Pedro Calapez was born in Lisbon, where he lives and works. He began his studies in civil engineering but then transferred to the Escola de Belas Artes (School of Fine Arts) after having attended the Fine Arts Course at the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes (National Association of Fine Arts). While attending Belas Artes he worked as a professional photogropher until 1985, when he was able to dedicate himself exclusively to painting.
He began taking part in exhibitions in the seventies and in 1982 had his first individual exhibition. He has exhibited his work individually in various galleries and museums, most notably Histórias de objectos, Casa de la Cittá, Roma, Carré des Arts, Paris and Fundação Calouste.Gulbenkian, Lisboa (1991); Petit jardin et paysage [instalação], Capela Salpêtriére, Paris (1993); Memória involuntária, Museu do Chiado, Lisboa (1996); Campo de Sombras, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, Mallorca (1997); Studiolo, INTERVAL-Raum fur Kunst & Kultur, Witten, Germany (1998) ; Madre Agua, Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz and Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (2002); Selected works 1992-2004, Fundação Calouste.Gulbenkian, Lisboa (2004); piso zero, CGAC- Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo (2005).
Most oustanding among the various collective exhibitions in which he has taken part are the biennials of Venice (1986) and S.Paulo (1987 and 1991) and the exhibitions: 10 Contemporâneos, Museu de Serralves, Porto (1992); Perspectives, Centre d'art contemporain, Marne-La-Vallée (1994); Depois de Amanhã, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa (1994); Ecos de la materia, Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz (1996); Tage Der Dunkelheit Und Des Lichts, Kunstmuseum Bonn (1999); EDP.ARTE, Museu de Serralves, Porto (2001).
He has also designed stage sets for theatre as well as having carried out various public works, such as a square for the World Exhibition of Lisbon 1998.
Pedro Calapez is represented in various public and private collections including, for example, the Museu Serralves, Porto; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa; Fundação Luso Americana, Lisboa; Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisboa; Chase Manhattan Bank N.A, New York; Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca; Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz; Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea, Santiago de Compostela; Fondación Prosegur, Madrid; Fundación Coca-Cola España, Madrid; Central European Bank, Frankfurt; Centro de Arte Caja Burgos, Burgos; European Investment Bank, Luxembourg and other public and private collections.
He has received, among others, the União Latina prize in 1990, the Prize for Drawing from the Fundació Pilar I Joan Miró in Majorca 1995 and the Prize for Painting from EDP-Art Foundation, Lisbon, 2001.
MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg
He began taking part in exhibitions in the seventies and in 1982 had his first individual exhibition. He has exhibited his work individually in various galleries and museums, most notably Histórias de objectos, Casa de la Cittá, Roma, Carré des Arts, Paris and Fundação Calouste.Gulbenkian, Lisboa (1991); Petit jardin et paysage [instalação], Capela Salpêtriére, Paris (1993); Memória involuntária, Museu do Chiado, Lisboa (1996); Campo de Sombras, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, Mallorca (1997); Studiolo, INTERVAL-Raum fur Kunst & Kultur, Witten, Germany (1998) ; Madre Agua, Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz and Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (2002); Selected works 1992-2004, Fundação Calouste.Gulbenkian, Lisboa (2004); piso zero, CGAC- Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo (2005).
Most oustanding among the various collective exhibitions in which he has taken part are the biennials of Venice (1986) and S.Paulo (1987 and 1991) and the exhibitions: 10 Contemporâneos, Museu de Serralves, Porto (1992); Perspectives, Centre d'art contemporain, Marne-La-Vallée (1994); Depois de Amanhã, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa (1994); Ecos de la materia, Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz (1996); Tage Der Dunkelheit Und Des Lichts, Kunstmuseum Bonn (1999); EDP.ARTE, Museu de Serralves, Porto (2001).
He has also designed stage sets for theatre as well as having carried out various public works, such as a square for the World Exhibition of Lisbon 1998.
Pedro Calapez is represented in various public and private collections including, for example, the Museu Serralves, Porto; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa; Fundação Luso Americana, Lisboa; Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisboa; Chase Manhattan Bank N.A, New York; Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca; Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz; Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea, Santiago de Compostela; Fondación Prosegur, Madrid; Fundación Coca-Cola España, Madrid; Central European Bank, Frankfurt; Centro de Arte Caja Burgos, Burgos; European Investment Bank, Luxembourg and other public and private collections.
He has received, among others, the União Latina prize in 1990, the Prize for Drawing from the Fundació Pilar I Joan Miró in Majorca 1995 and the Prize for Painting from EDP-Art Foundation, Lisbon, 2001.
MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg