JOÃO GOMES GAGO, Lisbon 1991
EDUCATION
2016-18 Master's Degree - Drawing and Printmaking - Faculty of Fine Arts, Porto. PT
2014 Individual Project - Ar.co, Lisbon. PT
2013-14 Erasmus - Fine Arts - University of East London, London. UK
2010-13 Bachelor's Degree - Drawing - Faculty of Fine Arts, Lisbon. PT
2016-18 Master's Degree - Drawing and Printmaking - Faculty of Fine Arts, Porto. PT
2014 Individual Project - Ar.co, Lisbon. PT
2013-14 Erasmus - Fine Arts - University of East London, London. UK
2010-13 Bachelor's Degree - Drawing - Faculty of Fine Arts, Lisbon. PT
AWARDS, PRIZES AND NOMINATIONS
2026 “Percursos com Arte” Competition, Coruche Biennial (honourable mention)
2026 Aveiro Jovem Criador (winner – painting)
2025 Portalegre Tapestries Award (selected)
2024 The Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize (nominated)
2023 The Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize (nominated)
2021 Abel Manta Prize, 9th edition (selected)
2020 12th Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Prize (selected)
2018 10th International Biennial of Young Art, Vila Verde (winner – 1st BPI prize)
2017 Young Creators Award, Visual Arts, IPDJ & CPAI (selected)
2017 Encontrarte Amares, International Drawing Competition (selected)
SOLO SHOWS (SELECTION)
2024 Natureza Encenada, Curated by Sofia Marçal, National Museum of Natural History
and Science, Lisbon. PT
Em Queda, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon. PT
2021 Plano Fulgor, Curated by Manuel San-Payo, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon. PT
2020 Pinta Solo Project, Curated by Roc Laseca, Pinta Miami, Florida. USA
2019 Acto Instável, Dentro, Porto. PT
2018 Reencenação, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon. PT
2016 Princípio Expansível, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon. PT
2013 Se me perguntarem o que vi, Carlos Alberto Theater, Porto. P.T.
GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION)
2026 Conexões - 12th Coruche Arts Biennial, Avenida Arquitecto Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles,
Coruche. PT
Salão Monumental, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon. PT
23rd Aveiro Young Artist Competition, Santa Joana Museum, Aveiro. PT
2025 Alguém Passa Cartão?, Curated by Rita Maia Gomes, Portalegre Tapestry Museum -
Guy Fino, Portalegre. PT
2024 Beyond Boundaries, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano Art Week, Curated by Nicolas Vamvouklis,
Milan. IT
2023 Artefactos do Descarte, Machado de Castro National Museum, Coimbra. PT
Um Lugar Depois o Outro, Association 289, Faro. PT
2022 Matter Matters, Atelier Concorde, Lisbon. PT
Drawing Room, Palacio de las Alhajas, Madrid. ES
2021 9th Painting Prize, Abel Manta Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Gouveia. PT
2020 12th A. Souza-Cardoso Prize, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Municipal Museum, Amarante. PT
2019 Draw Art Fair London, Saatchi Gallery, London. UK
Biblioteca na Biblioteca, Serralves Museum, Porto. PT
Gaia International Art Biennale, Quinta da Fiação, Porto. PT
Drawing Room, Santa Bárbara Palace, Madrid. ES
Ai os Ais de Tanta Gente, Atelier Caldeiras, Porto. PT
2018 Extremo Meio, FBAUP Museum, Porto. PT
Drawing Room, National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon. PT
Verão Danado, Exhibition Gallery - IPDJ, Faro. PT
Specularis: Look Through, Alberto Sampaio Museum, Guimarães. PT
2018 10th International Biennial of Young Art, Vila Verde, Braga. PT
2018 GABINETE, Art Fair – Works on Paper & Fine Arts, Madrid. ES
JUSTMAD 9, Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid. ES
2017 Mostra Jovens Criadores, Villa Glória, Mangualde, Viseu. PT
Berlin-Klondyke im Soeht 7, former women's prison, Berlin. EN
Encontrarte Amares, Amares. PT
JUSTMAD 8, Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid. ES
Berlin-Klondyke, UGM Studio, Maribor, SI
Portfolios, Ap’art Gallery, Porto. PT
D’ Après Abel Salazar, Abel Salazar House-Museum, Porto. P.T
2016 90° à Sombra, Casa das Artes Mário Elias, Mértola. PT
2013 Nas Margens da Linha, Cine-Teatro Avenida, Sala da Nora, Castelo Branco. PT
2012 Galerias Abertas das Belas-Artes (G.A.B-A), Faculty of Fine Arts, Lisbon. PT
2011 XVII Fine Arts Biennial, Festa do Avante, Lisbon. PT
PERFORMANCES
2024 Prologue, Beyond Boundaries, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan. IT
2022 Invocation (Passage), NU’VEM residence, Pico Island, Azores. PT
2022 Take Over, Curated by Pedro da Silva and Inês Moreira, Lugar do Monte, Ovil. PT
2019 Auto-Deus, Pisar o Risco ∙ Campo de Batalha, Porto Municipal Theatre – Rivoli, Porto. PT
RESIDENCES
2024 Beyond Boundaries, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan. IT
2022 NU'VEM, FREESAM, Pico Island. PT
2019 Campo de Batalha, Porto Municipal Theatre - Rivoli. PT
2016 ResVes, Mértola. PT
2016 Berlin-Klondike, Berlin. DE
PUBLICATIONS
2024 A Conversation With João Gomes Gago, on the occasion of the artistic residency “Beyond
Boundaries” at Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, pub. at bjcem website
2023 Visual Essay, Time Travel, FITA Magazine Vol. IV
Interview with João Gomes Gago, in the studio, by Pedro da Silva, pub. in ArteCapital
2022 Curating art/archaeology: proto- and post-excavation processes, by Pedro da Silva and
Inês Moreira, pub. in MIDAS - Museums and Interdisciplinary Studies
2020 12th Amadeo de Souza Cardoso Prize, João Gomes Gago, pub. by the Amadeo de
Souza-Cardoso Municipal Museum, Amarante (catalog)
2019 Apócrifa #9, Drawings, pub. by Apócrifa – PLEC – Literary MagazineDrawing Room, João Gomes Gago, pub. by Drawing Room, Madrid (catalog)
2018 X International Biennial of Young Art, pub. by the municipality of Vila Verde (catalog)
Quadro Eléctrico, João Gomes Gago, author's edition, Porto
JustMad9, pub. by JustMad, Madrid (catalog)
2017 Jovens Criadores, pub. by CPAI (catalog)
2016 Princípio Expansível, João Gomes Gago, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon (catalog)
2013 Se me perguntarem o que vi (collaboration with TN21), pub. in Violência – Fetiche do
Homem Bom, Carlos Alberto Theatre, Porto
AWARD JURY
2020 11th International Biennial for Young Art, Vila Verde
COLLECTIONS
Works held in private and institutional collections in Portugal and abroad, including BPI
Bank / “la Caixa” Foundation, The Municipal Art Collection of Aveiro, and the Portalegre
Tapestry Museum – Guy Fino.