Galeria Nuno Centeno is proud to present DARK NOISE, a solo exhibition by Xavier Almeida (b. 1980, Ovar, Portugal), curated by Rodrigo da Costa Lima.

Xavier Almeida’s work is always performative
Not in the sense of the act’s presence and permanence but in the sense that it is an indetermined process
Being in the presence of one of these artworks is like observing a stain that extends itself, searching for a limit
Space is mobile, time is slow and the soundtrack is noisy
Dark Noise is a no sound, aswell as non-color and nonsense

– Rodrigo da Costa Lima

Xavier Almeida lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal. A transdisciplinary artist, focusing on installation, performance, sound, painting, comics, publishing and social architecture. Founder of the Estrela Decadente collective. Xavier’s work is linked to urban underground and counter-culture, collaboration with spaces of resistance and an anti-form aesthetic as capitalist dissolution.
He has a degree in Architecture and a pre-Bologna Master’s degree in Art in Public Space from the Universidade Lusíada do Porto and Universidade do Minho (under the guidance of Pedro Bandeira and with the participation of Álvaro Siza and Pedro Gadanho).
He studied at the Porto Jazz School (1997-98), was an assistant at the Van Lieshout Atelier in Rotterdam (2009) and for the artist Fernanda Fragateiro in Lisbon (2010-15).
Xavier Almeida has been exhibiting regularly since 2015, including La Casa Encendida (Madrid), Zaratan (Lisbon), Fatbottom (Barcelona), Galeria Zé dos Bois (Lisbon), Lehmann + Silva Gallery (Porto), Galeria Municipal do Porto, Walk & Talk (Azores), Galeria do Teatro de Vila Real, Centro de Artes Oliva (São João da Madeira), Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas (MACE), among others. His works are part of several private collections. He has been published by Pierrot Le Fou, STET books, Porta tapes, Senhora do Monte, Chili Com Carne, Belleza Infinita (Bilbao), L’Automatica (Barcelona), Kitshic (Barcelona), Maquina Total (Barcelona), Supremacia (Madrid), 1359 (Lisbon – Belo Horizonte).