Noe' Sendas

Noe' Sendas | Biography

Noé Sendas (1972). Born in Brussels lives and works between Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon. He studied at Kuntlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin, Germany), School of Art, Institute of Chicago (USA), Royal College of Fine Arts (London, UK) and AR.CO Center For Fine Arts (Lisboa, Portugal).

With an absolutely unique work – which is distributed through incursions in the various typological territories that constitute the action of contemporary artists, from video to photography, from sculpture to installation, also through the practice of drawing and collage as an appreciation of the projectual moment – Noé Sendas has been developing, since the mid-1990s, a consistent national and international career. Using, above all, archival material and a strong relationship with the strategies of construction of meaning typical from the universes of literature and cinema, he has been exploring narrative processes based on small formal or procedural interventions perpetrated on pre-existing images. Sendas is mostly interested in exploring exhibition models and presentation devices as mechanisms that test the viewer’s perceptual capacity.

Noé Sendas’ work is part of numerous collections such as the Arts Council of Haarlemmermeer, Amsterdam; Novo Banco Photo Collection, Lisbon; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; CAV Foundation, Portugal; CULTURGEST Caixa Geral Depositos, Lisbon; EDP Foundation Collection, Lisbon, Contretype Centre d`Art Contemporain, Brussels; Lisboa Municipality Collection, Lisbon; MEIAC Collection, Spain; MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio, Brazil; PLMJ Foundation Collection, Lisbon, Coleção de Arte Contemporânea do Estado Português; SERRALVES collection as well as numerous private collections in Germany, Belgium, Spain, Holland, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, Russia and UK.

2025

À la Recherche de l’Invisible – Galeria Presença, Porto, Portugal

2024

Praxiteles’s Dream – Hopstreet Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2023

Noé Sendas – Galería Juan Silió, Madrid, Spain

2022

Straniamento – Photo Open Up, Padua, Italy - Mc2Gallery

Invisible Flowers – Galeria Presença, Porto, Portugal (exhibition extended into early 2022)

2021

Unknowns, duo-show with Julie Cockburn, Hopstreet Gallery Brussels

Lisboa, Vertical Seas, Carlos Carvalho Gallery, Lisboa, (upcoming) Oporto, Invisible Flowers, Galeria Presença, Porto, Portugal, (upcoming) Travessa da Ermida, Lisboa, (upcoming)
2020
Invalid Passwords CAV Center for the Visual Arts, curated by Ana Anacleto, Coimbra, PT
2019
Corps Formels with Fernand Fonssagrives, Galerie Miranda, Paris Alvara, Porta 14, Lisboa
Hermes in Riposo, mc2gallery, curated by Claudio Composti, Milano
2018
Walking & Remembering, Hopstreet Gallery, Brussels
Moscow Circa 2017, curated by Nina Gomiashvili, RuArts, Moscow
Fifty, Fifty (with R. C. Bastos) Galeria Miguel Nabinho, curated by Sergio Fazenda Rodrigues, Lisboa
2017
Roma Circa 2017 Visionarea, curated by Claudio Composti, Rome
Esquisito, Espantoso (with J. Castellano) Appleton Square, curated by Virginia Torrente, Lisboa
2016
Noé Sendas, Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Lisboa
Sprezzatura, mc2gallery, curated by Claudio Composti, Milano
Pagano 1965-1967, (with Salvi Danés), Barbado Gallery, curated by Gonzalo Golpe, Lisboa
2015
Set Espai D ́Art, Valencia, S
Fugitiva, Galeria Juan Silio, Santand Er, S
The Lady Vanishes, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London—Wallpaper* (192 edition)
2014
Old studio, 102-100 Galeria, Castelo Branco, Portugal
To make ends meet, Invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin
Geometries (collaboration with Sandra Feio), Blank Paper, photobook edition
The eighteenth January two thousand and fourteen, Galeria Presença, Oporto, Portugal
2012
Mystery Guest, Contretype – Centre d’art contemporain pour la Photographie, curated by Jean-Louis Godefroid, Brussels
Desconocidas, Galeria Miguel Nabinho, Lisboa
Esperando a Houdini, (with Miguel Ángel Tornero), Galeria Raquel Ponce, curated by Virginia Torrente. Long-Distance Relationships, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea – Museu do Chiado, curated by Helena Barranha. Lisboa
2011
Parallel, Museum Centrum de Pontendera, Toscana, Italy Casa da Cultura Mestre José Rodrigues
Alfandega da Fé, P
Sabotage, invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin
Recent Works, Espaço Arte Tranquilidade Bes, Lisboa
2010
Characters Searching for an Author, Palácio da Galeria Museum, Tavira, P
Searching for an Author, (performance), Atelier Real, Lisboa – newspaper Atelier Real
The Indifferent, (Cinema Loop), IFEMA, ARCO, curated by Caroline Grau & Paul Young, Madrid
2009
The Chairman, invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin Reserved, Galeria Fernando Santos, Oporto, P
2008
The Dreamers, Lada Project, Berlin
The Hunter, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa
2007
The Collector, EDP Foundation, Electricity Museum, Curated by João Pinharanda Lisboa Old School, Escola Antonio Arroio, Galeria Lino Antonio, curated by Pedro Morais, Lisboa
2006
The Lodger, Blickensdorff Galerie, Berlin Priva te Eye, invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin
2002
Whenwood, Pea Gallery, London

