RUI MATOS
Born in Lisbon in 1959; reside and work in Portugal, near Sintra.
Frequented sculpture Course at "Escola Superior de Belas Artes" in Lisbon, between 1980 e 1987.
Scholarship achieved from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in 1993.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Incomplete Stories, Cubic Gallery, Lisbon
Recent Sculptures, Cultural Centre of São Lourenço, Almancil
Heart of Stone, Cultural Centre of Macedo de Cavaleiros, Macedo de Cavaleiros
Sequence, Arthobler.com Gallery, Porto
2005 Memories from Objects - Sculptures in bronze, Giefarte, Lisbon
Transformations - Uncertain Stories, Cubic Gallery, Lisbon
2001 New Sculptures in Slate, Giefarte, Lisbon
2000 Sculpture, Enes Gallery, Lisbon
1997 Sculpture with Paint by João Ribeiro, Enes Gallery, Lisbon
1995 Sculpture, Giefarte, Lisbon
1992 Sculpture - Arco, Municipal Gallery of Art, Faro
1991 Enormity, Sequence and Shipwreck, Carvalho and Araújo Gallery, Braga
Sculpture with Paint by Isabel Augusta, Cultural Centre of São Lourenço, Almancil
1989 Mediterranean with Isabel Augusta, Co-operative Society Árvore, Porto
First Island, Colares Gallery, Colares
1987 Artefacts and Matter, Gallery of São Bento, Lisbon
Artefacts and Matter, Palace of Cidadela, Cascais
An Odd Nature, Marquês de Pombal's Olive Oil Mill - City Hall of Oeiras, Oeiras
OTHER INTERVENTIONS and PUBLIC WORK
2009 Completion of "Monumento à Revolta dos Marinheiros" (Monument dedicated to Revolted
Sailors) of 1936, Almada
Participation in the 1st Sculpture Symposium of Gaia
2008 Participation in the Sculpture Symposium of Seixal
2007 Hotel Crown Plaza Macau
Collection of Sculptures created for a group of Obrisol edifices, Alverca
Participation in the 2nd Sculpture Symposium of Penafiel
Sculpture in Private Detached Home in Parede - intervention of project by Architect Cândido
Chuva Gomes
2006 Embossed Wall Sculpture, São Sebastião Conventl, City Hall of Portalegre
Sculpturing Workshop, F.C.T. - U.N.L., Caparica's Campus
2005 Conclusion of Barbacã's Gate in the Castle of Portalegre - intervention of recuperation project by Architect Cândido Chuva Gomes
2004 Participation in the 3rd Stone Sculpture Symposium in Alfândega da Fé
2003 Water Dedicated Monument at Secondary School of São Pedro do Sul
Allusive Sculpture to poet João Ruiz Castelo-Branco, at "Parque dos Poetas" (Poets Park) in Oeiras
Intervention of Four Sculptors on Fonte Velha's Path, in Belver, recuperation project by Architects Vítor Mestre and Sofia Aleixo
2002 Conclusion of a Mural Sculpture for the interior of Hotel Vila Rica in Lisbon
Exterior Sculpture for Primary School 2-3 in Terrugem, Sintra
Participation in the 1st Stone Sculpture Symposium of Alfândega da Fé
Participation in the 9th International Stone Sculpture Symposium of Caldas da Rainha
Public Sculpture on "Estrada do Guincho" (Guincho Road), located next to "Boca do Inferno", City Hall of Cascais
2001 Public Fountain at Saint Mártir Church, Vila Franca de Xira, project by Architect Cândido Chuva Gomes
Sculpture at Vila Sol's Golf Course, Albufeira
2000 Sculpture at SHELL's (REPSOL's) Service Station located on CREL - North
1999 Public Sculpture in the District of Cascais, Carcavelos and Madorna
I Sculpture Symposium of E.P.S.T., Figueira da Foz
1997 "O Jardim das Esculturas" (The Garden of Sculptures), I Clay Sculpture Symposium of Aveiro, Aveiro
1996 IV International Sculpture Symposium of Durbach, Germany
Collection of Sculptures created for Office Buildings on Avenida Duque de Ávila, Lisbon
1994 I Stone Sculpture Symposium, Pêro Pinheiro Espelho de Água, Lisbon
1993 Stone Sculpture Symposium, Chaves
1986 Monument to Luís de Camões with Clara Menéres, Paris
COLLECTIONS
Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisbon
Museu Dr. Santos Rocha (Dr. Santos Rocha Museum), Figueira da Foz
Fundação PLMJ (PLMJ Foundation), Lisbon