Born in 1968 in Lisbon, Portugal
Lives and works in Lisbon
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2020 – Der im Bart versteckte Schnauzbart – Das Herz und die Lunge, Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany
2020 – The Heart and the Lungs, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisboa, Portugal
2019 – The Moustache Hidden in the Beard, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto, Portugal
2019 – The Pyrgus from Chaves, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
2018 – Le Grand Café, the Moustache Hidden in the Beard, Le Grand Café – Centre d’art contemporain, Saint-Nazaire, France
2018 – ARENÁRIO. Francisco Tropa, Sala Exposicoes Escola des Artes Católica Porto, Porto, Portugal
2017 – La moustache cachée dans la barbe, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, France
2016 – Dânae, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto, Portugal
2016 – Ladri, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Roma, Italy
2016 – Cinema, Appleton Square, Lisbon, Portugal
2015 – Noche Triste, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany
2015 – TSAE, Musée régional d`art contemporain, Languedoc Roussillon, Serignan, France
2015 – Sim Não – Oui Non, Moulins de Paillard, Poncé sur le Loir, France
2015 – Protótipos, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon, Portugal
2014 – TSAE, Pavilhão Branco, Museu de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
2014 – Arénaire, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, France
2013 – TSAE – Trésors submergés de l’ancienne Egypte, Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, La Verrière, Brussels, Belgium
2013 – Gigante, Performance au Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2013 – Francisco Tropa, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany
2013 – Terra platonica, Caterina Tognon, Palazzo da Ponte di calle del Dose, Venice, Italy
2012 – Museu, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto, Portugal
2012 – Flowers, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto, Portugal
2012 – Stele, Fundação Leal Rios, Lisbon, Portugal
2011 – Scenario, Official Portuguese Representation, 54th Venice Bienniale, Venice, Italy
2011 – Literal, Circular – Festival de Artes Performativas (with Laurent Pichaud), Vila do Conde, Portugal
2010 – Farol and Giant, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon, Portugal
2010 – Scripta, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon, Portugal
2010 – Giant, Auditório do Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
2010 – O vapor que se eleva do arroz enquanto coze, Auditório do Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Serralves, Porto, Portugal; Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium/Appleton Square, Lisbon, Portugal. (with Osso Exótico)
2009 – Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
2009 – Distrito 4 Contemporary Art Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2009 – Avenida 211, Lisbon, Portugal
2008 – Submerged Treasures of Ancient Egypt, Chiado 8, Lisbon, Portugal
2007 – The Assembly of Euclid, Matadero, Madrid, Spain
2007 – Francisco Tropa, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon, Portugal
2006 – The Mark of the Breast, Culturgest, Porto, Portugal
2006 – The Cyclistʼs Trance, Gallery Quadrado Azul, Porto, Portugal
2005 – The Assembly of Euclid, Lisbon Photo, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal
2005 – Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto, Portugal Site, Parque Natural da Ria Formosa, Algarve, Portugal
2003 – LʼOrage, Centro de Arte Moderna, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2019 – La mesure du monde, Musée régional d’art contemporain Occitanie, Sérignan, France
2018 – Recollection – A Journey After 28 Years, PROYECTOSMONCLOVA, Mexico City, Mexico
2018 – Germinal, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto, Portugal
2018 – Sculpter (faire à l’atelier), Frac Bretagne, Rennes, France
2018 – La Pergola. Accrochage des collections, Musée Régional D’Art Contemporain Occitane/ Pyrénées – Méditerranée, Sérignan, France
2018 – Variations portugaises, Abbaye St André – Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac, France
2018 – Estudos do Labirinto, Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Lisbon, Portugal
2017 – O BIGODE ESCONDIDO NA BARBA, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon, Portugal
2017 – Über das fügen der Dinge – Par Raccroc, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, France
2017 – Vantablack, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, France
2016 – Shadows, masks and puppets from the Museu da Marioneta collection, Galeria do Torreão
