Adorna

Currently lives and works in Sintra.

Despite having started out as a photojournalist, his work since then is between personal and documentary photography.
In the last years made several solo and collective exhibitions both in Portugal and abroad. He was also selected for several festivals and awards.

His work has been regularly published and self-published, in several formats. Of which books like “Origin”, “Everything Lay Still” and more recently “Orion” stand out.

Collaborates regulary with the Italian gallery, The Bid. Represented by Adorna Gallery, Porto, Portugal. Editor and co-founder of the Preto Books project.

EXPOSIÇÕES INDIVIDUAIS

2022 – Orion, Galeria Adorna, Porto Portugal
2021 – Everything Lay Still, Museu de Arte Socialista, Sofia Bulgaria
2019 – Everything Lay Still, Instituto Português de Fotografia, Lisboa Portugal
2019 – Everything Lay Still, Praça do Município, Lisboa, Portugal
2019 – White Smoke, Fnac, Braga Portugal
2018 – Silence, The Bid Art Space Gallery, Pesaro, Itália
2018 – I found fireflies in my dream, talking to a strange, drunk and dead man!, Monastero Dei Benedettini, Catania, Sicília Itália
2018 – I found fireflies in my dream, talking to a strange, drunk and dead man!, Fototeca Siracusana, Siracusana, Sicília Itália
2018 – I found fireflies in my dream, talking to a strange, drunk and dead man! Crew Hassan, Lisboa, Portugal
2018 – Origin, Centro Cultural Emmerico Nunes, Sines Portugal
2018 – Origin, Archivo Fotográfico de Lisboa, Lisboa Portugal
2017 – I found fireflies in my dream, talking to a strange, drunk and dead man!, Fábrica do Braço de Prata, Lisboa Portugal
2016 – Redemption, Casa do Alentejo, Lisboa Portugal
2015 – Awake, At Iliya Beshkov Gallery, Pleven Bulgária
2015 – River, Cascais Art Gallery, Cascais Portugal
2015 – River, Casa Mantero, Sintra Portugal
2015 – Redemption, MADSE, Setúbal Portugal
2015 – Hometown, Palácio de Ribamar, Oeiras Portugal
2015 – Can You Predict Spring?, Castelo de Pirescoxe, Loures Portugal
2014 – Awake, Fábrica do Braço de Prata, Lisboa Portugal
2014 – Can you Predict Spring?, CACTEJ, Vila Velha de Rodão Portugal
2014 – Stories, Centro Cultural Equuspolis, Golegã Portugal
2014 – Can you Predict Spring?, Centro Cultural Emmerico Nunes, Sines Portugal
2013 – Can you Predict Spring?, Casa do Brasil, Santarém Portugal
2013 – Stories, Paços do Concelho, Aveiro Portugal
2013 – Forgotten, Galeria Jaime Lobo e Silva, Ericeira Portugal
2010 – The Cubans, Casa da Cultura de Marvão, Marvão Portugal
2010 – The Cubans, Fábrica do Braço de Prata, Lisboa Portugal
2010 – The Cubans, Elevador Galeria, São Martinho do Porto, Portugal
2010 – Forgotten, Cineteatro Florbela Espanca, Vila Viçosa Portugal

