Juliao Sarmento Portugal, b. 1948
Lives and works in Estoril, Portugal.
Sarmento studied at the Escola Superior de Belas Artes, Lisbon. His work combines film, video, sound, painting, sculpture and installation. It deals with themes such as psychological interaction, sensuality, voyeurism and transgression. His imagery is often partially or fully erased, he then draws on top, creating fragmented and layered forms, which evoke disconcerting, mysterious gestures and relationships.
Sarmento has been included in two Documentas and has represented Portugal in two Venice Biennales. He has had solo exhibitions at the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal; Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern I Contemporani de Palma, Spain; Parrish Art Museum, New York; Tate Modern, London; Sean Kelly Gallery, New York; and the Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium, among others.
He has participated in group shows and his work is represented in public and private collections such as: the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; The Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; and the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City.
