Alexandre Costa
Braga - 1973

 
Vive e trabalha no Porto, Viana do Castelo e Famalicão

 
Estudos:
licenciatura em artes plásticas-escultura na fbaup, porto - portugal [1999]; pós-graduação [master of arts in art education, 2003] investigação: " the knowledge on site-specificity & public art at visual arts higher educatin", surrey-roehampton university, londres – reino unido; curso do programa de doutoramento [2004] e diploma de estudos avançados de doutoramento [d.e.a.] na fbap, universidade de vigo - espanha [2005] com o projecto: "flexibilidade e transmutação da arte como projecto contemporâneo insubordinado ao sentido"; trabalha actualmente na tese de doutoramento, com o título: "a prática artística contemporânea entre a entropia e a auto-regulação".

 
Desde 1999 tem vindo a desenvolver vários projectos de compromisso entre a prática artística contemporânea e a organização ou direcção artística:
membro – fundador com funções de comissariado, programação e produção no projecto programático “artemosferas” e “espaço artes múltiplas”, porto [2001 – 2003] [www.miguelseabra.com/home1]; organizador e coordenador do projecto dhiva (2002-2003) [desenvolvimento da hibridez intelectual do vale do ave]; fundador e director do projecto internacional de arte contemporânea I arte experimental “i.m.a.n.” [intermédia, multimédia, acção e nada, 2005, 2006, 2007] [www.iman-arte.blogspot.com]; fundador-membro da direcção da “mapa das artes” – associação cultural;

 
Desenvolve paralelamente ainda alguns projectos colectivos:
membro-fundador do colectivo de música electrónica, artes visuais e performance “publicperformedia” [com jorge fernando dos santos e francisco laranjeira, 2006-2008] [www. myspace.com/publicperformedia]; membro-fundador do colectivo de artes plásticas e performance “the fictionary players” (com miguel seabra e jorge fernando dos santos, 2002-2008) [www.fictionaryplayers.blogspot.com]; colabora como músico no projecto de pal [pedro almeida] “g.v. – guitarras variáveis” [2007] [www.larapal.org/guitarrasvariaveis].

 
Desde 2002: docente no ensino superior politécnico e universitário como assistente e desenvolvendo cargos de coordenação:
[2005-2006] no curso de pintura e escultura do i.s.e.i.t. – i.p. [campus universitário de viseu]; [2007-2008] na pós-graduação em projectos culturais no campus académico de gaia - instituto superior piaget, onde tem leccionado cadeiras de arte contemporânea, performance, instalação e tecnologias, ateliers artísticos, semiologia das artes, entre outras. colabora ainda [2007-2008] com o departamento de expressões artísticas da e.s.e. do instituto politécnico de viana do castelo, na licenciatura em gestão artística e cultural e nos seminários e conferências de práticas performativas e comunicação, imagem e som. foi ainda convidado por algumas instituições do ensino superior público como consultor científico/cultural em cursos relacionados com a arte contemporânea.

 

 

Exposições Individuais - Projectos Independentes ou intervenções pontuais

 
2007 - [public dispositive] brot auf der straße: bread on the road, an exercise of entropy
or self imagination – [beetween berlin mitte - rosenthaler platz and the schönefeld
airport] berlin, germany
2006 - [draw -display] from filipe sampaio collection, visual art work of alexandre a.r. costa,
dr. filipe sampaio's private gallery, portugal.
2004 - [exhibition] “gatherings” or the epigram of the contemporary game? alvarez salaum
gallery, oporto, portugal
2002 - [exhibition] with the corrosion, dhiva nº1, tzp, famalicão, portugal
2001 - [rotative images slideshow device] “only the character of the big ears doesn't walk
in space activity”- artemosferas, oporto, portugal.
- [interactive devices] in your own backyard, artemosferas, oporto, portugal.
2000 - [exhibition]"art", global author, famalicão, portugal.
1999 - [exhibition] finalist - visual arts, museu do surrealimo, famalicão, portugal.

 

 

Exposições Colectivas

 
2008 - [invited artist] luzboa2008 – III lisbon contemporary art biennal
2007 - bunnys - sports [installation by fictionary players] at rosalux, berlin, germany
2006 - mail O2 , calouste gulbenkian foundation, paris, france
- i.m.a.n., casa das artes, famalicão, Portugal
2005 - sonda.viseu, i.p.j. gallery, viseu, portugal
- mini - cars project - art en el coche, kaldarte, caldas de reis and itinerary for cultural
spaces in spain
- i.m.a.n., casa das artes, famalicão, portugal
2004 - 5 artistas 5 atitudes, cinanima, espinho, portugal
2003 - III prémio de escultura city desk, cascais cultural center, d.luis I foundation, cascais,
portugal
- praticle project [presenting o.p.a.c.a.] university of surrey- roehampton-london, uk
- kaldarte - international event on contemporary public art, caldas de reis-pontevedra,
spain
- video arte at salão olímpico project - miguel bombarda street, oporto, portugal
2002 - zie h., 1st International video art and experimental music trends in houses, frankfurt,
germany
- black out, [fictionary players collective], artemosferas, oporto, portugal
- brg`02 - 2nd international festival of electronic music and multimedia art, braga,
portugal
- flashcontacto [fictionary players collective], artemosferas, oporto, portugal
2001 - 3rd edition of pontos de contacto, [fictionary players collective], oporto, portugal
- the winning artists gallery, surrealism museum, v. n. famalicão portugal
- itinerant collective – bonjóia foundation, oporto city hall, oporto, portugal
- projecto objectos lúdicos, campanhã foundation - oporto, portugal
2000/02 - euro-world project, high patronage of the european central bank [frankfurt],
several european capitals
2000/01 - "itinerâncias por San Ildefonso", la granja-madrid, spain
2000/01 - 3rd international arts biennial, marinha grande, portugal
2000 - prémio de aquisição da universidade do porto - 17 finalistas, árvore gallery, oporto,
portugal
1999 - 3 + 3 da f.b.a.u.p. at matriz, v. n. famalicão, portugal
1997 - revisiting marcel duchamp, coimbra university, coimbra, portugal
1996 - draw, f.b.a.u.p., porto, portugal

 

 

Performance e Projectos Áudio-visuais

 
2007 - “guitarras variaveis 07.07.22” by and with pal - an experimental non-fixed
improvised guitar project) casa da animacao, oporto, portugal,
[www.larapal.org/guitarrasvariaveis]
- "puper" (by public performedia)at zero gallery, berlin, germany
- bunnys - sports (by fictionary players) at rosalux gallery, berlin, germany
- we are quiet at home 15th performance art conference (e.p.i. zentrum)
2006 - collapse in the mount (public performedia collective) operação transbordo/projecto
teleférico. laboratório das artes, guimarães, portugal
- happyland [fictionary players collective]iman06: maus habitos, oporto, portugal
- quem come tudo não come o nada, iman 06, funchal, madeira island, portugal
- como o nada, iman06: casa das artes, vila nova de famalicão, portugal
2005 - [multimedia and performance art in an real time experiment] with jorge f. santos and
technical support by paulo c. team, sopro - transdisciplinar event, ipj, viseu
- urban c(o)urses: one hour, casa das artes de vila nova de famalicão, portugal
2004 - killing rule. cinanima, espinho, portugal
2003 - art investigation (1st contact). kaldarte - public art event, caldas de reis-pontevedra,
spain
- art investigation (work in progress). froebel college garden - london, uk
- art investigation (work in progress). sub-way - london, uk
- art investigation (work in progress). the theatre museu walk - london, uk
2002 - ementa (fictionary players collective)pontos de Contacto, miguel seabra studio,
oporto, portugal
2000 - "just looking & smiling, dressing the bourdoux coat" performance developed during
the production of the creamaster cicle movie by matthew barney. guggenheim
museum, new york, u.s.a.
1999 - a Cerimónia do elefante dourado (with jorge f. santos) X international art bienal,
vila Nova de cerveira, portugal
- voyeur dans l`espace, (with jorge f. santos), fine arts museum, oporto, portugal
1998 - revisiting gerard ritcher - the invention of memory (with jorge f. santos), f.b.a.u.p.,
oporto, portugal
- revisiting john cage - there is no space for emotions in a work of art?, (with Jorge
f. santos) f.b.a.u.p., oporto, portugal

 

 

Conferências e Workshops

 
2008 - [lecturer] o universo das artes performativas - o papel das vanguardas no século xx,
departamento de comunicação e expressões artísticas da escola superior de
educação do ipvc - IV ciclo internacional de conferências
2007 - [lecturer] da arte. da cidade. do efémero/from art. from the city. from the ephemeral,
with pedro cabral santo, arte lisboa07, international contemporary art fair, lisbon
- [lecturer] sculpture practices/práticas de escultura, fbaup/faculty of fine arts of oporto
2006 - [lecturer] cultural administration vs cultural animation, e.s.e., academic campus of
gaia. portugal
- [lecture and practical work] under contemporary art territories, school of santana,
madeira island
- [lecturer] reflections about art in pedagogic and social context, iman contemporary
art fest, iec - university of minho, braga
- [workshop-device for open lecture] around culture, casa das artes, vila nova
de famalicão
2005 - [lecturer, with multimedia and performance - real time experiment] with jorge
f. santos and technical support by paulo c. team, sopro - transdisciplinar event,
ipj, viseu
- [member of table and lecturer] painting and sculpture i.s.e.i.t. university
campus - viseu
- [moderator and lecturer]homage / reflections on ção pestana`s work , casa das
artes, vila nova de famalicão
2003 - [member of table] the power of image, e.s.e. - i.p.v.c., viana do castelo
2002 - [lecturer] interdisciplinary concepts at contemporary art practice, arca - university
arts school, coimbra
- [lecturer] "artistic partnerships, structures and multidisciplinarity" [ciclo de
conferências relações d`arte] aula magna - f.b.a.u.p.- faculty of fine arts, university of
oporto, oporto
- [lecturer] the artemosferas project [for the students' visit - of the master degree in
curatorial studies of f.b.a.u.l. - faculty of fine arts, university of lisbon), espaço artes
múltiplas, porto
2000 - [lecture and practical work] structures [from the request of “traço” – visual arts
association), space for the surrealism museum", v. n. famalicão.

 

 

Actividade Curatorial

 
2007 - [founder and director] international fest - contemporary art / experimental art -
i.m.a.n., the art of noise: incentives in order to design territories, casa das artes
famalicão, maus hábitos oporto, rosalux berlin, zero gallery berlin. with participations
[for instance] as bartolomé ferrando [es], calhau, yella, carla cruz, vitor lago silva,
susana chioca or puper [pt], etc.
2006 - [founder and director] the transdisciplinar event - i.m.a.n. 2006, 2nd Edition:
contemporary arts/social functions- casa das artes famalicão + 10 extensions in
portugal, brasil and spain [among them: universidade de minas gerais – brasil with
fernando aguiar, teatro viriato-viseu with pedro tudela and miguel carvalhais, galeria
antónio henriques - arte contemporânea with participation of gabriela albergaria and
julião sarmento, funchal cultural institutions, the dinner-performances cycle with
performances by paulo brandão, alexandre a.r. costa or research kitchen [for
instance] etc.
- artes em atelier [responsible - intermedia art workshops, viseu university campus,
portugal
2005 - [founder and director] i.m.a.n.05 event (intermedia, multimedia, action and
anything/nothing) - casa das artes, v.n. famalicão + 2 cultural spaces in oporto:
[salão olimpico e maus habitos] with participations [for instance] as japp blonk [nl],
ção pestana, pedro almeida, miguel palma, pedro cabral santo [pt] juanjo fuentes or
the principe 54 collective of performance [es]…
- [co-organizer of sonda-viseu - experimental art fest]: museu grão vasco, instituto
português da juventude, teatro viriato, etc.
2004/05 - collaborating on curatorial operation [responsible for the portuguese
representation] with juanjo fuentes [curator of the public art event - kaldarte], caldas
de reis, pontevedra, spain.
2002/03 - artist-organizer of dhiva - cycle of contemporary art at tzp
2000/03 - founder-member and responsible for the visual and performance art program:
multidisciplinar project: artemosferas - oporto.

 

 

Actividade de programação e Comissariado - artes visuais e performativas do projecto multidisciplinar: artemosferas, porto

 
2002 - [exhibition: condutas privadas] with maria lusitano santos, patricia valdez cardoso,
pedro valdez cardoso and rafael alvarez
- [exhibition of visual arts, music, d.j., v.j. and performance by francisco laranjeira:
xx - project by manuela t. campos] with adelina lopes, claudia ribau, irene gançalves,
joana pimentel and manuela teixeira de campos
- [exhibition of visual arts and music: the parallel international event] with nuria...
[spain…].
- artemosferadesign event, with furnor support [collaboration of architect and
designer ermano apparo]
- [exhibition of visual arts, music and performance: black out, project by the fictionary
players] with fictionary players [alexandre a.r. costa, jorge fernando dos santos and
miguel seabra], catarina felgueiras/nuno jeremias ramalho, carla filipe, arturo
fuentes e juanjo fuentes.
- ovarvideo fest [video recicled views] and performance, oporto
- [exhibition of visual arts: an video art show?]: margarida paiva, mariken kramer,
hc gile e sabina jacobsson.
- [exhibition of visual arts and music: to play and the monkey business, project by
eduardo matos] with cristina regadas, eduardo matos, manuel santos maia,
susana chiocca, gustavo sumpta, israel pimenta, insert, si­lvia castro, vitor almeida e
pedro almeida Paiva
- [exhibition of visual arts and music: tropicalia III] claudia ulisses, didier fiuza faustino
e antonio caramelo
- [exhibition of visual arts and music: flashcontacto] with antonio leal, fausto
assunção, joana mateus, josé a. pereira, bruno santos silva, cecilia albuquerque,
fabrizio scoditti, the fictionary players: alexandre a.r. costa, miguel seabra e jorge
f. santos, israel pimenta, manuel santos maia, manuela nuno de campos, renato
ferrão,isabel ribeiro and sergio azevedo.
2001 - [exhibition of visual arts and music: 7 artistas ao 11º mês, project by pedro cabral
santo] with alice geirinhas, joão fonte santa, miguel soares, paulo mendes, pedro
amaral, pedro cabral santo e joão Simões.
- [exhibition of visual arts and music: regras do jogo da glória. projecto by paulo
Mendes] with daniel barroca, fernando ribeiro, joão tabarra, pedro barateiro e virgínia
mota.
- [parallel event to the exhibition: fictional buzzing: o cruzeiro] de paulo castro.
- [exhibition of visual arts, performance and music: fictional buzzing - 1st] with miguel
soares, remixing. fernando fadigas, antonio olaio e joão taborda. [exhibition of visual
arts, performance and music: fictional buzzing - 2st] with vitor lago silva e pascal
ferreira.
- [exhibition of visual arts and music: inaugural artemosferas]: with joão louro,
miguel palma, joão onofre and pedro tudela. concert by @c+lia.