Rui Calçada Bastos

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. Works mostly with video, photography and sound Exhibitions Selection: MAAT – Museu Arte Arquitectura Tecnologia/Fundação EDP (Lisboa); Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design (Oslo, Noruega); Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (São Francisco, EUA); Kunstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlim); Beijing Art World Museum (Pequim); Centre d’Art Contemporain La Villa du Parc (Annemasse, França); Fundación Marcelino Botín (Santander, Espanha); Fundação Oriente (Lisboa); Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisboa); CCB – Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisboa); Museu da Electricidade – EDP Foundation (Lisboa); Bergen Kunsthall (Bergen, Noruega); DAM - Daejon Museum of Art (Daejeon, Coreia do Sul); National Museum of Singapore (Singapura); MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil); Laboratorio Arte Alameda (Cidade do México); CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (Santiago de Compostela, Espanha); Museu Afro Brasil (São Paulo, Brasil); MAS - Museo de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo de Santander y Cantabria (Espanha); Node - Center for Curatorial Studies (Berlim); Arquipélago – Centro de Artes Contemporâneas (Açores, Portugal); MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, EUA); Kunstverein Arnsberg (Arnsberg, Alemanha); Espace Photographique Contretype (Bruxelas); Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa (Lisboa). Artistic Residences: 2015 - Atelier Fidalga – Residência Paulo Reis (São Paulo, Brasil) 2011 - Vila Aurora (Los Angeles, USA) 2002 - Kunstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin) 2001 - Cité international des Arts (Paris) Grants: 2008 - Fundação Oriente (Portugal) 2006 - Fundación Marcelino Botín (Santander, Spain) 2004 - Arbeitstipendium der Senatsverweltung fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur (Berlin) Awards: 2011 – First Prize- VAFA, International Video Festival (Macau, China) 2005 – Prize Nomination União Latina (Portugal)