Quoting name: Manuel Furtado

Professional Category: PhD Candidate (FCT scholarship)

Research project title: O Oxímoro na Arte Contemporânea – Um dispositivo para o Sublime Pós-Moderno

Supervisor: Margarida Brito Alves, IHA-NOVA FCSH/IN2PAST Advisor: Maria Teresa Cruz, ICNOVA

Position(s) within IHA: RG Member [Contemporary Art Studies]

Thematic areas: Oxymoron, Sublime,  Postmodernism

Contact: mfurtadosantos@fcsh.unl.pt

CIÊNCIA ID: F211-F0E6-3A44

ORCID: 0000-0002-7848-2877

Webpage: furtadosantos.wordpress.com

Biography

Manuel Furtado is currently doing his PhD in Art History – Contemporary Art at NOVA FCSH (School of Social Sciences and Humanities) fully funded by IHA (Art History Institute) and FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology). Finished his MA Fine Art in Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London) and his BA Fine Arts in Coventry University. For 5 years he managed MUTE gallery (muteart.org) and was the curatorial team leader for FACTT (Transdisciplinary and Transnational Festival of Art and Science). He taught art practice and theory between 2011 and 2017 in Arte Ilimitada School of Art.

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Manuel Furtado é bolseiro FCT – IHA e está a fazer o seu Doutoramento em História da Arte Contemporânea na NOVA FCSH, é Mestre em Belas-Artes (Central Saint Martins) e licenciado na mesma área pela Coventry University. Foi o director artístico da Galeria MUTE durante 5 anos (muteart.org) e líder da equipa curatorial do FACTT (Festival de Arte e Ciência Transnacional e Transdisciplinar). Pertenceu ao corpo docente da Escola Arte Ilimitada de 2011 a 2017.

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Abbreviations:
RG – Research Group