JULIÃO SARMENTO – Nothing can be predicted by means of it.

AI Gallery

JULIÃO SARMENTO – Nothing can be predicted by means of it.

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We have the pleasure to exhibit Nothing can be predicted by means of it., by Julião Sarmento.

Curated by Ana Anacleto

Press Release

 

 

“Nothing can be predicted by means of it.”

One of the most relevant artists of his generation, Julião Sarmento travels between the practice of painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation, photography and video, using the different media, not as an investigation in itself, but simply as tools to best suit his attempt to sustain a very unique practice characterized by a concise visual vocabulary that explores themes of memory, transgression, seduction and desire based upon a particular gaze. The Remarks on Colour series derives from Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophical notes with the same title and expands Julião Sarmento’s ongoing dissection of the mechanisms of looking to examine our sensory perception of colour. Taking, as a starting point, the work by Ludwig Wittgenstein, where he presents his reaction to Goethe’s Theory of Colour through the form of fragmented notes as an attempt to clarify the use of language in the field of colour, Sarmento combines, in his works on paper (here presented), a range group of seemingly unrelated images and forms. Using silk-screened views of modernist houses, flowers or objects, mixed with small drawings or signs, combined with fragmented photographs of different origins, all articulated with one of Wittgenstein’s fragmented philosophical notes taped directly to the surfaces, he produces a solid body of work that underlines his usual rich and complex universe of references. Migrating a system of free-floating signifiers between his works (notable recurring motifs such as parts of bodies, architectural schemes or plans, geometrical signs, language or hand gestures), Sarmento generates a free-play of unsettling associations that refuses to settle into meaning. Somehow artificial and deliberately constructed it results in an exercise of meticulous editing in which the assemblage of disjunctive elements resists coherent narrative leaving the viewer, simultaneously connected and with a particularly familiar sense of disorientation.

Ana Anacleto
February 2012

Biography

Julião Sarmento

Nasceu em Lisboa em 1948.
Vive e trabalha no Estoril.

Born in Lisboa in 1948.
Lives and works in Estoril, Portugal.


EXPOSIÇÕES INDIVIDUAIS SELECCIONADAS
SELECTED ONE-MAN SHOWS


2012

Paris, France, “Le Studiolo”, Galerie de France 
Julião Sarmento: Lire ses années 70 (07/01 – 11/02/2012)
Curated by Catherine Thieck


Paris, France, Galerie Daniel Templon 
Julião Sarmento: Quelques Jeux Interdits (07/01 – 18/02/2012)



2011

Lisboa, Portugal, Museu da Electricidade – Cinzeiro 8, Julião Sarmento What Makes a Writer Great (14/10 – 31/12/2011)
Curated by João Pinharanda

Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A., CAC Contemporary Arts Center, Julião Sarmento : Library (22/09/2011 – 12/02/2012)
Curated by Raphaela Platow

Bragança, Portugal, Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais, Julião Sarmento: 75 Fotografias, 35 Mulheres, 42 Anos (08/07 – 09/10/2011)
Curated by Sérgio Mah

Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern I Contemporani de Palma, Julião Sarmento – 2000-2010 (22/06 – 25/09/2011)
Curated by Fernando Francés Garcia

São Paulo, Brazil, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Julião Sarmento Remarks on Colour.3 (12/05 – 18/06/2011)

Barcelona, Spain, Galería Joan Prats, Julião Sarmento Remarks on Colour.2 (28/04 – 30/06/2011)

Southampton, New York, U.S.A., Parrish Art Museum, Julião Sarmento Artists and Writers / House and Home (17/04 – 11/06/2011)
Curated by Terrie Sultan

Madrid, Spain, La Casa Encendida, Julião Sarmento Close Distance / Distancias Cortas (02/04 – 05/06/2011) 
Curated by Adrian Searle

Madrid, Spain, Ivorypress Art + Books Space II, Julião Sarmento Papel (01/04 – 28/05/2011)

London, England, U.K., Pilar Corrias, Julião Sarmento Remarks on Colour (14/02 – 19/03/2011)



2010

Lisboa, Portugal, Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva, Julião Sarmento: 62 Fotografias,  31 Mulheres, 42 Anos (27/01 – 30/04/2011)
Curated by Sérgio Mah

Málaga, Spain, CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Julião Sarmento – 2000-2010  (catalogue)
Curated by Fernando Francés García

Roma, Italy, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Julião Sarmento The Real Thing 
London, England, Tate Modern, Monograph Room – Solo Display of Works in the Tate 
Collection.
Curated by Vicente Todoli and Kyla McDonald



2009

São Paulo, Brazil, Estação Pinacoteca – Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Julião  Sarmento Grace Under Pressure  (catalogue). 
Curated by Ivo Mesquita and Delfim Sardo

München, Germany, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Julião Sarmento Books & Films

New York, U.S.A., Sean Kelly Gallery, Julião Sarmento House of Games

Paris, France, New Galerie de France, Julião Sarmento Silhouettes Noires 2002-2003  (brochure)

Santa Monica, California, USA, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Julião Sarmento – Works  on paper: Women and Houses and Plants …



2008

Madrid, Spain, Galería Pepe Cobo, Notes Towards a Definition of Pleasure

Granada, Spain, Centro José Guerrero, Literal – Julião Sarmento (catalogue).
Curated by Delfim Sardo

Lisboa, Portugal, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Julião Sarmento

Lisboa, Portugal, Appleton Square, L.A. Prints

Lisboa, Portugal, Voyeur Project View, Voyeur




2007

Porto, Portugal, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Film Noir (part 2)

São Paulo, Brazil, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Picture Show



2006

Santander, Spain, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Julião Sarmento : Withholding Works  1994-2006 (catalogue) .
Curated by James Lingwood

Santa Monica, California, U.S.A., Christopher Grimes Gallery, Film Noir

Barcelona, Spain, Galería Joan Prats, Julião Sarmento The Players (catalogue)

Badajoz, Spain, MEIAC Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Julião Sarmento Ediciones Numeradas 1972-2006 (catalogue)   
Curated by Delfim Sardo

London, England, Lisson Gallery, Julião Sarmento The Players




2005

Deurle, Belgium, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Julião Sarmento (artist book) 
Curated by Joost Declercq

Lisboa, Portugal, João Esteves de Oliveira, Galeria de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea, 
Collector’s Choice (catalogue) (12/10 – 19/11/2005)

Queluz, Portugal, Palácio Nacional de Queluz, Queluz (catalogue) 
Curated by João Pinharanda

New York, U.S.A., Sean Kelly Gallery, Some Limits of Reason




2004

Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A., Miami Design District, The Moore Building Parking


Lot, Drift A Project by John Baldessari, Julião Sarmento and Lawrence Weiner (catalogue) 
Curated by Delfim Sardo

Coimbra, Portugal, CAV – Centro de Artes Visuais, Ghosts (catalogue)
Curated by Albano da Silva Pereira

Lisboa, Portugal, Centro Cultural de Belém, Drift – John Baldessari, Julião Sarmento, 
Lawrence Weiner (catalogue) 
Curated by Delfim Sardo

Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Van Abbemuseum, Echo (catalogue)
Curated by Eva Meyer-Hermann




2003

München, Germany, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Parasite

Praha, Czech Republic, Jiri Svestka Gallery

Sevilla, Spain, Galería Pepe Cobo

Lisboa, Portugal, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art




2002

Lisboa, Portugal, Museu do Chiado, Trabalhos dos Anos 70 (catalogue) 
Curated by Pedro Lapa

Braga, Portugal, Galeria Mário Sequeira (catalogue)

São Paulo, Brazil, Galeria Fortes Vilaça

New York, U.S.A., Sean Kelly Gallery, Domestic Isolation

London, England, Lisson Gallery, Doppelgänger




2001

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, Porta 33, What Makes A Writer Great (catalogue)
Curated by Delfim Sardo

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Fortaleza de S. Tiago, -Me (catalogue)
Curated by Delfim Sardo

Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A., Grant Selwyn Fine Art

Barcelona, Spain, Galería Joan Prats, Obra Recent (catalogue)




2000

Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, ESTGAD, Slow Motion (catalogue)
Curated by Miguel Wandschneider

Nagoya, Japan, Akira Ikeda Gallery (catalogue)


Lisboa, Portugal, Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Flashback (catalogue)  
Curated by James Lingwood




1999

New York, U.S.A., Sean Kelly Gallery, A Film Installation 

Madrid, Spain, Palacio de Velazquez, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia,
Flashback (catalogue) 
Curated by James Lingwood

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Dan Bernier Gallery, The Wrong Person

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Paço Imperial, Segredos e Mentiras
Curated by Marcantonio Vilaça

Brussel, Belgium, Xavier Hufkens, Maverick

São Paulo, Brazil, Galeria Camargo Vilaça, Segredos e Mentiras (brochure)

Washington, D.C., U.S.A., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Fundamental Accuracy (brochure) 
Curated by Neal Benezra



1998

New York, U.S.A., Sean Kelly Gallery

München, Germany, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Veneno

Porto, Portugal, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Carpe Diem / Racial Makeup

Bologna, Italy, Galleria d’Arte Moderna (catalogue) 
Curated by Hubertus Gassner and Danilo Eccher



1997

New Yor, U.S.A., Sean Kelly Gallery, Suffering, Despair and Ascent (catalogue)

München, Germany, Haus der Kunst, Werke 1981-1996 (catalogue) 
Curated by Hubertus Gassner

Kitakyushu, Japan, CCA Kitakyushu – Project Gallery, Urban Corpo 
 Curated by Akiko Miyake and Nobuo Nakamura

Venezia, Italy, XLVII Biennale di Venezia, Portuguese Pavillion, Palazzo Vendramin ai Carmini
(catalogue) 
Curated by Alexandre Melo




1996

Braga, Portugal, Museu Nogueira da Silva, Galeria da Universidade do Minho (catalogue)

London, England, London Projects, The House with the Upstairs in it

Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Van Abbemuseum, Two Rooms (catalogue) 
Curated by Jan Debbaut and Christiane Berndes

New York, U.S.A., Sean Kelly Gallery, Selfish, Proud, Cunning, and Regardless of Others




1995

Brussel, Belgium, Xavier Hufkens, Only a moment or two of brutal madness

Sintra, Portugal, Palácio Nacional de Sintra (catalogue)
Curated by Ana Arez Brito Correia

Coimbra, Portugal, Edifício das Caldeiras, Universidade de Coimbra, Quatre Mouvements de la Peur
(catalogue)
Curated by Albano da Silva Pereira

Köln, Germany, Galerie Béla Jarzik, Laura and Alice

Porto, Portugal, Galeria Pedro Oliveira




1994

Santa Monica, California, U.S.A., Ruth Bloom Gallery

München, Germany, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Laura and Alice

València, Spain, IVAM, Centre del Carme (catalogue)
Curated by Vicente Todolí

Montréal, Québec, Canada, Centre des Arts Saidye Bronfman, The White Paintings (catalogue)
Curated by Regine Basha




1993

Lisboa, Portugal, Centro de Arte Moderna, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (catalogue)
Curated by Michael Tarantino




1992

São Paulo, Brazil, Galeria Luisa Strina

Bern, Switzerland, Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich

Porto, Portugal, Fundação de Serralves (catalogue)
Curated by Michael Tarantino

Brussel, Belgium, Xavier Hufkens




1991

Lisboa, Portugal, Galeria Cómicos/Luís Serpa, Pinturas Brancas

Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art (catalogue) Curated by Chris Dercon and Gosse Oosterhof

New York, U.S.A., Louver Gallery

Paris, France, Galerie Montenay

Sevilla, Spain, Fundación Luis Cernuda (catalogue)
Curated by Alberto Marina and Kevin Power




1990

Porto, Portugal, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Dias de Escuro e de Luz (catalogue)

München, Germany, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Neue Arbeiten

Milano, Italy, Galleria Giorgio Persano




1989

Madrid, Spain, Galería Marga Paz

Brussel, Belgium, Xavier Hufkens

Lisboa, Portugal, Galeria Cómicos





1988

München, Germany, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Gnadenstoss (catalogue)

Torino, Italy, Galleria Giorgio Persano

Bern, Switzerland, Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich




1987

Madrid, Spain, Galería Marga Paz





1986

München, Germany, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Neue Arbeiten

Malaga, Spain, Museo de Bellas Artes de Malaga (catalogue)
Curated by Kevin Power

Lund, Sweden, Anders Tornberg Gallery

Bari, Italy, Galleria Marilena Bonomo

Frankfurt, Germany, Galerie Heinrich Ehrhardt





1985

Lisboa, Portugal, Galeria Cómicos (catalogue)

Basel, Switzerland, Perspective 85, Art 16’85 (catalogue)





1984

Bern, Switzerland, Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Arbeiten auf Papier

Lisboa, Portugal, Galeria Cómicos, Pinturas

Madrid, Spain, Galería Juana de Aizpuru




1982

Setúbal, Portugal, Casa de Bocage, Pinturas 1981/82 (poster/catalogue)
Curated by António Cerveira Pinto

Bern, Switzerland, Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Drawings

Lisboa, Portugal, ARTA, Pinturas em Papel (catalogue)





1980

Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Studio GSU, Galerije Grada Zagreb, 1947 (poster/catalogue)
Curated by Davor Maticevic and Marijan Susovski

Porto, Portugal, Galeria Modulo, Testa

Lisboa, Portugal, Galeria Diferença, Rosebud




1979

Coimbra, Portugal, Galeria CAPC, Gnait (catalogue)

Bern, Switzerland, Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Reading Pieces (catalogue)




1978

Porto, Portugal, Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, Jaula Cage e Trabalhos Recentes (brochure)
Curated by Fernando Pernes




1977

Porto, Portugal, Galeria Modulo, Don Juan (poster/catalogue)




1976

Lisboa, Portugal, Galeria de Arte Moderna, S.N.B.A. (brochure)




EXPOSIÇÕES COLECTIVAS SELECCIONADAS
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS



2012


Lisboa, Portugal, MNAC – Museu do Chiado
1960 – 2010: Arte Portuguesa do Século XX (09/02 – 27/05/2012)


2011


San Francisco, California. U.S.A., Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Super 8 (26/01 – 24/06/2012)
(Curated by Julião Sarmento, Richard T. Walker, Takehito Koganezawa,
Tunga, Wood & Harrison, Marco Brambilla, Reynold Reynolds and
Walker & Walker)


Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Islas Canarias, Spain, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
En Obras [Under Construction] Colecção Teixeira de Freitas (09/11/2011 –04/03/2012)
(Curated by Adriana Pedrosa)


Lisboa, Portugal, Museu Colecção Berardo
Museu Colecção Berardo (1960-2010) (09/11/2011 – ?)
(Curated by Pedro Lapa)


Lisboa, Portugal, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Labirintos – Roads to Whatever obras da colecção do CAM (30/09 – 17/11/2011)
(Curated by Leonor Nazaré)


León, Spain, MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León
Cambio de paradigma. Colección Serralves años 60-70 (24/09/2011 – 08/01/2012)
(Curated by João Fernandes and Augustín Pérez Rubio)


São Paulo, Brazil, Galeria Fortes Vilaça (Galpão)
Districted br. (06/08 – 29/08/2011)
(Curated by Neville Wakefield and Marcia Fortes)


Elvas, Portugal, MACE Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas
Antena 5: Staging the Archive (16/07 – 31/12/2011)
(Curated by Ana Anacleto)


Santa Monica, California, U.S.A., Christopher Grimes Gallery
Super 8 (08/07 – 03/09/2011)
(Curated by Julião Sarmento, Richard T. Walker, Takehito Koganezawa,
Tunga, Wood & Harrison, Marco Brambilla, Reynold Reynolds and
Walker & Walker)


