Cycle of Talkes “MAV Sessions” | André Sousa

Talk with André Sousa, artist and, since 2002, responsible for some of the most relevant artist-run spaces in the city of Porto. This event is held within the scope of the Artistic Practices Laboratory of the Master’s Degree in Visual Arts.

André Sousa was born in Porto in 1980, and lives and works between Porto and Frankfurt. He
studied Fine Arts at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto and has since presented his
work regularly.
The following solo exhibitions stand out: Pince-Nez, Luciana Brito Gallery, São Paulo, 2023; Th
Bottom of the Waters, Nuno Centeno Gallery, Porto, 2022; The Lights of the Tiger, Mira, Porto
2021; Invented Conversation, Nuno Centeno Gallery, Porto, 2020; Polly, Kunsthalle Freeport
Porto, 2021; Milenário, Laboratório das Artes, Guimarães, 2015; Millóns de Fiais de Ano, Bacelos
Gallery, Vigo, 2014; Clay Dolls, Bacelos Gallery, Madrid, 2013; The song is a party song, the
tambourine is played, the chorus is whistled, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon, 2013; Satekpunkts/
Vanishing Point/ Ponto de Fuga, curated by Margarida Mendes, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre,
Riga, 2012; Reeds in the wind, rolling leaves, crushed flowers, sands that disperse…, FMAM
Porto, 2012.
And also some group exhibitions: Complexo Colosso, CIAJG, Guimarães, 2021; Bienal da Maia
Maia 2021; Entre Tecido, Pavilhão Branco, Lisbon, 2021; Saudade, Fosun Foundation, Shanghai
2018; Can’t Do Nothing, Billytown, The Hague, 2016; Bienal de Fotografia, Flor do Tejo, Vil
Franca de Xira, 2016; FOMO, curated by Marketa Stara Condeixa, Syntax, Lisbon, 2015; 12
Contemporaries: Present States, curated by Suzanne Cotter and Bruno Marchand, Serralve
Museum, Porto, 2014; Scultura-fantasma, organized by Gonçalo Sena, Galeria Baginski, Lisbon,
2012.
He is represented in the Serralves Collection (Porto), the António Cachola Collection (Elvas)
the Galician Center for Contemporary Art (Santiago de Compostela)
He was co-responsible for artist-run spaces such as PêSSEGOpráSEMANA (2002/07); Ma
Woman in the Attic (2005/09) and Uma Certa Falta de Coerência (since 2008, with Mau
Cerqueira). In this context, he conceived and organized exhibitions such as 9KG de Oxigénio
Galeria Municipal do Porto, 2019; Breathless, Silvestre Pestana, Museum of Contemporary Art
Santa Barbara, California, 2017; Sconosciuto, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, 2014.
In 2007 he received a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation at Spike Islan
(Bristol, UK) and in 2009 at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin, DE), where in the same year he
published “Fabel/Fábula/Fable”, with Tobias Hering. In 2016 he was in residence at Casa do Povo
(São Paulo, Brazil) where, with João Sousa Cardoso, he co-directed the film “Na Selva da
Cidades”.