CARLOS ROQUE
Born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1969
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2021
CARLOS ROQUE Presents: A pop-up solo show and a performance, Carlos Roque Studio, Brooklyn New York
2018
Nervo Óptico, Presença Gallery, Porto, Portugal
2009
Conspiração, Profecia e Utopia, Appletonsquare, Lisbon, Portugal
2008
Voyager, Presença Gallery, Porto, Portugal
Stratocaster, Presença Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2006
Feedback Baby, 3rd Ward Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York
2005
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Sugar No Milk, Joymore Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Mixtape Series Vol. 2, Presença Gallery, Porto, Portugal
2004
Cry Baby / Fly Baby, ISCP Open Weekend, November, ISCP, New York
Morir Soñando, ISCP Open Weekend, May, ISCP, New York
2003
DRIVE, Presença Gallery, Porto, Portugal
2000
Art Break Hotel, Emmerico Nunes Cultural Center, Sines, Portugal
Two Persons Exhibitions
2010
Mostly Shadows, Art In General, New york, New York. With Joyce Kim
2007
Urban Legend, LMAKprojects, New York, New York. With Alvaro Verduzco
2003
A2, Francisco Proença Júnior Museum, Castelo Branco, Portugal. With Ricardo Jacinto
1998
iLL Communication, Natural History Museum, Lisbon, Portugal. With Pedro Cabral
Selected
Group Exhibitions
2021
How Do I Measure My Gratitude, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York
REHEARSAL FOR A COMMUNITY / Portrait of a collection under construction (take 1), MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal
O Efeito do Observador, Centro de Arte Oliva, Porto, Portugal
2018
Germinal. The Cabrita Reis Section in the EDP Foundation Art Collection, MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal
2011
“Ready, Set, Show”, 174 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, New York
2010
Geography of Affection, Rooster Gallery, New York
Small is Beautiful, Caroline Pagès Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
New Paintings, 360 Broadway, New York
Read, Darke Gallery, Houston, Texas
2009
Leave No Trace: Ridges, Troughs & Phantom Limbs, ISCP, Brooklyn, New York
Inéditos, Presença Gallery, Porto, Portugal
Financial District, ISCP, Brooklyn, New York
Lá Fora, EDP Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
2008
Unreal City, Gallery Satori, New York
Lá Fora, Museu da Presidência da República, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Ponto De Vista/Point Of View, Works From The Collection Of The PLMJ Foundation, Museu da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal
Form: Video, Form-London, London, England
Untitled (On paper), Moti Hasson Gallery, New York
2007
Stream, White Box, New York
Giftland VIII, The Revenge Of The Giftland, Printed Matter, New York
Antimonumentos, António Henriques Gallery, Viseu, Portugal
Cidades Invisíveis, Faculty of Architecture University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
50 Years of Portuguese Art, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
Lisbon, Portugal
Infiltration and Sound(e)scape, Senda-Espai 2nou2, Barcelona,
Spain
Volume: Experiments with Sound + Video, 3rd Ward Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York
2006
Home Shopping Network, LMAKprojects, New York
En Voyage, Le Plateau, Paris, France
Carlos Roque, Pedro Castrortega and Marión Thieme, Espacio
21 Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Portuguesa 2006, Arte Jovem de Portugal, Somente Na Galeria Favo, Galeria Favo,
São Paulo, Brazil
"!@#$%", Artist:Network, New York
Art On The Street, Video screening at Joymore Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2005
Relative Density, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Desenhar Discurso: Digressões Sobre Uma Urbanidade Disruptiva,
XIII Vila Nova de Cerveira Biennial, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
Salão Europeu de Jovens Criadores, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Museum,
Amarante, Portugal
Zip Zap Gets Arty, Zip Zap, San Francisco, California
100 Drawings, Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal
2004
Baltimore Crack House, Joymore Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Active Duty, Studio 84, Brooklyn, New York
2003
Exposição Prémio União Latina 2003,
Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
Untitled, Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal
2002
Lost in Music, Casa do Macedónio, Lisbon, Portugal
Expect the World, Moi Non Plus, Parkaus Treptow, Berlin, Germany
2001
Sparring Partners Academy Art Collection, ZDB Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
