cv — João Freitas

João Freitas
Born in 1989 in Coimbra
Lives and works in Brussels

Solo Exhibitions :
2023 — Twofold, Santa Maria della Scala, Siena (IT)
2022 — Chapter V, Galleria FuoriCampo, Siena (IT)
2022 — Unshielded, Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach, Brussels (BE)
2020 — Heimat, curated by Stéphane Roy, Centre Tour à Plomb, Brussels (BE)
2020 — Into the open, Centre d’art Dominique Lang, Dudelange (LU)
2019 — Frühlingsstimmen, curated by LaSpore, Centre d'Art de la Chapelle de Boondael, Brussels (BE)
2018 — Isolated moments, Galleria FuoriCampo, Siena (IT)
2015 — Young Talent Prize, curated by Pauline Hatzigeorgiou, Art On Paper, BOZAR, Brussels (BE)
2015 — To be titled, Galleria FuoriCampo, Siena (IT)

Duo Exhibitions :
2023 — Sculpting Surfaces, with Charlotte Stuby, curated by murmur, firma, Brussels (BE)
2023 — Doublures, with Baptiste Rabichon, Reuter & Bausch Gallery, Luxembourg (LU)
2019 — To the bone, with Nasrin Tork, curated by Yuna Mathieu-Chovet, Plagiarama, Brussels (BE)
2017 — Raw Means, with Lander Cardon, curated by Yuna Mathieu-Chovet, Plagiarama, Brussels (BE)
2016 — Nevertheless, with Léa Belooussovitch, Musumeci Contemporary, Brussels (BE)
2015 — By default, with Nathan Anthony, Galerie Stéphanie Jaax, Brussels (BE)

Group Exhibitions :
2023 — IL TEMPO E' IL SUO CONTRARIO - a Luglio l'estate è già finita, Galleria FuoriCampo in collaboration with Trullo Ulìa Art Project, Ostuni (IT)
2023 — SaarArt - Au rendez-vous des amis, Laboratorium - Institut für aktuelle Kunst, Saarlouis (DE)
2023 — Particles of Reality, mia-ART, Antwerp (BE)
2023 — Passe-partout, LIAR - Luxembourg Institute for Artistic Research, New York (US)
2022 — 11 Years of Residencies, Carrefour des Arts Foundation, Vanderborght Building, Brussels (BE)
2022 — I maestri del colore, a vision by Francesco Carone, Galleria FuoriCampo, Siena (IT)
2022 — Dialogues funèbres, curated by Stéphane Roy, Funeral galleries of the Laeken cemetery, Brussels (BE)
2022 — Iris Sidus, curated by Laurent De Meyer, Artist Residency Huet-Repolt, Brussels (BE)
2021 — Brave New World Order, curated by Kevin Muhlen, Triennale Jeune Création, Rotondes & Casino Luxembourg - Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg (LU)
2021 — 50/50, a drawing show, curated by Julien Saudubray & Tatiana Wolska, Brussels (BE)
2020 — Young Belgium, Opus I - Ineffable, Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach, Brussels (BE)
2020 — Inside-out, curated by Maëlle Delaplanche, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels (BE)
2019 — /tʁɛ/ (traits), Fondation Moonens, curated by Laurent de Meyer as part of the Brussels Drawing Week, Brussels (BE)
2019 — Prix Médiatine 15#1: Manifeste pour une création visuelle actuelle, Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles, Paris (FR)
2018 — ISLAND/ISH, curated by Emmanuel Lambion, Institut Culturel Italien, Brussels (BE)
2017 — INTRO_, curated by Fanny Weinquin, Konschthaus beim Engel, Luxembourg (LU)
2017 — Prix Marie-Louise Rousseau, Centre d'Art de la Chapelle de Boondael, Brussels (BE)
2017 — Prix Collignon, Musée d’Ansembourg, Liège (BE)
2017 — Foyer, curated by Serena Vestrucci & Francesco Maluta, Studi Festival, Milan (IT)
2017 — Twist, curated by Denis De Rudder, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels (BE)
2016 — Paperworks, curated by Odie Rynell Cash, Antena, Chicago (US)
2016 — The Summer Show, Galleria FuoriCampo, Siena (IT)
2015 — Hanging Time in the Summer Out, SUPER DEALS, Brussels (BE)
2015 — One way or another, Carrefour des Arts Foundation, Brussels (BE)
2015 — Friche, LaVallée, Brussels (BE)
2014 — Golden 15, Media One Hotel, Dubai (UAE)
2014 — Autrement dit, Graduation exhibition, Trade Mart, Brussels (BE)
2013 — Not ordinary view, curated by Valentina Lucia Barbagallo, Artecontemporanea,Brussels (BE)
2013 — Désorienté(s), curated by Catherine Henkinet, ISELP contemporary art center, Brussels (BE)
2010 — Corrélation-Dialogue, Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels (BE)

