Rui Calçada Bastos was born in Lisbon in 1971.
He did his studies in Painting at the school of FIne Arts of Oporto and Lisbon.
After beeing in Paris at the Cité international des Arts artist residence, he moved to Berlin in 2002 with a residency at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien.
In 2004 was awarded with a Arbeitstipendium der Senatsverweltung fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur in Berlin.
Nominated for thr Uniao Latina Prize in 2005.
In 2006 had a working grant from Fundacion Marcelino Botin in Spain.
IN 2008 he went to Shanghai to develop his photographic work with a Oriente Foundation Grant.
Together with the artists Sergio Belinchon, Santiago Ydanez; Paul Ekaitz, and Antonio Mesones he founded the Artist Run Space Invaliden 1 in Berlin.
In 2011 he was nominated for the artist residence Vila Aurora in Los Angeles, USA.
Specialties
Works mostly with video, photography and sound
© 2008 Arteinformado - Datos del Mercado del Arte: Artistas, Galeristas y Coleccionistas - arteinformado@arteinformado.com | Diseño Web: Buleboo