PAULO CATRICA (Lisbon, 1965)
Lives and works in Lisbon.
Studied photography at Ar.Co., Lisbon (1985) and History at Univ. Lusíada, Lisbon (BA in 1992), taking an MA in Image and Communication at Goldsmith's College, London (1997) and a PhD in Photography Studies at Univ. of Westminster, London (2011).
He taught at Universidade Lusófona (2010-2014), ESMAE at Politécnico do Porto (2010-2014), ESAD, Caldas da Rainha (2010-2011), Atelier de Lisboa (2010-2016), FBAUL, Universidade de Lisboa (2016-2020) and Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica, Porto (since 2011). He is currently a researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History of the New University of Lisbon (since 2014).
He has exhibited regularly in public and private institutions since 1997. Recent exhibitions (selection): No Tempo dos Dias Lentos, Eugénio de Almeida Foundation (Évora, 2023); La ricerca di un titolo (1983-2013), Câmara Escura, (Torres Vedras, 2022); Fussball ißt unser Leben, Kunsthaus Interlaken (Switzerland,2022); Madonie Paesaggi 1973-2021 (Petralia Sottana, Sicily, 2022); O sítio em Vista, CEFT (Tomar, 2021); Almada, Um Território em Seis Ecologias, Museu da Cidade, (Almada, 2020); Prospectus, Carpintarias de São Lázaro, (Lisbon,2020); O desvio que fez a curva do rio, Galeria do Parque (V. N. Barquinha,2019); Grübler, Casa das Artes (Tavira, 2017); El Solitario Jorge, seiscientos veinte y dos días antes de su muerte, Galeria Presença, (Porto, 2016).
Monographs: O desvio que fez a curva do rio (2019), Memorator (2015), Mode d’emploi (2014),TNSC (2011), Liceus (2005).
His work is represented in private and institutional art collections (selection): State Collection of Contemporary Art, Portugal, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, EDP Foundation, PLMJ, Novo Banco, Museum of London, Lisbon Photographic Archive and Portuguese Photography Centre.