Education & Residencies :
2024 — Paper Residency, Haus des Papiers, Berlin (DE)
2024 — Recherches, TAMAT, Musée de la Tapisserie et des Arts Textiles de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Tournai (BE)
2017 — Isola Comacina, Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Ossuccio (IT)
2016 — Summer residency, Fondation Moonens & Platform102, Brussels (BE)
2015 — Friche, LaVallée, Brussels (BE)
2015 — Madeinfilandia, Filanda, Pieve A Presciano (IT)
2014>2015 — Carrefour des Arts Foundation, Brussels (BE)
2009>2014 — Bachelor and Master’s degree: Visual arts, Drawing department, ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels (BE)

Awards :
2022 — Eward Steichen Award, nominated by Marc Scozzai - Rotondes (LU)
2019 — Eward Steichen Award, nominated by Fanny Weinquin (LU)
2018 — Médiatine Prize, Laureate, Brussels (BE)
2017 — Marie-Louise Rousseau Prize, Laureate, Brussels (BE)
2015 — Young Talent Prize, Laureate, Art On Paper, BOZAR, Brussels (BE)
2014 — Coup de coeur des Amis de La Cambre Prize, nominated, Brussels (BE)

Publications :

2023 — SaarArt, Exhibition catalog published by Stiftung Saarländischer Kulturbesitz
2021 — Brave New World Order, Exhibition catalog published by Rotondes & Casino Luxembourg - Forum d’art contemporain
2020 — Young Belgium, Opus I - Ineffable, jeune scène belge contemporaine, Exhibition catalog published by Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach
2019 — João Freitas, Monograph published by LaSpore, with the support of Fonds culturel national Luxembourg & Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles
2018 — Island/ish, Exhibition catalog published by Instituto italiano di cultura Bruxelles
2018 — Prix Médiatine, Exhibition catalog published by Centre Culturel Wolubilis
2016 — Triennale du Prix Coup de Cœur, Exhibition catalog published by Les Amis de La Cambre
2013 — Carte Blanche, 50° Nord, Revue d’art contemporain

Collections :
Galila Barzilaï-Hollander (BE), 2020 — Frédéric de Goldschmidt (BE), 2019 — Fondation Carrfour des Arts (BE), 2015
Ville de Dudelange (LU), 2020 — Ministère de la Culture (LU), 2018, 2021
Fondazione Cariverona (IT), 2015

Event & Fair Participation :
2024 — Miart, Galleria FuoriCampo, Milan (IT)
2023 — Luxembourg Art Week, Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach & Reuter Bausch Gallery, Luxembourg (LU)
2022 — Chapter I, curated by Atena Abrahimia & Eva Zmpogko, murmur (online)
2022 — Luxembourg Art Week, Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach, Luxembourg (LU)
2022 — Miart, Galleria FuoriCampo, Milan (IT)
2021 — Art on Paper, Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach, Bozar, Brussels (BE)
2021 — Luxembourg Art Week, Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach, Luxembourg (LU)
2021 — Limited Edition Art Fair, Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach, Boghossian Foundation, Brussels (BE)
2020 — Miart, Galleria FuoriCampo, Milan (IT)
2020 — Luxembourg Art Week, Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach (online)
2018 — Swab, Galleria FuoriCampo, Barcelona (ES)
2018 — Artverona, Galleria FuoriCampo, Verona (IT)
2017 — Garden Party & Auctions, Musée Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle (BE)
2017 — Artissima, Galleria FuoriCampo, Turin (IT)
2017 — Grand Hotel, curated by Serena Fineschi & Marco Andrea Magni, Surplace, Varese (IT)
2016 — Off course - Young Contemporary Art, Le Dynastie, Brussels (BE)
2016 — Artissima, Galleria FuoriCampo, Turin (IT)
2016 — Grand Hotel, curated by Serena Fineschi & Marco Andrea Magni, Gallery of Art – Temple University, Rome (IT)
2015 — Regarding An Other, curated by Ravian van den Hil, House Crying Yellow Tears, Maastricht/Den Bosch/Amsterdam/Hasselt (NL & BE)
2015 — Firsts, curated by Thomas Whittle, MONOMATIC (online)
2015 — Artverona (RawZone), Galleria FuoriCampo, Verona (IT)
2015 — Grand Hotel, curated by Serena Fineschi & Marco Andrea Magni, Riot Studio, Naples (IT)
2012 — Festival Transnumériques, Maison Pelgrim, Brussels (BE)
2012 — FID, International Drawing Fair, Paris (FR)

