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JOÃO VILHENAworks selection

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GALERIEALBERTAPANE

Graduated from Villa Arson, Vilhena practices drawing and painting from a neoconceptual position. His work is and has always been, led by the interest he takes in the role of the beholder. For the artist, a work is made by the look upon it, which activates it and creates its meaning. A virtuoso of the pencil and the word, João Vilhena feints, hides, substitutes, and disguises without ever unveiling what lies beyond. To this purpose, he uses different means like optical illusions, trompe l’oeils or anamorphoses, as well as works’ titles spoonerisms, anagrams, and other word games.

João Vilhena has recently exhibited his works in Drawing Now Art Fair 2019 in Paris. His drawings were also on show in Les yeux qui louchent, at Alberta Pane gallery in Venice and in Disparition, with Romina De Novellis, at Alberta Pane gallery in Paris in 2017. In 2016 he took part in Une partie de campagne, weekend d’art contemporain at Chassagne-Montrachet, with Alberta Pane gallery. The year before that, Vilhena’s work was on show in Les fragments de l’amour, at CAC la Traverse Centre d’Art Contemporain, in Alfortville, in France. Moreover, he had three exhibitions in Paris: La main qui dessinait toute seule, at the Galerie Magda Danysz, Recto/Verso at Fondation Louis Vuitton and Érothéisme, le dessin sacré at Alberta Pane gallery, where he was on show also in 2014 with 3 days in Paris. In 2014 he exhibited in Paris 23 rue de la Boétie. In 2012 he was on show in Plutôt comme un soupçon que comme una certitude at the Saffir Galerie Nomade, in Marseille, and in TOUT doit disparaître, at the Atelier des Vertus in Paris. In 2011 he exibited Deux lunes a l’autre at Alberta Pane Paris and ICI NICE in Nice.In 2010 he was on show at Saffir Galerie Nomade in Marseille in Il n’y a pas de mot comme équivalent and in Blow up, with Eleonora Aguiari and Igor Eškinja, at the Parisian Alberta Pane gallery.

(b. 1973, Beja – PT)lives and works in Paris, FranceAbout his work:

Drawing Now, Alberta Pane Gallery’s booth, Paris, France, 2019


Un-separables, 2017Color and lead pencil 18 x 12,5 cm


L’amour des corps 3, 2018Pierre noire on grey cardboard140 x 100 cm

L’amour des corps 5, 2018Pierre noire on grey cardboard140 x 100 cm

SESSIONS #7 Tandem, Galerie Bertrand Grimont, Paris, France, 2018

Quête d’un fond, 2015Black stone on grey board

SESSIONS #7 Tandem, Galerie Bertrand Grimont, Paris, France, 2018

Les yeux qui louchent, Alberta Pane Gallery, Venice, Italy, 2017


L’amour des corps 3, 2017Lead on paper140 x 100 cm


Disparition, Alberta Pane Gallery, Paris, France, 2017

Disparition, Alberta Pane Gallery, Paris, France, 2017

Lettre d’ivoire, 2017Pierre noire on grey cardboard101 x 202 cm

Lettre rayée, 2017Pierre noire on grey cardboard140 x 303 cm

Artistic Collection - Africa, 2015Dark stone on grey cardboard140,5 x 202 cm

Érothéisme, le dessin sacré, Alberta Pane Gallery, Paris, France, 2015

Frictions et cri de soie, 2015Drawing, pierre noire on grey carbon202 x 141 cm


Le profané tue, 2015 Col. pencils, gouache and lead on paper42 x 29,7 cm



Corps de l’amour, 2016Col. pencils, gouache and lead on paper42 x 29,7 cm



L’amour à bord, 2015Col. pencils, gouache and lead on paper42 x 29,7 cm


Ricochet, Jean-Collet Gallery, Vitry-sur-Seine, France, 2012

Vues hystéréoscopiques, 2012Drawing, pierre noire on grey carbon141 x 202 cm

Ricochet, Jean-Collet Gallery, Vitry-sur-Seine, France, 2012

Deux lunes à l’autre, Alberta Pane Gallery, France, 2011

Vues hystéréoscopiques, 2011Dark and white chalk on grey card112 x 160 cm


Deux lunes à l’autre, 2011Black and white chalk on grey card90 x 160 cm


Pinholes, 2011Dark and white chalk on grey card120 x 80 cm

B I O G R A P H Y

João VilhenaBorn in 1973 in Beja – PTlives and works in Paris, France

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS

2019Drawing Now, with Alberta Pane Gallery, Carreau du Temple, Paris, France

2015Érothéisme, le dessin sacré, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris, France

2012Plutôt comme un soupçon que comme une certitude, Saffir Galerie Nomade, Marseille, FranceGraphéine, Salon du dessin à Toulouse, représenté par Saffir Galerie Nomade, Toulouse, France

201156e Salon de Montrouge, FranceDrawing now, with Alberta Pane Gallery, Carreau du Temple, Paris, FranceDeux lunes à l’autre, Alberta Pane Gallery, Paris, France

2010Il n’y a pas de mot comme équivalent, on the occasion of Art-o-rama, Saffir Galerie Nomade, Marseille, France

2009Retards en Boucle, à l’occasion de l’ouverture des ateliers d’artistes (Asso. Château de Servières, Marseille), Galerie CompleX, Marseille, FranceFidalgo!, Maison abandonnée - Villa Cameline, Nice, France

