Lisbon, 1991    

Lives and works in Lisbon 

henriquespavao@gmail.com

Henrique Pavão’s work is focused on issues of entropy, loss, anachronism, story-telling and temporality, reflecting an interest and use of the archaeology of conceptual movements, connected to a sophisticated, poetical and cinematic use of processes. His work circles through different media (sculpture, video / film, sound and photography) often with a concern for each medium’s specific processes and mechanisms, taken as the mark of its temporality or even its history.

Pavão obtained his Masters in Fine Arts from the Malmö Art Academy in 2016. He received grants from the Botín Foundation (2021) and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2024 and 2015). In 2019 and 2016 he was shortlisted for the EDP Foundation’s New Artists Award and Novo Banco Revelação Award from the Serralves Foundation.

His work has been recently exhibited at Rialto6 (Lisbon), Centro Botín (Santander), FRAME Section of Frieze (NY), MAAT – The Museum of Art Architecture and Technology (Lisbon), Anozero (Coimbra Biennial), Culturgest Porto (Oporto), among others.

Pavão’s work is represented in institutional collections such as CACE – The Portuguese State Art Collection, MAAT / EDP Foundation Collection, EGEAC/CML Collection, António Cachola Collection – MACE and Rialto6 collection.


EDUCATION

2014-2016
Master of Fine Arts / MFA
Malmö Art Academy, Lund University — SE
(Professor Joachim Koester)

2012-2013
Bachelor of Fine Arts / Exchange
Nottingham Trent University — UK

2010-2013
Bachelor of Sculpture / BFA
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon — PT

2009-2010
Bachelor of Architecture
Faculty of Architecture, Autonoma University of Lisbon — PT


SOLO SHOWS

2025
Ghost Ranch 
Rialto6, Lisbon — PT

2024
The Ultimate Romance 
FARRA with Rialto6, Elvas — PT

Heavy Metal 
Bruno Múrias Gallery, Lisbon — PT

Waiting Around to Die
Galeria da Casa A.Molder, Lisbon — PT

2023
Oxímoro / Oxymoron with Joachim Koester
Kindred Spirit, Lisbon — PT
Curated by Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues

2022
The D.E.A.D Man
APPLETON (BOX), Lisbon — PT

2021
Sea of Tranquility 
Frame Section - Frieze NY at The Shed — US
with Bruno Múrias Gallery

Red Flower
Bruno Múrias Gallery, Lisbon — PT

2020
Unfinished Past (revisited)
CAV, Coimbra — PT
Curated by Ana Anacleto 

2019
Apollo 
Porta 14, Lisbon — PT

Almodôvar Mirror-Site
SE8 Gallery, London — UK
Curated by Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues 

2018
Now I Became Aged
UMA LULIK_ , Lisbon — PT
Curated by Sérgio Mah

Unfinished Past
SP Arte - Sector "Solo", São Paulo — BR
Curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas

2017
antes e depois de antes
Culturgest Porto, Oporto — PT
Curated by Delfim Sardo

Wherever I am not is the Place Where I am Myself
Appleton Square, Lisbon — PT

2016
Fallen Between Cracks
KHM Gallery, Malmö — SE

2013
Transform the Space Using the Space II
Sotão, Lisbon — PT 


SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2025
...daquele que é (des)objeto III
Leal Rios Foundation, Lisbon — PT
Curated by Miguel Leal Rios

O Fio Que Nos Une 
MACE, Elvas — PT

2024
...daquele que é (des)objeto II
Leal Rios Foundation, Lisbon — PT
Curated by Miguel Leal Rios

Prémio Norberto Fernandes
Forum Altice
Lisbon — PT

Seymour 
Various Others, Munich — DE

Imaginário Coletivo / Obras da Coleção de Arte Contemorânea do Estado
Museu de Aveiro / Santa Joana, Aveiro — PT
Curated by Sanda Vieira Jürgens

...daquele que é (des)objeto I
FARRA with Leal Rios Foundation, Elvas — PT
Curated by Miguel Leal Rios 

Blind Taste
ARBAG, Lisbon — PT
Curated by Pedro Ventura Matos and Ricardo Passaporte

2023
ITINERARIOS XXVIII
Centro Botín, Santander — ES
Curated by Bárbara Rodíguez Muñoz

Só Porque Foi e Voou
MNAC - The National Museum of Contemporary Art | Museu do Chiado, Lisbon — PT
Coord. by Ana Rito and José de Maçãs Carvalho

Contravisões: A fotografia na Coleção António Cachola
MACE, Elvas — PT
Curated by Sérgio Mah  

Estudo do Meio (18+)
Carpintarias de São Lázaro, Lisbon — PT
Curated by PURGA 

2022
ISCP 2022 Fall Open Studios
ISCP - International Studio & Curatorial Program,
New York — USA


BF22 - Photography Biennial 
Museu Municipal de Vila Franca de Xira — PT
Curated by Ana Rito 

2021
Crownshy
Outpost - Casa das Arribas, Sintra — PT
Curated by Max Frisinger 

A Longa Sombra 
Sala de Exposição Maus Hábitos, Oporto — PT
Curated by Horácio Frutuoso

Flora
Atelier Museu Júlio Pomar, Lisbon — PT
Curated by Sara Antónia Matos & Pedro Faro

2020
Fazer de Casa Labirinto 
Balcony Gallery, Lisbon — PT
Curated by Ana Cachola & Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues

Too Old to Die Young with Horácio Frutuoso. O Stand, Lisbon — PT

2019
Depois do Estouro 
Galeria Municipal do Porto, Oporto — PT
Curated by Tomás Abreu

Tomar a verdade, #1 para 4
UMA  LULIK_, Lisbon — PT

Focus
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto — CAN
Curated by João Ribas 

EDP Foundation’s New Artists Award
MAAT - Museu de Arte, Arquitectura e Tecnologia, Lisbon — PT
Curated by Inês Grosso

1/3 MeelPress
Bermondsey Project Space, London — UK
Curated by João Silvério

2018
O Futuro do Presente: Simples ou Composto? Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa — PT
Curated by Ângela Ferreira and Victor dos Reis

289
289, Faro — PT
Curated by Pedro Cabrita Reis 

B.A.T. Bon à tirer. MEEL Press.
Appleton Square, Lisbon — PT

2017
Anozero'17 / Biennial
Coimbra — PT
Curated by Delfim Sardo and Luiza Teixeira de Freitas

2016
Edstrandska Stiftelsens Stipendiater 2016

KHM Gallery, Malmö — SE
Curated by Gertrud Sandqvist

The Annual Exhibition 
Malmö Art Academy — SE

Grant Holder Show
The Royal Academy of Arts, Stockholm — SE

2015
The Annual Exhibition
Malmö Art Academy — SE

2014
New Students Exhibition
KHM Gallery, Malmö — SE

2013
Finalistas Escultura FBAUL 12/13
/ BA Exhibition
ISEG, Lisbon — PT

2012
Museucampus
MNAC - The National Museum of Contemporary Art | Museu do Chiado, Lisbon — PT
Curated by Markus Ambach

SCREENINGS & PERFORMANCES

2022
The D.E.A.D Man (18:00 - 00:01) 
APPLETON (BOX), Lisbon — PT

2021
One Last Longing
ZDB - Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon — PT

2020
One Last Longing
AIR 351, Cascais — PT


AWARDS & GRANTS

2024
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s Grant for Artistic Creation

Altice Foundation’s Young Artists Award / Nomination ( Honorable Mention)

2022
FLAD - Grant for Artistic Residencies in the USA | ISCP - International Studio & Curatorial Program NY

2021
Fundación Marcelino Botín Grant | Centro Botín, Santander — ES

2019
EDP Foundation’s New Artists Award | MAAT / Nomination

2016
Prémio Novo Banco Revelação | Serralves Foundation / Nomination

Edstrandska Stiftelsens Stipendium

Konstakademien Stockholm Stipendium

2015
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Scholarship (MFA - Malmö Art Academy) 


RESIDENCIES

2025
NO ENTULHO - ArtWorks, Oporto — PT

2022
ISCP - International Studio & Curatorial Program NY — USA

2019-2020
AIR 351, Cascais — PT


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

ITINERARIOS XXVIII. Pub. Centro Botín (catalogue)

BF22 - Photography Biennial (catalogue)

Oxímoro / Oxymoron : Henrique Pavão and Joachim Koester. Pub. Kindred Spirit (catalogue) 

Contravisões: A fotografia na Coleção António Cachola. Pub. MACE Elvas

After the Bang / Depois do Estouro. Pub. Galeria Municipal do Porto (catalogue)

My Father Sings the Chorus of Visitors by Ragnar Kjartansson (sound piece) in Contemporânea#8 - SOM (LP) 

Ecdysis (Visual Essay) Umbigo Magazine#81

Six Hours and One Minute : Henrique Pavão. Nicolas de Oliveira and Nicola Oxley. Pub. Mulberry Tree Press

Choro Eterno and White Bright Beautiful Heaven in
Poemas Tardios. Henrique Segurado. Pub. Averno

O STAND 1.0 (catalogue)

Back to the Future Boy. Henrique Pavão. Pub.Galeria Bruno Múrias 

Fazer de Casa Labirinto. Balcony Gallery (catalogue)

One Last Longing (Visual Essay) Wrong Wrong Magazine#16 (Less and More)

Prémio Novos Artistas Fundação EDP 2019 (catalogue) 

Almodôvar Mirror Site. Henrique Pavão. Pub. Mulberry Tree Press

289 (catalogue)
 
O Futuro do Presente: Simples ou Composto? (catalogue)

The Eternity of the City / Visual Essay Contemporânea 05/2018; Urban Drifting Lisboa

X + 1 APPLETON SQUARE

Curar e Reparar / Healing and Repairing. Anozero'17 (catalogue)
 
Edstrandska Stiftelsens Stipendiater 2016 (catalogue)

Fallen Between Cracks / Essay
Malmö Art Academy Yearbook 2015-2016

Novo Banco Revelação | Serralves Foundation

Finalistas Escultura FBAUL 12/13 (catalogue)


COLLECTIONS

Maria e Armando Cabral / Rialto6 Collection, Lisbon — PT

EDP / MAAT Foundation Collection, Lisbon — PT

Portuguese State Contemporary Art Collection - CACE  — PT

EGEAC - Lisbon Municipality Collection — PT

António Cachola Collection – MACE / Elvas — PT

FLR - Leal Rios Foundation, Lisbon — PT 

Figueiredo Ribeiro Collection, Abrantes — PT

Santander Consumer Collection, Lisbon — PT

VdA Collection– Vieira de Almeida, SA, Lisbon — PT

Caixa de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo de Mafra, Mafra — PT

Private — PT, DE, BE, USA, UK


OTHER PROJECTS

2019
The Artist is on the Line a project by Carolina Trigueiros. Lisbon — PT

Mark
© 2024 Henrique Pavão