ARTIST PROFILE

Jorge Leal

  • Portugal (b. 1975 in Lisbon)
  • Currently in Lisbon, Portugal.
  • I'm transforming my painting into drawing made out of what painting is made of. This relates with my current PhD investigation.

REPRESENTATION

CONTACT & LINKS

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • WITHOUT DRAWING A DAY IS LOST, Mute Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • DESCASCAR (Peel Off), Centro de Artes e Cultura, Ponte de Sor, Portugal.

2014

  • P=D (Painting equals Drawing), Bangbang Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • DOC, Teatro Municipal Joaquim Benite, Almada, Portugal.

2013

  • O ÚLTIMO SONO (The Last Sleep), Fábrica do Braço de Prata, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • LESLIE GOES ISLA DE ENCANTA, Espaço João Pedro Rodrigues, Oporto, Portugal.

2012

  • INTUMESCÊNCIAS & EJACULAÇÕES (Tumescences & Ejaculations), Laboratório Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • TURMA (Class), Fábrica da Pólvora de Barcarena, Oeiras, Portugal.
  • AR (Air), Centro Cultural do Cartaxo, Cartaxo, Portugal.

2011

  • O ANTES E O AGORA (Before and Now), Drop-D Contemporary, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • JUMPSTART, Má Arte Gallery, Aveiro, Portugal.

2010

  • APPROXIMATELY EIGHTY KILOS OF MATTER IN THE UNIVERSE, Sopro Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • SACHSENHAUSEN, UM DOMINGO (Sachsenhausen, A Sunday), EDP Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.

2008

  • CALL CENTER, Sopro Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.

2007

  • LA BOCA PLENA DE POLS (The Mouth Full of Dust), Distrito Quinto Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
  • MATIAS, Vanity Land Gallery, Caldas da Raínha, Portugal.
  • THE REVOLUTION IS A SOFT EXPLOSION, Casa do Pelourinho Gallery, Óbidos, Portugal.

2006

  • DRAWING, Cirurgias Urbanas Gallery, Oporto, Portugal.
  • AUTOBAHN, Quarteirão das Artes, Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal.

2005

  • AO FUNDO DAS ESCADAS (At the Bottom of the Stairs), CEJ - Centro de Estudos Judiciários, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • CHÃO (Floor), Private Building, Coimbra, Portugal.
  • ANTES DA DEMOLIÇÃO (Before the Demolition), Private House, Óbidos, Portugal.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014

  • HOMEWORK, Bangbang Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.

2013

  • SILLY SEASON #1, Bangbang Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.

2012

  • ARTE DE BOLSO MOD.2012, Sete Gallery, Coimbra, Portugal.

2009

  • ARTISTAS PORTUGUESES LÁ FORA (Portuguese Artists Abroad), EDP Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.

2008

  • ARTE LISBOA 2008 (with Sopro Gallery), Lisbon International Fair (FIL), Lisbon, Portugal.
  • ARTISTAS PORTUGUESES LÁ FORA (Portuguese Artists Abroad), Fernando Távora Building, Viana do Castelo, Portugal.

LOCATION

  • Born 1975 in Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal.

EDUCATION

  • 2012 - 2016
    Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa (FBAUL), Lisbon, Portugal
    PhD in Drawing
  • 2002 - 2004
    Ar.Co - Centro de Arte & Comunicação Visual, Lisbon, Portugal
    Continuing Education in Painting and Drawing
  • 1993 - 2000
    Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologias da Universidade de Coimbra (FCTUC), Coimbra, Portugal
    Architecture in

RESIDENCIES

  • 2006
    Artist in Residence, CENTA - Centro de Estudos de Novas Tendências Artísticas, Vila Velha de Ródão, Portugal

COLLECTIONS

  • EDP Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Obidos Town Hall, Obidos, Portugal
  • CENTA - Centro de Estudos de Novas Tendências Artísticas, Vila Velha de Ródão, Portugal
  • Quarteirão das Artes, Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal
  • CEJ - Centro de Estudos Judiciários, Lisbon, Portugal