Biography Julião Sarmento (Lisbon, Portugal, 1948)
Julião Sarmento has developed a multi-media visual language, combining film, video, sound, painting, sculpture and installation. His work often deals with issues of complex interpersonal relationships in which themes such as psychological interaction, sensuality, voyeurism and transgression are utilized. Sarmento has exhibited extensively worldwide since 1979. He has been included in two Documentas (1982, 1987) and has represented Portugal in two Venice Biennials (1997, 2001). His most recent solo shows include Julião Sarmento – Works on paper: Women and Houses and Plants… Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica (2009); Notes Towards a Definition of Pleasure, Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid (2008); Julião Sarmento, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa (2008); Picture Show, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo (2007); and Julião Sarmento: Withholding Works 1994-2006, Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander (2006). His work is represented in public and private collections worldwide such as The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Musée National d’Art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; the Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; and the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.
The simultaneous exhibitions of Michael Byron and Julião Sarmento presented the work of two painters. Byron and Sarmento both draw upon a symbolical literary tradition to create their ponderous imagery. This dual exhibition sought to help decipher the state of …Read more
Witte de With and de Appel arts centre (Amsterdam) jointly present Two in One, a benefit auction of 100 works by internationally acclaimed contemporary artists to benefit new projects. You are invited to participate in this fundraising adventure, to be held …Read more
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