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Born in 1965 in Lisbon, where he lives and works.
EDUCATION (selection) Painting – Fine Arts Faculty, Lisbon University Course: The Painting and the Spanish S cenography in the XX Century, Complutense University, Madrid Professional Teacher by the Psychology and Education Sciences Faculty of the Lisbon University Production Manager, with Phillipe Mulon – Peter Brook Theater, Maria Matos Theater Production Design, by the IFICT – Institute for the Formation Research and Theatrical Creation
BACKGROUND Paulo Robalo started his artistic activity as a painter in 1986. He exhibited his work regularly in Portuguese art galleries until 1991. The next years were dedicated to another one of his passions and, for a decade, he worked intensively in many theatrical productions. In 2002 he comes back to Painting, exhibiting once more in a regular basis. Besides his activities as an artist and a teacher, Paulo Robalo develops since the 90’s an intense activity in areas related to the Theater. He has participated in the production of many theater plays as a Set Designer, Production Manager, Production Designer, Costume Designer or as Stage Manager, working with well-known Directors, such as Filipe Crawford, Nuno M. Cardoso, João Didelet, Antonio Pires and Luís Esparteiro, among many others. He made commissioned set designs for RTP, Expo’98, “LISBOA Capital da Cultura’94” and several other events. As an illustrator, he has worked for “Diário de Lisboa” newspaper and for “Pais e filhos”, “Elle”, “Ler” and “Espaço Corpo” magazines.
EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS (selection)2008 XII Segundos, Arthobler.com Gallery, Porto, Portugal 2007 Painting installation, “T1 Mostra de Artes” – ZaaT Collective, 9th of April Garden Warehouse, Lisbon , Portugal 2006 Resident Artist Pensiero del Colori Gallery, Grosseto, Italy Creation of an exhibition and partnership project between the galleries: Studio 2 ( Faenza), Pensiero del Colori ( Grosseto) and GaleriArmazém ( Lisbon) “ Immagina’8 - Mostra Mercato di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Reggio Emilia”, with Galeria Studio 2 (Faenza), Italy Group Exhibition, Alberto Sarmento Gallery, Lisbon , Portugal 2005 “Clepsidra”, painting at the “Pois, Café”, Lisbon, Portugal 2003 “Diário Gráfico”, installation with Isabel Nunez, Temporary Exhibition Gallery – Jersey Museum, St Helier, UK 2002 Participated the event “You are here/You are there”, London Biennale, with the project "Habla Xucho que no te Escucho", installation with Isabel Nunez, at the Blue Elephant Theatre, London, England Painting Installation for the ”Espaço Corpo” magazine multimedia presentation, Zé dos Bois Gallery, Lisbon Painting Installation for the ”Espaço Corpo” magazine multimedia presentation, CCB, Lisbon , Portugal
GRANTS 2007 Grant Oriente Foundation for a research project in Japan on Sumo wrestlers (Hong-Kong, Macau and Tokyo) 1991 Grant from Young Creators’91 Project, with the project The Ship, Institute of Youth and Culture National Center, Lisbon, Portugal |