As from 1967 onwards, he has held 30
Individual Exhibitions in Portugal and Abroad, of which the most recent are:
1993 - Barcelona; Galeria Francisco Torralba: "Atlantic
Tranquillity"
1994 - Luxemburg; Le Chateau de Bourglinster: "Solitude of
Water"
1995 - Porto; Espaço d’Arte Portugal Telecom: "Exaltation of
Water"
1996 - Lisbon; Galeria S. Francisco: "The Narration of Light"
1997 - Matosinhos; Galeria dos Paços do Concelho: "To Dream
Matter"
1998 - Lisbon; Galeria S. Francisco: "Silences of Infinity"
2001 - Vila do Conde; Forte de S. João: "When Earth meets
Water…"
2002 - Braga; Quinta Ínfias: "Primordial Landscapes"
2002 - Porto; Galeria do Símbolo: "The Elements"
2005 - Porto: Galeria do Palácio: "Port/o of Light"
He has participated in over 200 Collective Exhibitions, of
which the following are highlighted:
1980/82/84 – II, III and IV Biennial of V. N. de Cerveira
1986 - Estoril, "National Exhibition of Architects-Artists"
1988 - Bordeaux and Pau. "Contemporary Portuguese Plastic
Arts"
1989/90/91/94/99/00/01/03/04 - Estoril, Galeria do Casino, "X, XI, XII, XIII, XV,
XVI, XVII, XVIII Autumn Exhibitions"
1991 - Stuttgart, Germany: "Portwein"
1993 - Bologna, Italy: "Artefiera"
1995 - Porto, "Art in Porto 25 years ago"
1995 - Hall Smalle, Tampere, Finland: "Contemporary Portuguese Art"
1996 - Valencia, Spain: "Contemporary Portuguese Artists"
1997 - Porto, "Portuguese Art at the Dawn of the 21st Century"
1997 - Porto, "Portuguese-Galician Exhibition of Plastic Arts"
1998 - Lisbon, EXPO/98 (Pavilion of the International Red Cross)
1998 - Porto, "Incursions in Silence" - Neutra
1999 - Brussels, "Contemporary Portuguese Painting at the turn of the
Century"
1999 - Estoril, Casino Gallery, "Contemporary Art"
2000 - Porto, Quartel do Bom Pastor, "Di-Visions: an exhibition for the blind and
others" – Espaço T / Porto 2001
He is represented in several national and foreign collections, both
public and private.
He has accomplished projects in Public Art like, for example:
1994, Ceramic panels in the tunnel of the "Via Rápida" in
Porto;
2000, Murals in engraved marble with digitized images, Universidade
Portucalense, in Porto;
2003, Plastic Action in the Ponte da Pedra Urbanisation, in
collaboration with the Painter Alfredo Barros.
He is the author of an extensive collection of graphic works
(serigraphs and lithographs).
He is the author of texts on art theory and criticism, and was
correspondent of the Institut Supérieur pour l’Etude du Langage Plastique (Brussels)
for the "Arte Pública" in Portugal.
He also works professionally as an architect and as a teacher.
He is the President of the Executive Board of the Associação de
Professores de Desenho e Geometria Descritiva – APROGED (Association of Teachers of
Drawing and Descriptive Geometry).
He was awarded the "Grande Prémio de Arte Filatélica em
Portugal/93" (Grand Prize in Philatelic Art in Portugal/93) and the Bronze Medal at
the "Salon 94" (Societé des Artistes Français).
Bibliography:
- "Portuguese 20th Century Artists" - Michel Tanock, 1978, Ed.
Phillimore, Chichester;
- "Dicionários dos Pintores e Escultores Portugueses" - F. Pamplona, 1987,
Civilização Editora, Porto;
- "Artes Plásticas" – Feb./March, 1993, Lisbon;
- "Casa e Jardim" - April, 1993, Lisbon;
- "Criarte" – Instituto de Apoio à Criança, 1993, Universitária Editora,
Lisbon;
- "Environnemental 6/9 - L’Art Urbain dans l’Europe des Douze" -
ISELP, 1993, Brussels;
- "Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos - Obras de Arte" - 1995, Porto;
- "Um Presente Solidário" – Portuguese Red Cross - 1997, Porto;
- "Environnemental 18 - Quoi de neuf?" - ISELP,97, Brussels;
- "Arquitectos 176/177" – Association of Portuguese Architects, 1998,
Lisbon
- "O Revestimento Cerâmico na Arquitectura em Portugal" - Estar Editora, 1998,
Lisbon
- "Porto de Encontro com a Arte" – Porto City Hall, 2001, Porto
E.mail: abreupessegueiro@sapo.pt