Paulo Quintas
Paulo Quintas (1966) lives and works in Torres Vedras, Portugal. In 2009, he obtained a PhD in Painting at the Fine Arts Faculty of Lisbon University. He also has a post-graduation (2005) and bachelor’s degree (1997), both in Painting, from that institution.
In 1999 he was awarded a short-term scholarship to New York sponsored by Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento. Between 1990 and 2001, he obtained two fellowships in Plastic Research from Centro Nacional de Cultura and from Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. In 1990, Paulo Quintas was one of the nominees on the first edition of the Painting Award from União Latina with Pedro Calapez (awarded) and Ivo Pires.
Amongst the long list of his solo exhibitions, we may highlight: “Paulo Quintas: All Titles are wrong”, his antological exhibition at Cordoaria Nacional, curated by Isabel Carlos (Lisbon, 2018); “Untitled”, at Museu Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações (Lisbon, 2016); “Abstract 1987-2015”, at Espaço Concas, Centro de Artes (Caldas da Rainha, 2015); “Em Baixo Fica a Fonte”, at Montanha Central, Museu Nacional de História Natural (Lisbon, 1995).
He has been part of group exhibitions in Portugal and aborad since 1995, namely: “Periplos/Arte Portugues de Hoy – Luciano Benetton Collection”, CAC Málaga – Centro de Arte Contemporâneo de Málaga, Málaga (Spain, 2016); “(Art) Amalgamated”, ArtHamptons 2013, New York (USA, 2013); “The Artfair Pusan through Art Amalgamated” (South Korea, 2013); “Projecto Viarco”, Museu da Presidência da República, Lisbon (Portugal, 2009); “Salon Européen des Jeunes Créateurs”, Montrouge (France, 2002); “1986-2002 – ZOOM, Colecção de Arte Contemporânea da Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento: uma selecção”, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto (Portugal, 2002).
His work is present in private collections in Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. Moreover, he is also represented in several institutional collections, Fundação PLMJ, BANIF MAIS, Culturgest and Ar.Co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual.

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"Visible Things"
With the participation of Carlos Mensil | Inês d´Orey | João Pedro Vale e Nuno Alexandre Ferreira | Mafalda Santos | Paulo Catrica | Pedro Gomes | Vasco Araújo | Paulo Quintas | Maria Trabulo
Arco E-Xhibitions (Online)
10/03/2021 - 10/04/2021
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Sitting Targets
With the participation of Roland Fischer | Vasco Araújo | Pedro Gomes | Paulo Catrica | Noé Sendas | Mafalda Santos | João Pedro Vale e Nuno Alexandre Ferreira | Inês d´Orey | Carlos Mensil | Pedro Casqueiro | Paulo Quintas | Maria Trabulo
Artsy online
This online exhibition dwells with the perception of time evoking oeuvres which content or visual affinities recall the target-like clock shape, i.e. time passage.
11/02/2021 - 15/03/2021
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Arte em São Bento - Colecção Norlinda e José Lima
With the participation of Paulo Quintas | Vasco Araújo
Curated by Isabel Carlos
Palácio S. Bento, Lisbon, PT
05/09/2019 - 29/12/2019
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A experimentação como coerência
De Jornal de Notícias by Ana Vitória
Paulo Quintas
Sugestions - "Vera Cruz" exhibition

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“Mare Aethiopicum”: o trabalho em curso de Paulo Quintas
De Expresso - José Luís Porfírio
Paulo Quintas