Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, 1975. Lives and works in Porto, Portugal.
Renato Ferrão works since
the beginning of the last decade and was recently awarded with Prémio de Artes
Plásticas União Latina 2010. The jury underlined the maturity he handles the
space, the analysis and original rereading of classical concepts and dynamics
of modern sculpture, like weight, volume, tension and fragility, sensitivity
and diversity of the chosen materials, as well as the poetic transfiguration of
everyday objects.
For the exhibition of the
selected artists, Ferrão presented the installation Vida Material, previously presented at Quadrado Azul, and composed
by extenders, a chair, a dresser and a plate, displayed as two sculptures in
tension. Graduated in sculpture, the artist has been exploring physical laws and
internal mechanics of functional objects, in a constant challenge to the
viewer, sometimes faced with the threat of danger to their physical integrity.
Light is also an element of interest in a practice traversed by
experimentation.
The name of Renato
Ferrão is also connected with the foundation, with other artists, of one of the
most relevant experiences in an alternative circuit of creation and exhibition
generated in Porto, along the last decade: the space Salão Olímpico.
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2012
Peça de substituição, Chiado 8 – Arte contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal.
2011
Peça sonâmbula, Espaço Campanhã, Porto, Portugal.
2010
Vida material, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon, Portugal.
2009
Estúdio, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Episódio 2: Senhor fantasma, vamos falar, Emissores reunidos – Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal.
2008
Fóssil de microhabitat, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto, Portugal.
A C ack of ence, A Certain Lack of Coherence, Porto, Portugal.
2007
Impreciso, In Transit, Porto, Portugal (with Nuno Ramalho).
17.38' 51, Projecto Apêndice, Porto, Portugal.
2006
Quem tem olho é rei, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto, Portugal.
Longa duração, Mad Woman in the Attic, Porto, Portugal.
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2018
Uma Loja, Cinco Casas e uma Escola, Colégio das Artes, Coimbra, Portugal.
2017
Que farei eu com esta espada?, Zaratan - Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal.
THEM OR US! A Project on Scientific, Social and Political Fiction, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
2014
Lei de OHN, Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon, Portugal.
2011
Premio União Latina, Centro Cultural de Cascais, Cascais, Portugal.
2010
Display: Objects, Buildings and Space, Experimentadesign, Palácio Quintela, Lisbon, Portugal (with Nuno Ramalho).
2009
A nossa língua não cura, Espaço Avenida 211, Lisbon, Portugal.
Antes de chegarem palavras, Espaço Campanhã, Porto, Portugal.
A Arte e o Seu Resto, XV Bienal de Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal.
2008
part-ilha, Spike Island, Bristol, United Kingdom.
A situação está tensa mas sob control, Arte contempo, Lisbon, Portugal.
2007
Rastos, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto, Portugal.
Depósito: Anotações sobre Densidade e Conhecimento, Reitoria da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
2006
Busca Pólos, Pavilhão Centro de Portugal, Coimbra, Portugal.
Em torno, Palácio de Cristal, Porto, Portugal (with Nuno Ramalho).
Awards
2011
Prémio De Artes Plásticas União Latina 2010, Portugal.
Collections
Fundação de Serralves, Portugal.