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ANOTHER ANTIPODES | AUSTRALIA

JUN-JUL 17

"Welcome Suit" exhibited at Urban Axis, Another Antipodes exhibition in PS Art Space in Freemantle, Perth (Australia).

Spanning across all media, from painting to video installation and performance, the Another Antipodes Exhibition: Urban Axis showcased over 80 works by 46 selected international artists and was accompanied by an engaging program of talks, masterclasses, screenings, and music events.

Utilizing Southern Africa as a touchstone for engagement, the curious are set to be rewarded with an exciting range of new African views, voices, and perspectives, highlighting the contemporary discussions and multicultural diversity of the region never before seen in Australia.

CURATORS: Valerie Kabov, Roelof Petrus van Wyk and Gerald Sanyangore

AMREF ARTBALL AUCTION

NEW YORK | MAY 2017

Pedro Pires donated a fire drawing for the 2017 ArtBall auction of AMREF.

Join AMREF Health Africa to enrich lives using your love for art.

Riding on the success of the inaugural event in 2016, AMREF is set to host the 2nd ArtBall which will honor El Anatsui, globally renowned contemporary artist from Ghana.

The ArtBall will take place on May 6, 2017, at the Milk Studios in New York.

ARTPARIS ART FAIR | MAR17

GRAND PALAIS | PARIS

Exhibited with the ELA - Espaço Luanda Arte stand at the ArtParis Art Fair

30 Mar - 2 Apr 2017, Paris, France.

CASA DA CERCA MAR17 - JAN18

Group exhibition "Fazer Sentido" at Casa da Cerca, Almada, Portugal.

Showing alongside Amélie Ducommun, Ana Mandillo, Ana Rita António, Edgar Massul, Gabriela Albergaria, João Jacinto, João Leonardo, José Baptista Marques, Pamela Golden e Susana Pires.

CAPE TOWN ART FAIR

GALLERY MOMO | FEB17

Exhibited in the Gallery Momo stand at the Cape Town Art Fair | 17 - 19 FEB 2017

Showing alongside Ayana V Jackson, Roger Ballen, Maurice Mbikayi, Mary N Sibande, Joel Mpah Dooh and Khayalethu Witbooi.

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DOPPELGANGER | FEB17

Doppelganger exhibited in Gallery Momo Cape Town.

15th Feb to the 18th Mar 2017

The title of his exhibition refers to a possible/proposed identity that the sculptures and drawings have, reflecting the social contexts of Johannesburg.

www.gallerymomo.com

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MU SEKE | PEDRO PIRES v BABU | FEB17

Pop-up Mash-up at ELA - Espaço Luanda Arte | 3FEB - 1MAR

Opening on the 3rd February | 18H | De Beers building, Luanda.

Pop-Up Mash-Up

It is an innovative project in the Arts in Angola because it mixes the concept of "pop-up", something that opens for a short time in a place for a short period of time, and "mash-up" that, inspired by music, is created from the blending of two or more pre-existing themes in order to be fused. It therefore appears as a project with elements of complement and conflict, where 2 Artists are invited to work and to dialogue together and separately, but always in residence, in order to create a certain number of solo works and others in collaboration. It ends up being a kind of duet where the synergies between the 2 Artists are maximized and the result of the combination of two elements is greater than the sum of the results that these elements would have separately. Thus, "Pop-Up Mash-Up" is nothing more than a sum of elements directed towards the same end, but where the sum of these parts is greater and where 1 + 1 = 3.

DOPPELGANGER | DEC16

GALLERY MOMO | JOHANNESBURG

Solo exhibition at Gallery Momo.

Opening on the 1st of December | 18H

Artists exhibiting at the gallery have been at the forefront of the local and international art world. These artists, through their respective genres, keep pushing the boundaries of local and international markets. The gallery continues to support local and international young-and-upcoming talent through its renowned residency program. This program allows artists to exchange ideas and engage with the new environment.

www.gallerymomo.com

ARTIST RESIDENCY | OCT-NOV 16

Art residency at Gallery Momo.

Gallery MOMO is a world renowned contemporary art gallery situated in the suburb of Parktown North, Johannesburg, South Africa.

The gallery was founded in 2002.

www.gallerymomo.com

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LISBOA - LESBOS | SEP16

WINDOW GALLERY

Solo Exhibition at the Window Gallery in Viseu.

The project was the result of a research about the refugee crisis in Europe.

LORNE SCULPTURE BIENNALE 2018

LORNE, AUSTRALIA | MARCH

Selected for the Sculpture Biennale 2018, exhibiting the sculpture "Everyday Life" at the beach front of the town.

The Lorne Sculpture Biennale (LSB) is a vibrant festival celebrating the best of Australian and international sculpture. It's a free public event held every two years, and over three weekends the stunning Lorne foreshore becomes the picturesque pedestal for these sculptures, and the venue for a vibrant program of events.

‘Landfall’ is the curatorial theme for 2018 and is devoted to pressing global issues of nature and endangerment. Artists use the medium of sculpture (including light, sound, performance, and projection) to explore this theme and the intersection of nature, humanity, and art.

CAPE TOWN ART FAIR GALLERY MOMO FEB19

Exhibited in the Gallery Momo stand at the Cape Town Art Fair

16 - 18 FEB 2017

SOLO SHOW "3014,49 KM"

LISBON | EDGE ARTS 28 SET - 02 NOV 2017

Curated by Inês Valle, "3014,49 Km" is an exhibition about the refugee/migrant crisis in Europe, about Europe and about new demographics. The research for this exibition started in 2016 with a trip to the Greek island of Lesbos, where I did volunteer work with the NGO ERCI and field research around the island colleting objects abandoned by refugees and migrants.

The exhibition opens on the 28th of September with the screening of 2 films by the syrian artist Issa Touma, followed by a talk between Pedro Pires, Issa Touma, Pedro Calado (High Comissioner for Migrations of Portugal) and Margarida Pinto Correia (Representing PAR - Refugee support platform).

GROUP SHOW | GALLERY MOMO

14 SET - 15 OCT 2017

"A Continent Beyond", opening 14th September at 18h, a group exhibition featuring nineteen artists who have helped define and redefine contemporary art within and beyond our borders.

The exhibition offers an occasion to reflect on the multiple journeys both from the artists, and also from Gallery MOMO. Over the past fourteen years, Gallery MOMO has challenged the seams that bind the South African art scene and burst into the international scene with a certain degree of conviction that has captured a changing country and continent through its artists.

Today, the continent stands at a particular moment to define not just itself, but history, art and space all together. This is a moment beyond republics and invisible borders drafted by men who stand now as monumentalized ghosts of the past – this is a continent beyond.

DELFINA FOUNDATION ART RESIDENCY

LONDON JUN-AUG 2017

Artist residency at the Delfina Foundation in London (UK), supported by ELA - Espaço Luanda Arte (Angola). From June until August 2017.

Founded in 2007, the Delfina Foundation promotea artistic exchange and experimentation. Creates opportunities for emerging and established artists, curators and writers to reflect on what they do, position their practice within relevant global discourse, create career-defining research and commissions, and network with colleagues. It forges international collaborations to build shared platforms to incubate, to present and to discuss common practices and themes.

In January 2014, Delfina Foundation expanded into an adjacent building at 31 Catherine Place in central London, becoming London's largest provider of international residencies.

Delfina Foundation is a non-political and non-grant-making foundation.

ANOTHER ANTIPODES | AUSTRALIA

JUN-JUL 2017

"Welcome Suit" exhibited at Urban Axis, Another Antipodes exhibition in PS Art Space in Freemantle, Perth (Australia).

Spanning across all media, from painting to video installation and performance, the Another Antipodes Exhibition: Urban Axis showcased over 80 works by 46 selected international artists and was accompanied by an engaging program of talks, masterclasses, screenings, and music events.

Utilizing Southern Africa as a touchstone for engagement, the curious are set to be rewarded with an exciting range of new African views, voices, and perspectives, highlighting the contemporary discussions and multicultural diversity of the region never before seen in Australia.

CURATORS: Valerie Kabov, Roelof Petrus van Wyk and Gerald Sanyangore

AMREF ARTBALL AUCTION

NEW YORK MAY 2017

Pedro Pires donated a fire drawing for the 2017 ArtBall auction of AMREF.

Join AMREF Health Africa to enrich lives using your love for art.

Riding on the success of the inaugural event in 2016, AMREF is set to host the 2nd ArtBall which will honor El Anatsui, globally renowned contemporary artist from Ghana.

The ArtBall will take place on May 6, 2017, at the Milk Studios in New York.

ARTPARIS ART FAIR MAR17

Exhibited with the ELA - Espaço Luanda Arte stand at the ArtParis Art Fair

30 Mar - 2 Apr 2017, Paris, France.

CASA DA CERCA MAR17 | JAN18

Group exhibition "Fazer Sentido" at Casa da Cerca, Almada, Portugal.

Showing alongside Amélie Ducommun, Ana Mandillo, Ana Rita António, Edgar Massul, Gabriela Albergaria, João Jacinto, João Leonardo, José Baptista Marques, Pamela Golden e Susana Pires.

CAPE TOWN ART FAIR | GALLERY MOMO FEB17

Exhibited in the Gallery Momo stand at the Cape Town Art Fair | 17 - 19 FEB 2017

Showing alongside Ayana V Jackson, Roger Ballen, Maurice Mbikayi, Mary N Sibande, Joel Mpah Dooh and Khayalethu Witbooi.

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DOPPELGANGER FEB17

Doppelganger exhibited in Gallery Momo Cape Town.

15th Feb to the 18th Mar 2017

The title of his exhibition refers to a possible/proposed identity that the sculptures and drawings have, reflecting the social contexts of Johannesburg.

www.gallerymomo.com

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MU SEKE | PEDRO PIRES v BABU FEB17

Pop-up Mash-up at ELA - Espaço Luanda Arte | 3FEB - 1MAR

Opening on the 3rd February | 18H | De Beers building, Luanda.

Pop-Up Mash-Up

It is an innovative project in the Arts in Angola because it mixes the concept of "pop-up", something that opens for a short time in a place for a short period of time, and "mash-up" that, inspired by music, is created from the blending of two or more pre-existing themes in order to be fused. It therefore appears as a project with elements of complement and conflict, where 2 Artists are invited to work and to dialogue together and separately, but always in residence, in order to create a certain number of solo works and others in collaboration. It ends up being a kind of duet where the synergies between the 2 Artists are maximized and the result of the combination of two elements is greater than the sum of the results that these elements would have separately. Thus, "Pop-Up Mash-Up" is nothing more than a sum of elements directed towards the same end, but where the sum of these parts is greater and where 1 + 1 = 3.

DOPPELGANGER DEC16

Solo exhibition at Gallery Momo.

Opening on the 1st of December | 18H

Artists exhibiting at the gallery have been at the forefront of the local and international art world. These artists, through their respective genres, keep pushing the boundaries of local and international markets. The gallery continues to support local and international young-and-upcoming talent through its renowned residency program. This program allows artists to exchange ideas and engage with the new environment.

www.gallerymomo.com