João Biscainho (b. 1979, Portalegre, Portugal)

Education

PHD candidate in Culture Studies at The Lisbon Consortium, UC Lisboa, on an FCT scholarship

Masters Degree in Museology. FCSH Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2012

Degree in Visual Arts - Painting. Faculdade de Belas Artes, Universidade Lisboa, 2006

      

Individual Exhibitions

2024 — Mirror Drumming; (curated by Marta Rema); Appleton [square], Lisboa.

2022 — Body Terminals; CHAUFFEUR, Sydney.

2019 — Uncanny River (The Crossing); (curated by Luísa Santos); Galeria Fundação Amélia de Mello, UCP, Lisboa. 

2017 — Future Nothingness; (curated by Nicolas de Oliveira and Nicola Oxley); SE8 Gallery, London.

2007 — 2Stages; CAEP, Portalegre.

2007 — White Shadows; Lugar Comum - Fábrica da Pólvora, Oeiras. 

Collective Exhibitions

2024 — Beyond Human; (curated by Kirsten Eggers); Artemis Gallery, Lisboa.

2022 — Ablutions (FLR Collection, curated by David Revés) - MACE 15 Anos; Casa da História Judaica, Elvas.

2018 — You’ve Eaten Roses, Now You’ll Drink the Moon! (FLR Collection, curated by Nicolas de Oliveira and Nicola Oxley); Fórum Braga, Braga.

2017 — Ensaios (Sobre a Mesa); Galeria Quadrum, Lisboa.

2017 — Them Or Us!; (curated by Paulo Mendes); Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto.

2017 — 5/5: 5 artists, 5 Project Rooms; (curated by Luísa Santos); Carpe Diem Arte & Pesquisa, Lisboa.

2012 — Cabinet of Curiosities #2; (curated by Bob Wilson) Galeria Luís Serpa Projectos, Lisboa.

2011 — Cabinet of Curiosities #1; (curated by Luís Serpa); Galeria Luís Serpa Projectos, Lisboa.

2009 — XIV Biennial YAEM; Museum of Contemporary Art and National Gallery Mala Stanica, Skopje.

2009 — Identidade e Simulacro; (curated by Luís Serpa) Junho das Artes, Óbidos.

2008 — That is Me; (curated by Luís Serpa); Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisboa.

2008 — Lust & Luxuria, The Red Velvet Curtain Cult; (curated by Lili Spain and Sarah Grainger-Jones); Whitechapel Art Gallery; London, (19 September 2008).

2008 — Pólvora Muse; (curated by Fernando Pêra); Fábrica da Pólvora, Oeiras.

2008 — Regular Artist Film Screening — Another Roadside Attraction Gallery; The Griffin, London, (28 May 2008).

2007 — Jovens Criadores 2007; Centro de Congressos, Lisboa.

2006 — Accrochage 01/06; (curated by Luís Serpa); Galeria Luís Serpa Projectos, Lisboa.

Awards

• Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Support to Internationalisation); granted for the exhibition  Future Nothingness at SE8 Gallery, London, 2017.

• Concurso Ateliers Municipais Lisboa 2013; Studio awarded by Câmara Municipal Lisboa, 2013.

• Lisboa-Budapest Residency - Artist residency in Budapest awarded by Câmara Municipal Lisboa, 2007.

• Prémio Jovens Criadores 2007 (video category) Awarded by CPAI, Sec. Estado Juventude, 2007.

• Prémio Jovens Criadores 2007 (visual arts category) Awarded by CPAI, Sec. Estado Juventude, 2007.

Publications (selection)

• João Biscainho, Semir Zeki. “The Pathway to the Light As it Goes along the Light”. Edited by MNAC — Museu do Chiado and Tinta-da-China. (main essay, as curator of the exhibition). 2022. LINK

• João Biscainho, Bernardo Barahona Corrêa, Luísa Santos, and Peter Hanenberg. “João Biscainho - Uncanny River (The Crossing)”. Edited by Isabel Capeloa Gil, Paulo Campos Pinto, and Cultura@Católica. Lisboa: Sistema Solar (Documenta) & Universidade Católica Portuguesa. 2019. LINK

• Nicolas de Oliveira, and Nicola Oxley. “You’ve Eaten Roses, Now You’ll Drink the Moon! (works from the Leal Rios Foundation Collection”. London: Mulberry Tree Press. 2018.

• João Biscainho, Nicolas de Oliveira, and Nicola Oxley. “João Biscainho - Future Nothingness”. London: Mulberry Tree Press. 2017.

• V/A. “Portuguese Emerging Art 2017”. Torres Vedras: Emerge — Associação Cultural. 2017.

• Luís Serpa; Paulo Pires do Vale; [et al.]. “Junho das Artes 09 — Identidade e Simulacro”. Óbidos: Óbidos Patrimonium EMM. 2009.

• Margarida Medeiros. “Aquilo Sou Eu: Auto-Retratos De Artistas Contemporâneos (Colecção Luís e Safira Serpa)”. Lisboa: Assírio e Alvim & Fundação Carmona e Costa. 2008. LINK

Press (selection)

• Inês Almeida. “Ladainhas e Percussão na Appleton”. Umbigo (online). February 27, 2024. LINK

• Vera Appleton. “João Biscainho — Percussão e Percepção” (interview, #120, recorded on February 21, 2024). Appleton (Spotify and Apple Podcasts). March 6, 2024. LINK

• Adam Geczy. “João Biscainho — Body Terminals na CHAUFFEUR, Sydney”. Umbigo (online). October 27, 2022. LINK

• João Biscainho. “João Biscainho - Uncanny River (The Crossing)”. The Garage Journal (online) — Garage Museum, Moscow. February 7, 2022.

• Carolina Machado. “The Pathway to the Light As it Goes along the Light”. Umbigo #78 (p.110-113). 2021.

• Cristina Ramos González. “João Biscainho: Future Nothingness”. This Is Tomorrow. April 3, 2017. LINK

• Revista Contemporânea. “João Biscainho - Future Nothingness”. Revista Contemporânea. March 2017. LINK 

• Luísa Santos. “João Biscainho - Uncanny River (The Crossing) at Leal Rios Foundation”. Revista Contemporânea. August 2016. LINK

• Lene Baadsvig Ørmen, and Sara Sølberg, eds. “João Biscainho”. Kønst, no. 3. Svalbad, Norway. 2008.

• Ann Shenton. “João Biscainho”. (Interview). Zoot Magazine #8. 2007.

Represented in Collections

Budapest Galeria, Budapest

Faculdade Belas Artes, Lisboa

Leal Rios Foundation, Lisboa

Luís & Safira Serpa, Lisboa

Luís Valadas Fernandes, Lisboa

Museum of Installation, London

(other private collections)