Nominated by
Carlos Bunga
Rambo Rimbaud, 2015, Ink on unprimed canvas, 300 x 650 cm, 118 1/8 x 255 7/8 in
Against the horrid fixity of everyday life, 2015, Ink on unprimed canvas, photo transparency, overhead projector and acrylic on wall
Do teu corpo em chamas, 2011-2014. Photo processed with epoxy resin on aluminium. 150 x 100 cm
The miracle exists, it is temporary, 2015. Various materials. 350 x 800 x 250 cm
The sterile everyday of horrid fixity. 2013, Mixed media on two sided canvas, 61 x 55.5 x 2 cm
Was life that beautiful? 2013, Mixed media, 30 x 26 x 12 cm
Spirit of the air, 2013, Kunstbuero, Vienna
We are not in the world, 2014, Ink on linen, 230 x 144 cm
I like your art much, 2015, Acrylic on walls, plastic, metal construction and wood; One book by Francisco Sousa Lobo, (measures of the room),
Tangerines Mr. Nixon, 2015, Ink on unprimed canvas, photo transparency, overhead projector and acrylic on wall
Hugo Canoilas
(Lisbon, 1977) Lives and works between Lisbon and Vienna
Bachelor degree at the School of Arts and Design (2001), Master's degree in Painting at the Royal College of Art in London (2006). Hugo Canoilas's work is focused on reinventing the painting language. His work is about political and social issues, sometimes with a popular aesthetic.
Solo shows: Unfaithul to Daydreams, Workplace Gallery (United Kingdom, 2016); I'll devour your eyes, Galerie Andreas Huber (Vienna, 2016); Steps days to fly, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto (Portugal, 2015); The sun in darkness, Weingrüll Gallery (Germany, 2015); Spirit of the air, WAF Kunstbuero (Vienna, 2013); Birds of Paradise, XXX Bienal de São Paulo (Brazil, 2012); Opere nomadi, Collicaligreggi Gallery, Catania, Italy; Untitled (we can all be together), Museu do Chiado (Lisbon, 2011) To fall in height, Galerie Nosbaum & Reding (Luxembourg, 2010) Endless Killing, Huarte - Contemporary Art Centre, Huarte, Spain; Peinture, Sculpture, Architecture, Politique, Galeria Quadrado Azul (Lisbon, 2008).
Group Exhibitions: Granpallazzo, Palazzo Rospigliosi, Rome (Italy, 2015); Destination Wien 2015, Kunsthalle Wien, Museumsplatz 1 (Vienna, 2015); endless tasks, Gulbenkian Museum Lisbon (2012); CCC _ Collecting Collections and Concepts, Guimarães 2012, ASA Factory (2012); Originalfunktional, Wiener Art Foundation (Vienna, 2010); Biennial PortugalArte10 - Personal freedom, Pavilion of Portugal (Lisbon, 2010); 8th Biennial Gyumri - parallel histories, Portuguese Representation, Gyumri (Armenia, 2008).
Participated at the artistic residencies: iaspis, Stockholm (2013); Lenikus, Vienna (2010); Alter do Chão, Alentejo (2009-2010); ZDB, Lisbon (2009); Budapest Galéria, Budapest (2003). Won several awards: 1st award Francisco Wandschneider, ANJE , Porto, in 2002; 1st Award Sammlung Lenikus, Austria, in 2001.
His work is represented by Galeria Quadrado Azul in Portugal, Workplace Gallery in London and Galleria Collicaligreggi in Italy.
His work is represented in various national and international collections: PLMJ Foundation (PT) , Carmona Foundation and Costa (PT) , Collection Caixa Geral de Depósitos (PT) , CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém (PT) Budapest Galéria (HU) Bank of Spain(ES).
