David de Almeida Biography

Portugal, S. Pedro do Sul, 1945.

Portuguese established artist, that studied in the António Arroio School of Art, Lisbon, Portugal. Atelier 17, Paris, France, 1980-83. Apprenticeship in the paper windmills of Auvergne, France, 1983. Goldsmith College, London, England, 1986.

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)*

2007 - D. Luís I Foundation - Cascais, Portugal
2006 - Valbom Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
- Casa da Cerca Gallery - Almada - Portugal
- Jorge Vieira Museum - Beja - Portugal
- Arthobler Gallery - Oporto - Portugal
2005 - Prova de Artista Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
2004 - Neither - opera de Morton Feldman and Samuel Beckett - Scenery Direction - S. Carlos National Theatre - Lisbon, Portugal
- Arthobler Gallery - Oporto, Portugal
2003 - São Lourenço Cultural Center, Almancil, Portugal
- Enes Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
2002 - Ara Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
- Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
- Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo, Marbella, Spain
2001 - Évora Museum - Portugal
2000 - Cooperativa Árvore, Oporto, Portugal
- São Lourenço Cultural Center, Almancil, Portugal
1999 - Estiarte Gallery, Madrid, Spain
1998 - João Fragoso Museum, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
- Ara Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
1997 - Estiarte Gallery - Madrid, Spain.
- São Lourenço Cultural Center, Almancil, Portugal
1996 - Hong Kong Arts Centre ( Goethe Institut ) - Hong Kong
- David de Almeida - 25 Anos de Gravura - Palácio Galveias - Lisbon, Portugal
- Cooperativa Árvore - Oporto, Portugal
1995 - São Lourenço Cultural Center - Almancil, Portugal
- Ara Gallery - Lisbon - Portugal
1993 - Estiarte Gallery - Madrid, Spain
- São Lourenço Cultural Center - Almancil, Portugal
1989 - São Lourenço Cultural Center - Almancil, Portugal
- 111 Gallery - Lisboa, Portugal
1990 - LA Art Fair, LA 90 - Quadrum Gallery (Lisbon), Los Angeles, U.S.A.
1988 - Tórculo Gallery - Madrid, Spain
1986 - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Lisbon, Portugal
- 111 Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
1985 - Zen Gallery - Oporto, Portugal
1984 - São Lourenço Cultural Center - Almancil, Portugal
- L'Angle Aigu Gallery - Brussels, Belgium
- 111 Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
1983 - Zen Gallery - Oporto, Portugal
- Presença Gallery - Coimbra, Portugal
- Nadar Gallery - Casablanca, Morocco
1982 - La Forge Gallery - Brussells, Belgium
- Tenda-Idéo Bava Gallery - S. Paulo, Brazil
- 111 Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
1981 - Nadar Gallery - Casablanca, Morocco
- Zen Gallery - Oporto, Portugal
- 111 Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
- Bell Gallery - Brown University, Providence, U.S.A.
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation- Lisbon, Portugal

