Bio
Hugo Silva
The figurative research in Hugo Silva paintings establishes a tension state on maintenance of the traditional pictorial elements and the distinction which continually extends and enhances what is defined. The hybrid language in his paintings reveals a subtle dialectic of meanings, offering to the viewer the opportunity to reflect on the basis of binary relations presented: illustration and realistic representation, the ludic and the poetic, the real and the simulacrum. The bidimensionality of conventional support composes an ambiguous syntax - as has been systematically dispensed in a posterior painting to modernity - which extends to the semantic field, reaffirming the fundamental importance of interaction in fruition and constructing meanings which exceed the representation.
C.V.
Born in Lisbon, 1978.
Lives and works in Warsaw, Poland.
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Education
Ar.Co - Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, 2011
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S.N.B.A. - Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes, 2004
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Solo Exhibitions
(Selection)
2019 - UNSPOKEN - Espaço Exibicionista, Lisbon
2018 - Portret WspóÅ‚czesny - Narracja i Realizm - Galeria Sztuki Tymczasowa, Warsaw
2018 - Gestures - Żywa Galeria Stalowa 52, Warsaw
2017 - Gestures - Fundacja 4 Style, Kraków
2007 - Intertextuality - S. João de Brito Gallery. Lisbon
2006 - Gallery of Geral Direction of Justice Administration (DGAJ). Lisbon
2003 - Fragments - Art Gallery Santiago, Palmela
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Group Exhibitions
(Selection)
2020 - D I L E M A - Espaço Exibicionista, Lisbon
2019 - Merc'Art, 4th Edition - Lx Factory, Lisboa
2019 - Apaixonarte, Lisbon
2019 - DIA D - Espaço Exibicionista, Lisbon
2018 - 16. Warszawskie Targi Sztuki, Galeria Dystans, Warsaw
2018 - AFF9 - Art Fresh Festival 9, Sheraton Hotel, Warsaw
2017 - Salon Zimowy, Galeria Dystans, Kraków
2017 - 15. Warszawskie Targi Sztuki, Galeria Dystans, Warsaw
2016 - Jasinski & Friends V, Galeria Przy Teatrze, Warsaw
2015 - Art Gallery AFK, Lisbon
2013 - Gallery of Geral Direction of Justice Administration (DGAJ). Lisbon
2012 - Gallery of the Portuguese Association of Sculpture and Painting. Lisbon
2012 - House of Arts Mário Elias. Mértola
2011 - Open Gallery. Beja
2011 - Ar.Co. Student’s Exhibition. Almada
2010 - Gallery of Geral Direction of Justice Administration (DGAJ). Lisbon
2009 - Ar.Co. Student’s Exhibition. Lisbon
2008 - 14ª International Exhibition of Fine Arts of Vendas Novas. Vendas Novas
2008 - SPA - Portuguese Society of Authors. Lisbon
2008 - On Europe 1ª International Biennial of Montijo - IX Vespeira Award. Montijo
2007 - First Gallery. Lisbon
2005 - Gallery 65A. Lisbon
2004 - Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes
2003 - Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes
2002 - Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes
2001 - Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes
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Awards
Honorable Mention - 10º Contest of Fine Arts - Fundação INATEL, 2012. Lisbon
2º Award - Biennial Mertolarte, 2012. Mértola
Honorable Mention - Biennial XVII Open Gallery Exhibition, 2011. Beja
Honorable Mention - Award Seixal Arts, 2011. Seixal
1º Award - Seixal Arts, 2007. Seixal
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Public Collections
IMC Almada
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Publications
Book "Pintura Contemporânea Portuguesa 100 Pintores" Editor Oro Faber / Chancela Real
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