Gonçalo Sena (1984) lives and works in Lisbon.

Sena is graduated by FBAUL (Lisbon, 2007) and received his MFA diploma at the Dutch Art Institute (Arnhem, 2011) with a studies grant by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. He participated in artist residencies such as Blank100 (São Teotónio, 2021), Skowhegan (Maine, 2015), CCA Andraxt (Mallorca, 2018), Fondazione Antonio Ratti (Como, 2014) and Le Pavillon – Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2012-13). Sena received the Premio Apertura Comunidad de Madrid (2021), and has been nominated for Panorama Madrid 02 (2022), Berlin Art Prize (2015) and EDP New Artists Prize (Lisbon, 2009).

Sena shows regularly since 2007 in institutions, galleries and artist-run spaces, such as CA2M, Madrid (2022), CentroCentro (Madrid, 2022), Sala de Arte Joven (Madrid, 2022), Oldenburger Kunstverein (2021), Galería Ehrhardt Flórez (Madrid, 2021, 2015), +DEDE (Berlin, 2020), Alta (Malmö, 2020), Fundació Santander (Madrid, 2019), Kewenig (Berlin, 2019), Casa da Cerca (Almada, 2019), Galeria Quadrado Azul (Lisbon, 2019, 2017 and Porto, 2018), Galeria Zé dos Bois (Lisbon, 2019), Porcino – ChertLüdde (Berlin, 2018), MAAT (Lisbon, 2016), District (Berlin), A Certain Lack of Coherence (Porto, 2014), Palais de Tokyo (Paris, 2013), Spike Island (Bristol, 2009), among others.

In parallel to his artistic practice, Sena is also co-founder, co-editor and designer of the publishing collective ATLAS Projectos (ongoing since 2008), a platform for experimentation and collaboration with authors and writers.







solo exhibitions / projects

2024
Língua de areia, Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon PT

2022
To intrude on Nature's way, Cápsula de Colección, CA2M, Madrid ES

2021
circular spaces, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid ES
Maré vazia, El Escaparate Benteveo, Madrid ES

2019
Drought, Kewenig 12rooms, Berlin DE
Fonte Fóssil, Cisterna da Casa da Cerca, Almada PT
Rochas Roucas, Segundas na Z – Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon PT (with guest performance by Nuno da Luz)
Erosion Horizon, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon PT

2018
Praia Falha, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Porto PT
Low Strength Structures, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt at Arco Madrid, Madrid ES
Porous Structures, Porcino Gallery at ChertLüdde, Berlin DE

2017
Lo-Fi Strata, Kunstraum Botschaft / Instituto Camões, Berlin DE
Walls and Torsos, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon PT

2015
Drawn onward, die raum, Berlin DE
Geometrias Subterrâneas, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid ES

2014
Movements towards inertia, Krome Gallery, Berlin DE
Obsolete and Symmetric, A Certain Lack Of Coherence, Porto PT

2013
Exposure (Paravent), Palais de Tokyo at Galeries Lafayette Haussmann, Paris FR

2012
Distant Smoke, Galeria Baginski, Lisbon PT
Túmulo Desenho, 102–100 Galeria de Arte, Castelo Branco PT

2011
Due linee in un lago + Colonna in Silenzio, Galleria Enrico Fornello, Milan IT

2010
Naquilo que se ergue, advém a terra como o que dá guarida, Galeria Baginski, Lisbon PT




group exhibitions (selected)

2023
Chama-lhe apenas horizonte, Casa da Cerca, Almada PT (with Francisco Petrucci)
orla, Antecâmara Rádio / Galeria, Lisbon PT (with Francisco Petrucci)
Good evening. Do not attempt to adjust your radio. There is nothing wrong., org. Joana Escoval, Belo Campo – Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon PT

2022
Raíces por defecto, Sala de Arte Joven, Madrid ES
Moths Drink #8, Zaratan, Lisbon PT (duo with Alex McNamee)
Panorama Madrid 02, CentroCentro, Madrid ES

2021
Tempesta, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg DE
Entre Paredes: Futuros – Works from the António Cachola Collection, Paços Galeria Municipal, Torres Vedras PT
En otro tiempo ibas muy elegante, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid ES
day for night, Kino International, Berlin DE

2020
Volatile Dispersal, +DEDE, Berlin DE
Ethereal Dwellings, Alta Art Space, Malmö SE (duo with Johan Österholm)

2019
Vanishing Point – Works from the António Cachola Collection, cur. by João Laia, Galeria do Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon PT
The cloud continues and the spot diminishes without even the hint of a glow, org. by Dominique Hurth, IG Metal, Berlin DE
There will never be a door. You're inside. – Works from the Teixeira de Freitas Collection, Fundación Santander, Madrid ES
Achados, org. by Hugo Canoilas, Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon PT

