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FOUNDER AND DIRECTION
PEDRO DUARTE BENTO

CURATOR FOR ARCHITECTURE
RICARDO CAMACHO

CURATOR OF 'DIALOGUES OF CONTEMPORARY' ART CYCLE
PATRICIA BARREIRA

HEAD OF FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT
SOFIA POLICARPO



SHORT BIOS:

PATRICIA BARREIRA

Degree in Art History by Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Works as a production assistant, since 2005, at contemporary art gallery Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporânea, Lisboa, [PT]. At the gallery, develops curatorial projects as the exhibitions 'Workshow', by Roland Fischer, or the most recent 'Building Rooms', a collective by several artists. Beyond this collaboration, writes essays for art catalogues and develops occasional projects on contemporary art.

PEDRO DUARTE BENTO [1976]

Graduated in Architecture by the Faculdade de Arquitectura de Lisboa [PT] and educated in Large-Format Photography by the School of the International Center of Photography, New York City. Has worked in New York City at SOM and in Barcelona at Josep Lluis Mateo Map Architects. Fellowship from Fundação Oriente to photograph the shipbreaking industries in India and Bangladesh. Both of his Architecture and Photography projects are internationally exhibited and published. His photographs are represented in public and private collections as 'BES arte' Banco Espirito Santo and Museu do Oriente. Member of Ordem dos Arquitectos. Founder of NOGO. Lives and works in New York City.

RICARDO CAMACHO [1979]

Degree in Architecture by the Faculdade de Arquitectura de Lisboa [PT] in 2002, and holds a Master in Architecture from Harvard University where he has developed research on Luanda with the support of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Luso-American Foundation. Having lived and worked first in Munich and later in Lisbon, where he co-founded Moov and joined Emit Flesti, he opened in 2005 his own practice in Silves. Among his major projects is CasaGranturismo [Silves, PT], architectural venture with Atelier Bow Wow, Hrvoje Njiric and Angelo Bucci among others. His work has been presented in Portugal, Peru, United States and Croatia. During 2005 and 2007 he curated two international seminars on Architecture and Tourism in Algarve and in 2009 he integrated the selection commission for “Habitar Portugal”.

SOFIA POLICARPO [1974]
Degree in Management by ISEG Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, and a Master in Education and Society by ISCTE, both in Lisbon, Portugal. Has a specialization in Event Production from SENAC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Since 2002 works as a producer and financial advisor for national and international events. Member of the Portuguese Auditor Bar Association, Ordem dos Técnicos Oficiais de Contas.

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