Nuno Cera
Graduated in advertising at IADE, Lisbon, 1995 and attended the Maumaus – School of Art and Photography, Lisbon from 1995 to 1997. He was awarded in 2001 with the João Hogan Scholarship by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for resident artists at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. In 2003 he published, with Architect Diogo Seixas Lopes, Cimêncio, a work about the suburban landscape. In 2004, he was shortlisted for the first edition of Besphoto – Photo Award. In 2006 he was awarded a residency at the ISCP – International Studios and Curatorial Program, NYC, USA. In 2007 and 2008 he received grants from the DGARTES – Ministry of Culture, Portugal, for his video project Sans, Souci, and for his artistic investigation on 9 mega cities Futureland, 2008 – 2010. He was the invited artist of the Portuguese Pavilion at the World Expo Zaragoza, 2008, Spain. In 2012 he undertook two video projects, II and Suspensão, in response to a commission by the OLIVA Creative Factory, São João da Madeira, Portugal. He was awarded by the Foundación Botin Grant for his project The Symphony of the Unknown in 2012 and the International Artist Residency Récollets in Paris in 2013. Participation with the arquitect Paulo David in the Biennale di Venezia de Architettura – Reporting from the Front, 2016. Photographic project for the Architectural guide – Álvaro Siza – Built projects, 2017.
