Biography
Antonio Olaio (Lubango, Angola, 1963) graduated in Fine Arts/Painting from the Porto School of Fine Arts (FBAUP) in 1987.
His performances in the early 1980s led him to music. He was one of the founders of the "Reporter Estrábico”group in 1986 and, since 1995, his songs with João Taborda and many other musicians often feature in his videos and exhibitions. His last album "Anywhere Else” featured collaborations with Richard Strange, Victor Torpedo, Vitor Rua, Frederico Nunes, Anselmo Canha, Paulo Furtado, José Valente, Érika Machado, Silvestre Correia, Susana Chiocca, Luís Figueiredo, Ana Deus, Haarvöl, PedroTudela and Miguel Carvalhais.
He has exhibited regularly since 1986, highlights including solo shows at Culturgest (Lisbon, PT), Museu do Chiado (Lisbon, PT), Museu do Neo-Realismo (Vila Franca de Xira, PT), Museu Grão Vasco (Viseu, PT), Kenny Schachter conTEMPorary (New York, USA), Galerie Schuster (Berlin, DE), Galeria Mario Mauroner (Vienna, AU), CCA Andratx Art Contemporani (Mallorca, ES), Appleton Square (Lisbon, PT) or CAPC Circulo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, as well as the participation in group shows at venues such as Palais de Tokyo (Paris, PT), Foundation Marcelino Botín (Santander, ES), Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris, FR), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, FR), MAAT (Lisbon, PT), CAM - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal) or Serralves Foundation (Porto, PT).
His work is represented in numerous national and international collections such as CACE Contemporary Art Collection of the Portuguese State (PT), Museu Extremeño Ibero-Americano de Arte Contemporânea (Badajoz, ES), Serralves Museum (Porto, PT), EDP Foundation (Lisbon, PT), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (PT) or the Contemporary Art Museum / Museu do Chiado (Lisbon, PT)
Olaio is a PhD from the University of Coimbra (2000), having directed the Colégio das Artes from 2013 to 2023. He is a researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies CEIS20.
Academic Training
- 2020 PHD, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, PT)
- 1987 Degree in Plastic Arts / Painting, FBAUP, University of Porto (Porto, PT)
Solo Exhibitions
- 2023 - 24 Black jell-O birthday party, NO·NO (Lisbon, PT)
- 2022 Polka Dot Brain , Galeria Belo Galsterer (Lisbon, PT)
- 2021 Next to the Next Century , Kubik Gallery (Oporto, PT)
- 2021 My Fourth Incarnation , Zaratan (Lisbon, PT)
- 2020 Sleeping Beauty , Casa das Artes (Porto, PT)
- 2020 Desterrado, Ala da Frente, (Famalicão, PT)
- 2019 What do you think you're drawing?, CAA – Centro de Artes de Águeda (Águeda, PT)
- 2019 Next Stop is yesterday , BAG - Banco das Artes (Leiria, PT)
- 2018 My own moon, Espaço Mira (Porto, PT)
- 2018 Headless Crowns, Cooperativa Árvore (Porto, PT)
- 2018 Cleaning up the Vacuum – Prelude , Gabinete (Lisbon, PT)
- 2018 Dial R for Red, Galeria Trem (Faro, PT)
- 2018 Half a step from home, Maus Hábitos (Oporto, PT)
- 2017 Cleaning up the Vacuum, Fernando Santos Gallery (Porto, PT)
- 2016 Young people thinking about each other, Galeria João Esteves de Oliveira (Lisbon, PT)
- 2016 Livro de Lembranças dos Planetas, Science Museum, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, PT)
- 2015 Heading West, Appleton Square (Lisbon, PT)
- 2015 Haunted China, O Armário (Lisbon, PT)
