João Vasco Paiva: Bio

Joao Vasco Paiva (Coimbra, 1979) is a Portuguese artist based in Hong Kong since 2006. He graduated in Fine Arts at ESAP, Oporto and later he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. Has exhibited extensively since 2008 (selection): Dormant Fabric, Counter Space, Zurich (2015); Unlimited, MAAP, Brisbane (2015); Encounters, Art Basel Hong Kong (2015), Landseasky, Artsonje Center, Seoul (2014); The Part in the Story, Witte de With, Roterdão (2014); Anno Zero, Lichtenberg Studios, Berlim; Living as Art Form, Independent Curators International, Nova Iorque, EUA (2013); Decelarator, European House of Art of Upper Bavaria, Freising (2013); Near and Elsewhere,  Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong (2013); Objects Encrypted, Goethe Institute, Hong Kong (2013); Vladivostok Biennale, Vladivostok (2013); Hong Kong Eye, Saatchi Gallery, Londres(2012); The 4th Sate of Water, C.o.C.A., Torun; What should I do to live your life, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah (2012); The Creators Project, Ullens Center of Contemporary Art, Beijing (2011); Nuits Sonores, Musée de Art Contemporaine de Lyon (2011); Decelarator, Videospace, Budapeste (2011); Allan Nederpelt Gallery, Brooklyn, Nova Iorque (2011); Palimpseptic, Saamlung Gallery, Hong Kong (2011); Forced Empathy - Anchored Monument I, Experimenta, Hong Kong (2011); Moscow International Young Art Biennial, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscovo (2010); The Conditional Form of the Real, Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture, Moscovo (2010); Mostra de Video Arte, SESC São Paulo, Campinas (2010), among others.  João has worked with musicians such as Zbigniew Karkowsky, Arto Lindsay e Alexander Hacke (Einsturzende Neubauten). He was awarded a grant by Fundação Oriente between 2006 and 2008. He lectured at City University of Hong Kong and has presented his work at the American University of Sharjah (Architecture Department) and at Goldsmiths University. He was resident artist at the City of Zurich Artist-In-Residence Programme in collaboration with the Zurich University of the Arts.