BORN
1963, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

EDUCATION
1981-1985 Modern Languages and Literatures (Portuguese and English Studies), Universidade Clássica de Lisbon, Portugal

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008

• “Lições de Música”, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal

2007

• “Colour Games”, Appleton Square, Lisbon, Portugal
• “The Blues Quartet”, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH [cat.]

2006

• “The Possibility of Everything - João Paulo Feliciano, Selected Works 1989-1994”, curator Miguel Wandschneider, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal [book]
• “I Got the Blues”, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal

2005

• “There is No Easy Way to Mars: sculpture-installation in the gardens”, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal [brochure]
• “Double Meaning”, (split show with David Batchelor), curator Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil

2004

• Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal [catalog]
• “SlowMotion”, curator Miguel Wandschneider, Porta 33, Funchal, Portugal [leaflet]

2003

• Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal

2000

• “SlowMotion”, curator Miguel Wandschneider, ESAD, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal [leaflet]

1998

• “Evolution my Mind (in the context of the exhibition Ernesto de Sousa: Revolution My Body)” Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal [poster]

1997

• “Light – As Opposed to Darkness / As Opposed to Heavy”, Art Attack, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

1994

• Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany

1993

• “I’ve Always Loved You”, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal

1990

• João Paulo Feliciano with Eugénio Cano, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal
• João Paulo Feliciano, Galería Oliva Arauna, Madrid, Spain

1989

• “Portugal + Feliciano (in collaboration with Pedro Portugal)”, Galerie Transit, Leuven, Belgium

1988

• Galerie De Equilibrist, Sint-Nicklas, Belgium [cat.]

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009

• “The Joy of Blues”, Country Club, Los Angeles, CA

2008

• “Ponto de Vista: Works from the collection of the PLMJ Foundation”, curated by Miguel Amado, Museu da Cidade Pavilhão Branco, Lisboa. Portugal
• “Vinyl - Records and Covers by Artists”, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Oporto, Portugal

2007

• “À Propos des Lieux d’Origine, Portugal Agora”, curator Marie-Claude Beaud, Musée d’Art Moderne Gran-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, Germany
• “I will be alright”, Country Club, Cincinnati, OH
• “White Cube / Colour Cube”, permanent site-specific installation, The Berardo Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
• “Assembleia da República (Portuguese Parliament)”, curator Jean-François Chaugnet, The Berardo Collection at The Portuguese Parliament, Lisbon, Portugal [cat.]
  

2006

• “Ponto de Fuga: Obras da Colecção da Fundação de Serralves”, curator João Fernandes, Centro Cultural de Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria [cat.]
• “O Poder da Arte”, organized by Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, curator João Fernandes, Assemble ia da República (Portuguese Parliament), Lisbon, Portugal [cat.]

2005

• “Tableaux Vivants – Obras da Colecção de Serralves”, curators Ulrich Loock and Sandra Guimarães, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
• “O Contrato Social”, curator João Pinharanda, Museu Bordalo Pinheiro, Lisbon, Portugal [cat.]
• “Veinte años y un dia”, Galería Oliva Arauna, Madrid, Spain

2004

• “Entre Duas Luzes”, organized by Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, curator Jorge Molder, Assembleia da República (Portuguese Parliament), Lisbon, Portugal [cat.]
• “XXVI Bienal de São Paulo”, curator Alfons Hug, Pavilhão de Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil [cat.]
• “Shake the Limits [Re-Location]”, curator Maria Bojan, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania [cat.]

2003

• “Voyager 03 (Experimenta Design 2003)”, mobile road show: Paris, Madrid, Lisbon [broch.]

2001

• “Modos Afirmativos e Declinações: Alguns Aspectos do Desenho na Década de 80”, curator João Pinharanda, Museu de Évora, Évora, Galeria Trem, Faro, Museu Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, Amarante, Portugal [cat.]
• “Voyager 01 (Experimenta Design 2001)”, mobile road show: Milan, London, Lisbon, Barcelona [broch.]

2000

• “Sonic Boom: The Art of Sound”, curator David Toop, Hayward Gallery, London, England [cat.]
• “A Arte, o Artista e o Outro - Obras da colecção Caixa Geral de Depósitos”, curator Miguel Von Haffe Perez, Fundação Cupertino de Miranda, Porto, Portugal [cat.]

1999

• “Festival do Fim”, Lux-Frágil, Lisbon, Portugal [broch.]

