Born in Loulé, Portugal, 1978
Lives and works in Lisbon and New York

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


 Solo Shows

2008
Ricardo Valentim, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon

2007
Art statements, Art 38 Basel, Basel
Film Festival, unitednationsplaza at e-flux, e-flux, New York

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

2004
More “Primitive” Forms, Project Room, CAV, Coimbra, Portugal



Group Shows (Selection)


2009
Sounds and Visions, (curated by Maria Rosa Sossai and Angelo Gioe), Tel Aviv Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

2008               
Notorious, Frac Ile-de-France/ Le Plateau, Paris
Art nova, (with Marcius Galan), Art Basel - Miami Beach, Miami Beach
Manifesta 7, (curated by Adam Budak), 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, curator Carolina Grau, Galeria Luísa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Dirty Words, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon
A Delicate Arrangement, (curator Dan Cameron), David Zwirner Gallery, New York
Prime Time, (curator Amy Smith-Stewart), Visual Arts Gallery, New York


Selected Press
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

Awards
2008 Premio Ron Brugal Artistas Emergentes ARCO8, Madrid

Other Projects
2008
eflux video rental, (works selection of Marcellvs L, Patricia Esquivias, Johan Grimonprez and Oda Projesi), Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa
A project by Anton Vidokle and Julieta Aranda
International Pastimes: Ricardo Valentim & Tirdad Zolghadr, New York
A project by Bosko Blagojevic and S.C. Squibb
Temporary Collaborations
A project by (Pedro Barateiro, Ricardo Valentim) with Wayne Gabardi, Susan Kelly, Maurizio Lazzarato and Jonathan Xavier Inda/Renato Rosaldo
Film Festival Radio Program, RADIO EPODE at Radio Papesse, Manifesta 7
A project by Ricardo Valentim and Bosko Blagojevic
Democratic Platforms = Mapping the World
A project by (Pedro Barateiro, Ricardo Valentim) with the participation of Cecilia Alemani, Fia Backström, Isabel Carlos, Liam Gillick, Raimundas Malasauskas, Ricardo Basbaum, Oda Projesi, and others.

Collections

Fundação Serralves, Porto
Helga de Alvear Collection, Madrid
Fundação PLMJ, Lisbon
Fundação Ilídio Pinho, Porto
Frac Ile-de-France\Le plateau, Paris