2016 – Nascente da Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal
2016 – All Heritage is Poetry, Fundação Eugénio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal
2016 – Materiais Transitórios, The PLMJ Foundation Collection, Lisbon, Portugal
2015 – Anatomie de L’Automate, La Panacée | Centre de culture contemporaine — Montpellier, France
2015 – Eppur si muove (And yet it turns). Art et technique, un espace partagé, Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2015 – The Secret and Abiding Politics of Stones, Casa del Lago UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico
2014 – The Promise of Multiple Temporaries, Parc Saint Léger Centre d’art contemporain, Pougues-les-Eaux, France
2013 – J’ouvre les yeaux et tu es là, MUDAM, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2013 – Arte y Óptica, Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Lima, Peru
2013 – El instinto olvidado, Labor, Mexico
2013 – Nouvelles impressions de Raymond Roussel, Palais de Tokyo (with Pedro Morais, Jorge Queiroz and André Maranha), Paris, France
2012 – Dieu est un fumeur de Havanes, MUDAM Collection, MUDAM, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2012 – Les Prairies, Ateliers de Rennes – biennale d’art contemporain, Rennes, France
2011 – Locus Solus. Impressions of Raymond Roussel, National Museum Art Centre Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
2011 – Artists Collective, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon, Portugal
2011 – Untitled, 12th Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey
2010 – O vapor que se eleva do arroz enquanto coze, Auditorium, Serralves contemporary art Museum, Porto, Portugal
2010 – B&W, La Caja Negra, Madrid, Spain
2009 – Avenida 211, Lisbon, Portugal
2008 – Submerged Treasures of Ancient Egypt, Chiado 8, Lisbon, Portugal
2008 – Avenida 211, Lisbon, Portugal
2008 – Exótico, Festival Trama, Porto, Portugal
2008 – Articulations, Fábrica da Cerveja, Faro, Portugal
2008 – Order Form, Livraria Assírio & Alvim, Lisbon, Portugal
2007 – À Propos des Lieux dʼOrigine, MUDAM, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2007 – Toll Free: Serralves at Algarve, Convento de Santo António, Loulé, Portugal
2006 – Yes No, Auditorium, Serralves contemporary art Museum, Porto, Portugal
2005 – Lachrymose, Galeria Lino António, Lisbon, Portugal
2003 – Dreams and Conflicts, 50th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
2002 – 1⁄2 Figure, with Projecto Teatral, The Days of Tavira, Tavira, Portugal
2001 – Ghost, EDP. Arte, Palácio Nacional da Ajuda, Lisbon, Portugal
2000 – Manifesta, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2000 – Science & Vie, Greenspaces, Estufa Fria, Lisbon, Portugal
2000 – The Perfumed Beggar, Deposit, Casa Fernando Pessoa, Lisbon, Portugal
2000 – Dead Imagination, with osso Exótico, Les Voûtes, Paris, and Institut Franco-Portugais, Lisbon, Portugal
2000 – Survolée, with Osso Exótico, Nouveaux Rituels, Bordeaux, France
1999 – Piece, with Lourdes de Castro, São Paulo Biennial, Brazil Price União Latina, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
1999 – Maia Biennial, Portugal Signs of Life, Melbourne Biennial, Melbourne, Australia
1998 – Wedding Shot, Gallery da Mitra, Lisbon, Portugal
1998 – Drawing, Biennial das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal Budha; Delay, Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
1998 – Shower, Teatro Nacional de S. João, Porto, Portugal
1996 – Unlocatable, boqueirão da praia da galé, 5, Lisbon; Peninsulares, Gallery Fúcares, Madrid, Spain
1996 – Dust Observatory, Containers 96, Copenhagen, Denmark
1996 – Ambulatory At.Re., Escola António Arroio, Lisbon, Portugal
1996 – Eye Diseases; Insects Observatory, More Time: Less History, Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
1995 – Fishing Floats, Art Focus, Tel Aviv, Israel
1993 – Glass of Water, Ar.Co, Lisbon, Portugal
1993 – At.Re., Estufa Fria, Lisbon, Portugal
1992 – Demonstration of Diffraction Using Water Waves, boqueirão da praia da galé, 5, Lisbon, Portugal
1992 – Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
1992 – Galerie Janine Mautsch, Köln, Germany
1992 – 1 Square Metre, with André Maranha, Botanical Garden of the Faculdade de Ciências de Lisbon, Portugal
1991 – Galeria Monumental, Lisbon, Portugal
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Fundação Leal Rios, Lisbon, Portugal
Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Lisbon, Portugal
CAM – Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
Fundação EDP, Lisbon, Portugal
Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Banco Privado, Direção-Geral das Artes, Lisbon, Portugal
Fundação PLMJ, Lisbon, Portugal
Ar.Co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, Lisbon, Portugal