João Paulo Feliciano
Born in Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, 1963.
Lives and works in Lisbon.
Education
1981-1985 Modern Languages and Literatures (Portuguese and English Studies), Universidade Clássica de Lisboa, Portugal.
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Music Lessons, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal.
2007 Colour Games, Appleton Square, Lisbon, Portugal.
The Blues Quartet [book] Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA.
2006 The Possibility of Everything - João Paulo Feliciano, Selected Works 1989-
1994 [cat.], Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal.
I Got the Blues, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal.
2005 There is No Easy Way to Mars: sculpture-installation in the gardens
[broch.], Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.
Double Meaning (split show with David Batchelor), Galeria Leme, São
Paulo, Brasil.
2004 Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto [cat.]
SlowMotion Porta 33, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
2003 Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal.
2000 SlowMotion, ESAD, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal [leaflet].
1998 Evolution my Mind (in the context of the exhibition Ernesto de Sousa:
Revolution My Body) [poster], Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação
Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.
1997 Art Attack, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal / Light – As Opposed to Darkness /
As Opposed to Heavy
1994 Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt
1993 I’ve Always Loved You, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal.
1990 Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal (with Eugénio Cano).
Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid, Spain.
1989 Galerie Transit, Leuven / Portugal + Feliciano (in collaboration with Pedro
Portugal).
1988 Galerie De Equilibrist, Sint-Nicklas [cat.].
Group Exhibitions
2007 À Propos des Lieux d’Origine, Portugal Agora - MUDAM – Musée d’Art
Moderne Gran-Duc Jean, Luxembourg.
I Will Be Allright - Country Club Gallery, Cincinnati, USA.
“White Cube / Colour Cube”: site-specific installation; permanent display,
The Berardo Museum, Lisbon, Portugal.
Assembleia da República (Portuguese Parliament), Lisbon, Portugal / The
Berardo Collection at The Portuguese Parliament [cat.]
2006 Ponto de Fuga: Obras da Colecção da Fundação de Serralves [cat.], Centro
Cultural de Lagos, Lagos, Portugal.
O Poder da Arte (organized by Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves) [cat.], Assembleia da República (Portuguese Parliament), Lisbon, Portugal.
2005 Tableaux Vivants – Obras da Colecção de Serralves, Museu de Arte
Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal.
O Contrato Social [cat.], Museu Bordalo Pinheiro, Lisbon, Portugal.
Veinte años y un dia, Galería Oliva Arauna, Madrid, Spain.
2004 Entre Duas Luzes (organized by Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação
Calouste Gulbenkian) [cat.], Assembleia da República (Portuguese
Parliament), Lisbon, Portugal.
Pavilhão de Ibirapuera, São Paulo / XXVI Bienal de São Paulo (curator:
Alfons Hug) [cat.]
Shake the Limits [Re-Location] [cat.], Museum of Contemporary Art,
Bucharest, Romania.
2003 Voyager 03 (Experimenta Design 2003) [broch.], Paris, Madrid, Lisbon
(mobile road show).
2001 Modos Afirmativos e Declinações: Alguns Aspectos do Desenho na Década
de 80 [cat.], Museu de Évora, Évora; Galeria Trem, Faro; Museu Amadeo
de Souza-Cardoso, Amarante, Portugal.
Voyager 01 (Experimenta Design 2001) [broch.], Milano, London, Lisboa,
Barcelona (mobile road show).
2000 Sonic Boom: The Art of Sound [cat.], Hayward Gallery, London, United
Kingdom.
A Arte, o Artista e o Outro - Obras da colecção Caixa Geral de Depósitos
[cat.], Fundação Cupertino de Miranda, Porto, Portugal.
1999 Festival do Fim [broch.], Lux-Frágil, Lisbon, Portugal.
1997 Exposição itinerante / Travelling exhibition; Braga, Viana do Castelo,
Amarante, Guimarães, Paredes, Santo Tirso, Bragança / Arte Portuguesa dos Anos 90 na Colecção de Serralves [cat.]
1998 Art Attack na ZDB [book], Galeria ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal.
1997 Anatomias Contemporâneas [cat.], Fundição de Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal.
Portfolio, Galeria Alda Cortez, Lisbon, Portugal.
