Joao Trindade |
Joao Trindade provides a vibrant and often meditative exploration into futuristic cityscapes, geometric shapes and contrasting colour. His painting updates cubism, constructivism and vorticism for the 21st century, probing technological innovation and interconnectedness, challenging viewers to re-evaluate the relationship between shapes and colours.
Many of his works meld geometric constructions with visions of the city that blur into abstraction. Crisp lines and sprawling forms of his cityscapes seek anonymity and universality, inviting viewers in his words to “discover a jungle of pleasures far from ideals of beauty, creed, nationality and social extraction.” Some of these imagined “landscapes” are in transit, with lines fighting each other in an apotheotic battle. They balance order and chaos, vibrating with colours and shapes that are at once rooted and vibrant. Cubes are a constant presence, prompting viewers to explore the relationship between individual shapes and broader forms. They underscore the interrelation of life, people and objects in a technological age. These shapes are an element of the broader storywhich while often abstract seems to resonate with places both familiar and imagined. They build on the work of Portuguese modernists including Almada Negreiros, Nadir Afonso, Angelo de Sousa, Cargaleiro and Vieira da Silva. Trindade admires some of these artists on how they stood side-line and made stands against the system, motivating him to use art as a subversive medium. The works inundate the viewer with information, allowing the individual to discover. Each acquires its own identity and leaves a very personal and unique impression. Exhibitions What's the Point, Menier Gallery London, 2019 Fluid/Flu:ID, The Ballery, Berlin, 2019 Tate Staff Biennale, Tate Modern Bankside London, 2019 BrOther, Menier Gallery London, 2018 Inside Job , Tate Modern Bankside London, Inside Job 2018 Solo Show, Prema Arts Gloucestershire 2017 We'R show celebrating LGBTI in London, Espacio Gallery, 2016 Urban Angles + Mono, Espacio Gallery, 2015 Wise thoughts Festival, Menier Gallery, 2014 Urban Angles, Espacio Gallery, 2014 Robert Grace fundraising , Candid Arts, London, 2013 A spot of Red, Menier Gallery, May 2013 Mélange + Fragments, Espacio Gallery , London, 2013 Espacio Gallery Opening+ Harmony, Espacio Gallery, 2012 Robert Grace Trust 25th Birthday, Candid Arts, London, 2012 Art For Survivors, Candid Arts, London, 2011 Mayfest Art Show , Notting Hill, London, 2011 Reading Contemporary Art Fair, Reading, 2011 Art Paris, Art Fair at Grand Palais with Saatchi Gallery online, 2011 Elements, Candid Arts, London, 2010 Telas e não só - Contemporary Portuguese Art, El Corte Ingles,Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, 2010 Sketchbook Project Tour, Brooklyn Art Library, USA and Australia 2010 and 2012 Obsessões - Colectiva de Artistas Residentes, Galeria Átomo, Porto, Portugal, 2009 Colectiva de Verão, Galeria Átomo, Porto, Portugal, 2008 The Sound of Art, International Contemporary Art, Átomo Gallery & Northern Medical Assoc, Porto, Portugal, 2008 Seduções Ibéricas - Ibérica de Pintura e Escultura, Oeiras, Lisbon, Portugal, 2007 Colectiva de Acervo, Galeria Átomo, Porto, Portugal, 2007 Solo Show in the historic Casa Matas, Almeida, Portugal, 2005 |
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