Diogo Bolota

Diogo Bolota was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1988. He lives and works between São Paulo and Lisbon.

He studied Painting (2006-2008) at Lisbon School of Fine Arts, holds a BA in Architecture (2008-012) from the Lisbon Technical University and a MA Drawing (2012-2013) from the University of the Arts, London.

He has been exhibiting his work since 2014. He participated in group exhibitions such as Canto Chanfrado (2014) at Avenida 211; Babel (2015) at Miguel Justino Contemporary Art; Cidade Jardim (2017) with Fernando Brito at Galeria Diferença; Que farei eu com esta espada? (2017) at Zaratan; Nome do meio (2018) at Moradia; Eco(da ideia à obra de arte) at Galeria Liminar. In solo he participated with Sabotagem (2015) in Expedição’s Program at Maus Hábitos in Oporto; in a project room named S/ Ponto de Fuga (2015) at Cunha’s Gallery in Lisboa, as well as Objectar (2016) at Geological Museum (Lisbon); Esgaravatar (2016) at Medeiros e Almeida’s Museum (Lisbon) and Synalepha (2016) at Museum of Contemporary Art (Sintra) and this last year(2020) with Defeito Desfeito at Quartel da Arte Contemporânea de Abrantes.

Diogo Bolota has also participated in Tapada da Tojeira and República das Artes de Cerveira’s residencies program (2016). He has his work published in Caixa Negra’s catalogue from Maus Hábitos, Guião from the Medeiros e Almeida’s Museum and is part of the catalogue of Novo Banco's Revelação 2017.

He was shortlisted to Novo Banco Revelação 2017 Award at Serralves Foundation (Oporto). He was in the Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado’s Art Residency in 2019. Recently Bolota has been shortlisted for the Altice Foundation Norberto Fernandes 2024 price. The exhibition featuring works by the finalists will happen in late September and the price results will be disclosed later on in the year.

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