Personafication

Biography : Ricardo Quaresma Vieira | Born in the small village Pontével, Cartaxo | His parents were Photographers so he start to do the first exhibitions with 15 years old | Background: Ricardo attended oPorto Artistic School (E.S.A.P.) were he graduated in Film and Video. The Portuguese National Film Institution (I.C.A.M.) sponsored/granted him to produce and direct his first film “Today was tomorrow” | He did several exhibitions among the country while he was studying | His film went to International Film Festivals and he won a few awards | After graduating he lived in Lisbon for a few months and he spent much of is time traveling. In 2002 he moved to Hamburg, Germany, where he dedicated his work to Public Art | He did 3 exhibitions and the most significant one was a public installation at Schlump, a city subway station (www.atandalpha.com) | Ricardo has worked with German, U.S. and UK photographers such has Uwe Schubert, Mark Broussard, Thomas Heinser and John Hyam | In 2005 he was invited to go to Slupsk, Poland, to participate in a Multilateral Social-Art Exchange Program between Bielo-Russia, Switzerland, Portugal and Poland were he did the film "Schron" | At the present time his work is very diverse, from fashion Mag-specific Editorials to Celebrity Portraits, Advertisement Campaigns Both Film & Photography, he is very determinate to continue to investigate and project his ideas trough Visual, Social and Post-Contemporary Art | Now he lives in Lisbon | Published work at: Elle, GQ, Maxim, FHM, DNA, DIF, Slang, Parq, Lusobeat, Umbigo, Maxima, O Público, Egoista, Neo2, and Cream Mag.(Hong Kong)