1998

• “Art Attack na ZDB”, Galeria ZDB, Lisbon, Portugal [book]

1997

• “Arte Portuguesa dos Anos 90 na Colecção de Serralves”, curator Marta Moreira de Almeida, Exposiçãoitinerante, Travelling exhibition; Braga, Viana do Castelo, Amarante, Guimarães, Paredes, Santo Tirso, Bragança [cat.]
• “Anatomias Contemporâneas”, curators Paulo Mendes e Paulo Cunha e Silva, Fundição de Oeiras, Oeiras [cat.]
• Galeria Alda Cortez, Lisbon, Portugal [Portfolio]
• “Ecos de la Matéria”, Museu Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz; Sala de Las Atarazanas, Valencia, Spain [cat.]

1995

• “Bildloses Abbild”, curator Isabel Carlos, Sparkasse Gutersloh, Bonn, Germany [broch.]

1996

• “Titanium Exposé”, curator Rui Toscano, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal

1995

• “Peninsulares”, curator João Fernandes, Galería Thomas March, Valencia

1994

• “Arte & Dinheiro”, curator Alexandre Melo, Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal [book]
• “Depois de Amanhã”, curator Isabel Carlos, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal [cat.]
• “Uno cada Uno”, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain
• “Múltiplas Dimensões”, curator Luísa Ramos, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal [cat.]
• “The Independent Worm Saloon”, Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes, Lisbon, Portugal

1993

• “Imagens para os Anos 90”, curator Fernando Pernes, Casa de Serralves, Porto; Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal [cat.]

1992

• “Identidad / Diversidad”, curators Fernando Calhau and Margarida Veiga, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain [cat.]
• “Joaquim Bravo – Reencontros”, Galeria Alda Cortez, Lisbon, Portugal [cat.]
• “Already Made”, Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal

1991

• “The Floor Show”, Galerie De Equilibrist, Sint-Nicklaas, Belgium
• “SNAP”, Galerie De Equilibrist, Sint-Nicklaas, Belgium
• “Manifesto”, curator Cerveira Pinto, Mosteiro de São Francisco, Beja, Portugal [cat.]

1990

• “The Black Show”, Galerie De Equilibrist, Sint-Nicklaas, Belgium

1989

• “Espaços”, Loja do Desenho, Lisbon / Haagse Centrum voor Aktuele Kunst, Den Haag / Rien ne va plus, faites vos y(j)eux [cat.]

1989

• “3 x (2×1) Propositions”, Moving Space Gallery, Gent, Belgium
• “Ases da Paleta”, (João Paulo Feliciano, Pedro Portugal, Manuel João Vieira e Fernando Brito), Galeria Quadrum, Lisbon, Portugal

1988

• Galerie Christine et Isy Brachot, Brussels

1987

• Galeria CAPC, Coimbra, Portugal

1985

• “Arte nos Anos 80”, Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes, Lisbon, Portugal
• “II Bienal de Arte Jovem”, Chaves, Portugal

1984

• “II Bienal de Lagos”, Lagos, Nigeria

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

• Cultugest - Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisbon, Portugal
• Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
• Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
• Museu Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz
• Museu Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
• João Paulo Feliciano’s work is represented in several private collections in
• Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Brazil and USA

MUSIC/ PERFORMANCE (SELECTION)
2009

• Real Combo Lisbonense, Cabaret Maxim, Lisbon, Portugal

2007

• Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA / Blues Quartet Special Live / (João Paulo Feliciano, Lee Ranaldo, Rafael Toral, Trevor Tremaine)

2004

• Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto / playing the White Cube / Colour Cube (João Paulo Feliciano, Sei Miguel Quartet, David Toop, Rafael Toral)

2002

• Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto, and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (João Paulo Feliciano, Lee Ranaldo, Rafael Toral, Leah Singer)

2002

• FAD, Barcelona / Landscope + Elastic Void

2001

• Old Trumman Brewery, London / Houselab (João Paulo Feliciano, Rafael Toral, Rui Gato), part of Voyager 01
• Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil / Em Tempo Real (collaboration between Houselab and Nova Dança 4)

2000

• Expo2000, Hannover / Houseware Experience: Explorations in Live Mixed Media
• Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon / Em Tempo Real (collaboration between Houselab and Nova Dança 4), Encontros Acarte

1999

• ZDB Gallery, Lisbon / Guitar Piece and Early Winter by Phill Niblock (with Phill Niblock)

1999

• Central Tejo, Lisbon / Houseware Experience (Experimenta Design 1999)
• Vila Nova de Foz Coa and Lux-Frágil, Lisbon / playing the White Cube / Colour Cube (João Paulo Feliciano, Rafael Toral, Peter Renberg, Christian Fennesz), Encontros Internacionais de Poesia Aula Magna, Lisbon / OpticoSonic Electronics (by No Noise Reduction; opening act for Sonic Youth’s concert)