New York, U.S.A., Marianne Boesky Gallery
Lost Paradise Diana Al-Hadid, Mathias Kessler, and Julião Sarmento (07/07 – 05/08/2011)
(Curated by Marianne Boesky)


Lisboa, Portugal, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art
All to Wall (parte 1) (07/07 – 17/09/2011)
(Curated by João Silvério)


Santander, Spain, Fundación Botín
Construyendo uma Colección una interpretación de la Colección Fundación Botín (05/07 – 18/09/2011)
(Curated by Carmen Gimenez)


València, Spain, IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern 
Obras Maestras de la Pintura en la Colección del IVAM Pasado. Presente, y Futuro (18/05/2011 – ?) 
(Curated by Francisco Calvo Serraller)


Alcoitão, Portugal, Ellipse Foundation
The Last First Decade (30/04 – 18/12/2011)
(Curated by Alexandre Melo and Ivo André Braz)


Cáceres, Spain, Centro de Artes Visuales, Fundación Helga de Alvear
Historias de la Vida Material / Stories of Material Life (01/04 – 04/09/2011)
(Curated by Delfim Sardo)


Wuppertal, Germany, Von der Heydt-Museum
Zettels Traum The drawing collection of Bernd and Verena Klüser (15/03 – 19/06/2011) 
Curated by Bernd Klüser


Meymac, France, Abbaye Saint André – Centre d’art contemporain
Femme Objet / Femme Sujet (13/03 – 12/06/2011)
Curated by Caroline Bissière and Jean-Paul Blanchet


Lisboa, Portugal, Museu Colecção Berardo
Observadores – Revelações, Trânsitos e Distâncias. Um Percurso pela Colecção Berardo 
(14/02 – 29/05/2011) 
Curated by Ana Rito, Hugo Barata and Jean-François Chougnet


Milano, Italy, Spazio Espositivo Guido Nardi – Politecnico di Milano
No Place Like – 4 houses 4 Films (Filipa César, João Onofre, João Salaviza, Julião  Sarmento) (20/01 – 28/01/2011) 
Curated by Delfim Sardo



2010

Luanda, Angola, Edifício Platinum
II Trienal de Luanda (08/11– 19/12/2010) 
Curated by Fernando Alvim

Venezia, Italy, Portuguese Pavillion, Università Ca’Foscari
La Biennale di Venezia 12. Mostra Internazionale di Architettura No Place Like – 4 houses 4 Films (29/08/2010 – 21/11/2010) 
Curated by Delfim Sardo

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., Hammer Museum
Outside the Box: Edition Jacob Samuel, 1988-2009  
Curated by Cynthia Burlingham / Britt Salvesen / Leslie Jones

Lisboa, Portugal, Museu Colecção Berardo
Sous la Dictée de l’Image Um novo percurso pela Colecção Berardo  
Curated by Jean-François Chougnet

Lisboa, Portugal, Plataforma Revólver
Objet Perdu  
Curated by Mário Caeiro

Lisboa, Portugal, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art
A Roll of the Dice 
Curated by David Barro



2009

Tel Aviv, Israel, Dvir Gallery, 
Perhaps The Heart Francis Alÿs, Julião Sarmento, Lawrence Weiner
Curated by Dvir Intrator

Monza, Italy, Serrone della Villa Reale e Avengario
Gli Anni 80: Il Trionfo della Pittura da Schifano a Basquiat 
Curated by Marco Meneguzzo
 
Lisboa, Portugal, Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão/ Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Anos 70 Atravessar Fronteiras 
Curated by Raquel Henriques da Silva

São Paulo, Brazil, MAM Museu de Arte Moderna
Mamõyguara Opá Mamõ Pupé – 31º Panorama da Arte Brasileira
Curated by Adriano Pedrosa

Deurle, Belgium, MDD Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens
Absence is the Highest Form of Presence Robert Gober, Julião Sarmento, Luc Tuymans
Curated by Michael Tarantino / Joost Declercq

Hornu, Belgium, MAC’s Grand-Hornu
Mise à l’échelle Regard sur la collection du MAC’s

Meymac, France, Abbaye Saint André, Centre d’art contemporain
Pas Necessaire et Pourtant Indispensable 1979-2009: 30 ans d’art contemporain à Meymac 
Curated by Caroline Bissière

Silves, Portugal, Casa das Culturas Árabes e Mediterrânicas
ART ALGARVE 2009 – Blink Gravuras do CAM/ Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian 
Curated by Ana Vasconcelos

Lagos, Portugal, Centro Cultural de Lagos
ART ALGARVE 2009 – Entre o Céu e o Mar (21/06 – 27/09/2009)
Curated by Miguel Amado and Albano da  Silva Pereira
 
Portimão, Portugal, Museu de Portimão e Galeria do Teatro Tempo
ART ALGARVE 2009 – Forças (21/06 – 27/09/2009)
Curated by Luísa Especial

Porto, Portugal, Museu Serralves
Serralves 2009 A Colecção 
Curated by João Fernandes and Ulrich Loock

A Coruña, Spain, MACUF – Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Union Fenosa
Antes de ayer y pasado mañana; o lo que puede ser Pintura hoy
Curated by David Barro

