CV


. Fernando Manuel dos Santos Mesquita (PT)


  lives and works in Vienna, Austria




Contacts:

. Mobile: +43 699 130 328 88


. E-mail: mesquitaaaa@gmail.com


Academic qualifications:

. 2013, Magister in Fine Arts, E.S.A.D., Caldas da Rainha, Portugal 



Solo Exhibitions:

. Jan. 2005, “Revivescências”, in Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisbon, Portugal

. Oct. 2008, “Matisse and Friends”, in RentaGallery #24, Lisbon, Portugal

. Nov. 2008, “Primeiro Pátio à Esquerda”, in Sopro Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal

. May 2010, "Holy Mountains", in Giefarte, Lisbon, Portugal


. Mar. 2011, "When everything was wild and blue", Sopro Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal  


Group Shows:

. Apr. 1994, “Colectiva Grupo d’Artes do Cartaxo”, City Council of Cartaxo, Cartaxo, Portugal


. Oct. 1999, “Salão de Outono”, Santarém, Portugal


. May 2000, “Caldas Late Night”, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal


. Nov. 2003, “Vasilina Alpaun”, in Bartolomeu 5, Lisbon, Portugal


. May 2004, “Op.”, in Espaço 4A, with Rodrigo Peixoto, Lisbon, Portugal


. Jun. 2004, “Jovens Criadores”, with Rodrigo Peixoto, Silves, Portugal


. Jul. 2004, “Op.”, with Rodrigo Peixoto, in Vera Cortês Art Agency, Lisbon, Portugal


. Aug. 2004, “O Um e os Outros”, in Casa das Artes, Tavira, Portugal


. Mar.2005, “7 Exposições Temporárias”, in António Duarte Museum, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal


. Aug. 2005, “Tractor”, in Fábrica da Cerveja, Faro Capital Nacional da Cultura, Faro, Portugal


. Sep. 2005, “XII Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean”, Naples, Italy


. Sep. 2005, “V Sculpure Prize, City Desk”, Cascais, Portugal


. Oct. 2005, “II Painting Prize, Ariane de Rothschild”, Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild Europe, in Galveias Palace, Lisbon, Portugal


. May 2007, ”Out to Punch”, Lumiar, Lisbon, Portugal


. Jun. 2007, “USHAKOVSKOYE”, in Espaço Avenida, Lisbon, Portugal


. Sep. 2007, “Absence of the Present”, in Can Marques, Palma de Maiorca, Spain


. Dec. 2007, “New Artists EDP Prize”, Porto, Portugal


. Jun. 2009, "Love song on Easter Sunday" op. 1, Tachometa, Vienna, Austria, Transboavista, Lisbon, Portugal, Elm Street, London, U.K.


. Nov.-Jan. 2010, "Cabaret Tesla" with Ludwig Kittinger, in Ve.Sch, Vienna, Austria

. Jul. 2010, "A Vida Secreta das Palavras", in C.C.E.N and Cultural Center Sines, Sines, Portugal

. Aug. 2010, "Don't stand so close to me", in Ragnarhof, Vienna, Austria


. Sep. 2010, "In den Straßen...", in Ve.Sch, Vienna, Austria

. Nov. 2010, "The Poetics of Life", in Gallery Dana Charkasi, Vienna, Austria

. Nov. 2010, "Crossing Limits. Art in Urban Transitions", in Lust Gallery, part of the Vienna Art Week, Austria

. Fev. 2011, " Extra Muros", curated by Diana Baldon, Skype session1: "Love Song on Easter Sunday" op. 2. The project room, in iaspis, Stockholm, Sweden

. Apr. 2011, "20 anos ESAD", in XXI Building, Lisbon, Portugal

. Apr. 2011, "Synaptic Driver", in Donaufestival, Krems, Austria

. May 2011, "Saved by Entropy, Time Wins Again", in Kunstbunker, Nürnberg, Germany

. Nov. 2011, “Desde o Finito”, Carmona e Costa Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

. May 2012, “Undergo. The Parallels”, GeoAIR, Tbilisi, Georgia.

. Jun. 2012, “Dienstag Abend”, Ve.Sch, Vienna, Austria

. Jun. 2013, "WTORKOWY WIECZÓR", Galeria Miejska, Gdansk, Poland

. Nov. 2013, "General Strike", ART REVIEW - LIVE, London, UK

. Nov. 2013, "General Strike", The Mews Project, London, UK

. Sept. 2014, "Dienstag Abend", ExpoChicago, in collaboration with ART REVIEW, Chicago, USA

. Dec. 2014, "Artist Lectures Series Vienna", New Jörg, Vienna, Austria

. Dec.-Jan. 2015, "Landscape II", Galeria BangBang, Lisbon, Portugal

. Jan. 2015, "Freie Sammlung Wien", Ve.Sch, Vienna, Austria

. Mar. 2015, "A likeness has blisters, it has that and teeth", Atelierhaus Akademie der bildenden Künste, curated by Susanne Richter, Constanze Schweiger und Edin Zenun, Vienna, Austria

. Jul. 2015, “Baba Vasa ́s Cellar”, in the occasion of Dienstag Abend in Shabla, Bulgaria

. Jul. 2015, “Batumi Backyard stories”, in Batumi, Georgia 
. Jul. 2016, "Introduce #21 - Thomas Kratz", participating in performance by Thomas Kratz, in Schneiderei, Vienna, Austria
. Jul. 2016, "Introduce #22 - Damir Bartol Indoš, Tanja Vrvilo", participating in performance by Damir Bartol Indoš, Tanja Vrvilo, with Helge Hinteregger, in Schneiderei, Vienna, Austria
. Aug. 2016, "Brengenz Biennale 2016", in Brengenz, Austria
. Sept. 2016, "Parallax", Medical Museum, University Hospital Georgi Stranski, Pleven, Bulgaria
. Sept. 2016, "Lunatic Command" performance by Lia Karl, in "Cabaret der Künstler", Manifesta 11, Zurich, Switzerland
. Nov. 2016,  "Kill The Buddha!", in Artisterium, Tbilisi, Georgia
. Dec. 2016, "Dienstag Abend" in Kluckyland, Vienna, Austria
. Jun 2017, "Dienstag Abend" #86, Bobr, Belarus
. Aug 2017, "Art Brutal", Josefov, Czech Republic 
. Oct. 2017, MADCOW, Curated by Delphine Telesio di Toritto and Salvatore Viviano, at SCAG Gallery, Vienna, Austria
. Jun. 2018, "Kupale an der Donau", with Ales Pushkin (BY), with Dienstag Abend, at Kritzendorf, Austria



Publications:

. Catalogue, Oct. 1999, “Salão de Outono”, Santarém, Portugal

. Catalogue, Jun. 2004, “Jovens Criadores”, with Rodrigo Peixoto, Silves, Portugal

. Catalogue, Aug. 2005, “Tractor”, in Fábrica da Cerveja, Faro Cultural Capital, Faro, Portugal

. Catalogue, Sep. 2005, “XII Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and Mediterranean”, Naples, Italy

. Catalogue, Sep. 2005, “V Sculpure Prize, City Desk”, Cascais, Portugal

. Catalogue, Oct. 2005, “II Painting Prize, Ariane de Rothschild”, Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild     Europe, in Galveias Palace, Lisbon, Portugal

. Catalogue, Dec. 2007, “New Artists EDP Prize”, Porto, Portugal

. Catalogue, May 2010, "Holy Mountains", in Giefarte, Lisbon, Portugal

. Catalogue, Jul. 2010, "A Vida Secreta das Palavras", in C.C.E.N and Cultural Center Sines, Sines, Portugal

. Catalogue, Apr. 2011, "20 anos ESAD", in XXI Building, Lisbon, Portugal

. Catalogue, Nov. 2011, “Desde o Finito”, Carmona e Costa Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

. Catalogue, Oct. 2012, “Vier Jahre Ve.Sch ungefähr”, Ve.Sch, Vienna, Austria
. Catalogue, Nov. 2016, "Kill the Buddha", History Museum Tbilisi, Georgia



AIR:
. July, 2017, SoArt, Millstätersee, Austria



Upcoming AIR:
. Sept.-Dec. 2018, BKA Artist-in-residence, Beijing, China



Co-founded art projects:
. www.seeyounextthursday.com
. www.dienstagabend.org

Collections:

. Pedro Cabrita Reis, Lisbon, Portugal

. Lenikus Sammlung, Vienna, Austria

. Carmona e Costa Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal

. Fundação EDP, Lisbon, Portugal

Additional info:

. Aug. 2003-Aug.2008, assisted the Portuguese artist Pedro Cabrita Reis.

. Oct. 2010, Co-Founder of the collaborative ad hoc platform "Dienstag Abend"

. Jan. 2012, Co-Founder of  “See You Next Thursday” art association based in Vienna, Austria.