António Bolota / Works

Exhibition view: Mão-de-obra, António Bolota. Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal, 2021. Photo: António Jorge Silva, courtesy of Culturgest. Exhibition view: Mão-de-obra, António Bolota. Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal, 2021. Photo: António Jorge Silva, courtesy of Culturgest.
António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Arches paper and balsa wood. 36.5 x 29 x2 cm. Unique António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Arches paper and balsa wood. 36.5 x 29 x2 cm. Unique
António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Arches paper, balsa wood and pressed cardboard. 36.5 x 29 x 1.5 cm. Unique António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Arches paper, balsa wood and pressed cardboard. 36.5 x 29 x 1.5 cm. Unique
António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Paper Arches and balsa wood. 36.5 x 29 x 3 cm. Unique António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Paper Arches and balsa wood. 36.5 x 29 x 3 cm. Unique
António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Paper Arches and balsa wood 36.5 x 29 x 1.5 cm. Uni António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Paper Arches and balsa wood 36.5 x 29 x 1.5 cm. Uni
António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. White reinforced concrete, 19mm thick extra-clear tempered glass and lioz stone. 250 x 99 x 318 cm António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. White reinforced concrete, 19mm thick extra-clear tempered glass and lioz stone. 250 x 99 x 318 cm
Exhibition view: Suspenso, António Bolota. Galeria Vera Cortês, 2020-2021. Exhibition view: Suspenso, António Bolota. Galeria Vera Cortês, 2020-2021.
António Bolota, Untitled, 2020. UMP 240 steel beams and ultra glued and tempered Museum glass António Bolota, Untitled, 2020. UMP 240 steel beams and ultra glued and tempered Museum glass
Exhibition view: Alexandre Farto aka Vhils + António Bolota. 23-31 July 2020. Exhibition view: Alexandre Farto aka Vhils + António Bolota. 23-31 July 2020.
António Bolota, Untitled, 2020. Steel rod and 15 mm tempered glass, 200 x 200 x 194 cm. Exhibition view: Suspenso, António Bolota. Galeria Vera Cortês, 2020-2021. António Bolota, Untitled, 2020. Steel rod and 15 mm tempered glass, 200 x 200 x 194 cm. Exhibition view: Suspenso, António Bolota. Galeria Vera Cortês, 2020-2021.
António Bolota, Untitled, 2020. UPN 240 (Fe360 Steel) and 20 mm tempered glass. 268 x 11 x 3 cm Exhibition view: Suspenso, António Bolota. Galeria Vera Cortês, 2020-2021. António Bolota, Untitled, 2020. UPN 240 (Fe360 Steel) and 20 mm tempered glass. 268 x 11 x 3 cm Exhibition view: Suspenso, António Bolota. Galeria Vera Cortês, 2020-2021.
António Bolota, Untitled, 2019. Acer wood, aguatint, shellac. 100 x 13 x 8,5 cm António Bolota, Untitled, 2019. Acer wood, aguatint, shellac. 100 x 13 x 8,5 cm
António Bolota, Untitled, 2019. Painted balsa wood and paper António Bolota, Untitled, 2019. Painted balsa wood and paper
Exhibition view: Ser Sombra [desenho], António Bolota, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019. (Photo: António Jorge Silva) Exhibition view: Ser Sombra [desenho], António Bolota, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019. (Photo: António Jorge Silva)
Exhibition view: Ser Sombra [desenho], António Bolota, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019. (Photo: António Jorge Silva) Exhibition view: Ser Sombra [desenho], António Bolota, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019. (Photo: António Jorge Silva)
António Bolota, Untitled, 2019. Balsa wood and polylactic acid. 106 x 34 x 38 cm António Bolota, Untitled, 2019. Balsa wood and polylactic acid. 106 x 34 x 38 cm
António Bolota, S/ Título, 2020. Exhibition view at Travessa da Ermida, Lisbon, 2020. António Bolota, S/ Título, 2020. Exhibition view at Travessa da Ermida, Lisbon, 2020.
Exhibition view: Assentamento, António Bolota. Galeria Quadrum, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019 Exhibition view: Assentamento, António Bolota. Galeria Quadrum, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019
António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Paper Arches and balsa wood 36.5x29x12.5 cm António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Paper Arches and balsa wood 36.5x29x12.5 cm
António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Arches paper and pressed cardboard 36.5x29x9 cm António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Arches paper and pressed cardboard 36.5x29x9 cm
António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Paper Arches and balsa wood 36.5x29x6 cm António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Paper Arches and balsa wood 36.5x29x6 cm
António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Arches paper, balsa wood and pressed cardboard. 36.5x29x3.5 cm António Bolota, Untitled, 2021. Arches paper, balsa wood and pressed cardboard. 36.5x29x3.5 cm

Zoom 1 / 22 Exhibition view: Mão-de-obra, António Bolota. Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal, 2021. Photo: António Jorge Silva, courtesy of Culturgest.

Exhibitions

Bio

António Bolota started his artistic career in the mid-90s, carrying his know-how in the field of Engineering into the artistic universe. The artist convokes this particular set of theoretical knowledge as he creates sculptures that challenge the spaces where they are built or fuse with their architecture. He completed the Advanced Course in Ar.Co – Center for Art and Visual Communication in 2008. Lives and works in Lisbon.
A selection of António Bolota’s individual exhibitions includes the following galleries and spaces: Travessa da Ermida, Lisbon (2020), Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon (2019), Galeria Quadrum, Lisbon (2019), Galeria Vera Cortês, Lisbon (2016), Appleton Square, Lisbon (2016), Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisbon and Porto (2014/2012/2010) and Pavilhão Branco, Lisbon (2010); Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Évora (2016) and Ermida de Guadalupe, Vila do Bispo (2010).
Group shows in which he participated include: Black Box: Potlatch, curated by Julião Sarmento, Museu do Caramulo, Portugal (2019); Escala 1:1. 21 artistas contemporáneos portugueses, Tabacalera, Madrid (2018), Cosmic, Sonic, Animistic, CIAJG Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães (2017), Sala dos Gessos, Electricity Museum (2016), Canal Caveira, Cordoaria Nacional (2015), Ar Sólido (2015) and António Filipe, Parkour (2013), Lisbon; LandArt, Cascais, (2014), How to Protect Oneself From the Tiger, 16th Cerveira Biennial, Vila Nova de Cerveira (2011), Estados Gerais, Artecontempo (2009) and Telhado, Interpress (2006), Lisbon. In 2009 was nominated for the edp New Artists Award.

António Bolota começou a expor em meados dos anos 90, trazendo para o universo artístico saberes oriundos da Engenharia, área onde radica a sua formação. Um conjunto de conhecimentos técnicos são convocados na criação de esculturas que se confrontam com o espaço para onde são construídos ou que se fundem com a própria arquitetura. Em 2008 concluiu o Curso Avançado no Ar.Co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual. Mora e trabalha em Lisboa.
Uma seleção das suas exposições individuais de António Bolota inclui galerias e espaços como: Travessa da Ermida, Lisboa (2020), Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisboa (2019), Galeria Quadrum, Lisboa (2019), Galeria Vera Cortês, Lisboa (2016), Appleton Square, Lisboa (2016), Galeria Quadrado Azul, Lisboa e Porto (2014/2012/2010) e Pavilhão Branco, Lisboa (2010); Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Évora (2016) e Ermida de Guadalupe, Vila do Bispo (2010).
Das exposições coletivas em que participou destacam-se: Black Box: Potlatch, curadoria de Julião Sarmento, Museu do Caramulo, Portugal (2019), Escala 1:1. 21 artistas contemporáneos portugueses, Tabacalera, Madrid (2018), Cosmic, Sonic, Animistic, CIAJG Centro Internacional das Artes José de Guimarães (2017), Sala dos Gessos, Museu da Electricidade (2016), Canal Caveira, Cordoaria Nacional (2015), Ar Sólido (2015) e António Filipe, Parkour (2013), Lisboa; LandArt, Cascais (2014), Como Proteger-se do Tigre, 16ª Bienal de Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira (2011), Estados Gerais, Artecontempo (2009) e Telhado, Interpress (2006), Lisboa. Em 2009 foi nomeado para o Prémio edp Novos Artistas.

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