Biography
BA in Painting by the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto and MA in Painting by the same institution. In his work Carlos Mensil explores the aesthetic and structural potentialities of materials outside their usual context in a territory of conceptual questioning. What we see are scenarios of apparent possibilities, or impossibilities.
His work is represented in various national and international public and private collections, such as the Galila Barzilaï -Hollander Collection (BE), the Donna Macmillan Collection (USA) or the Cerveira Biennial Foundation (PT), to name but a few. He is a co-founding member of the independent collective “CampaNice”. He lives and works in Porto, PT.
His work is represented in various national and international public and private collections, such as the Galila Barzilaï -Hollander Collection (BE), the Donna Macmillan Collection (USA) or the Cerveira Biennial Foundation (PT), to name but a few. He is a co-founding member of the independent collective “CampaNice”. He lives and works in Porto, PT.
Academic Training
- 2012 MA, Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto (Oporto, PT)
- 2010 BA, Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto (Oporto, PT)
Awards
- 2015 XVIII Cerveira International Art Biennial, IPDJ prize, Cerveira Biennial Foundation (Vila Nova de Cerveira, PT)
- 2014 8th International Biennial of Vila Verde , first prize, Vila Verde Municipality (Vila Verde, PT)
Artistic Residencies
- 2016 Artistic residency Montepio, Porto Lazer (Oporto, PT)
Collections
- Donna Macmillan Collection (USA)
- Galila Barzilai-Hollander Collection (BE)
- Bureau Veritas (PT)
- COTEC Portugal (PT)
- Vila Verde Municipality (Vila Verde, PT)
- Cerveira Biennial Foundation (Vila Nova de Cerveira, PT)
- Municipality of Oporto (Oporto, PT)
