Marco Pires
Portugal
Born in Alcobaça in 1977, the artist lives and works in Lisbon. He studied Fine Arts at the University of Lisbon and has been exhibiting regularly since the early 2000s.
Notable solo exhibitions include Slow Atlas at Galeria Fonseca Macedo, Ponta Delgada (2020); Slow Atlas at Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto (2019); Ilha at Porta 14, Lisbon (2018); Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto (2016); Toporama at Appleton Square, Lisbon (2008); Displacement Maps at Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto (2007); White Lies at Galeria Caroline Pagès, Lisbon (2007); Magnificare at Sala Poste-ite, Porto (2006); Horizon at Galeria Pedro Oliveira (2005); and Cell Data at Galeria Artfit, Lisbon (2002).
Significant group exhibitions include Plant-Thinking at Mono Lisboa (2024); Jogos de Conversa, Aquisições Recentes da Fundação EDP at Cordoaria Nacional (2023); Ó barbas, descreve a paisagem! at Casa da Cultura de Coimbra (2021); No Reino das Nuvens: os Artistas e a Invenção de Sintra at MU.SA – Museu das Artes de Sintra (2021); Not Down In Any Map at The Art Gate, Lisbon (2019); So sieht der Hase at Annex14 Gallery, Zurich (2018); Variações portuguesas at Saint-André, Centre d’Art Contemporain, CAC – Meymac (2018); and O Tempo Inscrito: Memória, Hiato e Projeção at Quartel, Abrantes (2017).
His work is included in collections such as the EDP Foundation, the Marín Gaspar Collection, the Leal Rios Foundation, and the PLMJ Foundation, among others.
Notable solo exhibitions include Slow Atlas at Galeria Fonseca Macedo, Ponta Delgada (2020); Slow Atlas at Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto (2019); Ilha at Porta 14, Lisbon (2018); Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto (2016); Toporama at Appleton Square, Lisbon (2008); Displacement Maps at Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto (2007); White Lies at Galeria Caroline Pagès, Lisbon (2007); Magnificare at Sala Poste-ite, Porto (2006); Horizon at Galeria Pedro Oliveira (2005); and Cell Data at Galeria Artfit, Lisbon (2002).
Significant group exhibitions include Plant-Thinking at Mono Lisboa (2024); Jogos de Conversa, Aquisições Recentes da Fundação EDP at Cordoaria Nacional (2023); Ó barbas, descreve a paisagem! at Casa da Cultura de Coimbra (2021); No Reino das Nuvens: os Artistas e a Invenção de Sintra at MU.SA – Museu das Artes de Sintra (2021); Not Down In Any Map at The Art Gate, Lisbon (2019); So sieht der Hase at Annex14 Gallery, Zurich (2018); Variações portuguesas at Saint-André, Centre d’Art Contemporain, CAC – Meymac (2018); and O Tempo Inscrito: Memória, Hiato e Projeção at Quartel, Abrantes (2017).
His work is included in collections such as the EDP Foundation, the Marín Gaspar Collection, the Leal Rios Foundation, and the PLMJ Foundation, among others.
