Luís Damião Angola, b. 1978
Luís Damião (b. 1978, Luanda) develops his work around the artistic practice of photography. His process currently integrates a strong component of experimentation and research, focusing on developing new technical production and presentation methods.
His aesthetic constructions often refer to the universe of documentary photography but with simultaneous recourse to an elaborate staging of images. The introduction of this performative perspective results in the recurring fading of the border between what is documentary and what is fiction and usually happens to emphasize reflections on social and political experiences in the urban context of Luanda.
Damião integrates a generation of emerging artists who launched renewed perspectives on the subject of traditional compositions in the age of digital technology and image manipulation.
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NATUREZA VICIADA
Solo Show by Luís Damião 14 December 2023 - 16 February 2024We are pleased to present: 'Natureza Viciada', a solo exhibition by the photographer Luís Damião. With a curatorial text by Graça Rodrigues and Jamil 'Parasol' Osmar, the exhibition stems from...Read more -
BEYOND BOUNDARIES
GROUP SHOW: Cristiano Mangovo, Gonçalo Mabunda, Luís Damião, Nelo Teixeira, Rómulo Santa Rita, Uólofe Griot and Samuel Nnorom 25 October 2023 - 9 February 2024We are pleased to present the group exhibition 'Beyond Boundaries'. With works by Cristiano Mangovo, Gonçalo Mabunda, Luís Damião, Nelo Teixeira, Rómulo Santa Rita, Uólofe Griot and Samuel Nnorom, the...Read more -
PARAGONE: What’s with mediums today?
INTERNATIONAL GROUP SHOW 26 May - 20 August 2023In the context of the Lisbon Art Week, the international contemporary art exhibition 'PARAGONE: What's with mediums today?' will open on May 26, in three exhibition centres: Cape Verde Cultural...Read more -
Pocket Universes: The Policy of (Im)Possibilities
Group Show: Pedro Pires, Rómulo Santa Rita, Luís Damião, Benigno Nsito, Mariana Dias Coutinho, Stephané E. Conradie, Uolofe, Sapate, Mumpasi Meso, and Osvaldo Ferreira 27 January - 31 May 2023THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE gallery presents on January 27th, in Luanda, the group exhibition: “Pocket Universes: The Politics of (Im) Possibilities”. Curated by Jamil “Parasol” Osmar, the exhibition...Read more
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(IM)MATERIALITY
Group Show: Águeda's Art Center 1 October 2022 - 15 January 2023Following the success achieved during the presentation in Lisbon, and at the invitation of Águeda's Municipality, the exhibition (IM)MATERIALITY will itinerate to Águeda Arts Center in October. “(IM)MATERIALITY” promotes a...Read more -
(IM)MATERIALITY
GROUP SHOW: Not a Museum 20 May - 12 August 2022'(IM)MATERIALITY' is curated by Graça Rodrigues, Sónia Ribeiro, Katherine Sirois, Lourenço Egreja, and Diogo Bento, and exhibits, through three distinct nuclei, a significant combination of media, ranging from painting to...Read more -
Reflect #2 - FRAGMENTS, FRAGILITIES, MEMORIES
GROUP SHOW: THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART, BELGRADE (SERBIA) 13 April - 31 August 2022The exhibition 'Reflect#2 - FRAGMENTS, FRAGILITIES, MEMORIES,' held at the Museum of African Art in Belgrade (Serbia) in collaboration with THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE Art Gallery, contains carefully...Read more -
DISCOURSES OF DECOLONIALITY
Group Show: Not a Museum 24 June - 30 September 2020THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE art gallery, in partnership with Not A Museum - Art Mexto, presents the exhibition “Discourses of Decoloniality'. It will be on display between June...Read more
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Luís Damião - Photography
Solo Show: Luís Damião 18 December 2019 - 31 January 2020THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE Art Gallery presents from December 18 to January 31, 2020, a solo exhibition by the Angolan artist Luís Damião. The exhibition includes a set...Read more -
Intersections - Within the Global South
Group Show: Galeria Banco Económico 26 November 2019 - 16 January 2020THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE art gallery, the Banco Económico, and the South African Gallery MOMO, present, in Luanda: “Intersections - Within the Global South”. The exhibition puts in...Read more
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African Galleries Now x Artsy 2022
Group Show: BARBARA WILDENBOER, OSVALDO FERREIRA, PATRICK BONGOY, and LUÍS DAMIÃO 30 March - 17 April 2022In the 2022 edition of “African Galleries Now,” THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE Art Gallery presents unique artworksby BARBARA WILDENBOER, OSVALDO FERREIRA, PATRICK BONGOY...Read more -
