Born in Loulé, Portugal, 1978
Lives in New York



Education

2004-2006 MFA in Sculpture - School of Visual Arts, New York
1999-2003 BA in Anthropology at ULHT, Lisbon



Solo Exhibitions

2010 
The Unacceptables, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon

2008
Art Premiere, (with Pedro Barateiro), Art 39 Basel, Basel
Ricardo Valentim, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon

2007
Art Statements, Art 38 Basel, Basel
Film Festival, E-Flux, New York

2006
Lecture n. 1 (Lectures on Light), LEGION, New York
Film Festival, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon




Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2010                    
Teatrino Palermo, (project by Pierre Leguillon and Clément Rodzielski), Renwick Gallery, New York

2009
Serralves: A Colecção, (curated by João Fernandes and Ulrich Loock), Museu de Serralves, Porto; Film Festival, Cinema Passos Manuel / Museu de Serralves, Porto
Exposição *04. Espaço BES Arte e Finança, Lisbon
Sounds and Visions, (curated by Maria Rosa Sossai and Angelo Gioe), Tel Aviv Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

2008
Matter of Fact: Aftermath, (curated by Krist Gruijthuijsen) Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo; Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio Janeiro, Brazil
Notorious, (curated by Xavier Franceschi) Film Festival, Espace Expérimental Frac Ile- de-France/Le Plateau, Paris
Art Nova, (with Marcius Galan), Art Basel - Miami Beach, Miami
Manifesta 7, (curated by Adam Budak), Rovereto, Alto Adige/ South Tyrol, Italy
Mundos Locais, (curated by Lúcia Marques and Paula Rousch), Centro Cultural de Lagos, Lagos, Portugal
Art Premiere, (with Pedro Barateiro), Art 39 Basel, Basel
Memoria, Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid

2006                    
Contrabando, (curated by Carolina Grau) Galeria Luísa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Dirty Words, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon
A Delicate Arrangement (curated by Dan Cameron), David Zwirner Gallery, New York
Prime Time (curated by Amy Smith-Stewart), Visual Arts Gallery, New York



Awards / Residencies

2010
Rema Hort Mann Foundation, 2010 Visual Art Grant Award, New York

2009
Sommerakademie, directed by Tirdad Zolghadr, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern

2008
Premio Ron Brugal Artistas Emergentes ARCO O8, Madrid



Publications

Activity, Artist Book by Pedro Barateiro and Ricardo Valentim published by Christoph Keller and JRP | Ringier, Zurich, 2011.

Das Erziehungsbild. Zur visuellen Kultur des Pädagogischen (The Education Image. On the visual Culture of the Pedagogic), edited by Tom Holert and Marion von Osten and published by Schlebrügge.Editor/akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, 2010.

Internal Necessity: A reader tracing the inner logics of the contemporary art field, edited by Tirdad Zolghadr and published by Sternberg Press Berlin, 2010.

Temporary Collaborations, Artist Book by Pedro Barateiro and Ricardo Valentim published by Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon, 2008.



Selected Press

Valentim, Ricardo and Maier, Tobi, “Invented World,” in cat.  Film Festival Radio Program
Sardo, Delfim, “A Particular Meta-Cinema”, in cat. “Sounds and Visions”, Tel Aviv Museum of Contemporary Art,02. 2009, pp.152-153
Amado, Miguel, “Ricardo Valentim”, Reviews, Artforum, May Issue - New York, 05.01.2008
Soares de Oliveira, Luisa, “O olhar do antrópologo”, Ípsilon, Publico - Lisboa, 08.02.2008
Ayers, Robert, “Generation Next”, artinfo.com - New York, 06.15.2007
Clintberg, Mark, “Valentim: the art of education”, The Art Newspaper - Art Basel Daily Edition, 14.06.2007
Amado, Miguel, “Ricardo Valentim”, Critic Picks, artforum.com – New York, 02.19.2007
Pomar, Alexandre, “Ricardo Valentim”, Actual, Expresso - Edição 1735 - Lisboa, 28.01.2006

Collections
Fundação Serralves, Porto
Helga de Alvear Collection
Fundação PLMJ, Lisboa
Fundação Ilídio Pinho, Porto
Frac Île-de-France - Le Plateau