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RUI TOSCANO
Born in Lisbon, 1970.
Lives and works in Lisbon.
Education
1988/90: Painting studies at AR.CO (Art and Visual Communication Center), Lisbon,
Portugal.
1989/94: Painting studies at FBAUL (Fine Arts School, University of Lisbon),
Portugal.
1994/97: Sculpture studies at FBAUL, Portugal.
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Cluster, Espacio Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid, Spain.
T for Tornado, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal.
2006 Abstrakt, Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna, Sintra, Portugal.
2004 The Exorcist, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal.
Slow Motion, curated by Miguel Wandschneider, Porta 33, Funchal, Madeira,
Portugal.
Sampa Works, Espacio Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid, Spain.
2002 Paint it Light, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal.
1, curated by João Fernandes, MACS (Museu de Arte Contemporânea de
Serralves), Porto, Portugal.
2, curated by Miguel Von Hafe Pérez, Teatro do Campo Alegre, Porto,
Portugal.
2001 SlowMotion, curated by Miguel Wandschneider, ESTGAD, Caldas da Rainha,
Portugal.
1997 Abstrakt (Bild in Motion), Art Attack, Café Flôr de Liz, Caldas da Rainha,
Portugal.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 Look Again, Tabakalera, San Sebastian (curated by Carolina Grau)
2008 Where are you from?, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Iowa, USA.
2007 Portugal Agora, curated by Marie-Claude Beaud, Clément
Minighetti and Björn Dahlström, MUDAM (Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc
Jean), Luxemburg.
Stream, curated by João Silvério, White Box, New York, USA.
An Atlas of Events, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal (Curated
by: Debra Singer, Esra Sarigedik Öktem e António Pinto Ribeiro).
Everyday Stories, Hellenic American Union, Kolonaki, Greece (Curated by:
Artemis Potamianou).
Drawing Is A Verb,
Colecção Madeira Corporate Services, curated by
Adriano Pedrosa, Porta 33, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
Zeichen und Zeichnung, Charim Galerie, Vienna, Austria.
The Black Box, curated by Carolina Grau and Marc Olivier Wahler, ARCO‟07,
Madrid, Spain.
2006 Group show, Porta 33, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
Portugal Telecom Contemporary Art Collection Selected Works, Teatro
Aveirense, Aveiro, Portugal.
2005 Expanded Painting, Prague Biennale 2, Prague, Czech Republic..
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
Drawings: A-Z, Colecção Madeira Corporate Services, curated by Adriano
Pedrosa, Porta 33, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal.
Tableaux Vivants, curated by Ulrich Loock e Sandra Guimarães, MACS
(Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves), Porto, Portugal.
20 + 1, Artistas Portugueses nas Coleccións CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte
Contemporanea), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Fragmentos e Souvenirs Paulistanos Vol. I, curated by Adriano Pedrosa,
Galeria Luísa Strina, São Paulo, Brasil.
Metaflux, 9. Internacional Architecture Exhibition, Arsenale, Venice, Italy.
Trobada Entre 2 Col.leccions, Fundação de Serralves – Fundació “La Caixa”,
Art Portuguès I Espanyol dels 90, CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain.
A Arañeira, A Colección, CGAC (Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea),
Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Vidéos, Films, Installations, Photos, Montévideo, Marselhe, France.
Arte Sobre Papel, Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid, Spain.
On Drawing, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal.
Realidades Invisíveis, Festival de Intermedia, Cooperativa de Comunicação
e Cultura, Torres Vedras, Portugal.
A Nova Geometria, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São
Paulo, Brasil.
Post Portugal, Off Loop‟ 00, Met.Room, Barcelona, Spain.
Otras alternativas. Nuevas experiencias visuales en Portugal, curated by
David Barro MARCO (Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo), Vigo, Spain.
Bienal de Jafre, curated by Carolina Grau, Jafre, Spain.
Desenhos do Século, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon, Portugal.
Voyager, ExperimentaDesign, Barcelona, Paris, Madrid, Lisbon.
Video Invitational, F A Projects, London, United Kingdom.
No Limits – Photography, Vídeo e Cinema na Colecção da Fundação de
Serralves, CAV (Centro de Artes Visuais), Coimbra, Portugal.
Zoom 1986-2002, Colecção de Arte Contemporânea Portuguesa da Fundação
Luso - Americana para o Desenvolvimento: Uma Selecção, curated by
Manuel Castro Caldas, MACS (Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves),
Porto, Portugal.
Expect The World, Moi Non Plus, Sparwasser HQ / Parkhaus Treptow, Berlim,
Germany.
High Input Low Noise, Eesti Kunstimuuseum / Rotermanni Soolalaos, Tallinn,
Estonia.
Arte Portugués Contemporáneo – Argumentos de Futuro, Colección MEIAC
(Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo), Caja San
Fernando, Sevilha e Fundación ICO, Madrid, Spain.
7 Artists on the 10th Month, curated by Francisco Vaz Fernandes, Fundação
Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.
Apresentação, Galeria Central Tejo, Museu de Electricidade, Lisbon, Portugal.
Colectiva | Group Show, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal.
Streetwear, Galeria da Mitra, Lisbon, Portugal.
Prémio União Latina, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.
Disseminações, curated by Pedro Lapa, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal.
VídeoLisboa 2000 – Instalações Vídeo, Palácio Galveias, Lisbon, Portugal.
ZDB Go To Frisco, Sister Spaces, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, EUA.
