Biography

Luís Miguel Monteiro (n. 1975), Portuguese, lives in Lisbon.

Training and education:

2020: PhD in Fine Arts, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2015: Photobook workshop with Jem Southam, Atelier de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
2014: Artists residency, guided by Jem Southam, Alentejo, Portugal
2011: Masterclass, Blues Photography Studio, Portugal
2011: Art Seminar “What makes art pertinent?”, Forum Dança/O Rumo do Fumo, Lisbon, Portugal
2011: Pós-Graduate course in Photography, Project and Contemporary Art, IPA/Atelier de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
2010: Professional Photography Course, Centro Esine, Lisbon, Portugal
2001: Graduate course in Physics, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Solo exhibitions:

2023/2024: “Sea Witch”, CAE [Arts and Performances Centre], Figueira da Foz; The Lisbon Frame, Lisbon, Portugal.
2019: “Windjammer”, City Library, Covilhã, Portugal.
2018: “Navio-Lugar-noutro”, Jaime Lobo E Silva Cultural Space, Ericeira, Portugal.
2013/2015: “New Found Land”, Gil Eannes Museum Ship, Viana do Castelo; Ílhavo Maritime Museum; CAE [Arts and Performances Centre] and Museological Centre of the Se, Figueira da Foz, Portugal.
2010: “QBR_N2-P&B”, “Quebra Costas” bar, Coimbra, Portugal.
2007: “Europa, Antártica”, “Quebra Costas” bar and Almedina book shop, Coimbra, Portugal.

Collective Exhibitions:

2023: “Too Much of a Good Thing”, “A Ilha” Cultural Space, Lisbon, Portugal.
2019: “Fábrica Biennial”, “Fábrica do braço de Prata” Cultural Space, Lisbon, Portugal.
2017: “Gab-A”, Lisbon University Fine Arts Faculty [FBAUL, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa], Portugal.
2013: “International Photography Festival”, Cape Verde.
2011: “Quinze Ensaios” [“Fifteen Essays”], Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, Portugal.
2009: “Crise” [“Crisis”], Coimbra City’s Cultural House, Portugal.

Artist books:

“Sea Witch”, 2024, shown at Lisbon’s Photobook Fair, Portugal
“Assenta”, 2024, shown at Lisbon’s Photobook Fair, Portugal
“Peixe-Monstro”, 2020, shown at Lisbon’s Photobook Fair, Portugal
“Fishermen’s Still lives”, 2020, prepared for Doctoral degree in Fine Arts, shown at PhotoBook Club Lisboa.
“untitled” (Windjammer), 2018, shown at the Photography Book Fair, Lisbon, Portugal.
“Grand Banks” (previously “Terra Nova”, 2017), 2022, shown at the Photography Book Fair, Lisbon, Portugal, 2017, selected to be shown at Madrid, Spain, Photography Book Fair.
“Viagem”, 2017, shown at the Photography Book Fair, Lisbon, Portugal.
“Paris Authentic”, 2017, shown at the Photography Book Fair, Lisbon, Portugal.