Joao Urbano - Artist Info

About Joao Urbano

  • Biography

    Joao Urbano was born on São Miguel Island, Azores, in 1959. Urbano lives and works in Lisbon and the Azores.

    Urbano studied engraving at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, from 1995 to 1997. In 1998 he participated in the Kaleidoscope Program: The Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm and Tavira Print Workshop.

    Since 1997 he has been represented by Galeria 111, Lisbon.

    Since 2000, Urbano has collaborated with Galeria Fonseca Macedo, Arte Contemporânea, Ponta Delgada.

    In 1998 he decorated the Chapel of the Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo, Ponta Delgada, Azores.

    In 2014, Urbano created the work Pietá to integrate the Via Sacra of the Cathedral of Angra do Heroísmo, Azores.

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