Ecos de la Matéria [cat.], Museu Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte
Contemporâneo, Badajoz; Sala de Las Atarazanas, Valencia, Spain.
1995 Bildloses Abbild [broch.], Sparkasse Gutersloh, Bonn, Germany.
Titanium Exposé, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal.
Peninsulares, Galería Thomas March, Valencia, Spain.
1994 Arte & Dinheiro[book], Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal.
Depois de Amanhã [cat.], Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal.
Uno cada Uno, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain.
Múltiplas Dimensões [cat.], Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal.
The Independent Worm Saloon, Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes, Lisbon, Portugal.
1993 Imagens para os Anos 90 [cat.], Casa de Serralves, Porto; Culturgest,
Lisbon, Portugal.
1992 Identidad / Diversidad [cat.], Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.
Joaquim Bravo – Reencontros [cat.], Galeria Alda Cortez, Lisbon, Portugal.
Already Made, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal.
1991 The Floor Show, Galerie De Equilibrist, Sint-Nicklaas, Belgium.
SNAP, Galerie De Equilibrist, Sint-Nicklaas, Belgium.
Manifesto [cat.], Mosteiro de São Francisco, Beja, Portugal.
1990 The Black Show, Galerie De Equilibrist, Sint-Nicklaas, Belgium.
1989 Espaços, Loja do Desenho, Lisbon, Portugal.
Rien ne va plus, faites vos y(j)eux [cat.], Haagse Centrum voor Aktuele
Kunst, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
3 x (2×1) Propositions, Moving Space Gallery, Gent, Belgium.
Ases da Paleta (João Paulo Feliciano, Pedro Portugal, Manuel João Vieira e
Fernando Brito), Galeria Quadrum, Lisbon, Portugal.
1988 Galerie Christine et Isy Brachot, Brussels, Belgium.
1987 Galeria CAPC, Coimbra, Portugal.
1985 Arte nos Anos 80, Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes, Lisbon, Portugal.
1985 II Bienal de Arte Jovem, Chaves, Portugal.
1984 II Bienal de Lagos, Lagos, Portugal.
Public Collections
Cultugest - Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisbon, Portugal.
Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal.
Museu Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, Spain.
Museu Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal.
His work is represented in several private collections in Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Brazil and USA.
Music / Performance (selection)
2007 Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, USA / Blues Quartet Special Live /
(João Paulo Feliciano, Lee Ranaldo, Rafael Toral, Trevor Tremaine).
2004 Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal / Playing the White Cube / Colour Cube (João Paulo Feliciano, Sei Miguel Quartet, David Toop, Rafael Toral).
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal (João Paulo Feliciano, Lee Ranaldo, Rafael Toral, Leah Singer).
2002 FAD, Barcelona, Spain / Landscope + Elastic Void.
2001 Old Trumman Brewery, London, United Kingdom / Houselab (João Paulo
Feliciano, Rafael Toral, Rui Gato), part of Voyager 01.
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil / Em Tempo Real (collaboration between Houselab and Nova Dança 4).
2000 Expo2000, Hannover / Houseware Experience: Explorations in Live Mixed
Media.
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal / Em Tempo Real (collaboration between Houselab and Nova Dança 4), Encontros Acarte.
1999 ZDB Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal / Guitar Piece and Early Winter by Phill Niblock (with Phill Niblock).
Central Tejo, Lisbon, Portugal / Houseware Experience (Experimenta Design 1999).
Vila Nova de Foz Coa and Lux-Frágil, Lisbon, Portugal / playing the White Cube / Colour Cube (João Paulo Feliciano, Rafael Toral, Peter Renberg, Christian Fennesz), Encontros Internacionais de Poesia.
Aula Magna, Lisbon, Portugal / OpticoSonic Electronics (by No Noise Reduction; opening act for Sonic Youth’s concert).
1998 Expo’98, Lisbon, Portugal (with Tina and the Top Ten).
1995 XFM, Lisboa; Rádio Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra; Rádio Litoral Oeste, Óbidos / On Air, Portugal (live radio gigs by No Noise Reduction).
