UPCOMING / CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

(2024) Solo Exhibition - “Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow”, ADN Galeria, Barcelona, ES.
(2024) Group Exhibition - “First Step”, Bigger Splash, Lisbon, PT.
(2024) Group Exhibition - “...daquele que é (des)objeto II” curated by Miguel Leal Rios, Fundação Leal Rios, Lisbon, PT.



BIO

Fábio Colaço (1995) was born in Lisbon, where he lives and works.
Holds a degree in Sculpture and a master degree in Performance and Installation from Faculdade de Belas-Artes in Lisbon. He also studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich.
He exhibits regularly in Portugal and abroad in solo and group exhibitions, highlighting the exhibitions: (2023) “Tomorrow” curated by Ana Cristina Cachola, Uma Lulik__ Contemporary Art, Lisbon, PT; (2022) “MACE 15 Anos - Aqui Somos Rede”, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas, PT; (2020) “One Million”, Appleton Box, Lisbon, PT; (2020) “Trabalho Capital # Greve Geral”, curated by Paulo Mendes, Centro de Arte Oliva, São João da Madeira, PT; (2020) “5 Años de Atelier Solar”, curated by Alejandro Alonso Moro, Cruce, Madrid, ES; (2019) “Prémio Arte Jovem Fundação Millennium BCP”, Centro Português de Serigrafia, Lisbon, PT; (2019) “I Will Take the Risk”, curated by Carolina Trigueiros e Tomaz Hipólito, Azan, Lisbon, PT; (2018) “Where Plato Taught”, curated by Christian Jankowski, Franzensfeste/Fortezza, Bolzano, IT; (2018) “Jahresausstellung”, Akademie der Bildenden Künst, Munich, DE; (2017) “Ciclo do Liminar #9”, Zaratan - Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, PT; (2016) “in possível - com n... entrar na possibilidade”, Arquipélago - Centro de Artes Contemporâneas, Azores, PT.
In 2016, he was nominated for “Artes e Talentos” award, the winner of “Revelação D. Fernando II” award in 2017, and more recently, the winner of “Arte Jovem Fundação Millennium BCP” award in 2019.


SHORT BIO

Fábio Colaço was born in 1995 in Lisbon, where he lives and works.
He studied Sculpture, Performance and Installation at Faculdade de Belas-Artes in Lisbon and at Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich. Colaço’s body of work encompasses painting, sculpture, photography and video.
He exhibits regularly in Portugal and abroad in solo and group exhibitions from 2015.

CV

Fábio Colaço (1995) was born in Lisbon, where he lives and works.


EDUCATION

(2017-2018) Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, DE.
(2016-2018) Master - Performance and Installation, Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Lisbon, PT.
(2013-2016) Bachelor - Sculpture, Faculdade de Belas-Artes, Lisbon, PT.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

(2024) “Looking at the World Through the Soma Effect”, Apartamento Contemporary Art, Marseille, FR.
(2023) “Tomorrow” curated by Ana Cristina Cachola, Uma Lulik__ Contemporary Art, Lisbon, PT.
(2022) “Enigma”, Artes, Porto, PT.
(2020) “One Million”, Appleton Box, Lisbon, PT.
(2019) “A God Called Money” curated by Carolina Quintela, Espaço Real, Lisbon, PT.
(2018) “Ecce Mono”, Zaratan, Lisbon, PT.
(2017) “Trevum”, Museu das Artes, Sintra, PT.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