A Coruña, Spain, Fundacion Caixa Galicia
Miradas: Desde el informalismo a lo multicolor Colección Caixa Galicia (catalogue) 
Curated by Alfonso de la Torre

Lisboa, Portugal, Museu da Cidade – Pavilhão Preto
Desenhos [Drwaings]: A-Z  (Museu da Cidade, Lisboa, 2009) 
Curated by Adriano Pedrosa

Portland, Oregon, USA, Portland Art Museum
Mixografia: Innovation and Collaboration
Curated by Annette Dixon



2008

Lisboa, Portugal, Museu Colecção Berardo
BESart – Colecção Banco Espírito Santo – O Presente: Uma Dimensão Infinita (catalogue) 
Curated by Maria de Corral and Lorena Martinez de Corral

Lisboa, Portugal, Hospital Júlio de Matos, Pavilhão 28
Turn me on 
Curated by Bruno Marques, Israel Guarda, Ivo Braz and José Oliveira

Paris, France, New Galerie de France
Ombres 
Curated by Catherine Thiek

Alcoitão, Portugal, Ellipse Foundation Art Centre
Listen Darling … The World is Yours 
Curated by Lisa Phillips

Rabat, Morocco, L’Appartement 22
No Food for Visitors 
Curated by Muriel Enjalran

Sevilla, Spain, Casa de la Provincia
Colección de Arte Contemporáneo Fundación “La Caixa” Últimos Sueños (catalogue) 
Curated by Mariano Navarro

München, Germany, Galerie Bernd Klüser
Reflections on Light 30 Jahre Galerie Bernd Klüser 
Curated by Bernd Klüser

Lisboa, Portugal, Museu Colecção Berardo
Não te posso ver nem pintado Um novo percurso pela Colecção Berardo 
Curated by Eric Corne

Cascais, Portugal, Centro Cultural de Cascais
Young at Heart (Remix) (brochure)
Curated by Alexandre Melo

Porto, Portugal, Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis
Linha do Horizonte (brochure) 
Curated by Bernardo Pinto de Almeida

Carrara, Italy, Centro  Arti Plastichi Internazionali e Contemporanee
XIII Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara Nient’altro che scultura. Nothing but sculpture 
Curated by Francesco Poli

New York, U.S.A., Sean Kelly Gallery
Cancelled, Erased & Removed 
Curated by Sean  Kelly

Roma, Italy, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo
Mental Drawings Monica Bonvicini, Teresita Fernandez, Carlos Garaicoa, Mona Hatoun, Roni Horn, Marc Quinn, Julião Sarmento, Rosemarie Trockel (catalogue) 
Curated by Ludovico Pratese

Vigo, Spain, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo
Paixóns Privadas, Visións Públicas Coleccións D.O. Galicia (catalogue) 
Curated by Fernando Castro Flórez

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Caixa Cultural
Linha do Horizonte (brochure)
Curated by Bernardo Pinto de Almeida

Auckland, New Zealand, Jensen Gallery
20/ 20
Lisboa, Portugal, Museu da Cidade – Pavilhão Branco
Ponto de Vista Obras da Colecção da Fundação PMLJ
Curated by Miguel Amado

Milano, Italy, Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporanea
People – Maddalena Ambrosio, Justine Kurland, Julião Sarmento, Spencer Tunick

Lisboa, Portugal, CHIADO Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea
Múltiplas Direcções 
Curated by Pedro Lapa



2007

Milano, Italy, Galleria Raffaella Cortese
Untitled – Kcho, Julião Sarmento, Kiki Smith, Jana Sterbak

León, Spain, MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León
Existencias Colección MUSAC 
 Curated by Norberto Doctor and Augustín Pérez Rubio

Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
Brasil desFocos [o olho de fora] (catalogue) 
Curated by Paulo Herkenhoff and Nessia Leonzini

Lagos, Portugal, Centro Cultural de Lagos
Livre Circulação / Toll Free: Serralves no Algarve  
Curated by João Fernandes

Meymac, France, Abbaye Saint-André – Centre d’art contemporain
Je est il, Je sont ils? (catalogue)  
Curated by Caroline Bissière and Jean-Paul Blanchet)

New York, U.S.A., The New York Public Library
Multiple Interpretations Contemporary Prints in Portfolio 
 Curated by Roberta Waddell
 
Lisboa, Portugal, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
50 Anos de Arte Portuguesa (catalogue) 
 Curated by Raquel Henriques da Silva
 
Cáceres, Spain, Palacio de Mayoralgo
Ocultos Dos autores de la colección Helga de Alvear 
 
 
Badajoz, Spain, MEIAC Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo
Secuencias 76/06 Arte contemporáneo en las colecciones públicas de Extremadura

New York, U.S.A., Sean Kelly Gallery
Pure

Barcelona, Spain, CaixaForum Barcelona
Colección de Arte Contemporáneo Fundación “la Caixa” Escucha con tus ojos 
(catalogue)

Dallas, Texas, U.S.A., Dallas Museum of Art
Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dalllas Museum of Art  
Curated by María de Corral

Granada, Spain, Centro José Guerrero
The Invisible Show (catalogue)  
Curated by Delfim Sardo



2006

Porto, Portugal, Museu Serralves
The 1980’s: A Topology (catalogue) 
Curated by Ulrich Loock

Vigo, Spain, MARCO – Museu de Arte Contemporánea
The Invisible Show (catalogue)

Torino, Italy, Galleria Giorgio Persano
Pier Paolo Calzolari, Nicola De Maria, Mario Merz, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Julião Sarmento

Lisboa, Portugal, CCB Centro Cultural de Belém
Helga de Alvear Conceitos para uma colecção (catalogue) 
Alcoitão, Portugal, Ellipse Foundation
Group show (opening exhibition) (brochure)

Barcelona, Spain, Fundació Foto Colectania
Sin Límites Colección de la Fundação Serralves (catalogue)

München, Germany, Galerie Bernd Klüser
Kunst und Photographie / Photographie und Kunst

Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, NCCA National Centre for Contemporary Arts

Moskwa, Russia, NCCA National Centre for Contemporary Arts
De Dentro – V Glup 6 contemporary portuguese artists (catalogue)

Luanda, Angola, Instituto Camões – Centro Cultural Português
Portugal Novo – Artistas de Hoje e Amanhã (catalogue)

Tel Aviv, Israel, Dvir Gallery
To Allen Ginsberg

Bilbao, Spain, Guggenheim Bilbao
Homage to Chillida (catalogue)

Coimbra, Portugal, CAV Centro de Artes Visuais
XX – Visões do feminino na Colecção dos Encontros de Fotografia (catalogue)

A Coruña, Spain, MACUF Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Union Fenosa
Territorio Oeste Aspectos singulares del arte portugués contemporáneo (catalogue)

Hornu, Belgium, MAC’s Grand-Hornu
Anagramme

São Paulo, Brazil, Galeria Fortes Vilaça
Hollywood Boulevard



2005

Santa Monica, California, U.S.A., Christopher Grimes Gallery
Drawing

München, Germany, Galerie Bernd Klüser
Drawings

Santander, Spain, Fundación Marcelino Botín
Del zero al 2005 perspectivas del arte en Portugal (catalogue)

São Paulo, Brazil, Estação Pinacoteca
Portugal Novo artistas de hoje e amanhã

Lisboa, Portugal, Museu Bordalo Pinheiro
O Contrato Social (catalogue)

Lisboa, Portugal,Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art
Romance [a novel] (catalogue)

Brugge, Belgium, Grootseminarie, PMMK, Museum voor Moderne Kunst
Soul Inspired Art (catalogue)

Oeiras, Portugal, Hangar K7, Fundição de Oeiras
Terminal – Toxic o discurso do excesso (catalogue)

Lisboa, Portugal, Centro Cultural de Belém
Colecção Berardo Construir / Desconstruir / Habitar

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal,Porta 33
Desenhos : A-Z [Drawings : A-Z] Colecção Madeira Corporate Services

Madrid, Spain, Galería Pepe Cobo
Feminae



2004

Basel, Switzerland, Galerie Friedrich
L’Escalade du Désir

Tel Aviv, Israel, Center for Contemporary Art
VideoZone2

Neuss, Germany, Langen Foundation
Bilder der Stille Die Tradition Japans und die westliche Moderne (catalogue)

Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, Brazil, Museu Vale do Rio Doce
Invenção de Mundos Colecção Marcantonio Vilaça

Lisboa, Portugal, Museu do Chiado
Meio Século de Arte Portuguesa 1944-2004

Dublin, Ireland, Royal Hibernian Academy 
Joyce in Art : Visual Art Inspired by James Joyce (catalogue)



2003

Porto, Portugal, Museu Serralves
Figuração e Desfiguração – Inventário de gestos

Castelo Branco, Portugal, Museu de Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior 
1960-1980 Anos de normalização artística nas colecções do Museu do Chiado (catalogue)

Lisboa, Portugal, Centro Cultural de Belém
Corpus Visões do corpo na Colecção Berardo

Badajoz, Spain, Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo 
Colecção de Arte Contemporânea da Caixa Geral de Depósitos

Coimbra, Portugal, Centro de Artes Visuais 
Sem Limites No Limits (catalogue)

San Francisco, California, U.S.A., San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Reel Sculpture : Film  into Art

Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Van Abbemuseum
About We

New York, U.S.A., Sean Kelly Gallery
Upon Reflection…



2002

Sintra, Portugal, Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna 
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo (catalogue)

Porto, Portugal, Museu Serralves
Zoom – 1986-2002 Colecção de Arte Contemporânea Portuguesa da Fundação
Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento : uma selecção (catalogue)

Lisboa, Portugal, Museu do Chiado
Diferença e Conflito O Século XX nas Colecções do Museu do Chiado

Bologna, Italy, Galleria d’Arte Moderna
Desire

São Paulo, Brazil, Galpão, Av. Francisco Matarazzo
// Paralela

São Paulo, Brazil, Parque Ibirapuera
XXV Bienal de São Paulo – Iconografias Metropolitanas (Sala Especial) (catalogue)

Almere, The Netherlands, De Paviljoens
Non Linear Editing

Kitakyushu, Japan, CCA Kitakyushu, Project Room
Void Archive

Porto, Portugal, Museu Serralves
Something is Missing Atom Egoyan / Julião Sarmento (catalogue)

São Paulo, Brazil, Galeria Fortes Vilaça
Rotativa Fase 2 (catalogue)

Athens, Greece, Athens School of Fine Arts, « The Factory »
Conversation ? Recent acquisitions of the Van Abbemuseum (catalogue)



2001

Sevilla, Spain, Galería Pepe Cobo
Atlantes

Lisboa, Portugal, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art 
Filipa César, João Onofre, Julião Sarmento, Michael Biberstein, Noé Sendas, Rui Toscano (brochure)

Herford, Germany
Wir sind die Ander(en) (catalogue)

New York, U.S.A., Sean Kelly Gallery
Domestic Acts

Kraichtal, Austria, Ursula Blickle Stiftung
Desire (catalogue)

Venezia, Italy, Arsenale
49º Biennale di Venezia, Plateau of Humankind (catalogue)

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Paço Imperial
Espelho Cego Seleções de uma Coleção Contemporânea (catalogue)

New York, U.S.A., Sean Kelly Gallery
Re-Location : on moving



2000

Gent, Belgium, Museum voor Schone Kunsten
Het oorkussen van de Melancholie The pilow of the Melancholy (catalogue)

Porto, Portugal, Museu de Serralves
Colecção Banco Privado para Serralves (brochure)

Coimbra, Portugal, Encontros de Fotografia de Coimbra
The Mnemosyne Project (catalogue)

Salzburg, Austria, Rupertinum 
Die Intelligenz der Hand Europäische Zeichnungen von Picasso bis Beuys (catalogue)

New York, U.S.A., Barbara Gladstone Gallery
0 0 Drawings 2000 (catalogue)

Braga, Portugal, Galeria Mário Sequeira
Helena Almeida, Georg Baselitz, Francesco Clemente, Anselm Kiefer, Richard Long, Gerhard Richter, Julião Sarmento, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Rachel Whiteread (catalogue)
Porto, Portugal, Galeria Pedro Oliveira
Uma galeria é uma galeria é uma galeria

Lisboa, Portugal, Culturgest
Um Oceano Inteiro para Nadar / Spanning An Entire Ocean (catalogue)

New York, U.S.A., Sean Kelly Gallery
On Language

London, England, Millenium Lofts, 9 Kean Street
Lisson Gallery at Covent Garden



1999

München, Germany, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus
Das Gedächtnis öffnet seine Tore – Die Kunst der Gegenwart im Lenbachhaus (catalogue)

San Francisco, California, U.S.A., John Berggruen Gallery
The Painted Canvas

Porto, Portugal, Museu Serralves
Circa 1968 (catalogue)

Bonn, Germany, Kunstmuseum Bonn
Tage der Dunkelheit und des Lichts – Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Portugal (catalogue)


Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Stedelijk VanAbbemuseum De Verzameling (deel 1)

Lisboa, Portugal, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão
Linhas de Sombra (catalogue)

München, Germany, Kunstverein München
Damenwhal – Rita McBride & To Be Announced (catalogue)



1998

Porto, Portugal, Galeria Pedro Oliveira
Corpos em Trânsito

Palermo, Italy, Galleria Bianca, Cantieri Culturali 
Alternativa Zero Tendenze polemiche dell’arte portoghese nelle democrazia (catalogue)

São Paulo, Brazil, Galeria Camargo Vilaça
Camargo Vilaça BIS 46

New York, U.S.A., Sean kelly Gallery
Corpus Virtu

San Francisco, California, U.S.A., John Berggruen Gallery
Figuration / Abstraction

Oxford, England, The Museum of Modern Art
A Conversation Piece John Murphy – Julião Sarmento (catalogue)

Lisboa, Portugal, Culturgest
Anos 80 (catalogue)

Barcelona, Spain, Galería Joan Prats
En qué estás pensando ?



1997

Oeiras, Portugal, Fundição de Oeiras
Anatomias Contemporâneas (catalogue)

Barcelona, Spain, Fundació « La Caixa »
Colección de Arte Contemporáneo (catalogue)

Porto, Portugal, Fundação de Serralves
Perspectiva : Alternativa Zero (catalogue)

Kópavogur, Iceland, Kópavogur Art Museum
Absence/ Presence – Christine Borland, Kristján Gudmundsson, Julião Sarmento (catalogue)

New York, U.S.A., Sean Kelly Gallery
Magnetic – Drawings in Dialogue

Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal, Fundação Cupertino de Miranda
A Arte, o Artista e o Outro (catalogue)

Eisenstadt, Austria, Burgenländische Landesgalerie

Innsbruck, Austria, Kunstraum Innsbruck

Kraichtal, Austria, Ursula Blickle Stiftung
Von Kopf bis Fuss – Fragmente des Körpers (catalogue)

Madrid, Spain, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Palacio de Velázquez
En la piel de toro (catalogue)

Frankfurt, Germany, Art Frankfurt 1997, Messe Frankfurt
Form und Funktion der Zeichnung Heute (catalogue)



1996

Funchal, Ilha da Madeira, Portugal, Galeria Porta 33
Nebeneinander (com Jorge Molder e Rui Sanches) (catalogue)

Porto, Portugal, Casa das Artes
3ªs Jornadas de Arte Contemporânea Porto ’96


1995

Lisboa, Portugal, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão

Caldas da Rainha, Portugal, Museu de José Malhoa
Desenhos do Corpo (catalogue)

Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art
Call it Sleep

Bilbao, Spain, Rekalde
Extremo Occidente (catalogue)

Washington D.C., U.S.A., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
The Collection Reviewed



1994

Caserta, Italy, Palazzo Reale di Caserta
Terrae Motus Terrae Motus (catalogue)

Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea
Itínere – Camiño e Camiñantes (catalogue)

Dublin, Ireland, Irish Museum of Modern Art
From Beyond the Pale – Julião Sarmento and Cindy Sherman (catalogue)

Lisboa, Portugal, Centro Cultural de Belém
Depois de Amanhã / The Day After Tomorrow (catalogue)

London, England, Hayward Gallery
Unbound : Possibilities in Painting (catalogue)

Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.A., Laura Carpenter Fine Art
Four Europeans : Helmut Dorner, Lili Dujourie, Harald Klingelhöller, Julião Sarmento



1993

Beja, Portugal, Metalúrgica Alentejana
Juan Muñoz / Julião Sarmento (catalogue)

Óbidos, Portugal, Solar do Largo de Santa Maria
BIO ’93 – Cerco (catalogue)

Shibukawa, Japan, Hara Museum ARC
Contemporary Art from Portugal : Western Lines (catalogue)

Aachen, Germany, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst

Dresden, Germany, Technische Sammlungen der Stadt Dresden

Berlin, Germany, Staatliche Kunsthalle
Klima Global – Arte Amazonas (catalogue)

Santa Monica, California, U.S.A., Ruth Bloom Gallery
The Brushstroke : Painting in the 90’s (brochure)



1992

München, Germany, Galerie Bernd Klüser
Der Gefrorene Leopard / The Frozen Leopard (catalogue)

Porto, Portugal, Fundação de Serralves
10 Contemporâneos (catalogue)

Vejle, Denmark, Vejle Kunstmuseum
Portugisisk Nutidskunst – Rego, Sanches, Sarmento (catalogue)

São Paulo, Brazil, Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera
Brasília, Brazil, Museu de Arte

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Museu de Arte Moderna
Arte Amazonas (catalogue)

Paris, France, Centre Georges Pompidou
Regard Multiple (catalogue)



1991

Gent, Belgium, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst
Tríptico (catalogue)

Berlin, Germany, Martin-Gropius Bau
Metropolis (catalogue)



1990
München, Germany, Staatsgalerie moderner Kunst, Haus der kunst
Vom Haben und vom  Wollen Perspektiven für eine Staatsgalerie moderner Kunst Eine Austellung (catalogue)

Barcelona, Spain, Centre d’Art Santa Mònica
Última Frontera. 7 Artistes Portuguesos (catalogue)



1989

Lisboa, Portugal, Galeria Cómicos
Crise de l’Objet


1988

Basel, Switzerland, Museum für Gegenwartskunst 
Farbe Bekennen (catalogue)

Porto, Portugal, Casa de Serralves
Um Olhar Sobre a Arte Contemporânea Portuguesa (catalogue)


1987

Le Mans, France, Palais des Congres de la Ville du Mans
Fontevraud, France, Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud
Quatriémes Ateliers Internationaux des Pays de La Loire (catalogue)

Kassel, Germany
Documenta 8 (catalogue)

Paris, France, Grand Palais
Terrae Motus (catalogue)



1986

Frankfurt, Germany, Frankfurter Kunstverein
Prospect 86 (catalogue)



1985

Athens, Greece, Europalia, National Gallery
11 European Painters (catalogue)

Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum
Dichgans, Dujourie, Dumas, Foxcroft, De Goede, Van Hemert, Iglesias, Klingelhöller, Luyten, Muñoz, Porter, Sarmento, Schmidt Heins B., Schmidt Heins G., Vermeiren (catalogue)



1984

Ercolano, Italy, Fondazione Amelio, Villa Campolieto
Terrae Motus (catalogue)



1983

Barcelona, Spain, Caixa de Barcelona

Madrid, Spain, Casa del Monte
La Imagen del Animal (catalogue)

Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Schleswig-Holsteinischer Kunstverein

Kiel, Germany,  Kunsthalle zu Kiel der Christian-Albrechts-Universität

München, Germany, Stadtmuseum

Köln, Germany, Nationalgalerie BerlinKunstverein
Kunst mit Photographie (Die Sammlung Dr. Rolf H. Krauss) (catalogue)

Lisboa, Portugal, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes
Depois do Modernismo (catalogue)



1982
Kassel, Germany
Documenta 7 (catalogue)


1981

Tilburg, The Netherlands, Kultureel Sentrum

München, Germany, Kunstverein

Bonn, Germany, Kunstverein
Gott Oder Geissel ? Erotik in der Kunst Heute (catalogue)



1980

Venezia, Italy, Magazzini del Sale
La Biennale di Venezia (Il Tempo del Museo Venezia) (catalogue)

Paris, France, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
XIe Biennale de Paris (catalogue)



1979

Stuttgart, Germany
Europa 79 (catalogue)

Barcelona, Spain, Fundacio Juan Miró
Fotografie als Kunst – Kunst als Fotografie

Bonn, Germany, Bonner Kunstverein

Heidelberg, Germany, Kunstverein Heidelberg
Text – Foto – Geschichten (catalogue)



1977

Lisboa, Portugal, Galeria Nacional de Arte Moderna
Alternativa Zero (catalogue)

Video Interview

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