José Maia
was
born in 1959, in Santo Tirso, Portugal.
1980-85
- Graduation in Painting from ESBAP;
1985-87
- Post
Graduation in Painting
from St.
Martins
School of Art, London
(Scholarship of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation);
1988-89 -
Master in Painting from Royal College of Art,
London;
1983-85 -
Assistant teacher of the Painting
Course from
ESBAP;
1984-85
- Assistant
teacher of the Architecture Course of
Árvore
Cooperative;
2005 - Jury Member in
the I Painting Prize of Santa Clara Gallery, Coimbra.
At present he lectures Artistic Production Techniques and Art
Studies at Instituto Politécnico
of
Tomar.
Prizes
1984 -
"Augusto Gomes", ES.BAP;
1985 - "The man and
the
flight", E.S.BAP ;
1986 -
"Benetton", St.
Martins School of Art, London;
1989 - "Allen
Lane Penguin Book Prize", Royal College of
Art, London;
1994 -
I Painting
Prize, I AIP Biennial, Vila
da Feira;
1995 -
I Young Artists
Painting Prize, (ex-aequo);
2000 -
I Baviera Painting Prize.
Exhibitions
1984 - EG
Gallery, Oporto; 1985 - Barca d'Artes Gallery, Viana do Castelo;
1990
- A5 Gallery, Santo Tirso;
1991 - Long &
Ryle Art International Gallery, London;
1992 - EG Gallery, Oporto;
1993 - Soares dos Reis National Museum, Oporto; 1993 - Europe Prize,
Oostende, Belgium;
1997 - "Floods",
European Academy for the Arts, London; 1997 - "Wet Paintings",
Árvore Cooperative, Oporto;
2000 - "Reflections", Árvore
Cooperative, Oporto;
2001
- "Black Rain and Magic Waters" Dário Ramos
Gallery,
Oporto;
2001
- "Alien Garden", João Lagoa Gallery,
Oporto;
2002 -
"September 11th "), Ygrego Gallery, Lisbon;
2003 -
Santa Clara Gallery, Coimbra; 2004 - "H2O",
Fórum Cultural Museum Gallery of
Ermesinde;
2006 - "H2O
Painting Years" , Forum of Mala;
2006 -
"H2O",
Morgados da Pedricosa Gallery Aveiro.
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