Manuel Gantes
Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, 1967.
Professor of Drawing at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, where he completed his Master's degree (Painting) in 2003 and his PhD (Drawing) in 2013. Postgraduate degree in Art History at UNL, 1998.
Exhibits individually since 1987 (selection): Lisbon: Galeria de São Bento, Galeria IAM, Galeria Módulo, Galeria António Prates, Templo do Gato, Casa dos Dias da Água, Monumental Gallery, Military Museum; Guimares: Galeria Gomes Alves; Porto: Galeria da Restauração, Galeria Canvas, Galeria Graça Brandão, Galeria da Miguel Bombarda; Rome, Italy: Instituto Português de Santo Antônio; Lille, France: L’Ariap; Haarlem, Netherlands: Ateliers 63; Guarda: Municipal Theater of Guarda; Estremoz: Professor Joaquim Vermelho Museum; Beja: Jorge Vieira Museum; most recent solo exhibition: “Ara Pacis”, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon, 2019.
Collective exhibitions in Galleries and Museums (selection): Coimbra, Rome, Riyadh, Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon, Porto, Madrid, Sofia, Rijeka, Paris, Basel, Luxembourg; most recent collective exhibition: “100 years 100 artists”, Gare Marítima de Alcântara, Lisbon, 2021.
Art Fairs (among others): Arco, Art Basel, Drawing Room, Arte Lisboa, FIAC.
Undertook study and artistic research trips to Lisbon. India, United States of America, Netherlands, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Turkey.
Catalogs and various bibliography, with texts written by (among other authors): Rui Chafes, António Barahona, João Miguel Fernandes Jorge, João Pinharanda, Bernardo Pinto de Almeida, Antó nio Cerveira Pinto, Celso Martins, Luísa Soares de Oliveira, Carlos Vidal, José Luís Porfírio, Jorge Listopad, Paula Moura Pinheiro, Maria Leonor Nunes, Paulo Nisa, M. Simão.
Editions of engravings and scattered illustrations.
Represented in public and private collections (selection): Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fundação António Prates, L&rsquo ;Ariap (France), Ateliers 63 (Netherlands), CAC of Malaga (Spain), Luciano Bennetton Foundation (Italy), Portuguese Institute of Saint Anthony in Rome (Italy) lia), Jorge Vieira Museum, Professor Joaquim Vermelho Museum, Fernando Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection, Telo de Morais Collection, Victor Pinto da Fonseca Collection.