1998

• Expo’98, Lisbon (with Tina and the Top Ten)

1995

• XFM, Lisbon; Rádio Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra; Rádio Litoral Oeste, Óbidos / On Air (live radio gigs by No Noise Reduction)

1994

• Berlin / Urban Aboriginals Festival (with Mimi)

1993

• Aniki Bóbó, Porto / Automated Guitars (solo)
• Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York (with Roger Kleyer, Ann Gosfield, David T. Dienes)
• iEar Studios, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (with David T. Dienes)
• Galeria Graça Fonseca, Lisbon / Solo for Voice Nº 23 by John Cage (No Noise Reduction)

1992

• Palau de la Musica, Valencia / The Moneyland Experience (João Paulo Feliciano, Mário Feliciano, Gonçalo Santos, Pedro Falcão)

1991

• Galeria Monumental, Lisbon/ Concert for 10 Guitars by Rafael Toral

1989-1998

• Several concerts with Tina and the Top Ten

1991-1992

• Several concerts with Pop Dell’ Arte

DISCOGRAPHY

No Noise Reduction

2004

• A Call For Silence, compilation, Sonic Art Networks, CD numa embalagem 7” / CD on a 7” package (curator: Nicollas Collins)

2000

• Sonic Boom, compilation, Hayward Gallery, CD (part of the exhibition catalogue)

1997

• On Air, Ananana NNN 001, CD

1995

• The complete No Noise Reduction, Moneyland Records MLR 0495, CD

1991

• Em Tempo Real, split CD, El Tatu ET 91004, CD
• Tina and the Top Ten

2003

• Super Caldas, compilation, A062 (without ref.), CD

1996

• Cais do Rock, compilation, LowFly Records LF052, CD

1996

• Teenagers from Outer Space, compilation, Beekeeper Bee 012 + Milkshake Milk 01, LP

1994

• Teenage Drool, El Tatu 94003, CD
• No More, El Tatu ET 94003, CD-ep

1993

• Everslick, Moneyland Records MLR 002, 7” single

1992

• 3 x 7” singles, compilation, Moneyland Records MLR 001, triple 7’’ single
• Distorção Caleidoscópica, compilation, MTM Records (without ref.), LP

1990

• Yeah Trips, self released under the label Moneyland Studios, cassette (without ref.)

COLLABORATIONS

2003

• Simpletone, Frágil 21, compilation, Columbia, Sony Music COL 512668 2, CD
• Simpletone, untitled, compilation, Borland BL 007, CD

1999

• Red Beans & Mumo, Supergat, A062 (without ref.), CD

1996

• Gasoleene, Polaroid Dreams, self-released under the label Strange Episode), CD
• Ithaka, Flowers and the Colors of Paint, Fábrica de Sons FS100.003, CD

1992

• Pop Dell’ Arte, Ready Made, Variodisc / Amro,mini-LP
• Pop Dell’ Arte, 2002, Variodisc / Amro, maxi-12”

1991

• Vítor Rua, Vidya, Potlatch (without ref.), LP

SOLO

1997

• Do Astronauts Fart Inside Their Space Suits, Beekeeper BEE 009, cassette (with TVT)

1996

• New Music from Portugal, Vol.1, compilation, Ananana HHH 001, CD

OTHER ACTIVITIES
2000-2007

• Member of the artistic direction board of Experimenta Design – Bienal de Lisbon; membro da / member of Associação Experimenta

2003

• Curator of the exhibition Expanded, Experimenta Design 2003, Cordooaria Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal

1999-2000

• Music and new media consultant for ACARTE, Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
• Original concept and art direction of the project Houseware Experience: Explorations in Live Mixed Media, Experimenta Design 1999, Lisbon e / and Expo2000, Hannover

1997-1999

• Co-authorship (with Alberto Lopes and Mário Carneiro) and artistic direction of the Acqua Matrix show, Expo’98, Lisbon (presented daily during 129 consecutive days)

1994-1995

• Promoter and programmer of the club Dreamers, Foz do Arelho, Portugal
• Organizer and programmer of Teenage Drool Festival, Johnny Guitar, Lisbon

1994

• Co-founding partner of the graphic design studio Secretonix (with typographic designer Mário Feliciano)

1992-1995

• Founder and main driving force of Moneyland Records (ed. Sonic Youth, Tina and the Top Ten, No Noise Reduction, Red Beans, Rafael Toral, among others)