Valter Vinagre

Valter Vinagre, Anadia (1954) Lives and works in Idanha-a-Nova and Mucifal, Sintra. He studied photography at Ar.Co - Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual, in Lisbon (1986/89). He began his career at the end of the 80s. Solo exhibitions (selection) Da Natureza das Coisas, Travessa da Ermida, Lisbon; Olha, Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria Nacional Gallery, Lisbon; Húmus, Cascais Cultural Centre/Fundação D. Luís I; Bored in the USA. Luís I; Bored in the USA, Emmerico Nunes Cultural Centre, Sines; A Voz na Cabeça, Almourol Contemporary Sculpture Park Gallery, Vila Nova da Barquinha; Do Amor Clausura, CAOS Gallery; Sob o Signo da Lua, Casa das Artes, Tavira, Raiano Cultural Centre, Idanha-a-Nova, and Katowice Miasto Ogrodów, Poland; Variações para um Fruto, Museu Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior, Castelo Branco; Cá na Terra, Arquivo Fotográfico Municipal, Lisbon; Espírito nas Ilhas, Museu Histórico Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2016 he received the SPA Authors Award for the best photographic work with Workstation. In 2015 he made the film Espera, presented with the exhibition Posto de trabalho at Sala do Cinzeiro /MAAT in Lisbon. Selected public and private collections: the State Collection of Contemporary Art, the Norlinda and José Lima Collection, the S.J. Madeira Collection, the PLMJ Foundation, the Novo Banco Art Collection, the EDP Foundation Art Collection, the D.Luis I Foundation, the Fototeca Nacional de Cuba, Havana, Cuba, the Musée de la Photographie - Charleroi, Belgium, the Institución Cultural El Brocense, Cáceres, Spain, the National Photography Collection and the Portuguese Photography Centre, Porto.