(2024) “FARRA”, Coleção João Luís Traça and Coleção Fundação Leal Rios, Elvas, PT.
(2024) “A Moeda Viva” curated by Maria do Mar Fazenda, Galeria Quadrum, Lisbon, PT.
(2024) “Insistência ou representação metafórica da premência - Coleção Luís Ferreira” curated by Isabel Vaz Lopes, Museu Ibérico de Arqueologia e Arte, Abrantes, PT.
(2024) “Casa da Dona Laura”, Lisbon, PT.
(2024) “Lápis Azul”, Zaratan, Lisbon, PT.
(2024) “Blind Taste” curated by Pedro Matos and Ricardo Passaporte, Arbag, Lisbon, PT.
(2024) “Artistas com o 25 de Abril”, Galeria Diferença, Lisbon, PT.
(2024) “Para sempre e nunca mais” curated by Ana Cristina Cachola, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas, PT.
(2023) “Perspetiva 24” curated by Helena Mendes Moreira and João Ribas), Fundação Bienal de Cerveira, Viana do Castelo, PT.
(2023) “Taking the Light Out of the Prism” curated by Susana Rocha, Museu Militar de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT.
2023 “Non Finito” curated by Fernando J. Ribeiro, Pedro Portugal and Beatriz Hilário, Centro de Cultura Contemporânea, Castelo Branco, PT.
2023 “Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale” curated by Qiu Zhijie, Macao Museum of Art, Macao, MO.
2023 “Fenda” curated by Joaquim Oliveira Caetano and Francisca Portugal, Fundação Eugénio de Almeida, Évora, PT.
2022 “MACE 15 Anos - Aqui Somos Rede”, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas, PT.
2022 “Liga”, Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, PT.
2022 “Just Believe”, Uma Lulik, Lisbon, PT.
2022 “Lovers”, Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, PT.
2021 “Sonhos de Guerra e Paz”, Museu Militar de Lisboa, Lisbon, PT.
2021 “No Reino das Nuvens: os Artistas e a Invenção de Sintra”, curated by Vitor dos Reis, Museu das Artes, Sintra, PT.
2021 “Light Show”, Mono, Lisbon, PT.
2021 “Prémio D. Fernando II”, Museu das Artes, Sintra, PT.
2021 “Pan Pan Pan demia”, Museu das Artes, Sintra, PT.
2020 “Stand 1.3”, Stand, Lisbon, PT.
2020 “Trabalho Capital # Greve Geral”, curated by Paulo Mendes, Centro de Arte Oliva, São João da Madeira, PT.
2020 “5 Años de Atelier Solar”, curated by Alejandro Alonso Moro, Cruce, Madrid, ES.
2020 “Open Studio”, Art Room, Lisbon, PT.
2019 “Feeling Blue”, curated by Carolina Quintela, Espaço Real, Lisbon, PT.
2019 “Trailer”, Mono, Lisbon, PT.
2019 “Prémio Arte Jovem Fundação Millennium BCP”, Centro Português de Serigrafia, Lisbon, PT.
2019 “Festival Múltiplo”, Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, PT.
2019 “Estoutro”, curated by Beatriz Coelho, Francisca Gigante and Inês Vieira, Espaço Cultural Mercês, Lisbon, PT.
2019 “Zinco”, Sá da Costa - Camões, Lisbon, PT.
2019 “3ª Bienal Internacional de Gaia”, Quinta da Fiação de Lever, Gaia, PT.
2019 “I will take the risk”, curated by Carolina Trigueiros and Tomaz Hipólito, Azan, Lisbon, PT.
2019 “Stills & Frames”, curated by Pedro Gonçalves, Museu das Artes, Sintra, PT.
2018 “Where Plato Taught”, curated by Christian Jankowski, Franzensfeste/Fortezza, Bolzano, IT.
2018 “Jahresausstellung”, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, DE.
2018 “Lote #1”, Poste_Matosinhos, Porto, PT.
2018 “Mobility and Whatever”, ADAC Zentrale, Munich, DE.
2018 “Fleeting”, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich, DE.
2018 “WIP”, Galeria Mute, Lisbon, PT.
2017 “Caleidoscópio”, Galeria do Sol/Maus Hábitos, Oporto, PT.
2017 “Prémio D. Fernando II”, Museu das Artes, Sintra, PT.
2017 “Double”, Museu Geológico, Lisbon, PT.
2017 “Ciclo do Liminar #9”, Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, PT.
2016 “in possível - com n... entrar na possibilidade”, Arquipélago - Centro de Artes Contemporâneas, Azores, PT.
2016 “Casa Ocupada”, Lisbon, PT.
2016 “Finalistas de Escultura”, Palácio Marquês de Pombal, Oeiras, PT.
2016 “7a Edição Condomínio”, Lisbon, PT.
2016 “Mostra’16”, Lisbon, PT.
2016 “Mostra’16 Preview”, Porto, PT.
2016 “Só não podes atirar pela janela”, Palácio das Artes, Porto, PT.
2016 “Setenta e oito”, Galeria 78-80, Lisbon, PT.
2015 “Festival da Universidade de Direito”, Lisbon, PT.


FAIRS

(2023) MIART - Uma Lulik__ Contemporary Art, Milan, IT.
2023 ARCO Madrid - Uma Lulik__ Contemporary Art, Madrid, ES.


AWARDS

2019 First prize - “Prémio Arte Jovem Fundação Millennium BCP”, Centro Português de Serigrafia, Lisbon, PT.
2017 First prize - “Prémio Revelação D. Fernando II”, Museu das Artes, Sintra, PT.
2016 Nomination - “Artes e Talentos”, Palácio das Artes, Porto, PT.


PUBLICATIONS

DUARTE, Adelaide - “Diálogos de Colecionar: 22 Colecionadores de Arte em Portugal”. Veritas Art Publishers. 2022.
JANKOWSKI, Christian; Schmidt-Wulffen, Stephan - “Where Plato Taught”. Franzensfeste/Fortezza Editions. 2018.
MAURACHER, Maximilian; DUQUE, Filipe - “Entkunstung I”. Entkunstung Editions. 2017.
LISBOA, Universidade - “Finalistas Escultura Belas-Artes ULisboa 15’16”. Universidade de Lisboa. 2016.


RESIDENCIES

2024 “AIR 351”, Cascais, PT.
2020 “Atelier Solar”, Atelier Solar, Madrid, ES.
2016 “Projet hors-les-murs à Porto”, Rua do Sol, Oporto, PT.
2015 “RésVés”, Loulé, PT.


PROJECTS

2021 “Dark Cloud”, public project comissioned by Câmara Municipal de Oliveira do Hospital, Oliveira do Hospital, PT.
2021 “Disclaimer”, site-specific project curated by Alejandro Alonso Moro, LAI Museum, Asturias, ES.
2020 “Untitled (heavy)”, project to Umbigo Magazine, online project “Art in Quarantine”, Lisbon, PT.
2019 “It is Time”, permanent public installation comissioned by Prozis, Maia, PT.
2019 “Diálogos - Signs”, project to Umbigo Magazine, edition #70, printed version.


PRESS

NOGUEIRA, Isabel - “Fábio Colaço: Tomorrow”. Contemporânea Magazine, online version, May 2023.
DIPLOMATIQUE, Le Monde - “God Shoes #2” on the cover and other works inside . Le Monde Diplomatique, printed version, April 2023 (portuguese edition).
COINTELEGRAPH - “How portuguese street artists are turning graffiti into NFTs”. Cointelegraph, online video on youtube, 8 January  2022.
DIPLOMATIQUE, Le Monde - “Portraits”. Le Monde Diplomatique, printed version, May 2021 (portuguese edition).
UMBIGO - “Fábio Colaço, Portraits, na Galeria Nave” by Maíra Botelho. Umbigo magazine, online version, 6 May 2021.
CONTENTS, Compulsive - “Fábio Colaço - Artistic Sloganeering” by Edd Norval, 10 February 2021.
DIPLOMATIQUE, Le Monde - “Untitled (glup! glup!)”. Le Monde Diplomatique, printed version, February 2021 (portuguese edition).
DIPLOMATIQUE, Le Monde - “Untitled” and “Untitled (he is watching you)”. Le Monde Diplomatique, printed version, January 2021 (portuguese edition).
UMBIGO - “Fábio Colaço e Urbano na Abreu Advogados”. Umbigo magazine, online version, 13 January 2021.
ANDRÉ, Sara e - “Inquéritos a 471 Artistas”. Contemporânea magazine, online version (‘entrevistas’ section), June 2020.
UMBIGO - “Arte em Quarentena - Fábio Colaço”. Umbigo magazine, online version, 25 April 2020.
UMBIGO- “Feeling Blue na Galeria Espaço Real”. Umbigo magazine, online version, 12 December 2019.
SAYEJ, Nadja - “What to see and snag at Toronto’s foremost Art Fair”. Forbes magazine, 16 October 2019.
PENTEADO, Filipa - “Espaço Real”. Umbigo magazine, online version, 27 May 2019.
NICOLAU, Teresa - “As Horas Extraordinárias”. RTP, As Horas Extraordinárias 5, 20 May 2019.


His works are part of public and private collections including:


Galila’s P.O.C., BE.
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, PT.
Museu de Arte Contemporânea Armando Martins, PT.
Coleção de Arte Contemporânea do Estado, PT.
Coleção do Museu das Artes de Sintra, PT.