2008Prestissimo, Galerie Sainte-Réparate, Nice, France

2007Je ne cherche pas…, Galerie du tableau, Marseille, France

2001Celui qui voit doit toucher, Agnès Scotto Gallery, Mouans-Sartoux, France

1999Vitrine des Ateliers, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Nice, France

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2018Sessions #7, galerie Bertrand Grimont, Paris

2017Les yeux qui louchent, Alberta Pane Gallery, Venice, ItalyDisparition, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris, France

2016Drawing Now, with Alberta Pane Gallery, Carreau du Temple, Paris, FranceUne partie de campagne, WE d’art contemporain à Chassagne-Montrachet, Galerie Alberta Pane, ParisSessions, Galerie Backslash, ParisMilosne Performans, commissariat : Zofia Krawiec, Galeria Labirynt | Plaza, Lublin, Pologne

2015La main qui dessinait toute seule…, Magda Danysz gallery, Paris, France.Les fragments de l’amour, CAC La Traverse, Alfortville, Francerecto/verso, sous l’invitation de Charline Guibert, exposition/vente aux enchères au profit du Secours Populaire, Fondation Vuitton, ParisDocuments 1945 - 2015, URDLA (Villeurbanne), Focus de Résonance, 13th Lyon Biennial, Lyon, FranceArtissima, Alberta Pane gallery, Torino, ItalyEt autres identités, Pavillon Vendôme, Clichy, FranceArco Madrid, Alberta Pane gallery, Madrid, Spain

2014Blanche ou l’oubli, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris, FranceParéidolie, Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Château de Servières, Marseille, FranceBack at the River’s edge, Galeria Starter, WarsawLe Regard de Chacun III, la suite, Happening with Bruno Kladar, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris, France

2013Le vestibule et les canaux semi-circulaires, Galerie Alberta Pane, Paris, FranceGRA-PHIC, Dessin contemporain, PHAKT (centre Colombier), Rennes, FranceSUMMA ART FAIR, with Galerie Alberta Pane, Madrid, Spain

2012Volupté, Galerie du 5ème, Galeries Lafayette, Marseille, FranceRicochet, Galerie Municipale de Vitry-sur-Seine, Vitry-sur-Seine, FranceTOUT doit disparaître, l’Atelier des Vertus, Paris, FranceBête et Méchant, curated by Vincent Mesaros, the Window, Paris, France

2010Blow-Up, Alberta Pane Gallery, Paris, France

2009Traits Noirs (Moo Chew Wong and his guests), Museum of Fine Arts of Nice, Dir. des M. de Nice et la Villa Arson, Nice, FrancePaysage urbain, Armandat, Barjols, France

2008Alleretour, curated by Emmanuel Régent, Galerie RX, Paris, France

2007Uqbar, improbables géographies d’un no man’s land, L’Atelier Soardi, Nice, FranceImages, flux/reflux, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Istres, France

2006Cabinet névrotique, Maison abandonnée - Villa Cameline, Nice, FranceOrange Mécaniques: with Frédéric Clavère, L’Atelier Soardi, Nice, France2005Low Tech (1), Salle Temps Réel, Villa Arson, Nice, FranceVinyl, Maison abandonnée - Villa Cameline, Nice., FranceCabinet érotique, Maison abandonnée - Villa Cameline, Nice, France

2004Errer la nuit, Bar le Wagram, Nice, France

2003Prémio Rothschild de Pintura, (4th prize), Rothschild Bank, Lisbon, Portugal.D. Fernando II, VII edição, Galerias Municipais, Sintra, PortugalLee 3 Tau Ceti Armory Show, National Center for the Visual Arts, Villa Arson, Nice, France

2001Jolie attaque pour perdre, Espace des Arts, Colomiers, FranceArtissima, International Contemporary Art Fair, French Cultural Center, Turin, ItalieXVIIe Biennale méditerranéenne, Galerie de la Marine, Nice, France

2000L’art est un sport de haut niveau, Alain Couturier Gallery, Nice, France

199649F90, Nice Fine Arts, Nice France

1995Nice by Night 2, parcours nocturne dans des appartements privés, Nice, France

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2017Frictions et cri de soie, catalogue monographique, édité par Galerie Alberta Pane avec le soutien du CNAP

2016Sur le dessin, propos recueillis par Roxana Azimi, Le Quotidien de l’Art, 31 mars, Paris

2014Introducing João Vilhena, by Léa Bismuth, Artpress 414 - September 2014

2010Ponctuation, Roven 4, on the occasion of FIAC, Paris, France

2007Images, flux/reflux, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Istres, France

2005Low Tech (1), Villa Arson, Nice

2003Prémio Rothschild de Pintura, Rothschild Bank, Lisbon, PortugalLee 3 Tau Ceti Armory Show, Villa Arson, Nice, France

2001Jolie attaque pour perdre, Espace des Arts, Colomiers, France

AWARD 2004Prémio Rothschild de Pintura, (4th price), Rothschild Bank, Lisbon, Portugal

COLLECTIONS

Rothschild Bank, Lisbon, PortugalCentre national des arts plastiques, Paris, FrancePrivate Collections

EDUCATION

1995 - 1998Diplôme National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique, Villa Arson, Nice