EXPOSIÇÕES COLECTIVAS

2022 – By Invitation Only, Passevite + TryZY Gallery, Lisboa Portugal
2021 – VI Prémio de Fotografia de Sintra, At Mu.Sa., Sintra Portugal
2020 – V Prémio de Fotografia de Sintra, Mu.Sa., Sintra Portugal
2019 – Desassossego, Photo Fest Asia, S.M. Nousher Ali Gallery, Dakha India
2019 – East Meets West, Shatto Gallery, LA, CA, Estados Unidos
2019 – The River, The Ocean, The Sea, Open Space Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, Estados Unidos
2019 – Mindscapes, Yurta Relazioni Culturali, Siena Itália
2019 – Mindscapes, The Bid Art Space Gallery, Pesaro Itália
2019 – Mindscapes, Filarete ArtStudio, Empoli Itália
2019 – Desassossego, Month of Photography, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos
2019 – Desassossego, Bar Rvbicón, Santander Espanha
2018 – Pe Ph, Fototeca Siracusana, Siracusana, Sicília Itália
2018 – Tales of Tètuan, AMAC, Barreiro Portugal
2018 – Tales of Tètuan, Casa Plástica, Festival “A Porta”, Leiria Portugal
2017 – Singularidades, Via Idea Gallery, Azeitão Portugal
2017 – Origin, Byopaper, on Rencontres d’Arles, Arles França
2017 – Origin, Encontros de Imagem, Braga Portugal
2017 – Origin, MONØmania • A Black & White Photofest, Manila Filipinas
2017 – Ongoing Conversation, Latent Image Collective, Downtown Contemporary Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, Estados Unidos
2017 – Além/Beyond, Palácio D. Manuel, Évora Portugal
2017 – Tales of Tètuan, Casa Plástica, Festival “A Porta”, Leiria Portugal
2017 – Origin, 10ª Jornadas de Foto, Gijón Espanha
2017 – Origin, Santander Photo, Santander Espanha
2017 – Shame, Polaroid Park, Palácio das Artes, Porto Portugal
2017 – Road, Preto Collective, Fábrica do Braço de Prata, Lisboa Portugal.
2016 – Hometown, Auditório Augusto Cabrita, Barreiro Portugal
2016 – Home / Abroad, Latent Image Collective, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM, Estados Unidos
2016 – Taking Pictures, Latent Image Collective, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM, Estados Unidos
2016 – I found fireflies in my dream, talking to a strange, drunk and dead man!, Arcotangente, Madrid Espanha
2015 – Breakfast Included, Pop-Up Gallery PV, Blackpool, Reino Unido
2015 – Street installation, made by Rob Brulinski, 2507 N. Howard Street, Baltimore, Estados Unidos
2015 – Curio•sea•ty, East Street Arts, Patrick Studios, St Marys Lane, Leeds Reino Unido
2015 – Let’s Get Xeroxing, The Photocopy Club, Book And Job Gallery, San Francisco CA, Estados Unidos
2014 – From Sea To You / Del Mar Para Ti, Poca Gallery, Portugalete, Bizkaia Espanha
2014 – Awake, BF14 Biennal, Vila Franca de Xira Portugal
2014 – Hometown, DDA Factory, Cagliari Itália
2014 – Biennale Mauricio Vargas, Mértola Portugal
2014 – The Photocopy Club, Urban Spree Gallery, Berlin Alemanha
2014 – Redemption, Society for Photographic Educations National Conference, Baltimore, MA, Estados Unidos
2013/2014 – Libros que son fotos, fotos que son libros, Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid Espanha
2013 – OGA “Stupefy”, Gdansk Polónia
2013 – OGA “Stupefy”, Bristol, Reino Unido
2013 – Empty Strecth + Furthermore, Petty Thives Three Projection Party, Washington D.C, Estados Unidos
2013 – Awake, 10º Black and White International Audovisual Festival, Porto Portugal
2013 – II Colective Exhibition, Jose Antonio Soler, Badajoz Espanha
2013 – VII Biennial of Visual Arts SCS, Leiria Portugal
2011 – The Cubans, Auditório Augusto Cabrita, Barreiro Portugal
2007 – Diary, Instituto Português de Fotografia, Lisboa Portugal

LIVROS E PUBLICAÇÕES

2022 – Orion, Edition Bessard, França
2022 – Iduare, Preto Books, Portugal – Cynosura Books, The Netherlands – Right Eye Dominant, USA (co-author c/ Peter Oey and Nick Tauro Jr.)
2022 – Tropical Stoemp 02, Editions Le Mulet, Bélgica – (Zine Colectiva)
2021 – The Beast Breath, Preto Books, Portugal – Cynosura Books, The Netherlands (co-author c/ Peter Oey)
2021 – Incandescent Magazine, Pine Island Press, Portland Oregon, Estados Unidos
2021 – Everything Lay Still, 89 Books, Itália
2021 – Amor Fati, Preto Books, Portugal – (co-autor c/ Peter Oey)
2021 – Pick, PickPocket Gallery, Portugal
2021 – Global Zoo, Zoopark Publishing & The Phooks, Germany – (Zine Colectiva)
2020 – Preto Zero, Preto Books, Portugal – (co-autor c/ Michael Ackermann e Todd Hido)
2020 – Ill Wind, Tour Dogs, Estados Unidos
2020 – Disruption, Preto Books, Portugal – (co-autor c/ Peter Oey)
2019 – The River The Ocean The Sea, Latent Image Collective, Estados Unidos – (co-autor c/ Hean Kuan Ong e Nick Tauro Jr.)
2019 – Origin – Encore, Preto Books, Portugal
2019 – Past Tense, Muga Project, Espanha
2019 – I found fireflies in my dream, talking to a strange, drunk and dead man!, Preto Books, Portugal
2019 – Polis, Pipa Books, Espanha – (co-autor)
2018 – Tem, Preto Books, Portugal
2018 – Silence, Preto Books, Portugal
2017 – Origin Prelogue, The Unknown Books, Portugal
2017 – Origin, The Unknown Books, Portugal
2017 – Origin Epilogue, The Unknown Books, Portugal
2017 – Another Love Story, WOB Photobook Studio, Taiwan/Malásia
2017 – Orient & Occident, WOB Photobook Studio, Taiwan/Malásia – (co-autor)
2017 – Além/Beyond, The Unknown Books, Portugal – (co-autor c/ Nick Tauro Jr.)
2017 – Oscura Issue #3, Oscura, Italy – (co-autor)
2016 – Awaken, The Unknown Books, Portugal
2016 – Class Q_Quase, Ideias no Escuro, Portugal
2016 – Octave, Cynorusa Books, Países Baixos – (co-autor c/ Rafael Tanaka Monzo e Peter Oey)
2016 – I found fireflies in my dream, talking to a strange, drunk and dead man!, The Unknown Books, Portugal
2016 – Thirteen, The Unknown Books, Portugal
2016 – Road, Preto Colectivo, Portugal – (co-autor)
2016 – Party People, The Unknown Books, Portugal
2015 – Forgotten, The Unknown Books, Portugal
2015 – All Night Long Vol.8, Same Coin Press, Estados Unidos – (co-autor c/ Nathan Pearce)
2015 – Landscape, Otto Publishing, Itália – (co-autor)
2015 – Éden Volume III, The Unknown Books, Portugal – (co-autor)
2015 – Éden Volume II, The Unknown Books, Portugal – (co-autor)
2015 – Éden Volume I, The Unknown Books, Portugal – (co-autor)
2015 – I, Party, Antler Press, Reino Unido
2015 – Tecnoland, Bad Weather Press, Espanha
2015 – Blind Diary, The Unknown Books, Portugal
2015 – South, The Unknown Books, Portugal
2015 – Cracking Twigs, Fabrizio Musu, Itália – (co-autor)
2015 – Border Line, The Unknown Books, Portugal
2015 – Hometown, The Unknown Books, Portugal
2014 – Can You Predict Spring?, The Unknown Books, Portugal
2014 – Penélope, Livros de Ontem, Portugal – (co-autor)
2014 – Private, Our Private Garden Publications, Portugal – (co-autor)
2014 – Shelter, The Unknown Books Portugal
2014 – River, The Unknown Books Portugal
2014 – Awake, Antler Press, Reino Unido
2014 – Redemption, Our Private Garden Publications, Portugal
2013 – Nameless Woods, Rebel Hands Press, NY, Estados Unidos
2013 – Afterword, Booklet, Tóquio Japão
2013 – Stories, Bad Weather Press, Espanha

PRÉMIOS E DISTINÇÕES

2021- Shortlisted para Phodar Bienalle, Bulgária
2021 – Shortlisted para VI Prémio de Fotografia de Sintra
2020 – Shortlisted para V Prémio de Fotografia de Sintra
2020 – Menção Honrosa, Photo Fest Asia 2019
2019 – 3º Lugar, Photo Fest Asia 2019, Single Black and White Photo
2019 – Menção Honrosa, Novos Talentos Fnac
2019 – Vencedor, Sol Cultural, Santander, Espanha
2019 – Shortlisted para Mês da Fotografia, Barreiro, Portugal
2018 – Shortlisted para Santander Photo, Santander, Espanha
2017 – Shortlisted para Festival “A Porta”, Leiria, Portugal
2017 – Shortlisted para Mês da Fotografia, Barreiro, Portugal
2016 – Shortlisted para Phodar Bienalle, Bulgária
2014 – Shortlisted para BF14 Bienal, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
2014 – 3º Prémio, Bienal Mauricio Vargas
2013 – Vencedor 10º Black and White International Audovisual Festival, Porto
2013 – 3º Prémio, Picture a Book, José Saramago Foundation
2013 – Menção Honrosa, prémio Augusto Cabrita, Barreio, Portugal
2011 – Vencedor, prémio Augusto Cabrita, Barreiro, Portugal

EDUCAÇÃO

2004 – Curso Básico de Fotografia, Instituto Português de Fotografia, Lisboa Portugal
2005 – Fotografia Digital, Instituto Português de Fotografia, Lisboa Portugal
2005/2007 – Curso Profissional de Fotografia, Instituto Português de Fotografia, Lisboa Portugal
2010 – História da Fotografia Contemporânea, Ar.Co, Lisboa Portugal
2013 – Workshop de Fotojornalismo, Movimento de Expressão Fotográfica, Lisboa Portugal
2016 – CCP, Certificado Formador, Lisboa Portugal

COLEÇÕES

– Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal
– San Telmo Museu, San Sebastian, Espanha
– Fundação José Saramago, Lisboa, Portugal
– Hirsch Library, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, Estados Unidos
– Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT, Estados Unidos
– Hellenic Centre for Photography, Atenas, Grécia
– Serrão Martins Foundation, Mértola, Portugal
– Universidade Católica do Porto, Porto, Portugal
– The Photobook Club Natural Collection
– Virtual Bookshelf JC, Viena, Áustria
– Zines of the Zone, Rennes, França
– The Photocopy Club / Doomed Gallery, Zine World Tour
– Casa do Brasil, Câmara Municipal de Santarem, Santarém, Portugal
– Câmara Municipal de Mafra, Mafra, Portugal
– Câmara Municipal do Barreiro, Barreiro, Portugal
– Arquivo Fotográfico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
– Colecções Privadas