Julião Manuel Tavares Sena Sarmento (4 November 1948 – 4 May 2021) was a Portuguese multimedia artist and painter.

Biography / Work

Born in

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in 1948, Sarmento studied painting and architecture at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts. He began exhibiting film, video, sound, painting, sculpture, installation, and multimedia in the early seventies, but also developed several site-specific projects. He exhibited his work extensively around the world in solo and group shows. Sarmento represented Portugal at the

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in 1997. His work is represented in several museums and private collections, including an artist room exhibited at London's

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in 2010. In his video installation ''Leporello'' (2010) he featured Jerusa Franco,

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, and Pamela Butt. A demonstration of his work was showcased as part of the

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exhibit in the Coachella Valley from 25 February – 30 April 2017. Julião Sarmento was married to Isabel Sarmento and together they had a son, Duarte and a daughter, Laura. Sarmento lived and worked in

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, Portugal. Julião Sarmento died of cancer on 4 May 2021 at his home in Estoril at the age of 72.

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* 1948 births 2021 deaths Portuguese painters Portuguese male painters People from Lisbon People from Cascais Portuguese artists Portuguese contemporary artists Deaths from cancer in Portugal {{Portugal-painter-stub