Jorge Queiroz studied at the Visual Communication and Art Centre in Lisbon (1991) and the New York School of Visual Arts (1997-1999), and furthered his training at institutes such as the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.
His output is based on drawing, painting and engraving, and on the construction of scenes that reveal his interest in architecture, landscape and the human figure. He produces pictorial spaces rich in references which include comics and illuminated manuscripts, populated by tiny characters stemming from imaginative fantasy, At recent exhibitions such as the one at the Rennes Fine Arts Museum (2016), Queiroz’s scenes have been compared with Bosch’s Bestiaries due to the plethora of details and his boundless imagination.
The introduction to his first solo show in Spain, organised by the Helga de Alvear Gallery in Madrid, stressed the way in which ‘Queiroz shows his skill in using empty space and filling the paper with drawings crammed with different motifs. A myriad sources can be recognised there, either as quotes or influences. At first sight, figures can be seen that are reminiscent of Goya or Piranesi, but also of Mike Kelly and the classics of abstract art’. The text also rightly stresses the ‘visual promiscuity’ characteristic of images constructed on paper and canvas with barely any spaces left untouched by the hand of the artist..
In recent years, Jorge Queiroz has featured in group exhibitions at the Serralves Museum (Porto, Portugal, 2017), the National Museum of Contemporary Art – Museu do Chiado (Lisbon, 2017), the Federico García Lorca Centre (Granada, 2016) and the Georges Pompidou Centre (Paris, 2014). He has staged solo exhibitions at the Cidade Museum (Lisbon, 2015), Vene Klasen/Werner (Berlin, 2014) and the Carmona e Costa Foundation (Lisbon, 2012). His work has been part of international exhibitions including the London Drawing Biennial (2017), the Les Ateliers Contemporary Art Biennial (Rennes, France, 2017), the Berlin Biennial (2006), the São Paulo Biennial (2004) and the Venice Biennale (2003).
Jorge Queiroz studied at the Visual Communication and Art Centre in Lisbon (1991) and the New York School of Visual Arts (1997-1999), and furthered his training at institutes such as the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.
His output is based on drawing, painting and engraving, and on the construction of scenes that reveal his interest in architecture, landscape and the human figure. He produces pictorial spaces rich in references which include comics and illuminated manuscripts, populated by tiny characters stemming from imaginative fantasy, At recent exhibitions such as the one at the Rennes Fine Arts Museum (2016), Queiroz’s scenes have been compared with Bosch’s Bestiaries due to the plethora of details and his boundless imagination.
The introduction to his first solo show in Spain, organised by the Helga de Alvear Gallery in Madrid, stressed the way in which ‘Queiroz shows his skill in using empty space and filling the paper with drawings crammed with different motifs. A myriad sources can be recognised there, either as quotes or influences. At first sight, figures can be seen that are reminiscent of Goya or Piranesi, but also of Mike Kelly and the classics of abstract art’. The text also rightly stresses the ‘visual promiscuity’ characteristic of images constructed on paper and canvas with barely any spaces left untouched by the hand of the artist..
In recent years, Jorge Queiroz has featured in group exhibitions at the Serralves Museum (Porto, Portugal, 2017), the National Museum of Contemporary Art – Museu do Chiado (Lisbon, 2017), the Federico García Lorca Centre (Granada, 2016) and the Georges Pompidou Centre (Paris, 2014). He has staged solo exhibitions at the Cidade Museum (Lisbon, 2015), Vene Klasen/Werner (Berlin, 2014) and the Carmona e Costa Foundation (Lisbon, 2012). His work has been part of international exhibitions including the London Drawing Biennial (2017), the Les Ateliers Contemporary Art Biennial (Rennes, France, 2017), the Berlin Biennial (2006), the São Paulo Biennial (2004) and the Venice Biennale (2003).