Group Exhibitions (Selection)*

2007 - Premio de Gravado Máximo Ramos - Torrente Ballester Centre, Ferrol - Spain
- I Premio Internacional de Arte Gráfico Jesús Nuñez - CIEC Foundation, Betanzos, A Coruña, - Spain
2006 - 50th years of Portuguese Etching. S.N.B.A. - Lisbon, Casa das Artes de Tavira - Tavira and Cupertino de Miranda Foundation, Portugal
2004 - Estampa, Madrid - (CPS, Lisbon, Arte y Naturaleza, Madrid, and Editions Laurier Dubé, Paris)
- 6 European Exhibition - James Gallery - Pittsburg, U.S.A.
- VIII Bienal Internacional de Grabado Caixanova 2004 - Ourense - España
2003 - ArtExpo NY, New York, U.S.A.
- Salon International de L'Estampe, Paris, France.
- Artsud, Beyrouth, Liban.
- Estampa - Madrid, Spain -(Editions Laurier Dubé - Paris and CPS, Lisbon)
2002 - Falutriennalen Euro Print - Dalarnas Museum - Falun - Sweden
2001 - Selección Premios Villa de Madrid - Madrid, Spain
- Selección Premio Nacional de Grabado - Valencia, Madrid, etc. , Spain
- VII Premios Nationales de Grabado 1999 - Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo, Spain.
2000 - Estampa, Madrid, Spain (Boza Editor-Barcelona)
- ARCO, Madrid - (Galeria Estiarte, Madrid, and Boza Editor, Barcelona)
- The Masters of Graphic Arts - Györ, Hungary.
- 3rd Egyptian International Print Triennale 1999 - Giza - Egypt
1999 - Kunst aus Portugal - Düsseldorf - Germany
- Art Multiple - Kunstmesse Düsseldorf - Germany (Boza Editor)
1998 - ARCO, Madrid, Spain (Estiarte Gallery, Madrid)
- Hors Texte - 49ª Feira do Livro de Frankfurt - Frankfurt, Germany
1996 - 15 years of São Lourenço Cultural Centre. - Commemoration exhibition - Almancil, Portugal
- X Bienal Iberoamericana de Arte - Mexico, Mexico
1995 - Norwegian International Print Biennale - Fredrikstad, Norway
1994 - Triennnial of Contemporary Art of India - New Deli - India
- International Print Trennial - Cracow, Poland - Poland
- Manuel de Brito's Collection - Chiado Museum - Lisbon, Portugal
1993 - Salon de Mai - Grand Palais - Paris, France
1992 - Macau Gravura 92 - Macau
- Euroamericana de Gravado 3/92 - La Coruña, Spain
- 3ª. Bienal de Gravura da Amadora, Portugal
- 2ª. Bienal Internacional de Gravado 1992 - Orense, Spain
1991 - Portuguese Contemporary Art - Galeria H - Marbella, Spain
- Europália 91 - "L'Univers Pessoa" - Centre Culturel de la Communauté
- Française Wallonie - Brussels, Belgium
- Marie & Volker Hüber's Collection - Palácio Galveias - Lisbon, Portugal
1990 - Antológica do 10º. aniversário da Galeria Tórculo - Tórculo Gallery - Madrid, Spain
- Art Portugais -Ipso Gallery - Brussels, Belgium
- Salon Comparaisons 90 - Grand Palais - Paris, France
1989 - Portugal Hoy - Centro Cultural El Conde Duque - Madrid, Spain
- Carte Blanche a Anita Nardon - Galerie du Parvis - Brussels, Belgium
- l8th International Biennal of Graphic Art - Ljubljana, Slovenia
1988 - Grand Prix Eur. des Arts et des Lettres - Nice, France
1987 - Premio Internazionale Biella per L'incisione - Italy
- 17th International Biennal of Grafic Art - Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 4ª. Mostra Internazionale di Grafica - ICA - Catania, Italy
- ARCO, Contemporary Art Fair - Madrid, Spain (Galeria 111, Lisbon)
1986 - Le XXème au Portugal - Centre Albert Borschette - Brussels, Belgium
- III Exposição de Artes Plásticas - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Lisbon, Portugal
1985 - 16th International Biennal of Graphic Art - Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Pintado en Portugal - Mérida, Spain
1984 - 20 Anos da Galeria 111 - 111 Gallery - Lisboa, Portugal
- Press Papier 84 - Strasbourg - France
- Portuguese Contemporary Graphic Art 1970-1980 - Sinebrychoff Arte Museum - Helsinky - Finland
1983 - Petit format de papier 1983 - Belgium
- Biennal de Seoul - Korea
- Neolithic Stone Engraving - Biennal of S. Paulo - Brazil
- Art Prizes in Portugal - Quadrum Gallery - Lisbon, Portugal
1982 - Seventh British International Print Biennal - Bradford - England
- Norwegian International Print Biennale - Norway
- Portuguese Contemporary Art - Museu de Arte Contemporáneo - Montevideo, Uruguay
- 1ª. Exposição Nacional de Arte Moderna Arús - Oporto and Lisbon, Portugal
1981 - 14th International Biennal of Graphic Art - Ljubljana - Slovenia
- Bienal de la Jeune Gravure Contemporaine - Paris and Chateauroux - France
- Trienalle Europea de l'Incisione - Grado, Italy
- 4º. Moussem Culturel de Asilah - Morocco
- III Exposição Nacional de Gravura - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Lisbon, Portugal
1980 - Norwegian International Print Biennale - Fredrikstad, Norway

* since 1980

Museums/Public Collections

- Angra do Heroismo Museum - Azores, Portugal
- Lisbon National Library - Lisbon, Portugal
- Grão Vasco Museum - Viseu, Portugal
- Cultural Ministry - Lisbon, Portugal
- Foreign Affairs Ministry, Portugal
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Modern Art Museum - Lisbon, Portugal
- Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo - Spain
- Rio de Janeiro Modern Art Museum, Brazil
- Bibliothèque Nacional de Paris, France
- Museum of Contemporary Art - Skopje, Macedonia
- Musée du Petit Format, Couvin - Belgium
- Museum of Modern Art - Bagdad, Irak
- Calcografia Nacional - Madrid, Spain
- The Kendall Whalling Museum, Sharon, Massachussets, U.S.A.
- Arzila Museum, Morocco
- S. Paulo underground (Conceição station), Brazil
- Caixanova Collection - Ourense, Spain
- Médiathèque Hermeland - Saint Herblain (Nantes), France
- Banco Comercial Português - Portugal
- Liberty Seguros - Oporto, Portugal
- Würth Collection - Germany

Awards (Selection)

- International Print Prize Jesus Núñez - Betanzos - A Coruña - España - 2006
- Bronze Medal -VIII Bienal Internacional de Grabado Caixanova 2004 - Ourense - España
- Mención Honorífica - VIII Premio Nacional de Grabado - Calcografia Nacional/Philip Morris - Madrid 2000
- National Print Prize Maria de Salamanca 1999 - Museum of Spanish Contemporary Etching - Spain
- National Print Prize - Biennial of Amadora, Portugal, 1992
- Painting Prize - Internacional Biennial of Bagdad, Irak 1987
- Acquisition Prize - III Exposição de Artes Plásticas da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal, 1986
- Great Print Prize - Biennial of Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal, 1982
- National Print Prize - 1980, Lisbon, Portugal
- Gold Medal - Associación de Grabadores, Madrid, Spain, 1977
- Edition Prize - 1st National Print Exhibition - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Lisbon, Portugal