- 2013 The sorrows of electricity , Galeria Filomena Soares (Lisbon, PT)
- 2012 Square feet , CAPC - Plastic Arts Circle of Coimbra (Coimbra, PT)
- 2011 This widow is blocking my Windows , MNAC Chiado National Museum of Contemporary Art (Lisbon, PT)
- 2010 La prospettiva is sucking reality, Museu of Neo-Realism (Vila Franca de Xira, PT)
- 2010 Na Cátedra de S. Pedro, Grão Vasco Museum (Viseu, PT)
- 2009 Crying my brains out, Galeria Filomena Soares (Lisbon, PT)
- 2009 La prospettiva, Galerie Mario Mauroner (Vienna, AT)
- 2009 Brrrrain, Culturgest (Lisbon, PT)
- 2007 I think differently now that I can paint, Centro Cultural Vila Flôr (Guimarães, PT)
- 2006 Under the stars, Galeria Zé dos Bois (Lisbon, PT)
- 2005 Pictures are not movies, Galeria Filomena Soares (Lisbon, PT)
- 2004 40 years in a plane, Kenny Schachter conTEMPorary (New York, USA)
- 2003 You are what you eat, Andratx Cultural Centre (Palma de Mallorca, ES)
- 2002 Telepathic agriculture, Galerie Schuster (Berlin, DE)
Group Exhibitions
- 2024 ARCOlisboa 2024, booth NO·NO, Cordoaria Nacional (Lisbon, PT)
- 2024 Abril Vermelho, curated by Miguel von Hafe Pérez, CAV Centro de Artes Visuais (Coimbra, PT)
- 2024 Micropolitics - workd from the National Contemporary Art Collection, curated by Sandra Vieira Jurgens, Art and Archeology Centre (Beja, PT)
- 2024 Sempre e nunca mais, curated by Ana Cristina Cachola, MACE - Elvas Contemporary Art Musem (Elvas, PT)
- 2024 No retrovisor, Colégio das Artes, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, PT)
- 2023 Transition Zones. Works from the PLMJ Foundation Collection, curated by João Silvério, Torreão Nascente, Cordoaria Nacional (Lisbon, PT)
- 2023 Dança não dança, curated by João dos Santos Martins, Ana Bigotte Vieira, Carlos Manuel Oliveira and Ana Dinger, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, PT)
- 2023 Una Casa, Teatro del Mundo. Works from the Contemporary Art Collection of the Portuguese State, curated by Sandra Vieira Jurgens, Official Residency of the Portuguese Ambassador in Spain (Madrid, ES)
- 2023 Quadrum 50 anos, uma fogueira cultural, curated by Paulo Mendes, Galeria Quadrum (Lisbon, PT)
- 2023 Fated beautiful tangle of things, curated by John Brown, Gallery 46 (London, UK)
- 2023 Elle aimait bien les frites: a French Fry feast by Joana Carro & Marco Bene, Cité International des Arts (Paris, FR)
- 2022 Fenda, curated by Joaquim Caetano / Francisca Portugal, Eugénio da Almeida Almeida (Évora, PT)
- 2022 FLAD Award Finalists 2022, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes (Lisbon, PT)
- 2022 - 23 Entre as Palavras o os Silêncios - Works from the Norlinda and Jose Lima Collection, curated by Luísa Soares de Oliveira, Oliva Arts Centre (S. João da Madeira, PT)
- 2020 Que horas são que horas: uma galeria de histórias, curated by José Maia, Paula Parente Pinto and Paulo Mendes, Museu Municipal (Porto, PT)
- 2020 - 21 Arte em São Bento 2020 - Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection, curated by João Silvério, Official Residency of the Prime Minister (Lisbon, PT)
- 2019 ANOZERO – Coimbra Contemporary Art Biennial, curated by Agnaldo Farias, Santa Clara-a-Nova Monastery (Coimbra, PT)
- 2019 Constelações: uma coreografia de gestos mínimos, curated by Ana Rito / Hugo Barata, Museu Colecção Berardo (Lisbon, PT)
- 2019 Wait, curated by Orlando Franco, Museu Colecção Berardo (Lisbon, PT)
- 2019 Trabalho Capital , curated by Paulo Mendes, Oliva Arts Centre / Norlinda and José Lima Collection (S. João da Madeira, PT)
- 2019 Saturno em Plutão, Galeria Sete (Coimbra, PT)
- 2019 Studiolo XXI, curated by Maria de Fátima Lambert, Eugénio da Almeida Almeida (Évora, PT)
- 2018 Time to Celebrate - 35 years of Mario Mauroner Gallery, Mario Mauroner Gallery (Salzbourg, AT)
- 2018 GERMINAL. The Cabrita Reis nucleum in the EDP Foundation Art Collection, curated by Pedro Gadanho / Ana Anacleto, MAAT - Art, Architecture and Technology Museum (Lisbon, PT); Municipal Gallery of Porto (Porto, PT)
- 2017 Them or us ! , curated by Paulo Mendes, Galeria Municipal (Oporto, PT)
- 2015 Link (Bienal Anozero), curated by Luísa Santos, Coimbra Contemporary Art Biennial (Coimbra, PT)
- 2013 Under the Sign of Amadeo - A Century of Art, curated by Ana Vasconcelos, Isabel Carlos, Leonor Nazaré, Patrícia Rosas, Rita Fabiana, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, PT)
- 2013 6 Performances exceptionelles, Palais de Tokyo (Paris, FR)
- 2012 Laughter, a serious exhibition, Electricity Museum, EDP Foundation (Lisbon, PT)
- 2010 MONO - a propos du GICAPC/Colours Group, CAPC, 1976/78, CAPC - Plastic Arts Circle of Coimbra (Coimbra, PT)
- 2009 Uncle Chop Chop V, Glasgow Project Room (Glasgow, IR)
- 2008 X International Show Union Fenosa, Union Fenosa Contemporary Art Museum (A Coruña, ES)
- 2008 Café Portugal , Design Factory (Bratislava, SK)
- 2008 Uncle Chop Chop III, Glasgow Project Room (Glasgow, IR)
- 2007 25 frames per second – videos of the PLMJ Foundation Collection , S. Jorge Cinema (Lisbon, PT)
- 2007 Entre a palabra e a imaxe, , Fundación Luis Seoane (A Coruña, ES)
- 2005 Portugal: a few figures, Art laboratory Alameda (Ciudade de Mexico, MX)
- 2005 Dal Zero al 2005 , Foundation Marcelino Botín (Santander, ES)
- 2005 The social contract, Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro Museum (Lisbon, PT)
- 2005 Loop ’05 – Portuguese Screen Video Art Showcase, Galeria Palau Robert (Barcelona, ES)
- 2003 Art by the Artists, curated by Paulo Mendes, Culturgest (Lisbon, PT)
- 2002 Contemporary Art from Portugal, European Central Bank (Frankfurt, DE)
- 2000 Pontevedra Biennial, Pontevedra Museum ()
- 1992 Images for the 90's, Serralves Collection (Serralves Foundation, Porto)
- 1985 International Art Critics Association Salon, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes (Lisbon, PT)
- 1985 Intervention III , Verrières (Paris, FR)
- 1985 Portuguese Performance, Galerie Makkom (Amsterdam, NL)
- 1984 Art et Révolution, Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, FR)
Collections
- Serralves Collection (Serralves Foundation, Porto)
- Armando Martins Museum (Lisbon, PT)
- PLMJ Foundation (Lisbon, PT)
- MNAC Chiado National Museum of Contemporary Art (Lisbon, PT)
- Museu Extremeño Ibero-Americano de Arte Contemporânea (Badajoz, ES)
- EDP Foundation (Lisbon, PT)
- Norlinda e José Lima Collection (S. João da Madeira, PT)
- Municipality of Coimbra (Coimbra, PT)
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, PT)
- National Contemporary Art Collection (Lisbon, PT)
- António Cachola Collection (Elvas, PT)
- Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection (Abrantes, PT)
- CAPC - Plastic Arts Circle of Coimbra (Coimbra, PT)
- Portuguese Copper Company (Porto, PT)
- Architecture Departement, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, PT)
