Jose Vieira
http://josevieira.net
participant in
curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
curated by Agricola de Cologne
Celebrate! – netart features 2010
artists portraying themselves in film & video
NewMediaFest’2010
Born in Portugal in 1962.
High Degree in painting and Master Degree on Aesthetic Communication (Digital Art) by the University Art School of Coimbra.
Curator of FONLAD’s Festival (http://www.fonlad.net/index.html) and UAVM Virtual Museum (http://www.uavm.net).
Jose Vieira initiated hes artistic activity in 1982. By 1995 he turn to digital art producing hes first web project in 1998: “Embrionarâ€. The following years he realized two more projects: “White Projects†(2000) and “Shapes†(2002). After these first experiences and disappointed with the art system, invented in 2005 the “Unknown Artistâ€, hes artistic alter-ego. Also in this year he created the Fonlad Festival as an artistic project, more than a regular festival.
In sequence to this project the Unknown Artist Virtual Museum has been born.
Hes activities are center on art commissions (that are build like art projects), digital photography and video environments for installation projects.
Hes digital work is centered on the UAVM Museum and the Unknown Artist Project.
Selected exhibitions: Mateus Fernandes Prize (honor mention), Batalha,
Portugal, 1994; Installations РContemporary Art Journeys, Louṣ, Portugal,
1992-95; Franciscans Installation  Grateful Senses Event, St. Francis
Convent, Coimbra, Portugal, 2003; Cenographies, Block of the Arts,
Montemor-o-Velho, Portugal, 2004; Colectiv_AAA, Seville, Spain, 2004; Arad Biennale, Romania, 2005; Snap to Grid, LACDA, Los Angeles, USA, 2005-2007; Convergences, Tesauro¹s Gallery, Madrid, Spain, 2005; Ambassadors Prize (5º award), Chatellet, Belgium, 2005, MIAD 06, Venado Tuerto Digital ArtFestival, Argentina, 2006; Ars Latina 06 (MIDAC), Macerata, Italy, 2006; Bienal 3000, São Paulo Contemporary Art University Museum, 2006; Web Biennial 07, ISCAM, Istanbul 2007; Psychadelia  Digital Show, Future Sonic, Manchester, UK, 2007; Urban Actors #1, Seven Gallery, Coimbra, Portugal, 2007; Ars Latina 07, Mexicalli, México, 2007; Bienal de Cerveira, Portugal, 2007; Urban Actors #2, Foyer Europeénne, Luxembourg, 2007; Ars Latina camina (itinerancy), Castellon, Spain, 2007.
Net art works (selection)
Embrionar, 1998-99
Web art project
A virtual voyage through embrace period, center on the embryo and the development of hes child Mary. This project looks like a science project with drawings and photography’s.
White Projects,2000
Web art project
Web Gallery with photographs digitally manipulated centered on the white color.
UAVM, 2007
Web art project
Unknown Artist Virtual Museum.
Web art project center on the Unknown Artist. Four sections: collection, educational center, free store and commissioned exhibitions.
UATA,2008
Web art project
Unknown Artist Travel Agency.
Web Art Project center on the Unknown Artist Travel Guide Project.
Photographic projects (selection)
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(Unknown Artist series), 2007
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(Travel Maps), 2008
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(Travel Guide series), 2009
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(Un-artist series)
2009
Video projects (selection)
Playground, 2005
Video,2.10 mn
Video project for the Ant’s Installation.
Video centered on the children’s playground and recorded at the Little Ones Portugal (park with small versions of the major monument buildings of Portugal).
Unknown TV, 2007
Video, 1.19 mn
Video project centered on a TV set.
The naxus project, 2007
Video, 2.10 mn
Video installation for the “Alice and Minotaur†event.
Alice has been abandoned on the Naxus Island. A dance of the awakening and search for the absent love.
Travel Trip Boat, 2008
Video, 3.24 mn
Video Project for the UAVM installation on Fluxos Project.
Lumière brothers inspired film on a portuguese boat dock. A boat travel guide through the dock. Project produced by the UAVM Virtual Museum on the Unknown artist Travel Guide Project.
Storm, 2009
Video, 4.16 mn
Video installation for the Hot Corner exhibition. A video storm report. The noise of the rain and thunders goes out through the all building.