Pedro Calapez was born in Lisbon (1953) where he lives and works.
He began his studies in civil engineering but then transferred to
the Escola de Belas Artes (School of Fine Arts) after having attended
the Fine Arts Course at the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes (National
Association of Fine Arts). While attending Belas Artes he worked
as a professional photogropher until 1985, when he was able to dedicate
himself exclusively to painting.
He began taking part in exhibitions in the seventies and in 1982
had his first individual exhibition. He has exhibited his work individually
in various galleries and musuems, most notably Histórias
de objectos, Casa de la Cittá, Roma, Carré des Arts,
Paris and Fundação Calouste.Gulbenkian, Lisboa (1991);
Petit jardin et paysage [instalação], Capela Salpêtriére,
Paris (1993); Memória involuntária, Museu do Chiado,
Lisboa (1996); Campo de Sombras, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró,
Mallorca (1997); Studiolo, INTERVAL-Raum fur Kunst & Kultur,
Witten, Germany (1998) ; Madre Agua, Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano
de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz and Centro Andaluz de Arte
Contemporáneo (2002); Selected works 1992-2004, Fundação
Calouste.Gulbenkian, Lisboa (2004); piso zero, CGAC- Centro Galego
de Arte Contemporáneo (2005)
Most oustanding among the various collective exhibitions in which
he has taken part are the biennials of Venice (1986) and S.Paulo
(1987 and 1991) and the exhibitions: 10 Contemporâneos, Museu
de Serralves, Porto (1992); Perspectives, Centre d'art contemporain,
Marne-La-Vallée (1994); Depois de Amanhã, Centro Cultural
de Belém, Lisboa (1994); Ecos de la materia, Museo Extremeño
e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz (1996); Tage
Der Dunkelheit Und Des Lichts, Kunstmuseum Bonn (1999); EDP.ARTE,
Museu de Serralves, Porto (2001).
He has also designed stage sets for theatre as well as having carried
out various public works, such as a square for the World Exhibition
of Lisbon 1998.
Pedro Calapez is represented in various public and private collections
including, for example, the Museu Serralves, Porto; Fundação
Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa; Fundação Luso Americana,
Lisboa; Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisboa; Chase Manhattan
Bank N.A, New York; Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró,
Palma de Mallorca; Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de
Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz; Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea,
Santiago de Compostela; Fondación Prosegur, Madrid; Fundación
Coca-Cola España, Madrid; Central European Bank, Frankfurt;
Centro de Arte Caja Burgos, Burgos; European Investment Bank,
Luxembourg and other public and private collections.
He has received, among others, the União Latina prize
in 1990, the Prize for Drawing from the Fundació Pilar
I Joan Miró in Majorca 1995 and the Prize for Painting
from EDP-Art Foundation, Lisbon, 2001.