Pedro Amaral

Pedro Amaral (born in Lisbon, 1960) is a visual artist Portuguese who lives and works between Sintra and Setúbal.

Education and Career Start: Without formal artistic training, her initial career focused on illustration in the 80s and 90s, highlighting his collaboration with newspapers such as Fight and The IndependentIn 1995, he was chosen to represent Portugal as an illustrator for the European Commission's calendar edition "The Europeans".

Contemporary Art and Collectives: His entry into the world of contemporary art is marked by the co-founding of the collective. Sparring Partners (along with Alice Geirinhas and João Fonte Santa) in 1995, exhibiting regularly ever since. Although the painting be your primary support, also explore the videoa installation and the performanceIn 2017, he founded the collective/duo Borderlovers with Ivo Bassanti, with whom he has worked internationally, including a solo exhibition at the Shiki Miki Gallery in Paris (France).

Exhibitions and Collections: The artist participated in significant exhibitions in the 1990s and presented works in solo shows at galleries and art fairs in Portugal, Austria (as in the Portuguese Pavilion, Hangart-7, Salzburg, 2009), Switzerland and SpainHis work is represented in important institutional collections, such as those of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Presidency of the Republic, the Coimbra Circle of Fine Arts, and the PLMJ Foundation.