Solo exhibitions:
2023
3/4, Cidade PreOcupada, Escoural
2021
Placid For A While, Zona Mista, London
Exolinguistics, Lehman+Silva, Porto
2017
Room Service, Absolut Art Bar, Hong Kong
.Connecting. ( with Irini Miga) PRACTICE, New York
2016
Green Island, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
Benches, Stairs, Ramps, Ledges, Ground, Jacob Lewis Gallery, New York
CARGO, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea - Museu do Chiado, Lisboa
2015
Unlimited, MAAP, Brisbane
Dormant Fabric, Counter Space, Zurich
2014
Cast Away, Casa Garden - Fundação Oriente, Macao
2013
Near and Elsewhere, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
Objects Encrypted, Goethe Institut, Hong Kong
2011
Palimpseptic, Saamlung Gallery, Hong Kong
Forced Empathy - Anchored Monument I, Experimenta, Hong Kong
2010
Sea of Mountains, ParaSite, Hong Kong
Experiments on the Notation of Shapes, Input Output Gallery, Hong Kong
Chirps, Videotage, Hong Kong
Selected group exhibitions:
2024
Abril Vermelho, CAV, Coimbra
2021
Cut Down The Middle, Galerias Municipais ( Galeria da Avenida da India), Lisboa
2020
Tales of a City, Denny Dimin Gallery, New York
Arquivo da Destruição ( by Pedro Lagoa), Culturgest (online), Lisboa
Must Dream About Blue Tonight, Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing
2019
Condo London, Kate MacGarry Gallery, London
Dreams, Illusions, Phantom Flowers, Elephant West, London
Heap of Language, Tai Kwun– Centre for Heritage and Arts, Hong Kong
2018
Bold2018, Bold Tendencies, London
Aquatopia, CFCCA, Manchester
D-Tale, Videos from the Pearl River Delta, Times Art Centre, Berlin
2017
Polyrhytmia, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Hors Les Murs, Jardin des Tuleries / Museu do Louvre, Paris
misty clouds, scaterred colours, Sapzio Ridotto, Venice
Scraggly Beard Grandpa, Capsule, Shangai
City Limits, M+ / Broadway Cinematheque, Hong Kong
Left Overs ( with Andreia Santana), HANGAR, Lisboa
2016
Time Test, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing
2015
Mausoleum, Encounters, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Both Sides Now II – It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, Chronus Art Center, Ray Art Center, Newcastle; chi K11 art space, Shangai;
Connecting Spaces, British Council, Hong Kong; Fabrica, Brighton; Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth; Institute of Contemporary Art, London;
LANDSEASKY, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
Invisible Light, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong
LOOP, Casa Asia, Barcelona
2014
A few reasons for a non dismissive art, Laboratório das Artes, Guimarães
Gestern, Lichtenberg Studios, Berlin
Landseasky, Artsonje Center, Seoul; OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai; MAAP, Brisbane; Guangzhou Museum, Guangzhou
The Part in the Story, Witte de With, Rotterdam
Latent Spaces, Haw Par Villa, Singapore
2013
Vladivostok Biennale, Vladivostok
Paper Rain ( with Arto Lindsay), Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Decelarator, European House of Art of Upper Bavaria, Freising
Living as Art Form, Independent Curators International, New York
2012
Hong Kong Eye, Saatchi Gallery, London
Living as Art Form, Videotage, Hong Kong
Performing the Archipelago, Spring Workshop+Asia Art Archive, Hong Kong
rites, thoughts, notes, sparks, swings, strikes. a hong kong spring, ParaSite Art Space, Hong Kong
What should I do to live your life, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah
The 4th Sate of Water, Center of Contemporary Art, Torun
2011
Future Nostalgia, Shenzen Architecture Biennale, Idutang Project Space, Shenzhen
Immersive Surfaces, Dumbo Arts Festival, New York
The Creators Project, Ullens Center of Contemporary Art, Beijing
Seoul International New Media Festival, Seoul
New Media Archeology II, Videotage, Hong Kong
Unit for Sound Practice and Research, Goldsmiths University, London
Nuits Sonores, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon
Writing of the Wall, Kunsthalle Kowloon, ArtHK, Hong Kong
New Media Archeology, Videotage, ArtHK, Hong Kong
Imaginary Belongings, Museu do Oriente, Lisboa
Special Projects, Hong Kong Artwalk, Hong Kong
AllanNederpelt Gallery, New York
Decelarator, Sur La Montagne, Berlin
Decelarator, Videospace, Budapest
Double Happiness, Meet Factory, Prague
Writing Machine Collective, Y-Square, Hong Kong
2010
Experimenta Mostra de Video Arte, SESC, Sao Paulo
Against Easy Listening, 1a Space, Hong Kong
The Creators Project, 798 Space, Beijing
Sigma, Osage Gallery, Hong Kong
The Conditional Form of the Real, Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture, Moscow
Moscow International Young Art Biennial, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow
Hong Kong Biennial Awards, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
Unmeasured Music, Input/Output Gallery, Hong Kong
2009
Microwave International New Media Art Festival, Hong Kong
London International Festival of Exploratory Music, London
Architecture is Discourse with Music, Hong Kong Cultural Center, Hong Kong
FILE Hypersonica International Festival of Electronic Language, Sao Paulo
Athens Video Art Festival, Athens
2008
Cities of Desire, CityTransit, Vienna
Waterland Kwanying, 2Kolegas, Beijing
Hong Kong & Shenzhen Architecture and Urbanism Bienniale, Hong Kong
Colaborations:
Paper Rain with Arto Lindsay, Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Decelarator with Alexandre Hacke ( Einstürzende Neubauten), exhibition, dvd, several locations
Noise to Signal with Zbigniew Karkowsky, performance, digital release, Sigma/ Re Records, Hong Kong.
Unlimited with Vagus Nerve (Li Jiahong + Wei Wei ), MAAP, Brisbane
CatWalk with Nadim Abbas, Hong Kong Art Walk
Grants, Awards, Residencies:
2019
A.I.R., Red Gate Gallery/Triangle Network, Beijing
2017
A.I.R. HANGAR Centro de Investigação Artistica, Lisboa
2016
A.I.R. PRACTICE, New York
2015
A.I.R. ZhDK + City of Zurich, Zurich
A.I.R., Artspace, Sidney
2014
A.I.R. Lichtenberg Studios, Berlin
Finalist, Sovereign Art Foundation Asia,Hong Kong
2012
International Support Grant, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2011
Emerging Artist Grant, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong
2010
Hong Kong Biennial Awards, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
A.I.R. Fuse Artist in Residence, Videotage , Hong Kong
2009
Best Creative Work Award, Highjacking Public Spaces, InMedia, Hong Kong
2006/2008
Investigation Schollarship, Fundação Oriente, Portugal
Main Collections:
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Sifang Art Museum, Nanjing
Soho House, Hong Kong
M+, Hong Kong
Camara Municipal do Porto, Porto
Soho House, Hong Kong
Education:
2006-2008
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Media, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, with Distinction
2000-2004
Licenciatura Bietápica em Artes Plásticas- Pintura , Escola Superior Artística do Porto
Academics:
2020
Guest Lecturer, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou
2010 - 2012
Lecturer, Hong Kong Art School - RMIT University, Hong Kong / Melbourne
2008- 2010
Lecturer, School of Creative Media, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
2007-2008
Teaching Assistant, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
Talks:
2012
What Could I do to Live your Life, Architecture Department, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE
2011
Ecological Reduction, Department of Musicology, Goldsmiths University, London, UK
2010
Telematic Art, Calgary University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Bibliography:
Claudia Pestana, Tobi Meyer, John Batten, Joao Vasco Paiva, Cut Down the Middle, Galerias Municipais de Lisboa - EGEAC, 2022;
Cici Wu, Wang Xu, Practice x Wind, nonsensical, New York, 2018;
Emma Enderby, Samuel Saelemakers, Robin Peckham, Joao Vasco Paiva, Edouard Malingue Gallery, Hong Kong, 2016;
William Lim, The No Colors, Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2014;
Nigel Hurst, Serenela Ciclitira, Hong Kong Eye, Skira, London, 2013;
Claudia Pestana, What Could I do to Live in Your Life, Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE, 2012;
ASPECT V20 The Cinematic ( DVD), ASPECT, 2012
Selected Press:
Tod Meyers, Critics Picks:“Scraggly Beard Grandpa”, Artforum, November 2017
Fi Churchman, Five to see in Shanghai, Art Review, November 2017
Hashtag Legend, Under Art’s Influence, March 2017
Lisa Birch, “Interview // ‘Room Service’ Bar by João Vasco Paiva in Hong Kong”, BerlinArtLink, March 2017
Mousse Magazine, “Joao Vasco Paiva “Green Island” at Edouard Malingue Gallery, Setptember 2016
Lee, Christie, ‘Unidentifiable Objects: João Vasco Paiva’, COBO Social, November 2016
Sophia Jones-Williams, “Green Island”, Art Asia Pacific, October 2016
Christina Sanches Koreheva Artomity “João Vasco Paiva”, October 2016
Walsh, Tim, “Postcard from Brisbane”, Frieze Magazine, October 2016
Wood, Richard, “Benches, Ramps, Ledges, Ground”, Artomity , June 2016
John Batten, “Extraordinary Objects”, The Peak, October 2015
The Art Newspaper “Guided tour of the fair’s avenues”, March 2015
Sam Gaskin, “The Art You Missed During Art Basel in Hong Kong”, Ocula, March 2015
Ming Lin, Art Basel Hong Kong, Art Agenda, March 2015
Catherine Shaw, Wallpaper Magazine, March 2015
Zoe Li, What Sold at Art Basel Hong Kong, ArtNet, March 2015
BBC, BBC Culture ( broadcast), March 2015
Moore, Christopher, Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, Ran Dian Magazine, March 2015
Pauline J. Yao, Top 10 2014, Artforum, Print, December 2014
HG Masters, “Cast Away - Joao Vasco Paiva “, Art Asia Pacific, June 2014