© Filipe Cortez, 2015

VITA
* 1986 in Oporto, Portugal
Lives and works in New York
2015 Artist Assistant of the Visual Artist Gabriela Albergaria, New York, USA
2015 “The Relationship Between Artist and Curator”, organized by the Residency Unlimited, and the SVA Master Program in Curatorial Practice, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA (SEMINAR/TALK)
2012 MFA, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto, Portugal
2012 “Pensar a Pintura”, organized by the IIADS, and coordinated by António Quadros Ferreira (phD) and Domingos Loureiro (MA), Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto, Portugal (SEMINAR/TALK)
2008 Painting First Degree, at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto, Portugal

SCHOLARSHIPS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2015 RU – Residency Unlimited, New York, NY
2013 Certificate of Merit by the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto for the best classified in the Master Degree Graduation on 2013, Porto, Portugal
2013 Project 1aAvenida, 3 months, at the AXA building, organized by Porto Lazer and curated by José Manuel Maia, Cláudia Melo and Mirró Pereira, Porto, Portugal
2012 Award of Arte Jovem de Vila Verde, Vila Verde, Portugal
2011 Award XXIV Salão de Primavera – Rainha Isabel de Bragança, Lisboa, Portugal
2011 1o Award at the II Bienal Internacional de Pintura da Fundação Rotária Portuguesa, Coimbra, Portugal.

SOLO / GROUP SHOWS (Selection)
2015 Filipe Cortez, The Dept. of Signs and Symbols, New York (SOLO)
2015 Rachel Garrard and Filipe Cortez, curated by The Dept. of Signs and Symbols, NEWD Art Show, New York
2015 arte & negócios II, the Porto Business School, Porto, Portugal
2014 Cheia, curated by Leonel Cunha, Municipal Library Rocha Peixoto, Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal
2014 Peach Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2014 Project Shair, Emergentes DST Gallery, Braga, Portugal
2014 IV – Tudo é Outra Coisa, curated by José Maia, Espaço MIRA, Porto, Portugal arte & negócios, Porto Business School, Porto, Portugal
2014 Teoria da Pintura, curated by Hugo Soares e João Gigante, AISCA, Viana, Portugal
2014 WeArt, Aveiro, Portugal
2013 9o Award Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, ASC Museum, Amarante, Portugal Project 1aAvenida, 2013 AXA building, Porto, Portugal
2013 Do Real e de Outras Verdades, Silo Gallery, Porto, Portugal
2013 VIARCO – Traços para o futuro, Penafiel Museum, Penafiel, Portugal
2012 Crucifixus, Faculty of Fine Arts Museum, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal As cores do corpo, curated by Paulo Cunha e Silva, at the Hospital Santo António, Porto, Portugal (SOLO)
2011 Recolecção, curated by Domingos Loureiro, at the Leões Gallery, Porto, Portugal