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025

30 Years of Galeria Presença – Galeria Presença, Portugal

Espaços e Rastos – Galeria Presença, Portugal

2022–2023

Diante–Dentro – Bienal de Fotografia de Vila Franca de Xira, Museu Municipal, Portugal

2022

Arte Fiera Bologna – MC2 Gallery booth, Bologna, Italy

2021
St. Petersburg, Hermitage MuseumSt. Petersburg, Russia (upcoming)
2020
Emerging Contemporaries, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London.
Incadaques [International Photo Festival], Cadaques, S
Public/Private Centro de Artes de Sines, curator: Miguel Sousa Ribeiro, Sines, P Invisible, Carlos Carvalho Galllery, Lisboa,
2019
Of Other Spaces, Porto’s Municipal Gallery, curated by João Silvério & Pedro Gadanho, Porto Interstical, Lima Collection, Nucleo de Arte Oliva. S.Joao da Madeira, curated by Miguel von Hafe Pérez 11th Moscow International Biennale, Multimedia Art Museum (MAMM)
2018
Still Art Collection, Multimedia Art Museum, curated by Natalia Grigoryeva-Litvinskaya, Moscow
289 APCR Project, Associação 289, curated by Pedro Cabrita Reis, Faro, P
Germinal, EDP Foundation Art Collection, Maat Museum, curated by Ana Anacleto, Pedro Gadanho, Lisboa The State Of Things, Kunstraum Botschaft, curated by João Silvério, Berlin
Germinal, EDP Foundation Art Collection, Porto’s Municipal Gallery, curated by Ana Anacleto, Pedro Gadanho, Porto
Black & White, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, curated by João Silvério, Lisboa
Some Body To love, mc2gallery, curated by Claudio Composti, Milano
2017
Beyond the Mirror, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Curated by Maria Rosa Figueiredo, Lisboa
Quote / Unquote, EDP Foundation curated by Ana Anacleto & Gabriela Vaz-Pinheiro, Lisboa Reverie/Revelry: Fashion through photography Ballard, BIFB, Curated by Michelle Mountain, Australia Without Camera, Hopstreet Gallery, Brussels
Portugal em Flagrante - Operation 3, Gulbenkian Foundation, curated by Penelope Curtis, Ana Vasconcelos, Leonor Nazaré, Patrícia Rosas and Ana Barata, Lisboa
Quote / Unquote Oporto, Galeria Municipal do Porto, curated by Ana Anacleto, Gabriela Vaz-Pinheiro
Un certain regard, (Works from the Norlinda e Jose Lima Collection), CAV, Coimbra, curated by Albano Silva Pereira, Portugal
O Olhar da Sibila (Works from 6 private Collections), Museu do Oriente, curated by João Silvério, Lisboa Testimonios, Resistencias, Ficciones, MEIAC Museu Badajoz, Curated by Antonio Franco
2016
Allure - Fotografien aus der Collection Susanne von Meiss, C/O Berlin Foundation, curated by Felix Hoffmann & Birgit Filzmaier, Berlin
Materiais Transitórios, SNBA, Curated by Joao Silverio, Lisboa
2015
H.D. Buttercup’s Apartment, Los Angeles, California, A project by Michael Fuchs Galerie
Foundation, Maus Hábitos- Espaço de intervenção Cultural, curated by Miguel Flor, Porto
Entre Outros, Galeria Presença, Oporto, P
Afinidades Electivas, Museu da Eletricidade, curated by Delfim Sardo, Lisboa
Twist The Real, Platform Revolver, curated by Maëlle Lisboa
Meiac. 20 years, Ceart de Fuenlabrada, Madrid
Me & The Others - Alberto Caetano Collection, MNAC - Museu do Chiado, curated by Adelaide Duarte\ Alberto Caetano\Raquel Henriques da Silva, Lisboa
Dear Darkness, Michael Fuchs Galerie, curated by Stephan Koehler, Berlin
25 Years, [Pedro Oliveira Collection], Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Oporto, P
2014
Art Works [with Igor Skaletsky], Kaleidoskope Gallery, Berlin
Re-Collector, El Huerto del Tertuliano, Valladolid, S
Refrection – Aesthetical References, 8th Darmstaedter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt, G
Rumores, conversatións, MEIAC’s Collection, Sala Palexco / Kiosco Alfonso, curated by Miguel Fernández- Cid, A Coruña , S
2013
Phänomen, Galerie Martin Mertens, Berlin.
Step right in, VAC-Visual Arts Center at the University of Texas, curated by Ariel Evans, USA
El eterno femenino. retratos entre dos siglos, Patio de la Infanta - Ibercaja, Zaragoza, curated Lola Durán, S Discontinuous line, [Works from Norlinda and José Lima Collection], Oliva Creative Factory, S. Joao da Madeira, curated by Miguel Amado, P
Caution! things may appear different than they are, (Works from APT Collection), curated by Pamela Auchincloss & Susanne Prinz of Eleven AEG, Nuremberg, G
Abecedario, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporãnea - Museu do Chiado, curated by Paulo Henriques, Manuel Costa Cabral & Manuel Castro Caldas, Lisboa
Under the Sign of Amadeo, CAM-Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, curated by Isabel Carlos, Ana Vasconcelos, Leonor Nazaré, Patrícia Rosas and Rita Fabiana, Lisboa
Sincronías, [Antonio Cachola’s Collection], MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain curated Isabel Pinto & Patricia Machado. Love Triangle, Goethe-Institut/ Institut Cervantes, curated by Stefanie Hessler, Stockholm
2012
The Traveller , A Visual Journey, TENT, curated by Alexander Ramselaar, Rotterdam,
Meta-Icon, Galerie September, curated by Stephan Köhler, Berlin
Urban Outsiders, Frankendael Foundation, curated by Roos Burger & Yvonne Yzermans, Amsterdam
100 Artworks, 10 Years, Fundaçao Arpad Szenes-Vieira da Silva, Curated by Miguel Amado, Lisboa
12 Mostra Internacional de Arte Gas Natural Fenosa, Museo de Arte,Contemporáneo Gas Natural Fenosa, La Coruña, S
Shoreline, CAS-Centro de Artes de Sines and Centro Cultural Emmerico Nunes, SINES, curated by Manuel Castro Caldas, P
Between Spaces, CAM Foundation, curated by Isabel Carlos, Patricia Rosas & Rita Fabiana, Lisboa Presenças, [Museu Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso, Amarante, curated by João Pinharanda, P