O Olhar da Contemporaneidade, Palácio da Rosa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Touch, Casa da Cultura, Cidade da Horta, Faial, Açores, Portugal.
BM99, Bienal da Maia, Fórum da Maia, Maia, Portugal.
Colecção António Cachola, Arte Portuguesa anos 80-90, MEIAC (Museo
Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo), Badajoz, Spain.
1997 Anatomias Contemporâneas, O Corpo na Arte Portuguesa dos Anos 90 |
Contemporary Anatomies, The Body in Portuguese Art of the 90‟s, Fundição
de Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal.
Take Off, Galerie Krinzinger, Benger Fabrik, Bregenz, Austria.
Toys Are Us, Cisterna da Faculdade de Belas Artes, Lisbon, Portugal.
II Bienal de Arte Jovem da Maia, Forum da Maia, Maia, Portugal.
II Bienal de Famalicão: Em Torno de Camilo, Fundação Cupertino de
Miranda, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal.
X-rated, Galeria ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal.
1996 Titanium Exposé, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal.
Virtual Shop, Galeria ZDB, Cutting Edge, ARCO‟96, Madrid, Spain.
Greenhouse Display, Estufa Fria, Lisbon, Portugal.
1995 Lisboa Fora de Horas – 29.9.95, Lisbon, Portugal.
Heaven Inc., CAPC (Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra), Coimbra,
Portugal.
Clausura – Objectos Experimentais, Galeria Satélite na Galeria ZDB, Lisbon,
Portugal.
1994 Qualquer Semelhança é Inevitável, Loja da Atalaia, Lisbon, Portugal.
Set-up, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Independent Worm Saloon, SNBA (Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes),
Lisbon, Portugal.
1993 Real Rave, Cine-Teatro da Portela, Sintra, Portugal.
Develops with Rui Valério and Carlos Roque the project TONE SCIENTISTS,
exploring the art practice having rock culture in mind.
“We‟re an art band with all the dreams, needs and fears of a rock one.” (RT)
Tone Scientists Solo Exhibitions
2001 SlowMotion, curated by Miguel Wandschneider, ESTGAD, Caldas da
Rainha, Portugal.
Sparring Partners vs Tone Scientists* CAPC (Círculo de Artes Plásticas de
Coimbra), Coimbra, Portugal.
1998 Live at Malibu Beach, Art Attack, Museu de Cerâmica, Caldas da Rainha,
Portugal.
* split show with the art group Sparring Partners
Tone Scientists Selected Group Exhibitions
2001 Squatters, Parque de Estacionamento dos Caminhos do Romântico, Porto,
Portugal.
1998 Art Attack na ZDB, Galeria ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal.
Casa de Rute, Galeria ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal.
1996 Zapping Ecstasy, CAPC (Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra), Coimbra,
Portugal.
Tone Scientists Selected Live Acts
2002 DJ/VJ performance, III anniversary of MACS (Museu de Arte Contemporânea
de Serralves), Porto, Portugal.
2001 One Listens, concert on the 7/10 – 7 Artists on the 10th Month exhibition
opening, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.
1996 Titanium Exposé, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal.
Other Projects: Music, Vídeo, Multimédia, Live Shows
1991 Co-founder of the independent music label Moneyland Records.
1993/94 4 memorable gigs with the experimental music project Gary Cooper.
From 1997 to 2000, develops with João Carrilho and Rui Valério DUB VIDEO
CONNECTION, a video jamming project with the visual dimension in special events
(DJ sets, concerts) as its agenda.
Selected Live Acts
1997 X-React, Parque Automóvel Boqueirão do Duro, Lisbon, Portugal.
1998 Subsonyko IV, Armazéns Abel Pereira da Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal.
Midnight Tea, Praça Sony, Expo 98, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzp!: Zé dos Bois gallery, FNAC, Garage club.
1999 Houseware
Experience
–
Explorations
in
live
mixed
media,
ExperimentaDesign99, Central Tejo, Lisbon, Portugal.
1998/2000 As resident video-jammers at LUX-Frágil club in Lisbon, DUB VIDEO
CONNECTION performed more than 100 live-acts, providing visual support
for DJs, musicians and bands such as: Rui Vargas, DJ Vibe, Norman Jay, Kid
Loco, Cut La Roc, Mark Aim, Rockers Hi-Fi, Fauna Flash, Claas Brieler
(Jazzanova), Amalgamation of Sound, Rainer Truby, Alex Barck (Jazzanova),
Grooverider, Cinematic Orchestra, Groove Armada, Peter Kruder, Richard
Dorfmeister...
Took part in the „houseware experience team‟ (João Paulo Feliciano, Helder Luis,
Rui Valério e Rui Toscano) that, in a collaboration with the São Paulo dance
company Nova Dança 4, presented IN REAL TIME, a dance, video and multimedia
show, in the context of Acarte Encounters Brazil 2000 at Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation in Lisbon. The same show was presented in the Brazil Dance 2001
Festival at Banco do Brasil Cultural Center in Rio de Janeiro.
Took part of HOUSELAB (João Paulo Feliciano, Rafael Toral, Rui Gato, Helder Luis
and Rui Toscano), a project focused on the exploration of criative possibilities of
technology applied to live events, performing spaces, mixed-media installations,
audio-visual experiences, electronic music, interactivity and others. Stopmotion,
their first work was shown at Media Lounge, Images Odissey Festival, Porto 2001,
European Capital of Culture.