Press :
2023 — Art In The Mediterranean Puglia Hydra And Menorca, Artlyst, Virginie Puertolas-Syn (UK)
2023 — Mostre più belle da vedere il fine settimana di Pasqua (e oltre), ELLE Decor, Silvia Airoldi (IT)
2023 — ‘Twofold’, il tempo secondo Freitas, Giornale La Voce del Campo, Antonella Leoncini (IT)
2022 — La galleria FuoriCampo di Siena cambia sede e punta sulla pittura, Artribune, Marco Arrigoni (IT)
2022 — ‘I Maestri del Colore’ aprono la nuova Galleria FuoriCampo, Giornale La Voce del Campo, Antonella Leoncini (IT)
2022 — Façons de Voir : Dialogues funèbres - Le bois des rêves - Charlotte Perriand , La Première-RTBF, Fabrice Kada (BE)
2022 — Dialogues avec les morts à Laeken, La Libre, Guy Duplat (BE)
2022 — Dialogues Funèbres, art contemporain dans les galeries funéraires du cimetière de Laeken, RTBF, Xavier Ess (BE)
2022 — La mort vous va si bien, Bazar Magazin, Gilles Bechet (BE)
2022 — Meet João Freitas, culture.lu, Atena Abrahimia (LU)
2022 — João Freitas transforme le tetra pak en œuvre d’art, L’Echo, Johan-Frédérik Hel Guedj (BE)
2022 — Façons de Voir : Cosmos au CID - João Freitas à la Patinoire Royale - Zinneke avec Ouest Architecture et Rotor, La Première-RTBF, Fabrice Kada (BE)
2022 — Les Fragments de mémoire de João Freitas, Connaissance des Arts, Valérie de Maulmin (FR)
2021 — 6e édition d'Art on Paper à Bozar, L’Echo, Johan-Frédérik Hel Guedj (BE)
2021 — Die Kunst der Millennials, Luxemburger Wort , Marc Thill (LU)
2021 — À la Patinoire Royale, six jeunes artistes s’éclatent, La Libre, Roger-Pierre Turine (BE)
2021 — Panser le monde, Flux News, Sandra Caltagirone (BE)
2021 — Young Belgium, six jeunes artistes à La Patinoire Royale, Mu In The City, Manon Paulus (BE)
2021 — La Patinoire Royale soutient six artistes belges sans galerie, L’Echo, Johan-Frédérik Hel Guedj (BE)
2020 — «Young Belgium»: six échos du monde, Le Soir, Aliénor Debrocq (BE)
2020 — Nouveaux explorateurs, Focus Vif, Michel Verlinden (BE)
2020 — No ART on AIR, RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg (LU)
2020 — D'Konscht vum João Freitas, Radio 100,7, Kerstin Thalau (LU)
2020 — Magiciens, d’Letzebuerger Land, Marianne Brausch (LU)
2020 — Reiz am Prozess, Luxemburger Wort, Daniel Conrad (LU)
2019 — La médiatine descend à Paris, Point Culture, Pierre Hemptinne (FR)
2019 — Artist João Freitas' sping voices, BRUZZ, Kurt Snoekx (BE)
2018 — Artbox, Mir waren de Kënschtler João Freitas op Bréissel besichen, RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg (LU)
2018 — Movers & shakers, BRUZZ, Kurt Snoekx (BE)
2018 — Le Prix Médiatine 2018, Mu In The City, Muriel de Crayencour (BE)
2015 — Studio visit: João Freitas, BRUZZ, Kurt Snoekx (BE)
2015 — Art on Paper: many-sided, BRUZZ, Estelle Spoto (BE)
2015 — Dessins en solo, L’Echo, Johan-Frédérik Hel Guedj (BE)
2015 — Non solo Biennale: 6 mostre da non perdere, collezione da Tiffany, Nicola Maggi (IT)