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Art Residencies
Valter Ventura | March 2017
Bio
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Lisbon, 1979
Graduated in Art History from Faculdade de Letras (University of Lisbon). He finished in 2005 the Advanced Course in Photography at Ar.Co – Center for Art and Visual Communication, with the Espírito Santo Bank scholarship.
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Currently he teaches at the Photography Department of Instituto Politécnico de Tomar, also collaborating with Ar.Co, Atelier de Lisboa and the Faculdade de Belas Artes (University of Lisbon).
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In 2008, participated (in duo with José Nuno Lamas) in the 2nd Photography Course, Creativity and Artistic Creation Programme of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
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Between 2012 and 2014 he was responsible for the photographic department at Carpe Diem – Art and Research.
Currently he’s one of the resident artists at HANGAR – Art Research Center.
Along with Duarte Amaral Netto, João Paulo Serafim and Rodrigo Peixoto, he founded HÉLICE – School of Photography.
He’s represented by KUBIKGALLERY (Oporto).
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