Nominated by
Heitor Fonseca
Miguel Palma, Áxis, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 150 cm. Courtesy of Caroline Pagès Gallery
Miguel Palma, Almaraz nightmare, Various mechanisms (iron, aluminum, wood, rubber, etc.), 54.4 x 95 x 40 cm. Courtesy Caroline Pagès Gallery
Miguel Palma, Safety Heaven, various pieces of commercial aircraft, mounted on wood. 153 x 130 x 10 cm. Courtesy Caroline Pagès Gallery
Miguel Palma, Coordinates, 2015, Miniature plane planned, steel cables. 220 x 220 cm (variable dimensions). Courtesy Caroline Pagès Gallery
Miguel Palma, Study of Synapse, 2016. Clip, miniature railway line, electrical system, 180 x 32 x 20 cm. Courtesy Caroline Pagès Gallery
Miguel Palma
(Lisbon, 1964) Lives and works in Lisbon
The themes of his work are linked to temporality, technological advances, the resolution of functional objects. Miguel Palma works through construction, mechanisms, accumulation and appropriation of objects he collects. The artist works in video, drawing, collages and especially installation. His artistic process is part of a context of universal themes, where art communicates a social and political questioning of the current contemporary reality.
From a various number of exhibitions we mention: (Ainda) O Desconforto Moderno,Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon (2019); Miguel Palma. A-Z. MAAT – Museu deArte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia, Lisbon (2018); Squelch, Galeria Presença, Porto(2017);Backstage of an Island at Galeria Fonseca Macedo Arte Contêmporanea, Azores (2016); Rats don’t toss and turn in bed, with Elisa Pône, at Caroline Pagès, Gallery Lisboa (2016); individual exhibition of Miguel Palma with curatorship by Miguel Von Hafe Pérez, at Museum Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba (2014); Desconforto Moderno, Galego Center of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela (2013); Atelier Utopia, Fundação EDP, Porto (2012); Linha de Montagem, CAMJAP / Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2011); Density, Cinematic Art Gallery, Vila do Conde (2011); In Image We Trust, Natalie and James Thompson Gallery, California (2010); Osmosis, BES ARTE&FINANÇA, Lisbon (2009); Miguel Palma / O Mundo às avessas, Culturgest, Lisbon (2009); Ariete, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (2006); Exposição de Ocasião, at Chiado Museum, Lisbon (2000); Projeto CemiterraGeraterra no CAMJAP / Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (1991); Ludo, Quadrum Gallery, Lisbon (1989), among others.
From a various number of group exhibitions we mention: Portugal, portugueses, at Museum Afro-Brasil, São Paulo (2016); Homenagem a Paulo Cunha e Silva, at Municipal Gallery of Porto (2016); A Viagem, Cerca House in Almada (2015); Sempre uma coisa a seguir à outra, Contemporary Biennial of Coimbra (2015); Daqui parece uma montanha, CAMJAP / Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2014); Mappa Mundo, Berardo Museum, Lisbon (2011); Up Periscope, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2010); Prospect.1, First Bienal New Orleans, USA (2008); A experiência do lugar, at Engineering Faculty of Porto (2001); Imagens para os anos 90, Serralves Foundation, Porto (1993).
He participated in several residencies and artistic programs such as Artist Residency at Château de Servières, Marseille (2013); Desert Initiative (2012); Residency Headlands (2007 – 2009); Moltalvo Arts Centre Program, International Studio and Curatorial Program (2007).
He is represented in several public and private, national and international collections such as the Berardo Collection (Lisbon, Portugal); Caixa Geral de Depósitos (Lisbon, Portugal); Circle of Fine Arts of Coimbra (Portugal); CGAC - Galician Center for Contemporary Art (Santiago de Compostela, Spain); Centre of Creation Contemporain (France); Collection Florence & Daniel Guerlain (Paris, France); FRAC Orléans (France); Ilídio Pinho Foundation (Porto, Portugal); PLMJ Foundation (Lisboa, Portugal); Serralves Foundation (Porto, Portugal); Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal); ARCO Foundation (Madrid, Spain); Institute of Arts (Lisbon, Portugal); MUDAM (Luxembourg).