2018
Grid systems / Raster sisteme, Büro Broken Dimanche Press, Berlin DE (duo with Dominique Hurth)
Konsthale Gislaved SE
Direct Input, org. by Alex McNnamee, Muddy Yard, London UK
WELT: Apophenia, gr_und, Berlin DE
Asthenia No.6, Hot Wheels Projects, Athens GR

2017
QAXXX (P3), Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon PT
6 of Cups / Pleasure, org. by Julie Béna and Shanta Rao, La Pétanque, Paris FR

2016
QAXXX (P1), Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon PT
Segunda Natureza, MAAT, Lisbon PT
Sala dos Gessos, Fundação EDP, Lisbon PT
Rinoceronte–Ananás, Galeria Murias Centeno, Porto PT

2015
Canal Caveira, Galeria do Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon PT
Cidra, Da Luz, Escoval, Manso, Mendes, Romão, Sena, Ar Sólido, Lisbon PT
Berlin Art Prize, District, Berlin DE
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously, cur. by Markéta Stará Condeixa, Syntax, Lisbon PT

2014
Corso Aperto, cur. by Simone Menegoi, Villa del Grumello – Fondazione Ratti, Como IT

2013
[szkmr], Galerie Kamm, cur. by Hugo Canoilas, Berlin DE (as ATLAS Projectos)
Cinq Saynetes Pour Deux, cur. by Deratisme, Glassbox, Paris FR
Thermodynamic Twilight, cur. by Judith Sönnicken, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon PT
La Méthode Jacobson – Nouvelles Vagues, Palais de Tokyo, Paris FR
Past Future, V Biennale d'Anglet – Villa Beatrix Enea, Anglet FR

2012
Gótico, Parkour, Lisbon PT
The Exact Weight Of Lightness, cur. by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas, Travessía Cuatro, Madrid ES

2011
BYTS – Bosh Young Talents Show 2011, Stedelijk Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch NL
Como proteger-se do tigre:, cur. by João Mourão and Luis Silva, XVI Bienal de Cerveira PT

2010
Display: Objects Buildings and Space, Palácio Quintela, Lisbon PT
Arquipélago – ALLgarve'10, cur. Nuno Faria, Monumentos Megalíticos de Alcalar PT
GoodTripBadTrip.reloaded, cur. by Mark Kremer, Dutch Art Institute, Enschede NL

2009
Chloe Brooks and Gonçalo Sena, The Mews, London UK
On The Razor's Edge, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt Madrid, ES
JENSEITS, Enblanco Kunstraum, Berlin DE
EDP New Artists Award 2009, Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon PT

2008
Tracção, Arte Contempo, Lisboa PT
Finisterra, Centro Cultural São Lourenço, Almancil PT
A river ain't too much to love, Spike Island, Bristol UK
I used to be indecisive... now I'm not sure, Galeria Alecrim50, Lisbon PT (duo with Diogo Evangelista)
Desenho – Projectos Editoriais, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon PT (as ATLAS Projectos)
Eurásia, Casa Museu Dr. Anastácio Gonçalves, Lisbon PT
Ocorrência, Bagisnki Galeria/Projectos, Lisbon PT

2007
Anteciparte Millenium BCP 2007, Natural History Museum, Lisbon PT
Antes que a Produção Cesse, Avenida 211, Lisbon PT




STUDIES

2009-11
MFA at Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem NL

2002-07
Graduated at Faculdade de Belas Artes de Lisboa, Lisbon PT

2006
Erasmus at Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti di Torino, Turin IT




GRANTS / PRIZES

2022
Selected for Panorama Madrid 02, Ayuntamiento de Madrid ES

2021
Premio Apertura Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid ES

2015
Selected for Berlin Art Prize, Berlin DE

2009-11
MFA Studies Grant by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon PT

2009
Selected for EDP New Artists Prize, Fundação EDP, Lisbon PT




RESIDENCIES

2021
Blank100 at Craveiral, São Teotónio PT

2018
CCA Andratx, Mallorca ES

2015
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine US

2014
XX CSAV – Artists Research Laboratory, with Tacita Dean, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como IT

2012-2013
Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris FR




PUBLIC TALKS (selected)

2016
Guest lecture at ARCOLisboa art fair, Lisbon PT (as ATLAS Projectos)
Post-minimalism and Arte Povera, Sonnabend Collection at Serralves Museum, Porto PT
Guest lecture at Malmö Art Academy and Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö SE

2015
Guest lecture and workshop at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam NL

2014
Guest lecture at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam NL

2013
Guest lecture at castillo/corrales, Paris FR (as ATLAS Projectos)

2011
Guest lecture at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht NL (as ATLAS Projectos)




OTHER PROJECTS

2007–now
Co-founder, designer and editor of the publishing collective ATLAS Projectos

2012-14
Co-organizer of the artist-run-space Parkour, Lisbon PT

2009
Co-organizer of the cycle of exhibitions and events Estados–Gerais, ArteContempo, Lisbon PT








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