2011
Film and Video, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Leiria, Curated by Leonor Nazaré P Is The Best Yet To Come? Galeria Miguel Nabinho, Lisboa
Labyrinths, CAM-Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Curated by Leonor Nazaré, Lisboa Null Portrait, Zink Galerie, curated by Anna Geuder, Berlin
Tension & Desire, Galeria, Castelo Branco, P
2010
Lugares de incerteza, Look Up! Natural Porto Art Show, Palacete Pinto Leite, curated by David Barro, Oporto, P
Da outra margem do Atlántico, Centro de Artes Helio Oiticica, curated by Paulo Reis, Río de Janeiro, Brazil Leerstellen, Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporanea, curated by Sabrina van der Ley, Lisboa
A Culpa não é Minha, [Antonio Cachola’s Collection], Berardo Museum, curated by Éric Corne, Lisboa Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Gas Natural Fenosa, La Coruña, S
Cabinet d’Amateur, Sala do Veado, Museu de História Natural, Lisboa
O Povo/ People, EDP Foundation, Museo de la Electricidade, curated by João Pinharanda Lisboa
Film and Video, CAM-Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, curated by Leonor Nazaré, Lisboa
2009
Aspects of the collection, CAM-Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Curated by Jorge Molder, Lisboa Corpo densidade e limite, [Antonio Cachola’s Collection], MACE- Museo de Arte Contemporânea de Elv as, curated by João Pinharanda, P
Outside, Museu da Presidência da República & EDP Foundation, Museo de la Electricidade, curated by João Pinharanda, Lisboa
2008
Difference, What Difference!, ArtForum, curated by Hans-Jürgen Hafner, Berlin
Museu da Presidencia da Republica, Palácio de Belém, curated by Miguel Amado, Lisboa
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Gas Natural Fenosa, A Coruña, curated by David Barro, Rafael Doctor, S CAM’s Collection Presentation, CAM-Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, curated by Jorge Molder, Lisboa Artistas portugueses la fora, Museu da Presidencia da Republica, Edifício Fernando Távora,
Viana do Castelo, curated by João Pinharanda Portugal
E-flux Video Rental, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, curated by Anton Vidokle, Julieta Aranda & Miguel Amado, Lisboa
Colectiva, 102-100 galeria, Castelo Branco, P
Point of View, Museu da Cidade – Pavilhao Branco, curated by Miguel Amado, Lisboa
Parangolé. Fragmentos desde los 90: en Brasil, curated by David Barro & Paulo Reis, Pl
Museo Contemporáneo, Español, Patio Herreriano, Valladolid, curated by David Barro & Paulo Reis, Spain
2007
Some Landscapes, Museu de arte contemporanea, Elv as, curated by João Pinharanda, P
Iberoamerica Glocal, Casa de América, curated by Lorena Pérez, Dennys Mato, Madrid
A Collection in Progress, Museu de arte contemporanea, Elv as, curated by João Pinharanda Pl
50 Years of Portuguese art Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, curated by Raquel Henriques da Silva, Lisboa Secuencias: 1976-2006, MEIAC, curated by Antonio Franco, Badajoz, S
Videos works from PLMJFoundation Collection, Cinema São Jorge, curated by Miguel Amado, Lisboa
2006
Relative density, [CAM’s Collection-Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation], Centro Cultural Emmerico Nunes e Centro das Artes de Sines, curated by Leonor Nazaré, P
En Voyage, Le Plateau/ Frac Ile-de-France, curated by Caroline Bourgeois, Paris
XX, Encontros de Fotografia, curated by Albano Silva Pereira & Delfim Sardo, Coimbra, P
Black and White, HAU-Hellenic American Union galleries, curated by Artemis Potamianou, Athens
2005
Del Zero al 2005, Santander, curated by David Barro, S
Contrato Social, curated by João Pinharanda, Museum Bordalo Pinheir, Lisbon
B4 Play, Art Center Berlin, Friedrichstrasse 134, Berlin
219 km Berlin-Rostock, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, G
Reflections, Art Center Berlin, Friedrichstrasse 134, Berlin
Portugal: Algunas Figuras, Laboratorio Arte Alameda (LAA), curated by João Pinharanda, México An Extension to the Eye, CAV Centro de Artes Visuels, curated by Miguel Amado, Coimbra, P
2004
Me, You, They, Centro de Artes e Espectáculos, Figueira da Foz, curated by Delfim Sardo P Ouro Branco, Sala Diamantina, Ouro Preto, curated by dgArtes, Brazil
Arte Contemporanea na Assembleia, curated by Jorge Molder, Lisboa
Five Stars, Moda Lisboa-Armazem Terlis, Lisboa
Museu Tavares Proenca Junior, Castelo Branco, curated by João Pinharanda, P

