Venice Biennial: Francisco Vidal, Angola
Utopia Luanda, 2015.
About:
Portuguese, Angolan and Cape Verdean.
Born in Lisbon in 1978.
Lives and works in Luanda, Angola.
Luanda Series, 2015.
Francisco Vidal is one of the most unique artistic voices recently to have emerged from Angola. In parallel with his own practice as a painter, Vidal has played an instrumental role in fostering the visual arts scene in Luanda. In 2012, along with Rita GT, Antonio Ole and Nelo Texeira, he founded e-studio Luanda, a Luanda-based artist collective, project space and studio complex which produces regular exhibitions and runs an art education program.
Sushi, 2013.
Francisco Vidal holds an MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts in New York. In 2005, he was selected for the EDP Award – Young Artists. Recent solo exhibitions include: Água e Luz at Instituto Camões, Luanda (2014); AIR – African Industrial Revolution in UNAP, Luanda (2012); Water, Lisbon (2007); Ecotone, Porto (2007); Subbus, Lisbon (2006). Group exhibitions include: Mabaxa, Soso Gallery – Contemporary African Art, Luanda (2012); Republic, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2011); MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fisher Landau Center for the Art, Long Island, USA (2011); Povo, EDP Foundation (2010); O Dia pela Noite, Lux, Lisbon (2010); and Exchanging Glances, Instituto Camões in Cape Verde, Angola and Mozambique (2007). His work is represented in public collections including the EDP Foundation, PLMJ Foundation and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, as well as private collections.
Digital Leopard Skin Diary, 2009-2010.
