Biography
Mariana Caló (Viana do Castelo, 1984) and Francisco Queimadela (Coimbra, 1985) studied Painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto and have been working as a duo since 2010. Calouste Gulbenkian Scholars in 2012 for an artistic residency at Gasworks, London and Scholars of General Directorate for the Arts (DGArtes) / INOV-Art program, which they developed in Berlin, where they were based between 2008 and 2012.
Distinguished with the BES Revelation Award (Serralves Foundation / Banco Espírito Santo, Lisbon / Porto) in 2012 and Winners of the International Schermo dell'arte Film Festival award in 2013. Finalists of the EDP Novos Artistas Award (EDP Foundation, Porto) in 2013. Winners of the first edition of the Paulo Cunha e Silva Prize in 2018. In 2021 they participated in the 34th Bienal de São Paulo.
Their practice is developed through a privileged use of the moving image, both through filmmaking and in the intersection with installation and site-specific environments in conjunction with drawing, painting, photography or scutheir work.
Among their recent exhibitions we highlight : Flor Fantasma, CAV, Coimbra PT (2021); 34ª Bienal de São Paulo - “Faz Escuro mas eu Canto”, São Paulo, BR (2021); Other Times, Green Parot, Barcelona, ES (2021); Corpo Radial, Galeria Boavista, Lisboa, PT (2020); Caos e Ritmo, CIAJG, Guimarães, PT (2020); Colección Inelcom, Madrid, ES (2020); Bienal AnoZero, Coimbra, PT (2019); Rudimental, Solar - galeria de arte cinemática, Vila do Conde, PT (2019); Meia-Noite, Cinzeiro 8, MAAT, Lisbon, PT (2019); Sombra Luminosa, Escola das Artes, Porto, PT (2018); Alfabeto Analfabeto, Monitor Lisbon, Lisbon, PT (2018); Habitantes de habitantes, Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto, PT (2017) and Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, PT (2016); A Trama e o Círculo, Museu da Imagem, Braga, PT (2017) ; O Livro da Sede, Museu de Serralves, Porto, PT (2016).
Their films have been shown at festivals such as: Festival dei Popoli, Ialy (2021); Porto/Post/Doc Film Festival, Portugal (2020); Athens Avant-Garde Film festival, Greece (2020), Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany (2020); Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, United Kingdom (2020); IndieLisboa, Portugal (2020); FIDMarseille, France (2020); Documenta Madrid, Spain (2019); Qamar Cinema, Wadi Al-Qamar, Jordan (2019); IFFR – Deep Focus, Rotterdam (2019); 25 FPS, Croacia (2018); New York Film Festival, USA (2018); CurtoCircuito Film Festival, Spain (2018).
Their work is represented in the municipal collections of Lisbon and Porto, Portugal, in the National Collection of Contemporary Art, in the collections of Serralves, António Cachola, Fundación Inelcom, and among private, national and international collectors.
Distinguished with the BES Revelation Award (Serralves Foundation / Banco Espírito Santo, Lisbon / Porto) in 2012 and Winners of the International Schermo dell'arte Film Festival award in 2013. Finalists of the EDP Novos Artistas Award (EDP Foundation, Porto) in 2013. Winners of the first edition of the Paulo Cunha e Silva Prize in 2018. In 2021 they participated in the 34th Bienal de São Paulo.
Their practice is developed through a privileged use of the moving image, both through filmmaking and in the intersection with installation and site-specific environments in conjunction with drawing, painting, photography or scutheir work.
Among their recent exhibitions we highlight : Flor Fantasma, CAV, Coimbra PT (2021); 34ª Bienal de São Paulo - “Faz Escuro mas eu Canto”, São Paulo, BR (2021); Other Times, Green Parot, Barcelona, ES (2021); Corpo Radial, Galeria Boavista, Lisboa, PT (2020); Caos e Ritmo, CIAJG, Guimarães, PT (2020); Colección Inelcom, Madrid, ES (2020); Bienal AnoZero, Coimbra, PT (2019); Rudimental, Solar - galeria de arte cinemática, Vila do Conde, PT (2019); Meia-Noite, Cinzeiro 8, MAAT, Lisbon, PT (2019); Sombra Luminosa, Escola das Artes, Porto, PT (2018); Alfabeto Analfabeto, Monitor Lisbon, Lisbon, PT (2018); Habitantes de habitantes, Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto, PT (2017) and Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, PT (2016); A Trama e o Círculo, Museu da Imagem, Braga, PT (2017) ; O Livro da Sede, Museu de Serralves, Porto, PT (2016).
Their films have been shown at festivals such as: Festival dei Popoli, Ialy (2021); Porto/Post/Doc Film Festival, Portugal (2020); Athens Avant-Garde Film festival, Greece (2020), Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany (2020); Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival, United Kingdom (2020); IndieLisboa, Portugal (2020); FIDMarseille, France (2020); Documenta Madrid, Spain (2019); Qamar Cinema, Wadi Al-Qamar, Jordan (2019); IFFR – Deep Focus, Rotterdam (2019); 25 FPS, Croacia (2018); New York Film Festival, USA (2018); CurtoCircuito Film Festival, Spain (2018).
