João Carqueijeiro

João Carqueijeiro

João Carqueijeiro on the International Symposium of Ceramics of Alcobaça (Portugal), July 1987
Born João Edmundo Lemos Carqueijeiro
(1954-02-25) February 25, 1954
Lobito, Angola
Known for plastic artist

João Edmundo Lemos Carqueijeiro was born in Lobito, Angola on 25 February 1954. He is a Portuguese plastic artist.

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

João Carqueijeiro in Atlier Maruo, September 2001, Hondo, Amakusa, Japan

Individual exhibitions

Awards

Collections

See also

References

  1. Leal Senado de Macau e Museu Luís de Camões, A Cerâmica Portuguesa Comtemporânea, Gráfica de Macau
  2. Center Culturel de L'Yonne. France, L'Europe des Ceramistes, 1989, SEMA. ISSN 0152-2418

External links

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