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Mauro Cerqueira

Born in 1982 (Guimarães, Portugal). Lives and works in Porto, Portugal.

Bio

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Cerqueira’s continuing observations of everyday life and change in the area around the old local street “Rua dos Caldeireiros”; in addition to video and photographic works, it forms an integral component of the overall work.

Cerqueira’s video pieces are quiet, sensitive portraits of a milieu threatened by suppression and marginalization.
Cerqueira’s approach is shaped by authenticity and a deep bond with his subjects and questions a political and economic system that shuts out specific, traditional ways of life, attempting to banish them from the modern city. Art and life are always indivisible in Cerqueira’s art, and it is this precise characteristic that constitutes his works’ power of expression and compelling urgency.

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Artworks

Exhibitions

Group Exhibition

Reality Diner
17 June – 29 July, 2023
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Mauro Cerqueira

O Suor da Noite
24 September – 5 November, 2022
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Situação21

Os Conviventes
15 April – 5 June, 2021
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Mauro Cerqueira

Desenganar
29 June – 27 July, 2019
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News

Galeria Municipal do Porto with exhibitions by Silvestre Pestana and Mauro Cerqueira

14 March – 28 June, 2026
Colapso by Silvestre Pestana and Comissões #1 with Mauro Cerqueira on display until June
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Silvestre Pestana ‘Silvestre, In The End Of Winter’ – Film presentation

20 April, 2022
Silvestre Pestana’s new film is directed by Uma Certa Falta de Coerência
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