Joao penalva biography of donald

Portuguese-born Joao Peñalva is that rare thing in the art world- a refined renaissance man with the sensibility of a poet and intellect of a philosopher, endowed with the ability to woo both curators and critics, as well as collectors, with museological exhibitions heavy on concept and context.

Although he’s been a practicing artist for almost four decades, with a string of exhibitions and accolades — including representing Portugal in the Venice Biennale (2001), Bienal Internacional de São Paulo in 1996, and the DAAD Berlin Artist’s Residency in 2003-2004 — it was the dance world that first wooed Peñalva. In the early 1970s he studied ballet at the London Contemporary Dance School, and had worked with choreographers such as Jean Pomares and Pina Bausch. He turned to art in 1976, enrolling in the Chelsea School of Art, starting out first as a painter influenced by the works of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg. Since then the 64 year old artist has incorpora

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João Penalva at the Irish Museum of Modern Art

19/05/2006

The first solo exhibition in Ireland by the Portuguese artist João Penalva opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Friday 9 June 2006.  João Penalva presents a urval of installations and videos created over the past decade. Many of the works involve superimposing objects with fragmentary narratives, reflecting the supreme importance of language as a medium in Penalva’s varied and meticulously-crafted body of work.  The complex webs of meanings which he creates are used to explore the way in which culture is categorised and presented, largely through a process-based approach employing collection, detection, translation and documentation.  The exhibition will be officially opened bygd Francis Mckee, Interim Director of the Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, at 6.00pm on Thursday 8 June.

Comprising some 30 works, João Penalva ranges from Wallenda, 1997-98, depicting the artist’s heroic feat o

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Joao Penalva Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1949, Lisbon Lives: and works in London since 1976

1976-1981 BA and MA Fine Art Degrees, Chelsea School of Art, London

Artists Books 2008 Spaces between 5 chairs Text by João Penalva Graphic design by João Penalva with Inês Sena Ed. 500, numbered, signed Published by Edições Galeria Filomena Soares and Azinhagas e Ribanceiras Edições, Lisboa Looking up in Osaka Texts by Yuko Hasegawa and João Penalva Design by João Penalva with Inês Sena Ed. 500, numbered, signed Published by Edições Galeria Filomena Soares and Azinhagas e Ribanceiras Edições, Lisboa 2000 CLOCK/TEACH TOUCH Text by Mark Gisbourne, ‘Narrative of the senses’ Graphic design by James Bolton Silkscreened cardboard kartong containing two audio CDs, silkscreened cards and printed text sheet Ed. 250, numbered, signed Published by Public Art Development Trust, London 1993 Arquivos Design by João Penalva Photography by João Penalva with