Manuel Carmo
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Lisbon
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, 1958) is a Portuguese
Portugal
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artist
Artist
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and author
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.
Having practised as a lawyer
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, he performed, in earlier years, as a deputy to the Chairmanship of the Council of Ministers during the VII Constitutional Government
Government
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, as Chairman of the European cooperation NGO Latin American Studies Institute, and as Chairman of the Board in various multinational companies. In the early 1980s, he studied painting
Painting
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at Ar.Co, Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
and since then devoted himself exclusively to painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
and writing
Writing
Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols . It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as magnetic tape audio.Writing most likely...
. His first exhibition dates from 1985 and he has since been present in many exhibitions and conferences in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
and abroad. In 2000 he was awarded the Mention of Honour by the I Painting Biannual Domingos Sequeira and, in 2007, the First Prize of the Portuguese Association for Institutional Communication.
The Author
Manuel Carmo is, at present, ConsultantConsultant
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of the European Museum Forum
(Portugal) and also Consultant for Aporem (an association integrating 17 Museums) international projects.
Since January 2007, he has accepted responsibilities in the Museum of Water of Coimbra
Coimbra
Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...
, as Executive director
Executive director
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of the Cultural and Contents Department and is the Chairman of AABA Arts Editions.
He was the Bairro Alto
Bairro Alto
Bairro Alto is an area of central Lisbon, Portugal.The first terrain division occurred around 1500, when the court of D.Manuel I moved from the castle to the royal palace in Terreiro do Paço...
Art Gallery’ Arts Director and as such organized important exhibitions of reputed painters, such as Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol
Andrew Warhola , known as Andy Warhol, was an American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art...
, Tom Wesselmann
Tom Wesselmann
Tom Wesselmann was an American artist associated with the Pop art movement who worked in painting, collage and sculpture.-Early years:...
, Erró
Erró
Erró is a postmodern artist. He studied art in Norway and in Italy, and has resided in Paris, Thailand and on the island of Formentera for most of his life...
, Gerard Schlosser e Joyce Tenneson
Joyce Tenneson
Joyce Tenneson is an American fine art photographer known for her distinctive style of photography, which often involves nude or semi-nude women. Tenneson shoots primarily with the Polaroid 20x24 camera...
.
His life and work were the subject for a 30 min documentary, in 2005, produced by the Portuguese Public Television Channel RTP1 in collaboration with Universidade Aberta, and broadcast through RTP
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
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International channel.
Manuel Carmo was the single Portuguese
Portuguese people
The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
invited to submit a project - Let’s Art! - to the UNESCO
UNESCO
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World Conferente on Education through the Arts, in 2006. Sanchez Bravo, the Chairman of the UNESCO
UNESCO
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Spanish Committee considers his painting as "a new nude and harmonious-musical path to transcend truth".
His most recent Exhibition
Exhibition
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/Performance
Performance
A performance, in performing arts, generally comprises an event in which a performer or group of performers behave in a particular way for another group of people, the audience. Choral music and ballet are examples. Usually the performers participate in rehearsals beforehand. Afterwards audience...
in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, in 2005, entitled
"1755 – the Cemetery of Hope or the 7 Virtues for Rebirth", evoking the 250th anniversary of the Lisbon
Lisbon
Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
1755 earthquake
Earthquake
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, was honoured by the high patronage of H.E. the President of the Republic
President of the Republic
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, Mr. Jorge Sampaio.
In 2006, at the "Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts
Angel Orensanz Center
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", in New York
New York
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, he exhibited a set of works on the creative act in Art, named "Manifesto 24", which included painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
and video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
. On this exhibition, the New-Yorker art reviewer Nancy di Benedetto said, “the best homage one may pay to Manuel Carmo is the acknowledgement that his works do not belong to any predetermined schools nor movements
Art movement
An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time, or, at least, with the heyday of the movement defined within a number of years...
as they challenge categorization and opens the path for new territories for the Arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
in the twenty first century”.
Manuel Carmo is regularly invited to lecture on Art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, within the scope of activities of UNESCO
UNESCO
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, "Collect and Share" and "Life Long Learning" Projects, and also the EU’ “Socrates
Socrates
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” and “Grundvig” Programmes.
Represented
Quoted in the New YorkNew York
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Arts Annual Catalogue 2007, he is represented in various foundations and museums. Amongst these:
- Antonio Prates Foundation
- Michettti Foundation
- European Museum Forum
- International Museum of Graphic ArtArtArt is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
- Mumi Museum
- MadeiraMadeiraMadeira is a Portuguese archipelago that lies between and , just under 400 km north of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the north Atlantic Ocean and an outermost region of the European Union...
Museum of Contemporary ArtsARtsaRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer.... - EPAL Museum of Water
- Chaves City Hall
- Bragança City HallCity hallIn local government, a city hall, town hall or a municipal building or civic centre, is the chief administrative building of a city...
- LisbonLisbonLisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...
City HallCity hallIn local government, a city hall, town hall or a municipal building or civic centre, is the chief administrative building of a city... - Mundial Confiança
- Universitária Editora
- Bairro AltoBairro AltoBairro Alto is an area of central Lisbon, Portugal.The first terrain division occurred around 1500, when the court of D.Manuel I moved from the castle to the royal palace in Terreiro do Paço...
Art Ateliers - PortuguesePortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
Serigraphy Centre - Mission Structure Against Home Abuse
- Angel Orensanz New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
Foundation - Mário SoaresMário SoaresMário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares, GColTE, GCC, GColL, KE , Portuguese politician, served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the 17th President of Portugal from 1986 to 1996.-Family:...
Foundation - Beni Culturali Emília Romagna Institute, Italy
- Portuguese Communications Foundation
- Museum of Communications
- Avilez Cultural Centre
- Museum of Water of CoimbraCoimbraCoimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...
- Her Majesty Queen Fabiola of de Belgiums’ Collection
- Chico BuarqueChico BuarqueFrancisco Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known as Chico Buarque , is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet...
da Holanda’s Collection - Fausto Bertinotti’s Collection (Chairman of the Italian Parliament)
- AMIAmiThe Amis are an indigenous people of Taiwan. They speak Amis, an Austronesian language, and are one of the thirteen officially recognized peoples of Taiwanese aborigines...
- International Medical Assistance
Published works on art
- "Aquae Liberae Triumphalis Ingressus", Editorial Hugin, 2004.
- "Um Café pelo Aqueduto", Editorial ACD, 2005.
- "A Diferença para +", Ateliers de Arte do Bairro Alto, 2005.
- "1755 – Cemitério de Esperança", Editorial ACD, 2005.
- "Manifesto 24", Angel Orensanz Foundation (New York), 2005.
- "Liberdade Número 800240574", Fundação Mário Soares, 2006.
- "Acquit há Gato!", Museu das Comunicações, 2006.
- "Os 7 Estados da Água", Edições AABA 2007