Joao Penalva

Page 1 | Biography

Born: 1949, Lisbon
Lives: and works in London since 1976

Education
1976-1981 BA and MA Fine Art Degrees, Chelsea School of Art, London

Bibliography
Artists Books
2008
Spaces between 5 chairs
Text by Jo�o Penalva
Graphic design by Jo�o Penalva with In�s Sena
Ed. 500, numbered, signed
Published by Edi��es Galeria Filomena Soares and Azinhagas e Ribanceiras Edi��es, Lisboa

Looking up in Osaka
Texts by Yuko Hasegawa and Jo�o Penalva
Design by Jo�o Penalva with In�s Sena
Ed. 500, numbered, signed
Published by Edi��es Galeria Filomena Soares and Azinhagas e Ribanceiras Edi��es, Lisboa

2000
CLOCK/TEACH TOUCH
Text by Mark Gisbourne, �Narrative of the senses�
Graphic design by James Bolton
Silkscreened cardboard box containing two audio CDs, silkscreened cards and printed text sheet
Ed. 250, numbered, signed
Published by Public Art Development Trust, London

1993
Arquivos
Design by Jo�o Penalva
Photography by Jo�o Penalva with Ant�nio Pinho
II Jornadas de Arte Contempor�nea,
Ed. 1000
C�mara Municipal do Porto, Porto

Monographs

2010
Bruno Marchand, Jo�o Penalva, Chiado 8 Arte Contempor�nea, Lisbon 2010
Portuguese, paperback, 24 pp
ISBN 978-972-769-074-9

�sa Nacking, Anders Kreuger, Jo�o Penalva, Lunds Konsthall, Lund 2010
Swedish and English, paperback, 92 pp
ISBN 978-91-88846-62-4

2007
Bruno Marchand, Jo�o Penalva, Chiado 8 Arte Contempor�nea, Lisbon 2010
Portuguese, paperback, 24 pp
ISBN 978-972-769-074-9

�sa Nacking, Anders Kreuger, Jo�o Penalva, Lunds Konsthall, Lund 2010
Swedish and English, paperback, 92 pp
ISBN 978-91-88846-62-4

Morgan Fisher, Katharine Stout, Jo�o Penalva, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, The University of
Warwick, Coventry

2005
Jo�o Fernandes, Jo�o Penalva, English with separate translations in booklets in Portuguese, Hungarian and Irish, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ludwig Museum Budapest� Museum of Contemporary Art, Museu Serralves de Arte Contempor�nea, Porto

2001
Guy Brett, �To be Penalva�s public�; Mark Gisbourne, �In the absence of Absalom�; Yuko
Hasegawa/Jo�o Penalva �A conversation in London�; Pedro Lapa, �Repetition against the law�,
Jo�o Penalva, Electa, Milano
Pedro Lapa, �Sense and Subversion�, Jo�o Penalva, R., Pavilion of Portugal, XLIX Biennale di
Venezia, Instituto de Arte Contempor�nea/Minist�rio da Cultura, Lisboa

2000
Francis McKee and Jo�o Penalva, On the other hand, this is not my voice, Tramway, Glasgow
Silvia Eiblmyer, Character and Player, Galerie im Taxispalais/Triton Verlag, Innsbruck/Wien
Jo�o Penalva, 336 PEK, Frac Languedoc-Roussillon and Camden Arts Centre,
London and Montpellier

1999
Iwona Blazwick, �Wallenda�; Dan Cameron, �A split in time�; Juan Cruz, �Fictionalizing: Jo�o Penalva�s Character and Player�; Juliana Engberg, �Cinema Chartreuse�; Andrew Wilson, �LM44/EB61�; Jo�o Penalva and Andrew Renton �So you still don�t believe me�, Jo�o Penalva, Centro de Exposi��es, Centro Cultural de Bel�m, Lisboa

1997
Isabel Carlos and Jo�o Penalva, �A propos the Ormsson Collection�; Ana Cristina Leite, �The Collection, the Collector, the Museum�, The Ormsson Collection, presented by Jo�o Penalva, Museu da Cidade, Lisboa

1996
Jo�o Penalva, �Widow Simone (Entr�acte, 20 years)�; Andrew Renton, �Honest John; how to break a leg and influence people�; Jo�o Penalva, Widow Simone, (Entr�acte, 20 years), XXIII Bienal Internacional de S�o Paulo, Instituto de Arte Contempor�nea/Minist�rio da Cultura, Lisboa

1994
Jo�o Fernandes, Jo�o Penalva, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto

1993
Gareth Jones, Gill Hedley, Andrew Renton, Jo�o Penalva, �Conversation, London, 26th August
1993 Jo�o Penalva � �7 Paintings�, Galeria Atl�ntica, Porto

1990
Eduardo Paz Barroso, Jo�o Penalva, Galeria Atl�ntica, Porto
Ruth Rosengarten, Jo�o Penalva, �Two makes one better�, Galeria Atl�ntica, Porto
Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton, �Collector�; Alexandre Melo, �A repertory and its effects�; Ruth
Rosengarten, �In conversation with Jo�o Penalva�, Jo�o Penalva, Centro de Arte Moderna Jos� de Azeredo Perdig�o, Funda��o Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa

1989
Andrew Renton, Jo�o Penalva, �The Rabbit and the Genre�, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London

1987
Wiliam Jeffett, Jo�o Penalva, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
Philip Courtney, Jo�o Penalva, Sala Atl�ntica, Galeria Nasoni, Porto

Grants/Awards
2009
Awarded the Bryan Robertson Trust Award, London

2003
Awarded the DAAD Berlin Artists Residency, (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Berlin K�nstlerprogramm)

2002
Awarded Les R�collets Artists Residency, Paris

2000
Awarded a Sciart Research Award, London

1980
Awarded a Study Bursary by Funda��o Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon