Nasceu em Lisboa em 1949
Vive e trabalha em Londres desde 1976
FORMAÇÃO
1976-1981
Licenciatura e Mestrado em Artes Plásticas no Chelsea School of Art, Londres, Reino Unido
PRÉMIOS E BOLSAS
2009
Bryan Robertson Trust Award, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
2003
DAAD Berlin Artists Residency, Berlim, Alemanha | Berlin, Germany
2002
Les Récollets Artists Residency, Paris, França | France
External Lecturer at the Malmö Art Academy, University of Lund, Malmö, Suécia | Sweden
2000
Sciart Research Award, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
1980
Bolsa de Estudo, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa| Scholarship Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
EXPOSIÇÕES INDIVIDUAIS
2012
Works with text and image, Kunstthallen Brandts, Odense, Dinamarca | Denmark
2011
Trabalhos com texto e imagem Centro de Arte Moderna - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa | CAM - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Galeria Thomas Schulte, Berlim, Alemanha | Berlin, Germany
2010
Simon Lee Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
Lunds konsthall, Lund, Suécia | Sweden
Pavlina e o dr. Erlenmeyer, Chiado 8 Arte Contemporânea, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Simon Lee Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
2009
Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munique, Alemanha | Munich, Germany
2008
Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlim, Alemanha | Berlin, Germany
Solar - Galeria de Arte Cinemática, Vila do Conde, Portugal
2007
Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, Reino Unido | UK
daadgallery, Berlim, Alemanha | Berlin, Germany
2006
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Irlanda | Ireland
Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
2005
Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapeste, Hungria | Budapest, Hungary
Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
2004
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munique, Alemanha | Munich, Germany
Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlim, Alemanha | Berlin, Germany
2003
The Power Plant, Toronto, Canadá | Canada
Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
INIVA, Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, E.U.A | USA
2002
Max Protetch Gallery, Nova Iorque, E.U.A. | New York, USA
Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga, Portugal
(com/with Matts Leiderstam) Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Suécia | Sweden
The John Curtin Gallery, Curtin University, Perth, Austrália | Australia
2001
Barbara Gross Galerie, Munique, Alemanha | Munich, Germany
13 quai Voltaire, Caisse des Dépots et Consignations, Paris, França | France
Pavilhão de Portugal, XLIX Biennale di Venezia, Veneza, Itália | Pavilion of Portugal, Venice, Italy
Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlim, Alemanha | Berlin, Germany
Porta 33, Funchal, Madeira | Madeira Island
2000
Public Art Development Trust, The Chapel, Middlesex Hospital, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
fig-1, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
Tramway, Glasgow, Escócia | Scotland
Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Áustria | Austria
Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lituânia | Lithuania
Camden Arts Centre, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
1999
Frac Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, França | France
Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
1997
Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
Museu da Cidade, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
1996
XXIII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil | Brazil
Cleveland, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
Agostinho Ricon Peres Porto | Oporto, Portugal
Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
1995
Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
1993
Galeria Atlântica, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
1992
Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
1991
Galeria Atlântica, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
1990
Centro de Arte Moderna - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa | CAM - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Galeria Atlântica, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
1987
Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
Sala Atlântica, Galeria Nasoni, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
1984
Cooperativa Árvore, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
1983
Galeria de Arte Moderna, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Galeria Roma e Pavia, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
EXPOSIÇÕES COLECTIVAS
2012
fotoGRAFISK, Fotografisk Center, Copenhaga, Dinamarca | Copenhagen, Denmark
Arte Portuguesa do Século XX | 1960-2000, MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
2011
Screaming from the mountain Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Noruega | Norway
Observadores - Revelações, Trânsitos e Distâncias Um percurso pela Colecção Berardo Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisboa | Berardo Collection - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Drawing 2011 Biennial Fundraiser, The Drawing Room, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
Move - Kunst und Tanz seit den 60ern - Haus der Kunst München, Munique, Alemanha | Munich, Germany; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Alemanha | Germany
O que pertence e o que não pertence às palavras, Galeria Baginski, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Light in Darkness Western Bridge, Seattle, E.U.A. | USA
O voo do Bumerangue - 10 anos da Galeria Filomena Soares, Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Linguagem e Experiência, Obras da Colecção da Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Museu de Aveiro, Portugal
2010
Move: Choreographing You Hayward Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
What happens next is a secret', Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Irlanda | Ireland
Broken Fall (Geometric), Galleria Enrico Astuni, Bolonha, Itália | Bologna, Italy
Tirésias - Video de Artistas Made in Portugal, Centro Cultural de España, Montevideo, Uruguai | Uruguay
The Glass Delusion, National Glass Centre, Sunderland, Reino Unido | UK
Display: Objects, buildings and space, Experimenta Design, Palácio Quintela, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
en construcción 3, Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, Vigo, Espanha | Spain
Muito Obrigado - Arte portugués del siglo XXI en la colección Coca-Cola, DA2 - Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Espanha | Spain
Secreto y Artilugio DA2 - Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, Espanha | Spain
REVELATIONS II SAGE Paris, Paris, França | France
Sobrestructuras OTR espacio de arte, Madrid, Espanha | Spain
What happens next is a secret - Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin, Irlanda | Ireland
2009
Serralves 2009 - Colecção Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto | Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Oporto, Portugal
A Mancha Humana/The Human Stain CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Espanha | Spain
Pequeña historia de la fotografia CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Espanha | Spain
Prison of Love, OTR espacio de arte, Madrid, Espanha | Spain
Lá Fora Museu da Electricidade, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
2008
Todas as histórias Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto | Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Oporto, Portugal
part-ilha Spike Island, Bristol, Reino Unido | UK
One of these things is not like the other things 1/9 unosunove arte contemporanea, Roma, Itália | Rome, Italy
Lá fora Museu da Presidência da República, Viana do Castelo e Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Drawing a Tension - Works from the Deutsche Bank Collection Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
À volta do papel, 100 Artistas CAMB - Centro de Arte Manuel de Brito, Oeiras, Portugal
(I'm Always Touched) By Your Presence, Dear - New Acquisitions Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Irlanda | Ireland
Call of the Wild, Benveniste Contemporary, Madrid, Espanha | Spain
All that cinema Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapeste, Hungria | Budapest, Hungary
2007
A propos des lieux d'origine - Portugal agora Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburgo | Luxembourg
Voyage... Evasion Frac Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, França | France
Entre a palavra e a imagem Centro Cultural de Vila Flor, Guimarães, Portugal; Museu da Cidade, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Descartáveis Billboard Public Art Project, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Terra Incognita New Langton Arts, San Francisco, E.U.A. | USA
Circulação Livre/Toll Free Teatro Lethes, Faro, Portugal
Cinema Paradiso ACCA, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Austrália | Australia
Fabrice Gygi-Vidéothèque mobile Frac Ile-de-France, Le Plateau, Paris, França | France
Résidents Espace EDF/Electra, Paris, França | France
Outras Zonas de Contacto Museu da Cidade, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
2006
Contemporary Portugal Galerija Vartai, Vilnius, Lituânia | Lithuania
De dentro, 6 Portuguese Contemporary Artists National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscovo, Nizhny e Novgorod, Rússia | Moscow, Russia
Around the World in Eighty Days ICA Institute of Contemporary Arts/South London Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
Helga de Alvear - Conceitos para uma colecção Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Eldorado Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburgo | Luxembourg
Territorio Oeste, Aspectos singulares del arte portugués contemporáneo Museu de Arte Contemporáneo Union Fenosa, A Coruña, Espanha | Spain
Entre a palabra e a imaxe Fundación Luis Seoane, A Coruña, Espanha | Spain
2005
Sports illustrated Islip Art Museum, Long Island, Nova Iorque, USA | New York, E.U.A.
