João Cristóvão Leitão

Artists

Lamego, Portugal, 1990

Earned a Bachelor’s degree in Theatre – Dramaturgy (Lisbon Theatre and Film School), a Master’s degree in Multimedia Art – Audiovisuals (School of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon; FBAUL/CGD Academic Merit Award) and a Postgraduation’s degree in Curatorial Studies (NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities). Currently acquiring a PhD in Fine Arts by the same institution, researching subjects related to the practices of expanded cinema and to the literary and philosophical universes of Jorge Luis Borges. Also obtained training from Guillaume de Oliveira (2013) of the Oskar & Gaspar collective.

As a creator, founded the performance collective 3.14 (2010-2012) and collaborates, since 2012, with the artistic collective SillySeason. Develops video art and installation projects, which have been displayed around the world (Austria, Brazil, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Peru and Portugal) and awarded (Special Mention VIDEOFORMES– 3è festival international d’arts numériques; Audience Award – FUSO: Anual de Vídeo Arte Internacional de Lisboa; Jury Award/FUSO Acquisition – Fundação EDP; Young Director Award – Fundação INATEL; Award LOOPS.LISBOA/TDI/Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea). He is represented by the platform Heure Exquise: Centre International pour les Arts Vidéo. Has collaborated with: Rabbit Hole (2014), VIDEOLOTION (2015-2017), Elmano Sancho (2015), Ana Jezabel and António Torres (2017), Daniel Gorjão/Teatro do Vão (2017), João Pedro Fonseca (2017), Rodrigo Pereira (2018), Diego Bragà (2020), Rodrigo Teixeira (2021) and João Estevens (2022).

Taught Interpretation IV (Media workshop) in the Theatre (Actors) degree (Lisbon Theatre and Film School , 2014-2015), monitored a live-image workshop (School of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, 2016), taught Art Management at the António Arroio Arts School (2016-2018) and, since 2019, teaches Stage Techniques I (Video workshop) in the Theatre (Theatre Production) degree (Lisbon Theatre and Film School).

  • Other artists

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

p

q

r

s

t

v

w

x

y

This website use cookies. Know more.