1994 Berlin / Urban Aboriginals Festival (with Mimi).
1993 Aniki Bóbó, Porto, Portugal / Automated Guitars (solo).
Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York, USA (with Roger Kleyer, Ann Gosfield, David T. Dienes).
iEar Studios, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA (with David T. Dienes).
Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal / Solo for Voice Nº 23 by John Cage (No Noise Reduction).
1992 Palau de la Musica, Valencia, Spain / The Moneyland Experience (João
Paulo Feliciano, Mário Feliciano, Gonçalo Santos, Pedro Falcão).
1991 Galeria Monumental, Lisbon, Portugal / Concert for 10 Guitars by Rafael
Toral.
1989-1998 Several concerts with Tina and the Top Ten.
1991-1992 Several concerts with Pop Dell’ Arte.
Discography
No Noise Reduction
2004 A Call For Silence, compilation, Sonic Art Networks, CD numa embalagem
7” / CD on a 7” package (curator: Nicollas Collins).
2000 Sonic Boom, compilation, Hayward Gallery, CD (part of the exhibition
catalogue).
1997 On Air, Ananana NNN 001, CD.
1995 The complete No Noise Reduction, Moneyland Records MLR 0495, CD.
1991 Em Tempo Real, split CD, El Tatu ET 91004, CD.
Tina and the Top Ten
2003 Super Caldas, compilation, A062 (without ref.), CD.
1996 Cais do Rock, compilation, LowFly Records LF052, CD.
Teenagers from Outer Space, compilation, Beekeeper Bee 012 + Milkshake Milk 01, LP.
1994 Teenage Drool, El Tatu 94003, CD.
No More, El Tatu ET 94003, CD-ep.
1993 Everslick, Moneyland Records MLR 002, 7” single.
1992 3 x 7” singles, compilation, Moneyland Records MLR 001, triple 7’’ single.
1992 Distorção Caleidoscópica, compilation,MTM Records (without ref.), LP.
1990 Yeah Trips, self released under the label Moneyland Studios, cassette (without ref.).
Colaborações / Collaborations
2003 Simpletone, Frágil 21, compilation, Columbia, Sony Music COL 512668 2,
CD.
Simpletone, untitled, compilation, Borland BL 007, CD.
1999 Red Beans & Mumo, Supergat, A062 (without ref.), CD.
1996 Gasoleene, Polaroid Dreams, self-released under the label Strange Episode), CD.
Ithaka, Flowers and the Colors of Paint, Fábrica de Sons FS100.003, CD.
1992 Pop Dell’ Arte, Ready Made, Variodisc / Amro,mini-LP.
Pop Dell’ Arte, 2002, Variodisc / Amro,maxi-12”.
1991 Vítor Rua, Vidya, Potlatch (without ref.), LP.
Solo
1997 Do Astronauts Fart Inside Their Space Suits, Beekeeper BEE 009, cassete
(with TVT).
1996 New Music from Portugal, Vol.1, compilation, Ananana HHH 001, CD.
Other Activities
2000-2007
— Member of the artistic direction board of Experimenta Design – Bienal de Lisboa;membro da / member of Associação Experimenta
2003
— Curator of the exhibition Expanded, Experimenta Design 2003, Cordooaria Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal.
1999-2000
— Music and new media consultant for ACARTE, Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.
— Original concept and art direction of the project Houseware Experience: Explorations in Live Mixed Media, Experimenta Design 1999, Lisbon, Portugal e / and Expo2000, Hannover.
1997-1998
— Co-authorship (with Alberto Lopes and Mário Carneiro) and artistic direction of the Acqua Matrix show, Expo’98, Lisbon, Portugal (presented daily during 129 consecutive days).
1994-1995
— Promoter and programmer of the club Dreamers, Foz do Arelho, Portugal
— Organizer and programmer of Teenage Drool Festival, Johnny Guitar, Lisbon, Portugal.
1994
— Co-founding partner of the graphic design studio Secretonix (with typographic designer Mário Feliciano).
1992-1995
— Founder and main driving force of Moneyland Records (ed. Sonic Youth, Tina and the Top Ten, No Noise Reduction, Red Beans, Rafael Toral, among others).