Awards

collections
Antonio Cachola Collection, Museu Elvas, P
Ar.Co (Centro de Arte e Comunicacao) Collection, Lisbon
Arts Council of Haarlemmermeer, Amsterdam
BESart – Banco Espírito Santo – NOVO BANCO Collection, Lisbon
Caloust Gulbenkian Foundation Collection, Lisbon
CAV Foundation Collection, Coimbra, P
Caixa Geral Depositos/ Culturgest Collection, Lisbon
Charlotte Olympia, London
Cristina Guerra Art Collection, Lisboa
Contretype Centre d`Art Contemporain pour la Photographie Collection, Brussels DGARTES Instituto das Artes Collection, P
EDP Foundation Collection, Lisboa
D. Luis I Foundation Collection, Cascais, P
Pedro Oliveira Art Collection, Oporto, P
Leal Rios Foundation Collection, Lisbon
Luis Serpa Projects Collection, Lisbon
L’Wren Scott Collection, London
MEIAC Museum Collection, Badajoz, S
MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Michael Hoppen Art Collection, London
PLMJ Collection, Lisbon
Raquel Ponce Art Collection, Madrid, S
Susanne von Meiss Collection, Sw
John Bock, Julian Rosenfeldt, Juliao Sarmento, Santiago Ydanez Artists collections

Grants, Residencies & Awards

2014 Grant Institute Camoes, To Make Ends Meet, Berlin
2011 Grant Institute Camoes, Research project & residency Contretype, Brussels 2010 Grant dgARTES, Research project, (German Diaries) Berlin
Grant and residency Atelier Real, Lisbon
2009 Grant Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Research project & Residency Reading University, London
Grant Instituto Camoes, Research project, Berlin
2008 Grant del Ministerio Superior de Investigación, Residency Casa de Velázquez, Madrid
2003 First Prize, City Desk, Lisbon
2000 Grant João Hogan-Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Residency Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 1999 Grant Mairie de Paris, Residency Cite International des Arts, Paris
1998 Grant Fundación Peggy Guggenheim, Residency Peggy Guggenheim, Venice, Italy
1997 Grant Fundación Luso-Americana, School of Art, Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA