Joao Galrao
- Born in 1975 in Sintra, Portugal
Studies
- 1993/1996 – Curso de Conservacao e Restauro do Património edificado at EPRP de Sintra, Portugal
- 1996/2001 – Curso Avancado de Artes Plásticas do Ar.Co, Lisbon, Portugal
Collective exhibitions
- 2011Collective Provisional Liberty, Lisbon
- 2010 "Display Objects, Buildings and Space," - Try it, Calhariz Palace, Lisbon
- 2010 "Pieces and Parts" - Platform Gallery Revolver, Lisbon
- 2009 "Livingart Project“ - Porto Palacio Congress Hotel & Spa, Porto, curated by Ricardo Almeida
- 2009 "Flushing in May“ - nearly Gallery - Space T, Porto
- 2009 "4 Flushing“ - Gallery Jorge Shirley, Lisbon
- 2008 "Corridor 1" SP Studios Television, S. Mark, Lisbon
- 2008 "Hot Flashes" 3, Galeria João Pedro Rodrigues, Porto
- 2006 "Home Sweet Home," by Louise Smith comissariarada olive, Art Centre St John's Wood.
- 2006 "Hot Flashes" 2. Home tab, Cascais
- 2006 "3 +3" Collectively, with project "Triple sheet, with John Galrão, Pauliana Valente Pimentel and Susana Guardado. SETE Gallery, Coimbra
- 2006 "Nurturing Constellations" 1 and 2 - Galeria Graça Brandão, Lisbon
- 2005 "Landscape and Architecture", Galeria Sete, Coimbra
- 2005 "Relative Density", Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon
- 2005 "Alchemy", Regaleira Estate, Sintra
- 2003 "V International Call Jóvenes Artistas" - Adelentado Louis Gallery, Valencia, Spain
- 2003 "48ème Salon Montrouge" - Outdoor European - "Young Artists - Contemporary Art " - Montrouge, France; Amarante, Portugal · Barcelona, Spain (catalog)
- 2003 "Four Ways d'Art" - Gallery Formadarte, Estoril (With video "Long Walk")
- 2002 "The 4 Elements" Municipal House of Culture, Museum of Stone Canterbury, Portugal. Commissioner Albuquerque Mendes (catalog)
- 2002 "The room of the Collector" - Canvas Gallery, Porto, Portugal
- 2001 Exhibition of Student Finalists Ar.Co Room, Jorge Vieira, Lisbon, Portugal (catalog)
- 2000 "Greenspace 2000" with collaboration with Armanda Duarte - Fria, Lisbon, Portugal (catalog)
- 2000 "In Harry's Bazaar," - Fitares Gallery, Rio de Mouro, Portugal (catalog)
- 2000 Exhibition of Alumni of Ar.Co, "Quinta de S. Miguel Almada, Portugal (catalog)
- 1999 "Rama" - Vila do Bispo, Algarve, Portugal (catalog)
- 1999 "D. Fernando II " - Gallery of Young S. Sunday, Sintra, Portugal (catalog)
- 1999 "RAMA" - Galeria Alvarez, Porto, Portugal (catalog)
- 1999 Summer Exhibition of Ar.Co, Lisbon, Portugal
- 1997 "RAM" - Lisbon, Portugal
- 1996 "Jov 'Art 96" - Loures, Portugal
Solo exhibitions
- 2010 "Litle Revelations," Babel Library, Lisbon, Portugal
- 2008 "After Hours", The Chemistry Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2006 "You are now in my dreams", Galeria Graça Brandão, Porto
- 2005 "Setback" - Vera Cortes Art Agency - Lisbon, Portugal
- 2005 "The Bucket List" - Triangle House - São Paulo, Brazil
- 2005 "After Hours", Gallery Project, Vila Nova de Cerveira
- 2003 Galeria Graça Brandão, Porto, Portugal (catalog)
- 2003 Hammer Sidi, London, England - with with Sofia Areal
- 2003 "Lost and Found" - 66 Castle Gallery, Lagos, Portugal
After Hours collection was born from the idea of transformation of movement, rhythm and psychedelics that would be incorporated into individual objects and that would communicate with the audience and magnetize it with their haptic form. It is about interplay of colours, organic forms and minimalism.
Inspiration and concept for creation of these artworks is based in both differences and common features between memories of childhood that are represented by sweets and variety of colours (lollypops, fair candies, bonbons) that are confronted with adult life features with their illusions, magnetism of night and drugs. The name of the show is therefore related to hours after sleepless night when a man is returning from the party – dazed, mixing the experiences, hallucinations, feelings, memories and the chemistry of love.
Integral part of these artworks is the form and material where recycling of plastics (garbage) given to Joao by his friends has its important role. His friends are in this way actually present in his work. After Hours uses language where pop and minimalism are joining together (references to Arte Povera movement and neoconcretism).