African Galleries Now x Artsy 2020
Group Show: ALIDA RODRIGUES, LUÍS DAMIÃO, RENÉ TAVARES, and OSVALDO FERREIRA 23 November - 13 December 2020THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE is showing a curated project with unreleased works of photography by ALIDA RODRIGUES (Angola), LUÍS DAMIÃO (Angola), and RENÉ...Read more -
ARCO Lisboa 2020
Group Show: Januário Jano, Patrick Bongoy, Pedro Pires, Nelo Teixeira, Gonçalo Mabunda, Luís Damião, and René Tavares 20 May - 14 June 2020For ARCO Art Fair 2020, This Is Not a White Cube presents a project connecting unreleased artworks by 7 contemporary artists from Angola, Mozambique, DRC,...Read more
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Artists show collective performance at the Banco Económico gallery
Jornal O País, 28 November 2019 -
Painting of eight countries in collective show
Mário Cohen, Jornal de Angola, 29 November 2019 -
(IM)MATERIALITY Águeda's Art Centre
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(IM)MATERIALITY: NOT A MUSEUM receives international art exhibition
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Águeda Arts Center hosts exhibition of more than 40 artists: a reflection on the materiality and immateriality
Comunidade Cultura e Arte, 26 September 2022 -
Angolan artists participate in international exhibition
Roque Silva, Jornal de Angola, 24 May 2023 -
Collective Exhibition: Intersections - Within the Global South
Juciria Rodrigues, Jornal Mercado, 2 December 2019 -
International Contemporary Art Exhibition will be in Lisbon starting May 26
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LUÍS DAMIÃO | EXHIBITES IN VILA ALICE, LUANDA
JORNAL ANGOLA, 25 December 2019 -
Photographer Luís Damião in artistic residence in Portugal
Jornal de Angola, 12 August 2021 -
REFLECT #2: FRAGMENTS, FRAGILITIES, MEMORIES
por VÁRIOS, Buala, 13 April 2022 -
REFLECT #2: FRAGMENTS, FRAGILITIES, MEMORIES The Museum of African Art, Belgrade
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This Is NOT A White Cube e MOMO Gallery promovem exposição “Intersections – Within the Global South”
Jucíria Rodrigues, Jornal Vanguarda, 1 January 2020
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BEYOND BOUNDARIES
VIDEO OF THE GROUP SHOW BY CRISTIANO MANGOVO, GONÇALO MABUNDA, LUÍS DAMIÃO, NELO TEIXEIRA, RÓMULO SANTA RITA, UÓLOFE GRIOT AND SAMUEL NNOROM 23 January 2024 -
Discourses de Decoloniality
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PARAGONE: What's with mediums today?
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Art can help to overcome the post-colonial Portugal-Africa stigmas
Interview with Graça Rodrigues and João Paulo Sacadura 6 June 2022Interview with Graça Rodrigues, conducted by journalist João Paulo Sacadura for the Portuguese radio station 'Observador' - podcast 'Convidado Extra.' Graça Rodrigues is co-artistic director...Read more -
(IM)MATERIALITY
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(IM)MATERIALITY
INTERNATIONAL GROUP SHOW AT ÁGUEDA ARTS CENTER 1 October 2022
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NATUREZA VICIADA | Solo Show by Luís Damião
Exhibition Catalogue 2024A4, 52 pagesRead more
Publisher: THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE
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Reflect #2 - FRAGMENTS, FRAGILITIES, MEMORIES
Exhibition Catalogue by The Museum of African Art - Belgrade Ana Knežević, Emilia Epštajn, Graça Rodrigues, Sónia Ribeiro, and Marcos Jinguba, 2022Book, 104 pagesRead more
Publisher: The Museum of African Art - the Veda and Dr. Zdravko Pečar Collection
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Visions on Sustainability - A Journey through Art, Ethics and the Environment
ARTIST TALK AT CAMÕES - PORTUGUESE CULTURAL CENTRE, LUANDA 31 January 2024THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE gallery is thrilled to invite you to an evening of art and culture with the artist Luís Damião on...Read more -
COCKTAIL BACK TO CUBO
Pocket Universes: The Politics of (Im)Possibilities 27 January 2023Join us for a reconnection cocktail at 'Cubo'. In an open conversation about artistic models and practices, we welcome the South African artist Malebona Maphutse,...Read more -
African Galleries Now x Artsy 2022
Group Show: BARBARA WILDENBOER, OSVALDO FERREIRA, PATRICK BONGOY, and LUÍS DAMIÃO 30 March - 17 April 2022In the 2022 edition of “African Galleries Now,” THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE Art Gallery presents unique artworksby BARBARA WILDENBOER, OSVALDO FERREIRA, PATRICK BONGOY...Read more