One of the most important artists of his generation, Sarmento has exhibited extensively since the 1970s. Julião Sarmento draws upon themes of memory, sexuality, transgression, morality, and duality. He works across different mediums (painting, collage, drawing, sculpture, performance, and film) to deploy a concise vocabulary of images.
Julião Sarmento (b.1948 in Lisbon) lives and works in Estoril, Portugal. He studied Painting and Architecture at Escola Superior de Belas Artes in Lisbon where he received his MA in 1974. The richness and complexity of Sarmento’s work lies in its system of free-floating signifiers which migrate between works and across the boundaries of medium. The use or recurring motifs such as hand gestures, parts of bodies and architectural floor plans generate a free-play of unsettling associations that refuse to settle into meaning. Significant solo exhibitions include: The Real Thing / La Chose, Même, curated by Ami Barak, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris (2016), Doppelgänger, Laboratório Curadoria #2, Colégio das Artes da Universidade de Coimbra (2015), Guest or Host?, CAAM Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (2015), Easy Pairings Fractals Stars, Galerie Daniel Templon, Brussels (2015), Julião Sarmento, MAMAC Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain (curated by Gilbert Perlein), Nice (2014); Lo Sguardo Selettivo, GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna (curated by Danilo Eccher and Riccardo Passoni), Torino (2014); Guest or Host?, Fundación Luis Seoane, A Coruña (2014); MACE Museu de Arte Contemporânes, Elvas (2013); 75 photographs, 35 women, 42 years, Pilar Corrias, London (2013); MACG, Museo de Arte Carrilo Gil, Mexico (2013); White Nights, A Retrospective, Museu Serralves, Porto (2012); CAC Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (2012); Julião Sarmento 2000-2011, Es Baluard: Museu d’Art Modern I Contemporani de Palma (2011). Group exhibitions include: PER/FORM. HOW TO DO THINGS WITH[OUT] WORDS, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M) (curated by Chantal Pontbriand), Madrid (2014); Super 8, Yerba Buena centre for the Arts, San Francisco (2012); No Place Like – 4 Houses 4 Films, La Biennale di Venezia 12. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, Portuguese Pavillion (2010); Outside the Box: Edition Jacob Samuel, 1988-2009, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2010); Anos 70 Atravessar Fronteiras, Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisboa (2009).
Born 1948 in Lisbon, Portugal
Lives and works in Estoril
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Projects, curated by Filipa Oliveira / Nuno Faria, Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães, Guimarães – PT
No fio da respiração, curated by Miguel von Hafe Pérez, Galeria Municipal, Matosinhos – PT
Alientos from the Teixeira de Freitas Collection, curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas, Collectorspace, Istanbul – TUR
As Good As It Gets, curated by João Silvério, MSU Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb – HR
As Good As It Gets, curated by João Silvério, Galerije Umjetnina, Galerija Kula and Palazzo Milesi, Split – HR
The Real Thing / La Chose, Même, curated by Ami Barak, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris – FR
2015
Shadow pieces on Body frames, Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra – PT
Doppelgänger, Laboratório Curadoria #2, Colégio das Artes da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra – PT
Guest or Host?, CAAM Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria – ES
Easy, Fractals & Star Map, Galpão Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo – BR
Easy Pairings Fractals Stars, Galerie Daniel Templon, Brussels – BE
Objects on the New Landscape Demanding of the Eye (part 2), Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California – US
2014
Julião Sarmento, Galeria Fonseca Macedo, São Miguel, Azores – PT
Julião Sarmento, MAMAC Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain (curated by Gilbert Perlein), Nice – FR
Lo Sguardo Selettivo, GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna (curated by Danilo Eccher and Riccardo Passoni), Torino – IT
Guest or Host?, Fundación Luis Seoane, A Coruña – ES
DAD, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid – ES
Terra Incognita, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
2013
Parousia, Cooperativa ÁRVORE, Porto – PT
Index, MACE Museu de Arte Contemporânes (curated by João Silvério), Elvas – PT
Fado (with Carminho), The Ermida Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Lisbon – PT
Julião Sarmento: Una forma extrema de privacidad, curated by Carlos Palacios, MACG, Museo de Arte Carrilo Gil, Mexico – MX
Julião Sarmento, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon – PT
75 photographs, 35 women, 42 years, Pilar Corrias, London – UK
Julião Sarmento, Galeria Fonseca Macedo, Ponta Delgada, Azores – PT
Julião Sarmento, Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra – PT
2012
White Nights, A Retrospective, Museu Serralves (curated by João Fernandes and James Lingwood), Porto – PT
Quelques Jeux Interdits, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris – FR
Artists and Writers / House and Home (Part 2), CAC Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio – US
Lire ses années 70, Galerie de France, Paris – FR
Women, Houses, Plants, Galeria João Esteves de Oliveira, Lisboa – PT
2011
Julião Sarmento, CAC Contemporary Arts Centre/Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art, curated by Raphaela Platow, Ohio – US
Remarks on Colour, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London – GB
Julião Sarmento 2000-2011, Es Baluard: Museu d’Art Modern I Contemporani de Palma – ES
Distancias Cortes, La Casa Encendida, Madrid – ES
2010
Julião Sarmento 2000-2011, CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga – ES
The Real Thing, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome – IT
Tate Modern, Monograph Room – Solo Display of Works in the Tate Collection, London – GB
2009
Estação Pinacoteca – Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo – BR
Books & Films , Galerie Bernd Klüser , Munich – DE
House of Games, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
Silhouettes Noires 2002-2003, New Galerie de France, Paris – FR
Julião Sarmento – Works on paper: Women and Houses and Plants… Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica – US
2008
Notes Towards a Definition of Pleasure, Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid – ES
Literal, Centro José Guerrero, Granada – ES
Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa – PT
L.A. Prints, Appleton Square, Lisboa – PT
Voyeur, Voyeur Project View, Lisboa – PT
2007
Film Noir (part 2), Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto – PT
Picture Show, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo – BR
2006
Julião Sarmento : Withholding Works, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander – ES
Film Noir, Christopher Grimes Gallery, California – US
The Players, Galeria John Prats, Bercelona – ES
Ediciones Numeradas 1972-2006, MEIAC Museo Extremeno e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporaneo – ES
The Players, Lisson Gallery, London – UK
2005
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle – BE
Queluz, Palácio Nacional de Queluz, Queluz – PT
Some Limits of Reason, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
2004
Drift A Project by John Baldessari, Julião Sarmento and Lawrence Weiner, Miami Design District, Florida – US
Ghosts, CAV – Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra – PT
Drift, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa – PT
Echo, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven – NL
2003
Parasite, Galerie Bernd Klüser, München – DE
Jiri Svestka Gallery, Praha – CZ
Galería Pepe Cobo, Sevilla – ES
Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa – PT
2002
Trabalhos dos Anos 70, Museo do Chiado, Lisboa – PT
Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga – PT
Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo – BR
Domestic Isolation, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
Doppelgänger, Lisson Gallery, London – UK
2001
What Makes A Writer Great, Porta 33, Madeira – PT
Me, Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Fortaleza de S. Tiago, Madeira – PT
Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Beverly Hills, California – US
Obra Recent, Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona – ES
2000
Slow Motion, ESTGAD, Caldas da Rainha – PT
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya – JP
Flashback, Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão, Lisboa – PT
1999
A Film Installation, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
Flashback, Palacio de Velazquez, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid – ES
The Wrong Person, Dan Bernier Gallery Los Angeles, California – US
Segredos e Mentiras, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro – BR
Maverick, Xavier Hufkens, Brussel – BE
Segredos e Mentiras, Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo – BR
Fundamental Accuracy, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C – US
1998
Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
Veneno, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich – DE
Carpe Diem / Racial Makeup, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto – PT
Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna – IT
1997
Suffering, Despair and Ascent, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
Werke 1981-1996, Haus der Kunst, Munich – DE
Urban Corpo CCA Kitakyushu Project Gallery, Kitakyushu – JP
XLVII Biennale di Venezia, Portuguese Pavillion, Palazzo Vendramin ai Carmini, Venice – IT
1996
Museu Nogueira da Silva, Galeria da Universidade do Minho, Braga – PT
The House with the Upstairs in it, London Projects, London – GB
Two Rooms, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven – NL
Selfish, Proud, Cunning, and Regardless of Others, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
1995
Only a moment or two of brutal madness, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels – BE
Palacio Nacional de Sintra, Sintra – PT
Quatre Mouvements de la Peur, Edificio das Caldeiras, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra – PT
Laura and Alice, Galerie Bela Jarzic, Koin – DE
Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto – PT
1994
Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, California – US
Laura and Alice, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich – DE
IVAM Centre del Carme, València – ES
The White Paintings, Centre des Arts Saidye Bronfman, Montréal, Québec – CA
1993
Centro de Arte Moderna, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa – PT
1992
Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo – BR
Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Bern – CH
Fundação de Serralves, Porto – PT
Xavier Hufkens, Brussels – BE
1991
Pinturas Brancas, Galeria Cómicos/Luís Serpa, Lisboa – PT
Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam – NL
Louver Gallery, New York – US
Galerie Montenay, Paris – FR
Fundación Luis Cernuda, Sevilla – ES
1990
Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Dias de Escuro e de Luz, Porto – PT
Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich – DE
Galleria Giorgio Persano, Milano – IT
1989
Galería Marga Paz, Madrid – ES
Xavier Hufkens, Brussel – BE
Galeria Cómicos, Lisboa – PT
1988
Gnadenstoss, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich – DE
Galleria Giorgio Persano, Torino – IT
Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Bern – CH
1987
Galería Marga Paz, Madrid – ES
1986
Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich – DE
Museo de Bellas Artes de Malaga, Spain – ES
Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund – SE
Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari – IT
Galerie Heinrich Ehrhardt, Frankfurt – DE
1985
Galeria Cómicos, Lisboa – PT
Perspective 85, Art 16’85 Basel – CH
1984
Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Bern – CH
Pinturas, Galeria Cómicos, Lisboa – PT
Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid – ES
1982
Pinturas 1981/82,Casa de Bocage, Setúbal – PT
Drawings, Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Bern – CH
Pinturas em Papel, ARTA, Lisboa – PT
1980
1947, Studio GSU, Galerije Grada Zagreb – YU
Testa, Galeria Modulo, Porto – PT
Rosebud, Galeria Diferença, Lisboa – PT
1979
Gnait, Galeria CAPC, Coimbra – PT
Reading Pieces, Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Bern – CH
1978
Jaula Cagee e Trabalhos Recentes, Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, Porto – PT
1977
Don Juan, Galeria Modulo, Porto – PT
1976
S.N.B.A. Galeria de Arte Moderna, Lisboa – PT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Viarco Express, Um Século, Dez Lápis, Cem Desenhos, Museu Alberto Sampaio- Palacete Santiago, Guimarães- PT
Architecture in Contemporary Art, Galerija Umjetnina (curated by Jasminka Babić & Branko Franceschi), Split- HR
The Raft – Art is (not) Lonely, MuZEE (curated by Jan Fabre and Joanna De Vos), Oostende – BE
Black Box – Museu Imaginário, Museu do Caramulo (curated by João Louro), Caramulo, Portugal – PT
Them or Us – Um projecto de ficção científica social e política, Galeria Municipal Almeida Garrett (curated by Paulo Mendes), Porto – PT
O Fotógrafo Acidental: serialismo e experimentação em Portugal 1968-1980 / The Accidental Photographer: serial imagery and experimentation in Portugal 1968-1980, Culturgest (curated by Delfim Sardo), Lisboa – PT
Serralves Collection, Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria Nacional (curated by João Ribas and Ricardo Nicolau), Lisboa – PT
Conversation Piece, Opere della Collezione “la Caixa” d’Arte Contemporanea, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna (curated by Nimfa Bisbe), Roma – IT
Desert X – Desert Biennial, Coachella Valley, Palm Springs, California – US
2016
Da Fuga e do Encontro: Inversões do Olhar, curated by Sérgio Fazenda Rodrigues, Espaço Novo Banco, Lisboa – PT
Estudos de luz Indícios, reflexos e sombras na Coleção de Serralves, Centro da Cultura Contemporânea de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco – PT
Dépenses: La Traversée des Inquiétudes, curated by Léa Bismuth, Labanque, Béthune – FR
Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists, curated by Cornelia Lauf, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleavland – US
Recent Portuguese art in the Serralves Collection, Curated by Suzanne Cotter and Ricardo Nicolau, Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto – PT
Shots of Architecture, Spazio Ridotto, curated by Gregory Lang, Venezia – IT
Portugal Portugueses – Arte Contemporânea, Museu Afro Basil, São Paolo – BR
Travessa da Ermida a Sul, curated by Catarina da Ponte, Centro de Artes, Sines – PT
Portugal em Flagrante, Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisboa – PT
Segunda Natureza Perspetivas sobre a Coleção de Arte Fundação EDP, curated by Luísa Especial and Pedro Gadanho, MAAT (Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia), Lisboa – PT
Just Black and White, Galerie Klüser & Galerie Klüser 2, München – DE
Vanguardas e Neo-Vanguardas na Arte Portuguesa séculos XX e XXI, MNAC Museu do Chiado, Lisboa – PT
Exposição de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea Coleção Antonio Piné, Palácio Nacional de Mafra – PT
Julião Sarmento / Júlio Pomar, curated by Sara Antónia Matos, Atelier Museu Júlio Pomar, Lisboa – PT
Retrospectiva Travessa da Ermida, Centro Cultural Emmerico Nunes, Sines – PT
Paper in Profile: Mixografia and Taller de Gráfica Mexicana, curated by Lynn Boland, Georgia Art Museum, Athens – US
A forma do pensamento, curated by Miguel von Hafe Pérez, Cristina Guerrra Contemporary Art, Lisboa – PT Exposição *28 Linhas de Diálogo, Espaço Novo Banco, Lisboa – PT
Exposição *28 Linhas de Diálogo, Espaço Novo Banco, Lisboa – PT
P. – uma homenagem a Paulo Cunha e Silva, por extensor, curated by Miguel von Hafe Pérez, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto – PT
Big Easy, Curated by Pedro Faro and Sara Antónia Matos, Atelier Museu Júlio Pomar, Lisboa
Mixtape, Pilar Corrias Gallery, London – UK
2015
By the Book, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
Variations Le Corbusier, Centre International d’Art Contemporain, Château de Carros, Carros – FR
2014
Animalia e Natureza na Coleção do CAM, CAM Centro de Arte Moderna – Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa – PT
Gravuras / Cópias, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa – PT
Collectif Generation – Artist Books, Bibliothèque Louis Nucéra (curated by Gervais Jassaud), Nice – FR
PER/FORM. HOW TO DO THINGS WITH[OUT] WORDS, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M) (curated by Chantal Pontbriand), Madrid – ES
2013
IM&EX PLICIT curated by Luc Derycke, Galerie Tatjana Pieters, Gent – BE
Planos de Expansão, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo – BR
2012
Galicia, Mon Amour. Folly, Fantasy and Phantasm, curated by Danna Heller, BWA SOKOL Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nowy Sacz – PL
Super 8, Yerba Buena centre for the Arts, San Francisco – US
1960-2010 Arte Portuguesa no Seculo XX curated by Maria Emilia Tavares, MNAC Museo do Chiado, Lisbon – PT
Supertemporal. A Selection of videos from LOOP/Screen from Barcelona curated by Paul Young and Estelle af Malmborg, Kulturhuset, Stockholm – SE
O Castelo em 3 Actos: Assalto, Destruição e Reconstrução, Paço dos Duques, Guimarães – PT
Juegos de Lenguage curated by Jose Jimenez, Fundacion Helga de Alvear, Caceres – ES
6th Bienal Internacional de Gravura do Douro, Museu do Côa – PT
2010
II Trienal de Luanda, Edifício Platinum, Lunda – AO
No Place Like – 4 Houses 4 Films, La Biennale di Venezia 12. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, Portuguese Pavillion, Università Ca’Foscari, Venice – IT
Outside the Box: Edition Jacob Samuel, 1988-2009, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California – US
Sous la Dictée de l’Image Um novo percurso pela Colecção Berardo, Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisbon – PT
Objet Perdu, Plataforma Revólver, Lisboa – PT
2009
Perhaps The Heart: Francis Alÿs, Julião Sarmento, Lawrence Weiner, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv – IL
Gli Anni 80: Il Trionfo della Pittura da Schifano a Basquiat, Serrone della Villa Reale e Avengario, Monza – IT
Anos 70 Atravessar Fronteiras, Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisboa – PT
Mamõyguara Opá Mamõ Pupé – 31º Panorama da Arte Brasileira, MAM Museu de Arte Moderna São Paulo – BR
Absence is the Highest Form of Presence, MDD Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle – BL
Mise à l’échelle Regard sur la collection du MAC’s, MAC’s Grand-Hornu, Hornu – BL
Pas Necessaire et Pourtant Indispensable 1979-2009: 30 ans d’art contemporain à Meymac, Centre d’art Contemporain, Meymac – FR
ART ALGARVE 2009 – Blink, Gravuras do CAM, Fundacao Calouste Gullbenkian, Casa das Cultures Arabes e Mediterranicas, Silves – PT
ART ALGARVE 2009 – Entre o Céu e o Mar, Centro Cultural de Lagos, Lagos – PT
ART ALGARVE 2009 – Forças, Museu de Portimão e Galeria do Teatro Tempo, Portimão – PT
Serralves 2009 A Colecção, Museu Serralves, Porto – PT
Antes de ayer y pasado mañana; o lo que puede ser Pintura hoy, MACUF Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Union Fenosa, LA Coruña – ES
Miradas: Desde el informalismo a lo multicolour coleccion Caixa Gallcia, Fundacion Caixa Gallcia – ES
Drawings: A-Z, Museu da Cidade, Lisboa – PT
Mixografia: Innovation and Collaboration, Portland Art Museum, Oregon – US
2008
BESart – Coleccao Banco Espirito Santo O Presente: Uma Dimensão Infinita, Museu Coleccao Berardo, Lisboa – PT
Turn Me On, Hospital Julio de Matos, Pavilhao 28, Lisboa – PT
Ombres, New Galerie de France, Paris – FR
Listen Darling…The World Is Yours, Ellipse Foundation Art Centre, Alcoitao – PT
No Food For Visitors, L’Appartement 22, Rabat – MA
“La Caixa” Ultimos Suenos, Coleccion de Arte Contemporaneo Fundacion, Casa de la Provincia, Sevilla – ES
Reflections on Light, 30 Jahre Galerie Bernd Kluser, Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich – DE
Nao te posso ver nem pintado, Um novo per novo percurso pela Colecção Berardo, Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisboa – PT
Young At Heart (Remix), Centro Cultural de Cascais, Cascais – PT
Linha do Horizonte, Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Porto – PT
Nothing but sculpture, XIII Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara Nient’altro che scultura. Centro Arti Plastichi Internazionali e Contemporanee, Carrara – IT
Cancelled, Erased & Removed, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
Mental Drawings, Alessandrea Bonomo, Roma – IT
Paixóns Privadas, Visións Públicas Coleccións D.O. Galicia, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo – ES
Linha do Horizonte, Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro – BR
20/20, Jensen Gallery, Auckland – NZ
Ponto de Vista Obras da Colecção da Fundação PMLJ, Museu da Cidade Pavilhão Branco, Lisboa – PT
People, Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporanea, Milano – IT
Múltiplas Direcções , CHIADO Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Lisboa – PT
2007
Untitled, Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milano – IT
