João Marçal

Portugal

João Marçal (Coruche, 1980) lives and works in Lisbon. He studied Fine Arts at the University of Porto.
He has been exhibiting regularly since 2003, participating in group exhibitions and developing individual projects for independent spaces such as Salão Olímpico, PêSSEGOpráSEMANA, IN-TRANSIT, Laboratório das Artes, Mad Woman In The Attic, Espaço Campanhã, Espaço Avenida, Maus Hábitos, A Certain Lack of Coherence, Espaço Mira, Parkour and Sismógrafo. In 2005, under the pseudonym Marçal dos Campos, he began a project in the field of music production, which he developed alongside his work as a visual artist. Since 2017, he has occasionally used sound in some of his pieces and installations. He took part in the artistic residencies Residency Unlimited, in New York (2017), Résidences à i'Octroi, in Tours (2015) and Memórias Coletivas Singulares - Guimarães European Capital of Culture 2012, in Guimarães (2012).