CURRICULUM VITAE

MANUEL MAGALHÃES was born in Oporto in 1945. He holds a Ph.D. in Architecture by E.S.B.A.P ( Oporto School of Fine Arts ). Since 1970, alongside with his activity as an Architect, he devotes himself to photography  and the researching of its history, namely in what concerns Portugal.  He was part of the IF Ideia e Forma group (1977-1984). Manuel Magalhães lives and works in Oporto.

Individual Exhibitions (selection)

1982
1st Photography Encounters, Coimbra. Portugal.
1982
Galeria Il Diaframma, Milan. Italy.
1984
Centro di Fotocultura, Castel d’Azzano, Verona. Italy.
1985
Centre of Modern Art, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. Portugal.
1986
Quadrado Azul Gallery, Oporto. Portugal.
1987
Leal Senado Gallery, Macau.
1988
Septembre de la Photo, Nice. France.
1989
5th Image Encounters. Braga, Portugal.
1990
Imago Lucis, Fotogaleria, Oporto. Portugal.
1991
Galerie Arena, École Nationale de la Photographie, Arles. France
1992
Galeria Diferença, Lisbon. Portugal
1993
Cultural Space Edel Trade Center, the Porto Alegre Week of Photography, Brazil.
1994
Galeria Imago Lucis , Oporto. Portugal.
1995
Temporary Exhibitions Gallery of the Leal Senado, Macau, China.
1996
The Legend of King Ramiro, Tribunal da Relação Building / C.P.F./ MC, Porto
1999
Galeria Serpente, Oporto, Portugal.

Colective Exhibitions (selection)

1971
Exposition d’Été “L’Object”, Musée Calvet, Avignon, France.
1976
Europaische Fotografen’ 76, Berlin. 
1981
Photography, E.S.B.A.L. / Arteopinião, Lisbon, Portugal
1982
III International Biennial of Arts, Vila Nova de Cerveira. Portugal.
1982
Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia, Palazzo Reale, Caserta. Italy.
1984
Contemporary Portuguese Photography Museum of Modern Art. São Paulo. Brazil.
1984
IV International Biennial of Arts, Vila Nova de Cerveira. Portugal.
1984
E.I.A.M. I Iberian Exhibition of Modern Art, Campo Maior. Portugal.
1987
III Arts Exhibition, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. Portugal
1987
Nouvelles Figures, Espace Photographique de Paris, Paris. France.
1988
Aspects de la Création Photographique en Europe 1968/1988, Mois de la Photo 88, Espace A.G.F., Paris. France.
1988
I Biennial of Photography, Vila Franca de Xira. Portugal.
1990
Zoom on Europe, RHA Gallery, Dublin. Ireland.
1991
Tarrazona Foto 91, Tarrazona. Spain.
1991
II Biennial of Photography, Vila Franca de Xira. Portugal.
1992
Aspects de la Photographie Portugaise, Espace Dali, Mois de la Photo 92, Paris. France.
1992
VII International Biennial of Arts, Vila Nova de Cerveira. Portugal.
1992
5 Photographes Portugais, Galerie Robert Doisneau, Vandoeuvre. France.
1993
IV Show of Photography, Museo Provincial, Lugo. Spain.
1994
Fronteiras, S.N.B.A., Lisbon. Portugal
1994
Five Architects Photographers, Banhos de S. Paulo / Associação dos Arquitectos Portugueses, Lisbon. Portugal.
1995
Collective Show of Arts, Architecture and Photography, celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Portuguese Authors Society. Lisbon. Portugal
1995
ESBAP FBAUP, Museum of Transports and Communications/ Alfândega, Oporto. Portugal.
1995
IV Biennial of Photography, Vila Franca de Xira. Portugal.
1996
8th anniversary of Gesto Cooperativa Cultural, Árvore, Oporto. Portugal.
1998
Galeria Serpente, Oporto, Portugal.

Bibliography

1976
Photo, nº 101, Paris. França.
1979
Foto-Jornal, nº 18, Novembre, Lisbon. Portugal
1979
Photo Cine Expert, nº 5, Genéve. Switzerland.
1982
Fotografia Portuguesa 1970 /1980, S.E.C., Lisbon, Portugal.
1982
Il Diaframma, nº 259, Milan. Italy.
1988
Gráfica, nº 20/21, São Paulo. Brazil.
1988
Portugal e o Ambiente, S.N.P.R.C.N., Lisbon. Portugal.
1989
Biographic reference in Encyclopédie Internationale des Photographes de1839 à nos jours, Éditions Camera Obscura. Switzerland.
1989
Vis-A-Vis International, nº 3, Paris. France.
1992
Reference on page 216, note 47 of Figuras do Espanto, Pedro Miguel Frade. Edições ASA. Oporto. Portugal.
1997
Intimidades Portuenses, Helder Pacheco. Edições Afrontamento. Oporto. Portugal
1997
Biographic reference in Encyclopédie Internationale des Photographes de1839 à nos jours, CD-ROM, Editions Ides et Calendes. Switzerland.
1998
História da Imagem Fotográfica em Portugal 1839-1997. António Senna. Porto Editora. Portugal
1998
Up Arte, nº 3, a magazine published by A.E. da F.B. A.U.P.. (Dec. 1998)
1999
A Lenda do Rei Ramiro, Colecção de Bolso, nº 1, C.P.F. (Centro Português de Fotografia) / MC, Oporto

International Art Fairs

1995
Foro Atlantico de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Galiza. Spain
1999
PARIS PHOTO – Le Carrousel du Louvre, Novembre. Paris

Colections

  • Bibliothéque Nationale / Gabinet des Estampes et de la Photographie, Paris, France.
  • Centro di Studi e Archivio della Comunicazzione, Universidade de Parma, Italy.
  • Colecção Nacional de Fotogradia, C.P.F. (Centro Português de Fotografia) / MC
  • Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian / Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Galerie du Chateau d’Eau, Toulouse, France.
  • Museu Luís de Camões, Macau, China.
  • Paris Audiovisuel, Paris, France.

Curatorships

1988
Frederick William Flower, Fotoporto, Casa de Serralves, Oporto. Portugal
1990
Mimmo Jodice - Álvaro Siza, Arquitecto, Fotoporto, Fundação de Serralves, Oporto. Portugal

Other

1993
Workshop by Manuel Magalhães, at the Academy of Visual Arts, Macau. China.
1996
Manuel Magalhães, ‘Viagem ao imaginário da fotografia’, a conference at the Department of Architecture of Oporto University. Portugal
1996
MANIFESTA 96 - exhibition “Fotografia e Desenvolvimento” ACERT, Tondela. Portugal.
1998
Fotografia no Olho da Rua – Cooperativa Gesto, Oporto, Portugal.