Existencias Colección MUSAC, MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León – ES
Brasil desFocos [o olho de fora] Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro – BR
Livre Circulação / Toll Free: Serralves no Algarve, Centro Cultural de Lagos – PT
Je est il, Je sont ils? Abbaye Saint-André Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac – FR
Multiple Interpretations: Contemporary Prints in Portfolio, The New York Public Library, New York – US
50 Anos de Arte Portuguesa Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa – PT
Ocultos Dos autores de la colección Helga de Alvear Palacio de Mayoralgo, Cáceres – ES
Secuencias 76/06 Arte contemporáneo en las colecciones públicas de Extremadura, MEIAC Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz – ES
Pure, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
“La Caixa”: Escucha con Tus Ojos, Colección de Arte Contemporáneo Fundación, CaixaForum Barcelona – ES
Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dalllas Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Texas – US
The Invisible Show, Centro José Guerrero, Granada – ES
2006
The 1980’s: A Topology, Museu Serralves, Porto – PT
The Invisible Show, Museu de Arte Contemporánea, Vigo – ES
Galleria Giorgio Persano, Torino – IT
Helga de Alvear Conceitos para uma colecção, CCB Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa – PT
Ellipse Foundation, Alcoitão – PT
Sin Límites Colección de la Fundação Serralves, Fundació Foto Colectania, Barcelona – ES
Kunst und Photographie / Photographie und Kunst, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich – DE
De Dentro – V Glup 6 Contemporary Portuguese Artists, NCCA National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow – RU
Portugal Novo – Artistas de Hoje e Amanhã, Instituto Camões – Centro Cultural Português, Angola – PT
To Allen Ginsberg, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv – IL
Homage to Chillida, Guggenheim Bilbao – ES
XX – Visões do feminino na Colecção dos Encontros de Fotografia, CAV Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra – PT
Territorio Oeste Aspectos singulares del arte portugués contemporáneo, MACUF Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Union Fenosa, A Coruña – ES
Anagramme, MAC’s Grand-Hornu, Hornu – BE
Hollywood Boulevard, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo – BR
2005
Drawing, Christopher Grimes Gallery, California – US
Drawings, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich – DE
Del zero al 2005 perspectivas del arte en Portugal, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander – ES
Portugal Novo artistas de hoje e amanhã, Estação Pinacoteca, São Paulo – BR
O Contrato Social, Museu Bordalo Pinheiro, Lisboa – PT
Romance [A Novel], Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa – PT
Soul Inspired Art, PMMK Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Brugge – BE
Terminal – Toxic o discurso do excesso, Hangar K7, Fundição de Oeiras, Oeiras – PT
Colecção Berardo Construir / Desconstruir / Habitar, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa – PT
Drawings: A-Z Colecção Madeira Corporate Services, Porta 33, Madeira – PT
Feminae, Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid – ES
2004
L’Escalade du Désir, Galerie Friedrich, Basel – CH
VideoZone2, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv – IL
Bilder der Stille Die Tradition Japans und die westliche Moderne, Langen Foundation, Neuss – DE
Invenção de Mundos Colecção Marcantonio Vilaça, Museu Vale do Rio Doce – BR
Meio Século de Arte Portuguesa 1944-2004, Museu do Chiado, Lisboa – PT
Joyce in Art: Visual Art Inspired by James Joyce, Royal Hibernian Academy Dublin – IR
2003
Figuração e Desfiguração – Inventário de gestos, Museu Serralves, Porto – PT
1960-1980 Anos de normalização artística nas colecções do Museu do Chiado, Museu de Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior Castelo Branco – PT
Corpus Visões do corpo na Colecção Berardo, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa – PT
Colecção de Arte Contemporânea da Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz – ES
No Limits, Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra – ES
Reel Sculpture: Film into Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California – US
About We, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven – NL
Upon Reflection, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
2002
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna – PT
Zoom – 1986-2002, Museu Serralves, Porto – PT
Diferença e Conflito O Século XX nas Colecções do Museu do Chiado, Museu do Chiado, Lisboa – PT
Desire, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna – IT
// Paralela, Av. Francisco Matarazzo, São Paulo – BR
XXV Bienal de São Paulo – Iconografias Metropolitanas, Parque Ibirapuera, São Paulo – BR
Non-Linear Editing, De Paviljoens, Almere – NL
Void Archive, CCA Kitakyushu: Project Room, Kitakyushu – JP
Something is Missing, Museu Serralves, Porto – PT
Rotativa Fase 2, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo – BR
Conversation? Recent acquisitions of the Van Abbemuseum, Athens School of Fine Arts – GR
2001
Atlantes, Galería Pepe Cobo, Sevilla – ES
Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa – PT
Wir sind die Ander (en), Herford – DE
Domestic Acts, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
Desire, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal – AT
Plateau of Humankind, 49º Biennale di Venezia, Venezia – IT
Espelho Cego Seleções de uma Coleção Contemporânea, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro – BR
Re-Location: On Moving, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
2000
The Pillow of the Melancholy, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent – BE
Colecção Banco Privado para Serralves, Museu de Serralves Porto – PT
The Mnemosyne Project, Encontros de Fotografia de Coimbra – PT
Die Intelligenz der Hand Europäische Zeichnungen von Picasso bis Beuys, Rupertinum, Salzburg – AT
0 0 Drawings 2000, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York – US
Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga – PT
Uma galeria é uma galeria é uma galleria, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto – PT
Spanning An Entire Ocean, Culturgest, Lisboa – PT
On Language, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
Millenium Lofts, Lisson Gallery, London – UK
1999
Das Gedächtnis öffnet seine Tore – Die Kunst der Gegenwart im Lenbachhaus, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich – DE
The Painted Canvas, John Berggruen Gallery, California – US
Circa 1968, Museu Serralves, Porto – PT
Tage der Dunkelheit und des Lichts – Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Portugal, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn – DE
De Verzameling (deel 1), Stedelijk VanAbbemuseum, Eindhoven – NL
Linhas de Sombra, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo, Lisboa – PT
Damenwhal – Rita McBride & To Be Announced, Kunstverein München, Munich – DE
1998
Corpos em Trânsito, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto – PT
Alternativa Zero Tendenze polemiche dell’arte portoghese nelle democrazia, Galleria Bianca, Cantieri Culturali, Palermo – IT
Camargo Vilaça BIS 46, Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo – BR
Corpus Virtu, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
Figuration / Abstraction, John Berggruen Gallery, California – US
A Conversation Piece: John Murphy – Julião Sarmento, The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford – UK
Anos 80, Culturgest, Lisboa – PT
En Qué Estás Pensando? Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona – ES
1997
Anatomias Contemporâneas, Fundição de Oeiras, Oeiras – PT
Colección de Arte Contemporáneo, Fundació La Caixa Barcelona – ES
Perspectiva: Alternativa Zero, Fundação de Serralves, Porto – PT
Absence/ Presence, Kópavogur Art Museum, Kópavogur – IS
Magnetic – Drawings in Dialogue, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – US
A Arte, o Artista e o Outro, Fundação Cupertino de Miranda, Vila Nova de Famalicão – PT
Burgenländische Landesgalerie, Eisenstadt – AT
Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck – AT
Von Kopf bis Fuss – Fragmente des Körpers, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal – AT
En La Piel de Toro, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Palacio de Velázquez, Madrid – ES
Form und Funktion der Zeichnung Heute, Art Frankfurt 1997, Frankfurt – DE
1996
Nebeneinander, Galeria Porta 33, Madeira – PT
3ªs Jornadas de Arte Contemporânea Porto ’96, Casa das Artes, Porto – PT
1995
Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão, Porto – PT
Desenhos do Corpo, Museu de José Malhoa, Caldas da Rainha – PT
Call it Sleep, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam – NL
Extremo Occidente, Rekalde, Bilbao – ES
The Collection Reviewed, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C – US
1994
Terrae Motus Terrae Motus, Palazzo Reale di Caserta, Caserta – Italy
Itínere – Camiño e Camiñantes, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela – ES
From Beyond the Pale – Julião Sarmento and Cindy Sherman, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin – IR
The Day After Tomorrow, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa – PT
Unbound: Possibilities in Painting, Hayward Gallery, London – UK
Four Europeans: Helmut Dorner, Lili Dujourie, Harald Klingelhöller, Julião Sarmento, Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico – US
1993
Juan Muñoz / Julião Sarmento, Metalúrgica Alentejana, Beja – PT
BIO ’93 – Cerco, Solar do Largo de Santa Maria, Óbidos – PT
Contemporary Art from Portugal: Western Lines, Hara Museum ARC, Shibukawa – JP
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen – DE
Technische Sammlungen der Stadt Dresden, Dresden – DE
Klima Global – Arte Amazonas, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Berlin – DE
The Brushstroke: Painting in the 90’s, Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, California – US
1992
The Frozen Leopard, Galerie Bernd Klüser, München – DE
10 Contemporâneos, Fundação de Serralves, Porto – PT
Portugisisk Nutidskunst – Rego, Sanches, Sarmento, Vejle Kunstmuseum, Vejle – DK
Arte Amazonas, Bienal de São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna, Museu de Arte – BR
Regard Multiple, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris – FR
1991
Tríptico, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent – BE
Metropolis, Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin – DE
1990
Vom Haben und Vom Wollen: Perspektiven für eine Staatsgalerie moderner Kunst Eine Austellung, Staatsgalerie moderner Kunst, Haus der kunst, München – DE
