Biography

Rui Neiva (Sintra, 1974). With a basic training in civil engineering at ESEL (PT), he studied drawing at ArCo – Art and Visual Communication Center at FBAUL (Lisbon, PT). Finalist of the Paula Rego Award in 2016 and INCM – National Mint / Drawing Room Lisboa Award in 2023, his work is represented in important national and international collections, such as the Carmona e Costa Foundation, the António Cachola Collection, the Oliva Arauna (Madrid, ES) or the Entrecanales (Madrid, ES) collections.



Solo Exhibitions

  • 2024 ST #17641, NO·NO (Lisbon, PT)
  • 2023 Drawing Room Lisboa (solo project), NO·NO booth, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes (Lisbon, PT)
  • 2020 ST #16440, Módulo – Centro Difusor de Arte, (Lisbon, PT)
  • 2017 ST #15706, Módulo – Centro Difusor de Arte, (Lisbon, PT)
  • 2017 ST #15524, Shiki Miki Gallery (Lisbon, PT)

Group Exhibitions

  • 2024 Divine Proportion, curated by Cláudio Garrudo, INCM – National Mint (Lisbon, PT)
  • 2023 ARCOlisboa 2023, NO·NO booth, Cordoaria Nacional (Lisbon, PT)
  • 2021 Linha do Tempo (Works from the Antonio Cachola Collection), curated by Ricardo Estevam Pereira, Centro de Artes de Sines (Sines, PT)
  • 2021 Pintura: campo de observação, curated by João Pinharanda, Cristina Guerra – Contemporary Art (Lisbon, PT)
  • 2020 - 21 2012|2020, MACE – Elvas Contemporary Art Museum (Elvas, PT)
  • 2018 O Futuro do Presente: Simples ou Composto, curated by Victor dos Reis, Maria João Gamito, Sérgio Mah, Ângela Ferreira, João Castro Silva, Carlos Vidal, Isabel Sabino, Cisterna + Capela Belas Artes (Lisbon, PT)
  • 2018 Arte é uma coisa mental, Módulo – Centro Difusor de Arte (Lisbon, PT)
  • 2018 IMAGINATIO, Módulo – Centro Difusor de Arte (Lisbon, PT)
  • 2017 A Dispensa, curated by Sandro Resende and José Azevedo, Lisbon, PT ()
  • 2016 Paula Rego Award, Casa das Histórias Paula Rego (Cascais, PT)
  • 2016 Casa das Artes de Tavira’s 30th Aniversary Award, Casa das Artes da Taviraa / FBAUL (Tavira, PT)

Awards

  • 2023 INCM Award / Drawing Room Lisboa, INCM – National Mint (Lisbon, PT)

Collections

  • Norlinda and José Lima Collection (S. João da Madeira, PT)
  • Oliva Arauna (Madrid, ES)
  • Manuel de Brito Collection (Lisbon, PT)
  • MG (Alvito, ES)
  • António Cachola Collection (Lisbon, PT)
  • Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection / MIAA – Iberian Museum of Archaeology and Art of Abrantes (Abrantes, PT)
  • Entrecanales (Madrid, ES)
  • Salvador Granizo (Madrid, ES)
  • Carmona e Costa Foundation (Lisbon, PT)
  • Centenera (Madrid, ES)
  • João Pulido (Lisbon, PT)
  • INCM – National Mint (Lisbon, PT)
  • Vasco Santos Collection (Lisbon, PT)
  • Gonçalo Lima & Rita Talhas Collection (Lisbon, PT)