50 Anos de Arte Portuguesa Centro de Arte Moderna José Azeredo Perdigão, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Del Zero al 2005: Perspectivas del Arte en Portugal Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Espanha | Spain
The Gesture: A Visual Library in Progress Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Grécia | Greece; Quarter, Centro Produzione Arte, Florença, Itália | Florence, Italy
Itinerarios del Sonido Plaza del Callao, Madrid, Espanha | Spain
Thinking of the Outside St Nicholas Markets, Bristol, Reino Unido | UK
Infallible, In Search of the Real George Eliot Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Reino Unido | UK
Miradas y Conceptos en la colección Helga de Alvear MEIAC - Museo Estremeño e iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, Espanha | Spain
2004
Effort Koldo Mitxelena Kulturunea, Donostia / San Sebastian, Espanha | Spain
Dorf in die Metropole Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlim, Alemanha | Berlin, Germany
Seminarium LandKunstLeben, Steinhöfeler, Alemanha | Germany
Half a century of Portuguese Art 1944-2004 MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
The Dream Island Noass Art Centre, Riga, Letónia | Latvia
European portrait 2, XI Rohkunstbau Gross Leuthen, Alemanha | Germany
Éigse, Carlow Arts Festival Carlow, Irlanda | Ireland
Infallible - In Search of the Real George Eliot Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, Reino Unido | UK
Fotografie-Austellung Barbara Gross Galerie, Munique, Alemanha | Munich, Germany
About Corporeality in Editions: Artist Books, Prints and Photography Galerie Lelong, Zurique, Suiça | Zurich, Switzerland
2003
Process - Landscape KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsínquia, Finlândia | Helsinki, Finland
Pegadas de Luz cGac Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Espanha | Spain
Infallible - In Search of the Real George Eliot Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, Reino Unido | UK
Global Village Garden LandKunstLeben, Buchholz, Alemanha | Germany
Hiroshima Art Document 2003 The Former Bank of Japan, Hiroshima, Japão | Japan
Continuare 5a Bienal da Maia, Maia, Portugal
Prophetic Corners 6th Peripheric Biennial, Iasi, Roménia | Romania
The Labyrinthine Effect ACCA, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Austrália | Australia
Infallible - In Search of the Real George Eliot The Gallery at APT, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
Under Ground Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany | Alemanha
2002
Tech/No/Zone Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipé | Taipei
Body Power/Power Play Württenbergischer Kunstverein, Estugarda, Alemanha | Stuttgart, Germany
Diferença e Conflito, O Século XX nas Coleçções do Museu do Chiado MNAC -Museu do Chiado, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
‘...confiture demain et confiture hier - Mais jamais confiture aujourd'hui...' Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sète, França | France
(The world may be) fantastic 11th Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Austrália | Australia
2001
This side and beyond the dream Sigmund Freud-Museum, Viena, Áustria | Vienna, Austria
Impresiones, Calcografia Nacional Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid, Espanha | Spain
Cine y Casi Cine Museu Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Espanha | Spain
Novas Aquisições e Doações MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Total object complete with missing partsTramway, Glasgow, Escócia | Scotland
Have you got time? LiebmanMagnan, Nova Iorque, E.U.A. | New York, USA
Berlin Biennale 2, Berlim, Alemanha | Berlin, Germany
Itazu Litho-Graphik Museum Haus Kasuya, Tóquio | Tokyo
2000
More works about buildings and food Fundição de Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal
Art & Industry 2000 Biennial Christchurch, Nova Zelândia | New Zeeland
Initiare, Colecção de Arte Contemprânea IAC/CCB Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Waiting Mjellby Konstgård, Halmstad, Suécia | Sweden
Fossick Sali GIA, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
1999
From Where to Here Göteborg Konsthall, Gotemburgo, Suécia | Gothenburg, Sweden
The Office of Misplaced Events (Temporary Annexe) Lotta Hammer Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
East Wing Collection Courtauld Institute of Art, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
Dots & Loops MK Expositieruimte, Roterdão, Holanda | Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Fourth Wall, Public Art Development Trust Royal National Theatre, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
Signs of Life Melbourne International Biennial, Melbourne, Austrália | Australia
1998
Neither/Nor Living Arts Museum, Reiqueavique, Islândia | Reykjavik, Iceland