Última Frontera: 7 Artistes Portuguesos, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona – ES
1989
Crise de l’Objet, Galeria Cómicos, Lisboa – PT
1988
Farbe Bekennen, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel – CH
Um Olhar Sobre a Arte Contemporânea Portuguesa, Casa de Serralves, Porto – PT
1987
Quatriémes Ateliers Internationaux des Pays de La Loire, Palais des Congres de la Ville du Mans; Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud – FR
Documenta 8, Kassel – DE
Terrae Motus Grand Palais, Paris – FR
1986
Prospect 86, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt – DE
1985
11 European Painters Europalia, National Gallery, Athens – GR
Dichgans, Dujourie, Dumas, Foxcroft, De Goede, Van Hemert, Iglesias, Klingelhöller, Luyten, Muñoz, Porter, Sarmento, Schmidt Heins B., Schmidt Heins G., Vermeiren, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven – NL
1984
Terrae Motus, Villa Campolieto, Fondazione Amelio, Ercolano – IT
1983
La Imagen del Animal, Caixa de Barcelona, Barcelona -ES; Casa del Monte, Madrid – ES
Kunst mit Photographie (Die Sammlung Dr. Rolf H. Krauss) Schleswig-Holsteinischer Kunstverein, Schleswig-Holstein; Kunsthalle zu Kiel der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel; Stadtmuseum, München; Nationalgalerie Berlin Kunstverein, Köln – DE
Depois do Modernismo, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisboa – PT
1982
Documenta 7, Kassel – DE
1981
Gott Oder Geissel? Erotik in der Kunst Heute, Kultureel Sentrum, Tilburg – NL; Kunstverein, München; Kunstverein, Bonn – DE
1980
La Biennale di Venezia (Il Tempo del Museo Venezia), Magazzini del Sale, Venezia – IT
XIe Biennale de Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris – FR
1979
Europa 79, Stuttgart – DE
Fotografie als Kunst – Kunst als Fotografie, Fundacio Juan Miró, Barcelona – ES
Text – Foto – Geschichten, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn; Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg – DE
1977
Alternativa Zero, Galeria Nacional de Arte Moderna, Lisboa – PT
SELECTED PROJECTS
2016
Public Sculpture, Matosinhos – PT
AWARDS
2013
Prémio de Artes Casino da Póvoa
Julião Sarmento Performance and Talk at Desert X
Cometa, a performance for two dancers and an audience of one, will be Julião Sarmento’s contribution to Desert X. The performance, which takes place in a hotel room, is designed to be witnessed by one person at a time. An … More
Julião Sarmento “As Good As It Gets” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Zagreb
The Exhibition “As Good As It Gets” moves to the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb after showing at the Kula Gallery, the Milesi Palace and the Museum of Fine Arts, Split. Cureated by João Silvério. JULIÃO SARMENTO “As Good as It … More
Julião Sarmento “As Good As It Gets” at the Milesi Palace, Split
The exhibition, which was planned to make use of three exhibition spaces in the city: the Kula Gallery, the Milesi Palace and the Museum of Fine Arts, offers viewers several points of entry into Sarmento’s work, by displaying works in … More
“Afinidades Electivas. Julião Sarmento coleccionador” at EDP Foundation
EDP Foundation presents the exhibition “Elective Affinities. Julião Sarmento, collector”. Held in partnership with Carmona e Costa Foundation, and curated by Delfim Sardo, this exhibition is being shown in two locations – The Museum of Electricity and the gallery of … More
Julião Sarmento at GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna, Turin
The GAM is dedicating a special exhibition Julião Sarmento: Lo Sguardo Selettivo [Julião Sarmento: A Selective Look] as the third chapter of their Analects series of exhibitions that aim to establish a dialogue between active international artists and selected works in the permanent … More
Julião Sarmento at MAMAC Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice
This summer the MAMAC will host an extensive solo exhibition of Julião Sarmento’s work. The exhibition journeys through Sarmento’s career from the late 1970s to the present with over 100 works in the exhibition. Julião Sarmento 27 June – 30 November … More
Julião Sarmento at Fundación Luis Seoane, A Coruña, Spain
Julião Sarmento will present the solo exhibition Guest or Host? at the Fundación Luis Seoane, A Coruña, Spain. Curated by David Barro the director of the Fundación Luis Seoane, the exhibition will be the first major solo show of Sarmento’s work in Galicia. Gathering around … More
Julião Sarmento and Ulla von Brandenburg at CA2M, Madrid
Julião Sarmento and Ulla von Brandenburg will be included in the forthcoming group exhibition, PER/FORM. HOW TO DO THINGS WITH[OUT] WORDS, curated by Chantal Pontbriand at Madrid’s Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo (CA2M). Combining the concepts of performance and performativity, the exhibition … More
Julião Sarmento at Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid
Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, to feature the inaugurating exhibition of Julião Sarmento, DAD, on the 25th of January 2014. Julião Sarmento DAD 25 January – 15 March 2014 Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt San Lorenzo, 11 28004 Madrid Spain Private view: Saturday, January … More
Julião Sarmento awarded the Arts Prize Casino da Póvoa and solo exhibition at Cooperativa Árvore, Porto
Julião Sarmento has been announced as the winner of the 8th edition of the Arts Prize Casino da Póvoa. A €30,000 prize the award also includes a solo exhibition at Cooperativa Árvore, Porto which opens on October 25, 2013. A monograph … More
Pilar Corrias at Artissima, Turin
Participating at Artissima Pilar Corrias will present new works by artists: CHARLES AVERY ULLA VON BRANDENBURG TALA MADANI SABINE MORITZ ELIZABETH NEEL KEN OKIISHI PHILIPPE PARRENO MARY RAMSDEN JULIÃO SARMENTO RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA ARTISSIMA Turin 8-10 November Booth: 1/2 Corridor Dark … More
Julião Sarmento at Cooperativa ÁRVORE, Porto
At the beginning of the 1980s, Julião Sarmento’s work apparently underwent a sudden transformation. In a break with the conceptual approach that he had taken throughout the 1970s and which manifested itself in photographic, film or text works, this period … More
Julião Sarmento at MACE, Elvas
The Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas (MACE) in Portugal presents Index, a solo exhibition of work by Julião Sarmento and curated by João Silvério. The exhibition features important historical works from the artist’s oeuvre as well as new work, including … More
Julião Sarmento at Ermida Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Portugal
Julião Sarmento will present the work “Fado (with Carminho)” as a solo exhibition at The Ermida Nossa Senhora da Conceição. This work was conceived in collaboration with the Portuguese fado singer Carminho as the result of an invitation by Julião … More
Elizabeth Neel, Tobias Rehberger and Julião Sarmento at Drawing Biennial 2013, Drawing Room, London
Elizabeth Neel, Tobias Rehberger and Julião Sarmento have donated artworks for the Drawing Biennial 2013 at Drawing Room. Curated by Drawing Room directors, over 200 artists are invited to make an original drawing in any medium on an A4 sheet … More
Julião Sarmento at Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico
The exhibition Julião Sarmento: Una forma extrema de privacidad (Julião Sarmento: An Extreme Form of Privacy), curated by Carlos E. Palacios, is his first exhibition in Mexico. Opening to the public on 10 April 2013 the show gathers significant pieces … More
Julião Sarmento at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
The exhibition Julião Sarmento: Noites Brancas opens to the public at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art on 24 November 2012. It will be the artist’s most comprehensive retrospective to date, aknowledging Julião Sarmento as one of Portugal’s leading contemporary … More
Julião Sarmento at the Whitechapel Gallery, London
Julião Sarmento will participate in Filmville’s Third UK Portuguese Film Festival at the Whitechapel Gallery with his 2010 film Cromlech, alongside works by Filipa Cesar, João Onofre and João Salaviza. Filmville’s Third UK Portuguese Film Festival: No Place Like…4 houses, … More
Julião Sarmento at CAC Contemporary Art Center
Pilar Corrias gallery is delighted to announce the opening of Julião Sarmento solo exhibition at CAC Contemporary Art Center in Ohio. The exhibition will explore literature and books as a theme. It addresses the artist’s unique relationship to certain books that have … More
Julião Sarmento at Es Baluard- Museu d’Art Moderni I Contemporani de Palma
Pilar Corrias Gallery is delighted to announce a major new retrospective exhibition of works by Julião Sarmento at Es Baluard – Museu d’Art Modern I Contemporani de Palma, Spain Julião Sarmento Es Baluard – Museu d’Art Modern I Contemporani de … More
Julião at La Casa Encendida
Pilar Corrias is delighted to announce Distancias cortas/ Close distance by Julião Sarmento at La Case Encendida in Madrid. Curated by Adrian Searle, the exhibition consists of selected works specifically chosen for the space, including paintings, sculpture and video works, which … More
Julião in conversation at Tate Modern
Julião Sarmento will be in conversation with writer and critic Adrian Searle at Tate Modern’s Starr Auditorium, discussing the themes of memory, morality, duality and sexuality, which are drawn upon in the artist’s work Tickets are available online at the … More
Julião Sarmento at CAC Mãlaga
Pilar Corrias are pleased to announce Julião Sarmento solo exhibition at Julião Sarmento: 2000 -2010 at CAC Mãlaga. The exhibition demonstrates a comprehensive retrospective of Sarmento’s work from the last decade, comprising the artist’s various modes of approach to the related themes … More
Mixtape 2016
Pilar Corrias presents Mixtape 2016, a compilation of film and video from nine gallery artists. The exhibition devotes two days to each artist, showcasing the unique aesthetics of their practices and collectively the diversity of the gallery programme. Mixtape 2016 stems from … More
Julião Sarmento: 75 photographs, 35 women, 42 years
Pilar Corrias is pleased to announce Julião Sarmento’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, Julião Sarmento: 75 Photographs, 35 Women, 42 Years. Julião Sarmento draws upon themes of memory, sexuality, transgression, morality, and duality. He works across different mediums (painting, collage, … More
Julião Sarmento ‘Remarks on Colour’
Pilar Corrias is pleased to announce ‘Remarks on Colour’: an exhibition of new works by Julião Sarmento, his first with the gallery. Born in Lisbon in 1948, Julião Sarmento studied Painting and Architecture at Escola Superior de Belas Artes in … More