João Vasco Paiva (born 1979,
Coimbra
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, Portugal) is a Hong Kong–based contemporary artist.
Biography
João Vasco Paiva received a BFA from the Escola Superior Artistica do Porto in 2004 and an MFA in Creative Media from the
City University of Hong Kong
The City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) is a public research university in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and formally established as the City University of Hong Kong in 1994 ...
in 2008. He is the recipient of the Hong Kong Emerging Artist Grant and the
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (), commonly referred to simply as the Gulbenkian Foundation, is a Portuguese institution dedicated to the promotion of the arts, philanthropy, science, and education. One of the wealthiest charitable founda ...
’s International Artist Support Grant amongst other awards, and has held residencies at Lichtenberg Studios, Berlin (2014) and Connecting Space, Zurich (2015).
Paiva is represented b
Lehmann Contemporaryand currently resides between Lisbon and Hong Kong.
Work
Often contrasting the institutional space against the neglected urban space, Paiva addresses the notion of “non-places” as conceived by anthropologist
Marc Augé
Marc Augé (; 2 September 1935 – 24 July 2023) was a French anthropologist.
In an essay and book of the same title, ''Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity'' (1995), Augé coined the phrase " non-place" to refer to sp ...
, fleshing out the semantics each structure may possess. His practice involves systematically documenting, analysing and abstracting them to create a process-driven composition that is simultaneously an artwork, which ultimately explores how urban spaces may evoke aesthetic production as well as informative truths.
Though intrinsically tied to Hong Kong, Paiva’s work has been exhibited widely at the
Witte de With
Witte Corneliszoon de With (28 March 1599 – 8 November 1658) was a Dutch States Navy officer who served during the Eighty Years' War and the First Anglo-Dutch War.
Early life and childhood
De With was born on a farmstead in the hamlet of ...
, Rotterdam;
Artsonje, Seoul; OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai; Orient Foundation, Macau and Counter Space, Zurich amongst other locations.
In 2015, Paiva’s installation ‘Mausoleum’ (2015) – a towering composition of marketplace Styrofoam boxes cast in stone resin – was selected for the Encounters section of Art Basel Hong Kong. In 2015 to 2016, he presented ‘Unlimited’, a project and citywide installation in collaboration with Edouard Malingue Gallery at Media Art Asia Pacific in Brisbane. Other notable exhibitions in recent years include ‘Benches, Stairs, Ramps, Ledges, Ground’ in Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York (2016) and ‘CARGO’ at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Museu do Chiado, Lisbon (2016).
Solo exhibitions
* 2016 – Benches, Stairs, Ramps, Ledges, Ground, Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York, USA
* 2016 – CARGO, National Museum of Contemporary Art Museu do Chiado, Lisbon, Portugal
* 2015 – Unlimited, Media Art Asia Pacific, Brisbane, Australia
* 2015 – Mausoleum, Encounters, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
* 2015 – Counter Space, Zurich, Switzerland
* 2014 – Cast Away, Casa Garden – Orient Foundation, Macao
* 2013 – Near and Everywhere, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
* 2013 – Objects Encrypted, Goethe Institute, Hong Kong
* 2011 – Palimpseptic, Saamlung Gallery, Hong Kong
* 2011 – Forced Empathy – Anchored Monument I, Experiments, Hong Kong
* 2010 – Sea of Mountains, Para Site and Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong
* 2010 – Experiments on the Notation of Shapes, Input Output Gallery, Hong Kong
* 2010 – Chirps, Fuses A.I.R., Videotage, Hong Kong
References
External links
Artist's websiteVideo interview with JoãoJoão Vasco Paiva Artsy PageJoão Vasco Paiva on ArtnetJoão Vasco Paiva on OculaJOÃO VASCO PAIVA: REIMAGINING TRANSITIONAL PLACES VideoEdouard Malingue Gallery Hong Kong gallery representing João Vasco Paiva
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Hong Kong artists
Living people
1979 births