7 / 10. Sete Artistas ao Décimo Mês, Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
North by Northwest, Caldeira 213, Porto, Portugal
2000
Heavy Metal, ZDB Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
Um Olhar da Contemporâneidade, Rosa Palace, Lisbon,
Portugal
2000 Green Spaces, Estufa Fria, Lisbon, Portugal
1999
Touch, HortaHouse of Culture,
Horta, Ilha do Faial, Azores, Portugal
1998
(A) Casos (&) Materiais, Círculo de Artes Plásticas
de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
25 Bienal de Arte de Pontevedra, Fissuras na Percepción,
Pazo de Congresos e Exposicións de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
O Império Contra-Ataca /The Empire
Strikes Back,
ZDB Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
O Império Contra-Ataca /The Empire
Strikes Back,
Sala La Capella, Institut de Cultura, Barcelona, Spain
1997
Anatomias Contemporâneas, Fundição de
Oeiras, Oeiras, Portugal
X-rated, ZDB Gallery, Lisboa, Portugal
1996
Titanium Exposé, Graça Fonseca Gallery, Lisbon,
Portugal
1995
Wallmate, Cisterna da Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de
Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
1994
Independent Worm Saloon, National Society Of Fine Arts, Lisbon,
Portugal
Curatorial
Projects
2004
Daydreaming, Slight Alienation, Cruel Kindness & Detached Sentimentality,
Joymore Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2000
Heavy Metal, ZDB Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
1998
O Império Contra-Ataca /The Empire
Strikes Back (with Pedro Cabral), ZDB Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
O Império Contra-Ataca / The Empire Strikes Back (with Pedro
Cabral), Sala La Capella, Institut de Cultura, Barcelona, Spain
Music
Projects
The Arms and the Legs. Rock n'roll music. Screaming vocals, explosive drumming and pyrotechnics guitar. With Jackson Macdade on microphone and bass, and Ben Anderman on drums.
Tone Scientists:
art project about rock music and rock culture. With Rui Toscano and Rui Valério.
Elastic Man: (94-97):
rock band.
Gary Cooper: experimental rock project. Noisy and funny. Joint together artists
and musicians.
Education
1994 Licenciatura (MFA equivalent) in Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon, Portugal
1988 Degree in Advanced Photography, Portuguese Institute of Photography, Lisbon, Portugal
Artist-in-Residence
2009
Studio On The Street, Artist-in-Residence at Forever And Today, New York, New York
2004
International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York, New York
2003
A Dois, CENTA, Vila Velha do Rodão, Portugal
2001
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Grants
2004
Scholarship from Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Luso American Foundation,
for the ISCP artists residency, New York, USA
2001
Mairie de Paris, artists residence at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
I.P. Foundation Visual Arts Award 2001
Represented in Public Art Collections
CAM/JAP (Centro de Arte Moderna / José de Azevedo Perdigão),
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
MACS (Serralves Contemporary Art Museum), Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal (as Tone
Scientists)
Col/PCR (Pedro Cabrita Reis Art Collection), Lisbon, Portugal
PLMJ Foundation Art Collection, Lisbon, Portugal
Ilídio Pinto Foundation Collection
Carlos Roque with Tone Scientists
Former member of Tone Scientists, a collective art and music project,
with Rui
Toscano and Rui Valério, to explore visual arts as a rock n' roll power trio.
Solo Exhibitions
2001
SlowMotion, ESTGAD, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Sparring Partners vs Tone Scientists (split show with the art group
Sparring Partners), CAPC,
Coimbra, Portugal
1998
Live at Malibu Beach, Art Attack, Museum Of Ceramic, Caldas
da Rainha, Portugal
Selected Group Exhibitions
2002
Expect the World, Moi Non Plus, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany
2001
Squatters, Serralves Contemporary Art Museum,
Porto, Portugal
1998
Art Attack @ ZDB, ZDB Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
Casa de Rute, ZDB Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
1996
Zapping Ecstasy, CAPC, Coimbra, Portugal
Selected Live performances
2002
DJ/VJ set at Serralves Contemporary Art Museum III anniversary, Porto,
Portugal
2001
One Listens, concert as part of the 7/10 – 7 Artists on the
10th Month exhibition opening, Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
1996
Concert at Titanium Exposé show, Graça Fonseca
Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal