Gonçalo Preto
B. 1991, Lisbon, Portugal
Lives and works in New York, US
Education
2022-2024 MFA Painting - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, US
2014-2015 Fine Arts (Drawing & Painting) - Academy of Art University, San Francisco, US
2011-12 Exchange Student (Erasmus) - Kassel Kunsthochschule, Kassel, Germany
2009-2012 BFA Product Design - Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Grants and Prizes
2024 Dedalus MFA Fellowship (Nominee)
2023 Hopper Prize (Finalist)
2023 Louise Woods Grant - IIE
2022-2024 Fulbright / Fundação Carmona e Costa
2022-2024 RISD Fellowship
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2024
“Phantom Limb”, Andrew Reed Gallery, Miami, US
“A Cadência de uma Chama”, Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, Portugal
2022
Liste Art Fair Basel, in dialogue with Jaime Welsh, with Galeria Madragoa (PT), Basel, Switzerland
2020
“Untitled” with Santiago Reyes Villaveces, Ncontemporary Project Room in collaboration with Galeria Madragoa, Milan, Italy
“Meta Visions”, Online Show, Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, Portugal
2019
“Middle Finger Pedestrians“, Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, Portugal
“LIMBO”, Museu Carlos Machado, Ponta Delgada (São Miguel), Azores, Portugal
2018
ART-O-RAMA, "C1-ATLAS" Solo Booth, with Galeria Madragoa (PT); Marseille, France
2017
SWAB Barcelona Art Fair - "Interlude" Solo Booth, with Galeria Madragoa (PT); Barcelona, Spain
“FRAG-MEN-TO”, MADRAGOA ENCIMA, Galeria Madragoa; Lisbon, Portugal
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
“In Immanence”, Galeria Pedro Cera, Lisbon, Portugal
Dallas Art Fair, with Andrew Reed Gallery (US), Dallas, US
“Out of Frame”, Jack Barrett, New York, US
2024
“Prophetic Dreams”, Kutlesa Gallery, Goldau, Switzerland
MFA Painting, Thesis Show, Twelve Gates, Philadelphia, US
ARCO Lisboa, with Galeria Madragoa (PT), Lisbon, Portugal
“what lovers do”, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, US
RISD Graduate Show, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, US
Miart Milano, with Galeria Madragoa (PT), Milan, Italy
“MICROPOLÍTICAS”, CACE at Centro de Arqueologia e Artes de Beja, Portugal
ARCO Madrid, with Galeria Madragoa (PT), Madrid, Spain
“Blind Taste”, ARBAG, Lisbon, Portugal
2023
“Hyperballads”, Fabric Arts Festival, Fall River, US
“Silvers in the Void”, MAMOTH, London, UK
“Bucket List”, Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, Portugal
“In the Heat of the Night”, Andrew Reed Gallery, New York, US
“BIG OBJECTS”, Marvin Gardens, New York, US
“Painting with Butter”, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, US
“What goes around comes around”, ARBAG, Lisbon, Portugal
“Pintura sem fim”, Brotéria, Lisbon, Portugal
2022
“Figuration through Abstraction”, Andrew Reed Gallery, Miami, US
“Outras Lembranças, Outros Enredos”, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal
Triennial Exhibition, RISD Graduate Painting Department, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, US
“New Visions”, Andrew Reed Gallery, Miami, US
“O Horizonte é o meio”, Galeria Liminare (EGEAC), Lisbon, Portugal
2021
EMBORA: Live Viewing Room with Galeria Madragoa, Rome, Italy
2020
ArtVerona Digital, with Galeria Madragoa (PT), Verona, Italy
ARCO Lisboa - Online Edition, with Galeria Madragoa (PT), Lisbon, Portuga
2019
Artissima, with Galeria Madragoa (PT), Turin, Italy
“CABINET“, Museu Nacional de História Natural e Ciência, Lisbon, Portugal
“Active Synthesis”, Forum Arte Braga, Braga, Portugal
“There will never be a door. You are inside”, Collection Teixeira de Freitas, Fundación Santander, Madrid, Spain
2018
“COLA CUSPO”, Espaço AZ, Lisbon, Portugal
ARCO Lisboa, with Galeria Madragoa (PT), Lisbon, Portugal
“Nome do Meio”, Moradia, Lisbon, Portugal
“Approx.”, Galeria Madragoa at Sadie Coles HQ, The Shop, London, UK
2017
“SEVER”, Galeria Boavista, Lisbon, Portugal
2016
“BLUE”, The Switch Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
“BABEL”, Miguel Justino Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
2015
“4” , Cidadela Art District, Cascais, Portugal
“Spring Show”, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, US
2014
“Spring Show”, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, US
2013
“Means to an End”, Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2012
“Not Exklusiv” Rundgang, Kassel Kunsthochschule, Kassel, Germany
Residencies
2019 9th Edition - Walk&Talk Azores, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
2017 7th Edition - Walk&Talk Azores, São Miguel, Azores, Portugal
2016 CENTA Tapada da Tojeira, Vila Velha de Ródão, Portugal
Selected Press and Publications
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
Contemporânea - Article solo show “Middle Finger Pedestrians“ (PT/EN)
Text by Vincenzo Di Marino
2019
Umbigo Magazine - Article solo show “Middle Finger Pedestrians“ (PT/EN)
Text by Francisco Correia
Gerador - Walk&Talk Residencies Article (PT)
Text by Carolina Franco
Text by João Ribeiro
2018
Text by Marta Talhão
2017