Paulo Damião was born in 1975 on the island of S. Miguel, Azores. In 2004, he completed a Bachelor's degree in Painting at FBAUL. That same year, he was awarded the 1st Prize at the Spring Salon of the Casino do Estoril Art Gallery. His work is part of a predominantly figurative research line, capturing the endless moments of human existence. Love, Life, Death, Emotions, and the Human Condition are the main themes that Paulo Damião explores through his unique, sensitive universe. Individual Exhibitions 2020 How to Survive an Island, Periférica Gallery, Lisbon 2018 The Impression of Bodies, Trema, Lisbon 2015 Interlude, Trema Contemporary Art, Lisbon 2014 The Unsubmissive Light II, Municipal Center of Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel Island, Azores; Adjacent F4, Deer Room, Natural History Museum, Lisbon. 2013 The Unsubmissive Light, Trema Contemporary Art, Lisbon. 2012 The Shadow of the Poplars, Movimento Arte Contemporânea Gallery, Lisbon. Autumn, Paulo Nunes Gallery - Contemporary Art/ Vila Franca de Xira City Council, Multi-purpose Pavilion of Vila Franca de Xira. The Shadow of the Poplars - Municipal Workshops of Aljustrel, in partnership with Movimento Arte Contemporânea Gallery, Lisbon; 2011 I'll Find you Tomorrow..., Henrique Leote Foundation and Paulo Nunes Gallery - Contemporary Art, São Paulo Convent, Redondo. 2010 The Revelation, Periférica Art Gallery, Belém Cultural Center, Lisbon; 2009 The Confidants, Periférica Art Gallery, Belém Cultural Center, Lisbon; 2007 I Love (Rehabilitation), Periférica Art Gallery, Belém Cultural Center, Lisbon; In the Secret Abyss of the Chest, Fonseca e Macedo Gallery, Ponta Delgada, Azores; 2006 A Place Next to the Heart, Periférica Art Gallery, Belém Cultural Center, Lisbon. 2005 White-Lead Love, Periférica Art Gallery, Belém Cultural Center, Lisbon. Collective Exhibitions 2017 JUSTMAD8, Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid. 2016 JUSTMAD7, Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid. 2015 JUSTMAD6, Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid.