INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2024 – “(A)NORMALIZAÇÕES”, Individual exhibition at “Galeria Jorge Martins”, Marinha Grande, Portugal.
2023 - The Second Contemporary Collage Festival CUTOUT «Freedom Index / Dualism of Freedom», Kyiv – Paris. Special International Invited Artist
2023 – “Best of Da Vinci Selection”, Collective by Art in Places (NWFG - No Word From Glue), ON-OFF STUDIO, Paris, France.
2023 – “Da Vinci Selection”, Collective by Art in Places (NWFG - No Word From Glue), Galerie ANSPACH, Brussels, Belgium.
2022 – "CUTOUT AGAIN - Ukrainian Contemporary Collage Festival", International Invited Artist, Curators: Annete Sagal, Katya Syta, and Olha Syta, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2022 – “Otoño en Madrid”, Collective by Imaguru Club, Madrid, Spain.
2022 - “Post It Collage Expo”, Collective by Coupe Collage Collective, Bibliotheek De Krook, Ghent, Belgium.
2022 – “1º Ciclo de Música Exploratória Portuguesa - 10 artistas emissores, 10 artistas recetores”, Collective, Associação Cultural Fade In, Leiria, Portugal.
2021 - “Fuera de la Caja”, Museu del Mar, Santa Pola, Spain, Curator: Loredana Trestin with the collaboration of Prof. Valeriano Venneri (Italy)2021 - "Cut Out - First Ukrainian Contemporary Collage Festival", Invited Artist, Curators: Annete Sagal, Katya Syta, and Olha Syta, Kiev, Ukraine
2021 - "CUTOUT - First Ukrainian Contemporary Collage Festival", Special Invited International Artist, Curators: Annete Sagal, Katya Syta, and Olha Syta, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021 - "Differenze e Analogie del Colore", Collective Contemporary Art Exhibition, Genoa Palazzo Ducal, Curator: Loredana Trestin, Genoa, Italy
2021 - "Controparte (Counterpart)", Collective Contemporary Art Exhibition, at Genoa Palazzo Saluzzo, Curator: Loredana Trestin, Genoa, Italy
2020 – “Portable Allegorical Spaces” Individual collage exhibition, at Ámbito Cultural, El Corte Inglés, Alicante, Spain
2020 – “Glu3on Art Pieces” Individual collage exhibition, at FUNDESEM Business School, Alicante, Spain
2018 – “Dreamscapes” Individual collage exhibition, at Galeria Jorge Martins, Marinha Grande, Portugal
2017 – “Entremuralhas” – individual collage at XVIII International Gothic Festival, Leiria, “Diving Into Art”, Leiria, Portugal.
2010 - 8th International Biennial of Industrial Design and Visual Arts - “Visual Arts: The Glass and Industrial Design" of Marinha Grande, Portugal.
2009 - Individual Painting in "Alinhavar" in Leiria, "AL! DE - The Liberation of Space - Revisited", Leiria, Portugal.
2009 - Collective "Contemporaries: Contemporary Portuguese Artistic Glass" at the Museum of Glass, Marinha Grande, Portugal
2008 - First Honorable Mention at the 7th International Biennial of Visual Arts "The Glass in the Art and the Art of Glass" - Prize Painter Fernando de Azevedo, Marinha Grande, Portugal.
2007 - Collective "Artists of the Earth" at the Popular Recreation Center Pocariça, Leiria, Portugal.
2005 - 3 Artists Collective painting and sculpture at the Grand Opening of the “Gallery Marinhenese”, Marinha Grande, Portugal.
2001 - Individual Painting in Leiria District Archive - "AL! DE - The Liberation of Space II", Leiria, Portugal.
2000 - Individual Painting in “Alinhavar” – Leiria - "AL! DE - The Liberation of Space", Leiria, Portugal.
1999 - Individual Painting in Opera Prima, Marinha Grande, entitled "A look under the walls of my bedroom", Marinha Grande, Portugal.
1994 – In situ Sculpture / Intervention / installation in the April 25th Big Square, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal.
1994 - In partnership with the Sculptor Daniel Almeida, the installation "1 hurray to Almada Negreiros" in the MATEL’s exhibitions room, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal.
1993 - Individual sculpture entitled "Siege" in the MATEL’s exhibition room, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal.
1989 - Collective "Young Artists" in the Tourist Office Gallery of Marinha Grande, Portugal.
THE BIO
Simão Matos is passioned professional in Fine Arts and Arts Education. Born in Portugal in 1973, he has dedicated his career to the pursuit of knowledge and excellence in the field of arts and education. He moved to Spain in 2012 and currently works at the European School of Alicante, where he is seconded by the Portuguese Ministry of Education.
Simão began his journey in the arts by receiving his Fine Arts degree from the prestigious Arts and Design Institute of Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. He then went on to specialize in arts education at the Education Institute of Leiria, also in Portugal. To expand his horizons, he completed a Postgraduate Degree in Expressive Therapies and Transdisciplinary Art Therapy at the European University of Valencia, Spain, in 2015.
In 2018, Simão achieved his Master's Degree in Creative Therapies and Art Therapy at the University of Murcia, Spain, where later has inspired and motivated other students several times, as an invited teacher sharing his experience in developing workshop.
In 2019, Simão completed his Master's Degree in School Administration and Management at "Universidade Aberta," Lisbon, Portugal. His dissertation, titled "Being through the Arts," is a testament to his innovative thinking and his commitment to excellence. The dissertation explored how Art Education can enhance school culture and organizational climate. The rectorate recognized his work as excellent and awarded him the letter of academic merit.