxembourg & Rotondes, Luxembourg (LU)
2021: Limited Edition Art Fair, with La Patinoire Royale - Galerie Valérie Bach, La Villa Empain, Brussels (BE) 
2021: Luxembourg Art Week, with La Patinoire Royale - Galerie Valérie Bach, Luxembourg (LU)
2021: Art on Paper, with La Patinoire Royale - Galerie Valérie Bach, Luxembourg (LU)
2021: 50/50, a drawing show, Brussels (BE)
2020: YOUNG BELGIUM - Ineffable - Opus 1, La Patinoire Royale / Galerie Valérie Bach, Brussels (BE)
2020: Inside-out, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels (BE)
2020: HEIMAT, Centre Tour à Plomb, Brussels (BE) - solo
2020: INTO THE OPEN, Centre d'art Dominique Lang, Dudelange (LU) - solo
2019: TRE, Moonens Foundation, Brussels (BE)
2019: Prix Médiatine 15#1, Manifeste pour une création visuelle actuelle, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris (FR)
2019: To the bone, Plagiarama, Brussels (BE)
2019: Frühlingsstimmen, Chapelle de Boondael, Brussels (BE) - solo
2018: ISLAND/ISH, Italian Cultural Institute, Brussels (BE)
2018: Isolated moments, FuoriCampo, Siena (IT )- solo
2018: Prix Médiatine, La Médiatine, Brussels (BE)
2017: _INTRO, Konschthaus beim Engel, Luxembourg (LU)
2017: Raw means, Plagiarama, Brussels (BE)
2017: Foyer, Studi Festival, Milan (IT)
2016: João Freitas & Emi Kodama, Moonens Foundation, Brussels (BE)
2016: Paperworks, Antena, Chicago (USA)
2016: Nevertheless, Musumeci Contemporary, Brussels (BE)
2015: By default, Stéphanie Jaax, Brussels (BE)
2015: Young Talent Prize, Art On Paper / BOZAR, Brussels, (BE) - solo
2015: Madeinfliandia, Filanda, Pieve A Presciano (IT)
2015: Hanging Time in the Summer Out, SUPER DEALS, Brussels (BE)
2015: One way or another, Carrefour des Arts Foundation, Brussels (BE)
2015: To be titled, FuoriCampo, Siena (IT) - solo
2015: Friche, LaVallée, Brussels (BE)
2015: Regarding An Other, House Crying Yellow Tears, Maastricht/Den Bosch/Amsterdam/Hasselt (BE/NL)
2014: Autrement dit, Trade Mart, Brussels (BE)
2014: Golden 15, Media One Hotel, Dubai (UAE)
2013: Not ordinary view, Artecontemporanea, Brussels (BE)
2013: Désorienté(s), ISELP / Institut Supérieur pour l'Etude du Langage Plastique, Brussels (BE)
2012: Emergences Numériques, Festival Transnumériques, Maison Pelgrims, Brussels (BE)
2010: Corrélation-Dialogue, Ixelles Museum, Brussels (BE)

 
Grants, Awards
2021: Résidence à domicile, Research stipend, Ministère de la culture (LU)
2020: Project stipend, Ministère de la culture (LU)
2019: Edward Steichen Award, (LU) - nominated
2019: Project stipend, Ministère de la culture (LU)
2019: Edition stipend, Focuna (LU)
2018: Médiatine Prize, Brussels (BE)
2017: Marie-Louise Rousseau Prize, Brussels (BE)
2015: Young Talent Prize, Art On Paper / BOZAR, Brussels (BE)
2014: Coup de Coeur Prize, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, (BE) - nominated
 

Residencies
2017: Isola Comacina, Ossuccio (IT)
2016: Summer residency, Moonens Foundation, Brussels (BE)
2015: Friche, residency, LaVallée, Brussels (BE)
2015: Madeinfliandia residency, Filanda, Pieve A Presciano (IT)
2014 - 2015: Carrefour des Arts Foundation, Brussels (BE)

 
Collections
Collection Galila Barzilaï-Hollander (BE)
Collection d’art de la Ville de Dudelange (LU)
Collection Frédéric de Goldschmidt (BE)
Ministère de la Culture (LU)
Fondazione Cariverona (IT)
Fondation privée du carrfour des arts (BE)
Private collections in Belgium, England, France, Italy, Luxembourg

 
Collective - Member of muesli collective
2021: Oasis, Artaucentre, Liège (BE) - solo
2021: Neybor, Neybor Botanique, Brussels (BE)
2020: Out of Control, Plagiarama, Brussels (BE)
2020: Inspire, ISELP Centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels (BE)
2020: Imagining Ecological Futures, residency, Goethe-Institut in collaboration with KIKK Festival, TRAKK and the cultural center Les Abattoirs de Bomel, Namur (BE)
2020: SHIFTERS, Fondation Carrefour des Arts, Brussels (BE) - solo
2019: KNUST festival, former Dépôt Design (Canal), Brussels (BE)
2017: SYNC!, ISELP Centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels (BE)
2017: 48 Hours, Brick Cube, London (UK)
2016: Seeking company for the marshal, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki (FI)

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