Books as Art Cheltenham Festival of Literature Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery, Cheltenham, Reino Unido | UK
Novas Incorporacións, Fundación ARCO - Colección Permanente cGac - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Espanha | Spain
La sphère de l'intime Le Printemps de Cahors, Cahors, França | France
Artistas da Galeria Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
Enough The Tannery, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
1997
Anatomias Contemporâneas Fundição de Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal
Enough Duende, Roterdão, Holanda | Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Urban Mirage Hiroshima Art Document '97, Hiroshima, Japão | Japan
Summer Collection '97 South London Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
1995
Peninsulares Galeria Antoni Estrany, Barcelona, Espanha | Spain
1994
Colecção Manuel de Brito MNAC - Museu do Chiado, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
The day after tomorrow Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Quando o mundo nos cai em cima Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Every Now and Then Richard Salmon Ltd, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
1991
Coincidências, II Jornadas de Arte Contemporânea Oporto Old Customs House, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
Recent British Painting - Arts Council Collection Royal Festival Hall, London; Darlington Arts Centre, Darlington;
University of Northumbria, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Oriel Gallery, Mold; The Drumcroon Gallery, Wigan, Reino Unido | UK
Gallery Artists Turske Hue-Williams, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
Gallery Artists Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
Five Years Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
1990
Four painters from London Galería Colégio de Arquitectos, Málaga, Espanha | Spain
Works on Paper Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
1989
Eleven Artists Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
Um olhar sobre a pintura portuguesa contemporânea Fundação de Serralves, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
Berry Street Open Studios, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
1987
50 Portraits, Ginza Art Space, Tóquio, Japão | Tokyo, Japan
1983
Prémio Amadeu de Souza Cardoso Fundação de Serralves, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
V Bienal de Vila Nova de Cerveira Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
VI Bienal de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Espanha | Spain
Pintores Portugueses Residentes no Estrangeiro Galeria Almada Negreiros, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
1981
O Papel Como Suporte Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
1980
Stowells Trophy 1980 Royal Academy of Arts, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
New Contemporaries ICA, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
MOSTRAS DE VÍDEO
2008
João Penalva - Video works, 1999/2007, Auditório Municipal, Vila do Conde, Portugal; Cinemateca Portuguesa, Lisboa | Lisbon; Museu Serralves, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
336 PEK (336 Rivières), Panopticart at Musée Fabre, Montpelllier, França | France
The roar of lions, Goethe-Institut, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
2007
The white nightingale, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto | Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Oporto, Portugal
2004
Kitsune / 336 PEK (336 Rivers), Akademie der Künste, Berlim, Alemanha | Berlin, Germany
2003
Kitsune, Interseason, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, Holanda | the Netherlands
336 PEK (336 Rivers), Open air cinema, Steinhöfeler Park, Steinhöfeler, Alemanha | Germany
2002
Kitsune - Video avond, TENT.Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Roterdão, Holanda | Rotterdam, the Netherlands
The long long story night, Haus der Kunst, Munique, Alemanha | Germany
2001
João Penalva, Videos, Museu Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Espanha | Spain
COLECÇÕES
Arts Council Collection, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Centro de Arte Moderna, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela, Espanha | Spain
Banco de España, Madrid, Espanha | Spain
Banco Espírito Santo, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Banco Internacional do Funchal, Madeira | Madeira Island, Portugal
Dresdner Bank, Alemanha | Germany
Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, França | France
Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain Champagne-Ardennes, Reims, França | France
FRAC- Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain Bretagne, França | France
Fundación ARCO, Madrid, Espanha | Spain
Fundación Coca Cola, Madrid, Espanha | Spain
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Irlanda | Ireland
KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsínquia, Finlândia | Helsinki, Finland
Ministry of Culture of Portugal/Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburgo | Luxembourg
Museu da Cidade, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
Museu do Chiado, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portugal
South Londres Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido | London, UK
Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art - Budapest, Budapeste, Hungria | Budapest, Hungary
Centro de Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear, Cáceres, Espanha | Spain
ARTIUM Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Espanha | Spain
BIBLIOGRAFIA (selecção)
Livros de Artista
2008
João Penalva, Spaces between 5 chairs, edição Galeria Filomena Soares, Azinhagas e Ribanceiras Edições, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portgual
Yuko Hasegawa, João Penalva, Looking up in Osaka, edição Galeria Filomena Soares, Azinhagas e Ribanceiras Edições, Lisboa | Lisbon, Portgual
Monografias
2011
Trabalhos com texto e imagem, CAM - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa | CAM - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal; Kunstthallen Brandts, Odense, Dinamarca | Denmark
2010
Bruno Marchand, João Penalva, Chiado 8 Arte Contemporânea, Lisboa 2010 (ISBN 978-972-769-074-9)
Åsa Nacking, Anders Kreuger, João Penalva, Lunds Konsthall, Lund 2010 (ISBN 978-91-88846-62-4)
2007
Morgan Fisher, Katharine Stout, João Penalva, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, The University of
Warwick, Coventry
2005
João Fernandes, João Penalva, English, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Ludwig Museum Budapest; Museu Serralves, Porto | Oporto, Portugal
2001
Pedro Lapa, ‘Sense and Subversion', R., XLIX Biennale di Venezia,
Instituto de Arte Contemporânea/Ministry of Culture of Portugal, Lisboa 2001
Guy Brett, ‘To be Penalva's public'; Mark Gisbourne, ‘In the absence of Absalom';
Yuko Hasegawa/João Penalva ‘A conversation in Londres'; Pedro Lapa, - ‘Repetition against the law' in João Penalva, Electa, Milan 2001
2000
João Penalva, 336 PEK,
Frac Languedoc-Roussillon and Camden Arts Centre, Montpellier e Londres 2000
Silvia Eiblmyer, Character and Player, Galerie im Taxispalais/Triton Verlag, Innsbruck e Viena 2000
Francis McKee and João Penalva, On the other hand, this is not my voice, Tramway, Glasgow 2000
Mark Gisbourne, ‘Narrative of the senses', CLOCK/TEACH TOUCH - Edition (Boxed silk-screened audio CDs and cards), Public Art Development Trust, Londres 2000
1999
Iwona Blazwick, ‘Wallenda'; Dan Cameron, ‘A split in time'; Juan Cruz, ‘Fictionalizing: João Penalva's Character and Player'; Juliana Engberg, ‘Cinema Chartreuse'; Andrew Wilson, ‘LM44/EB61'; João Penalva and Andrew Renton ‘So you still don't believe me' in
João Penalva, Centro de Exposições, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa 1999
1997
Isabel Carlos and João Penalva ‘Apropos the Ormsson Collection'; Ana Cristina Leite, ‘The Collection, the Collector, the Museum', in The Ormsson Collection, presented by João Penalva, Museu da Cidade, Lisboa 1997
1996
Andrew Renton, ‘Honest John; how to break a leg and influence people'; João Penalva, Widow Simone (Entr'acte, 20 years) in João Penalva, Widow Simone,
XXIII Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Instituto de Arte Contemporânea/Ministério da Cultura, Lisboa 1996
1994
João Fernandes, João Penalva, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto 1994
1993
Gareth Jones, Gill Hedley, Andrew Renton, João Penalva, ‘Conversation, Londres, 26th Agosto 1993',
João Penalva - ‘7 Pinturas', Galeria Atlântica, Porto 1993
João Penalva, Arquivos, II Jornadas de Arte Contemporânea, Câmara Municipal do Porto, Porto,1993
1990
Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton, ‘Collector'; Alexandre Melo, ‘A repertory and its effects';
Ruth Rosengarten, ‘In conversation with João Penalva' in João Penalva, Centro de Arte Moderna, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa 1990
Ruth Rosengarten, João Penalva, ‘Two makes one better', Galeria Atlântica, Porto 1990
Eduardo Paz Barroso, João Penalva, Galeria Atlântica, Oporto 1990
1989
Andrew Renton, João Penalva, ‘The Rabbit and the Genre', Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, Londres, England 1989
1987
Philip Courtney, João Penalva, Sala Atlântica, Oporto 1987
Wiliam Jeffett, João Penalva, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, Londres, England 1987
Livros e catálogos
2006
João Penalva. Dublin: Irish Museum of Modern Art, 2006
2005
Tacita Dean, Jeremy Millar, Place, Thames and Hudson, Londres 2005.
2004
Octavio Zaya, FILES, (Mr Yamato artist project), Museu de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Leon2004.
Mark Gisbourne, ‘A house in the country', Ein Europäische Portrait 2, Rohkunstbau, Berlin 2004.
Guy Brett, ‘To Be João Penalva's Public', Carnival of Perception, Selected Writings on Art, Institute of International Visual Arts, Londres 2004.
2003
Nicolas de Oliveira, Installation Art in the New Millennium, Thames and Hudson, Londres 2003.
2002
João Penalva and Matts Liederstam in conversation', in Rooseum Provisorium, Rooseum, Malmö, 2002.
Francis McKee, 'Spinning Yarn'; João Penalva, ‘An Introduction to Mister', in
Biennale of Sydney, Sydney 2002.
Andrea Jahn, Ralf Christofori, ‘ João Penalva' in Body Power/Power Play, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit 2002.
2001
Brigitte Huck, ‘João Penalva' in ‘Diesseits und jeseits des Traums', Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna 2001.
João Penalva - Annie Fletcher, ‘Interview,' in Berlin Biennale 2, Oktagon Verlag, Cologne 2001.
Pedro Lapa, ‘R.' in La Biennale di Venezia, vol. 2, Electa, Milan 2001.
James Putnam, ‘João Penalva' in Art and Artifact, Thames and Hudson, Londres 2001.
Mark Francis, ‘João Penalva' and ‘Mark Francis and João Penalva Interview', in
fig-1, Spafax Publishing in association with tate: the art magazine, Londres 2001; Walther Koenig Books, Londres 2002.
2000
Isabel Carlos, Nuno Faria, Lúcia Marques, ‘João Penalva', in Initiare, IAC/CCB, Lisboa 2000.
1999
Juliana Engberg, ‘João Penalva' in Signs of Life, Melbourne International Biennial, Melbourne 1999.
1998
Jérôme Sans, ‘João Penalva, ‘Entr'acte, 20 years', in La sphère de l'intime,
Printemps de Cahors, Publications Actes Sud, Arles 1998
Bernardo Pinto de Almeida, ‘Um olhar sobre a pintura portuguesa contemporânea', Fundação de Serralves, Oporto 1988.
1994
Michael Archer, ‘João Penalva' in The day after tomorrow, Electa, Milan 1994.
1991
Enrique Juncosa, ‘Four painters from Londres', Galería Colégio de Arquitectos, Málaga, 1991.
FILMOGRAFIA SOBRE O ARTISTA
2002
Character and Player, 55 min. Directed by Luis Alves de Matos, RTP 2, Portuguese Television
Bildjournalen, 12 min. Directed by Pontus Kyander, Swedish Television
1998
João Penalva, 1993-1998, 35 min. Valentim de Carvalho for CCB, Lisboa
1997
Bildjournalen, 5:47 min. Directed by Pontus Kyander, Swedish Television