João Carqueijeiro
João Edmundo Lemos Carqueijeiro is a Portuguese plastic artist. He was born in Lobito, Angola on 25 February 1954. Until he was twenty years old he lived in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique and in 1974, after the Carnation revolution, he went to Porto, Portugal. It was there that, in 1982, he concluded his High Graduation in Drawing (under the direction of the master Sá Nogueira) at the Cooperativa Árvore (ESAP). He also graduated and specialized in Wheel, Raku and Glazes at La Bisbal Ceramic School, in Catalonia. He has taught Ceramic Arts since 1985. Selected works A small selection of some of works of João Carqueijeiro divided by categories. Sculpture (Árvores - tree series) Sculpture (colored clay) Plates Collective exhibitions 1986 – 10th Meeting of European Ceramists "Périgueux" (France) 1987 – Ceramic Art International Symposium at "Alcobaça" – Alcobaça (Portugal) 1988 – Modern Art Centre of Calouste Gulbenkian's Foundation – Lisbon (Portugal) 1988 – Contemporary Portuguese Ceramic Work "Leal Senado /Luís de Camões Museum" (Macao) 1988 – Árvore Gallery – Oporto (Portugal) 1988 – "L’Europe Des Céramistes" (The Europe of Ceramic Artists) – Auxerre (France) 1989 – National Library – Lisbon (Portugal) 1989 – "Palácio dos Anjos" – Algés (Portugal) 1989 – "Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica de Aveiro" (International Ceramic Art Biennial) – Aveiro (Portugal) 1989 – "Cinq Jeunes Créateurs Portugais" (Five Young Portuguese Artists) – "Les Mureaux" (France) 1990 – "3 Jovens Ceramistas" (3 Young Ceramists) - Youth Foundation – Oporto (Portugal) 1990 – International Meeting of Ceramic Arts – Vila Nova de Gaia (Portugal) 1990 – European Meeting of Arts, "Palais des Papes" – Avignon (France) 1991 – Magellan Gallery – Paris (France) 1991 – Árvore Gallery – Oporto (Portugal) 1992 – Petrogal / Ceramic Sculpture Meeting – Oporto (Portugal) 1994 – Arménio Losa Gallery – São Mamede Infesta (Portugal) 1995 – "Bienal Internacional de Cerâmica de Aveiro" (International Ceramic Art Biennial) - Aveiro (Portugal) 1995 – Eng. António de Almeida Foundation – Oporto (Portugal) 1997 – "10 Artistas do Porto em Fafe" (10 Oporto Artists at Fafe) Fafe (Portugal) 1997 – Eng. António de Almeida Foundation (U.C.) – Oporto (Portugal) 1997 – "Silêncios/Stille" Symposium at Feital – Trancoso (Portugal) 1997 – Arménio Losa Gallery – São Mamede Infesta (Portugal) 1997 - Ao Quadrado Gallery – Santa Maria da Feira (Portugal) 1998 - Ceramic Art Symposium – Vila Nova de Cerveira – Portugal 1998 – Direction of a Ceramic Mural – Artists European Meeting - Paredes de Coura (Portugal) 1998 - "Silêncios/Stille" – Centro Cultural de Aveiro ( Cultural Center of Aveiro) – Aveiro (Portugal) 1998 – Direction and production of the Ceramic Mural of the NORTE COOP Building – São Mamede Infesta (Portugal) 1998 – "Silêncios/Stille", Ausstellung / Preetz (Germany) 1999 – Direction of a Raku Workshop and exhibition "Atmosfera" (Atmosphere) – Epicentro Gallery – Oporto (Portugal) 1999 – "Encontro de Cerâmica Figurativa – Figurado" (Human Figure Ceramic Meeting ) – Pottery Museum of Barcelos - Barcelos (Portugal) 2000 – Direction and production of a Meeting