Their work is represented in the municipal collections of Lisbon and Porto, Portugal, in the National Collection of Contemporary Art, in the collections of Serralves, António Cachola, Fundación Inelcom, and among private, national and international collectors.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2022 Dobra Sol, NO·NO (Lisbon, PT)
- 2020 Corpo Radial, curated by Susana Ventura, Galeria da Boa ()
- 2019 Rudimental, Solar Galeria de Arte CinemáLca (Vila do Conde, PT)
- 2019 Midnight, curated by Filipa Ramos, Cinzeiro 8, MAAT (Lisbon, PT)
- 2018 Luminous Shadow, Escola das Artes, Católica University (Porto, PT)
- 2018 Alfabeto Analfabeto, Monitor Gallery (Lisbon, PT)
- 2017 Habitantes de Habitantes, curated by Paulo Mendes, National Museum Soares dos Reis (Porto, PT)
- 2017 A Trama e o Círculo, Museu da Imagem (Braga, PT)
- 2016 O Livro da Sede, curated by João Nicolau, Contemporary Art Gallery, Serralves Museum (Porto, PT)
- 2016 Habitantes de Habitantes, curated by João Mourão and Luís Silva, Kunsthalle Lissabon (Lisbon, PT)
- 2014 Gradações de Tempo sobre um Plano IV, Carpe Diem - Arte e Pesquisa (Lisbon, PT)
- 2013 Drifts and Derivations, O’ Artoteca (Millan, IT)
- 2012 Charts for the Coming Times, Villa Romana (Florence, IT)
- 2012 Gradations of Time over a Plane, Gasworks (London, RU)
- 2011 The Springs of the Flood, Matador PR / Altes Finanzamt (Berlin, DE)
- 2010 Gradações de Tempo sobre um Plano, Espaço Campanhã (Porto, PT)
Group Exhibitions
- 2023 #Slow #Stop … #Think #Move, Território #2, curated by Ana Anacleto, Culturgest (Porto, PT)
- 2023 Derivas e Criaturas - New Acquisitions, Galeria Municipal (Oporto, PT)
- 2023 Other Times, Green Parrot (Barcelona, ES)
- 2021 34th Sao Paulo Biennial, The Biennial Pavillion (Sao Paulo, BR)
- 2020 Chaos and Rhythm, curated by Nuno Faria, CIAJG - International Art Centre José de Guimarães (Guimarães, PT)
- 2020 Colección Inelcom, Fundación Inelcom (Madrid, ES)
- 2020 2012- 2020 Works from the António Cachola collection, MACE - Elvas Contemporary Art Musem (Elvas, PT)
- 2020 Leap of Faith, curated by Miguel Mesquita, NO·NO (Lisbon, PT)
- 2019 ANOZERO – Coimbra Contemporary Art Biennial, curated by Agnaldo Farias, Santa Clara-a-Nova Monastery (Coimbra, PT)
- 2019 Ways of the hand, form of a mind, curated by João Mourão and Luís Silva, Maisterravalbuena (Madrid, ES)
- 2019 Sonic Geometry 3rd Cycle , curated by Nuno Faria and Nicolau Tudela, Arquipélago (São Miguel, Azore)
- 2018 Como o Sol / Como a Noite, FBAUP / Porto Postdoc (Porto, PT)
- 2018 Paulo Cunha e Silva Award, curated by Guilherme Blanc and João Laia, Galeria Municipal (Oporto, PT)
- 2018 Exposição Índice, curated by Nuno Faria and Nicolau Tudela, Arquipélago – Contemporary Art Centre (Ribeira Grande, PT)
- 2018 António Cachola Collection – 10 Years / 10 Artists / 10 Commissions , curated by Ana Cachola, Filipa Oliveira, João Laia, Chiado 8 Arte Contemporânea (Lisbon, PT)
- 2017 10000 YEARS LATER BETWEEN VENUS AND MARS – Works from the Antonio Cachola Collection, Galeria Municipal (Oporto, PT)
- 2017 Quatro Elementos, Galeria Municipal (Oporto, PT)
- 2017 Earth, Solar Galeria de Arte Cinemática (Vila do Conde, PT)
- 2017 Camaleónica, curated by Miguel Leal, CAPC - Plastic Arts Circle of Coimbra (Coimbra, PT)
- 2015 Inquéritos (à fotografia e ao território) - Paisagem e Povoamento, curated by Nuno Faria, CIAJG - International Art Centre José de Guimarães (Guimarães, PT)
- 2015 The importance of being a (Moving) Image, National gallery (Prague, CZ)
- 2014 A Composição do Ar, curated by Nuno Faria, CIAJG - International Art Centre José de Guimarães (Guimarães, PT)
- 2013 EDP Novos Artistas Award, EDP Gallery (Porto, PT)
- 2013 O MAR: muitas marés, uma única vaga de descontentamento, curated by João Laia , BES: Arte e Finança (Lisbon, PT)
- 2013 Entrevista Perpétua, curated by Ricardo Nicolau , Serralves and Municipality of Porto, 1ª Avenida (Porto, PT)
- 2013 BES Revelação #8, BES Arte e Finança (Lisbon, PT)
- 2013 Um Pretérito Imperfeito, Galeria Presença (Porto, PT)
- 2013 BES Revelação #8, Casa de Serralves (Porto, PT)
- 2011 - 01 Autofocus, General Public (Berlin, DE)
Awards
- 2023 BES Revelação #8 Award , Serralves Foundation / BES (Lisbon / Porto, PT)
- 2018 Paulo Cunha e Silva Award, Municipality of Porto (Porto, PT)
- 2013 Finalists, Novos Artistas Award, EDP Foundation (Porto, PT)
- 2013 Award, Schermo dell’arte Film Festival (Florence, IT)
- 2012 Scholarship, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, PT)
Artistic Residencies
- 2012 Artistic Residency, Gasworks (London, UK)
Collections
- CACE Contemporary Art Collection of the State (Lisbon, PT)
- Serralves Foundation (Oporto, PT)
- Fundación Inelcom (Madrid, ES)
- António Cachola Collection (Elvas, PT)
- Municipality of Lisbon (Lisbon, PT)
- Municipality of Porto (Porto, PT)
