Manuel Gantes

Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo, 1967.
Drawing Professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, where he obtained a Master’s degree in Painting in 2003 and a PhD in Drawing in 2013. Postgraduate degree in Art History at UNL, 1998.
He has been exhibiting individually since 1987 (selection): Lisbon: Galeria de São Bento, Galeria IAM, Galeria Módulo, Galeria António Prates, Templo do Gato, Casa dos Dias da Água, Galeria Monumental, Museu Militar; Guimarães: Galeria Gomes Alves; Porto: Galeria da Restauração, Galeria Canvas, Galeria Graça Brandão, Galeria da Miguel Bombarda; Rome, Italy: Instituto Português de Santo António; Lille, France: L’Ariap; Haarlem, Netherlands: Ateliers 63; Guarda: Teatro Municipal da Guarda; Estremoz: Museu Professor Joaquim Vermelho; Beja: Museu Jorge Vieira; most recent solo exhibition: “Ara Pacis”, Galeria Monumental, Lisbon, 2019.
Group exhibitions in Galleries and Museums (selection): Coimbra, Rome, Riyadh, Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon, Porto, Madrid, Sofia, Rijeka, Paris, Basel, Luxembourg; most recent group exhibition: “100 anos 100 artistas”, Gare Marítima de Alcântara, Lisbon, 2021.
Art Fairs (among others): Arco, Art Basel, Drawing Room, Arte Lisboa, FIAC.
He has conducted study and artistic research trips to India, United States of America, Netherlands, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Turkey.
Catalogs and various bibliography, with texts written by (among other authors): Rui Chafes, António Barahona, João Miguel Fernandes Jorge, João Pinharanda, Bernardo Pinto de Almeida, António Cerveira Pinto, Celso Martins, Luísa Soares de Oliveira, Carlos Vidal, José Luís Porfírio, Jorge Listopad, Paula Moura Pinheiro, Maria Leonor Nunes, Paulo Nisa, M. Simão.
Editions of prints and scattered illustrations.
Represented in public and private collections (selection):