When I started thinking about writing this short bio I decided to make it personal. The following paragraphs will try to unveil something about me through text, that you will notice within seconds of our first encounter.
Years ago I co-curated an exhibition that, amongst other things, problematised the constant travelling done by the contemporary artist in order to exhibit work. In the catalogue's cover, subtly hidden in the text, there was an image that defined beautifully the nomadic lives and practices such as mine; it was a 'flock of accents'. Grouped like a flock of birds, there were the accents from languages such as Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, Israeli etc, swarming through the page.
I have recently become the new director of SSW in Lumsden. My past and identity, from Africa to Portugal, from The Netherlands and Scotland to Brazil, resulted in a 'flock' of different accents. I am aware that the time spent in this part of the country will contribute to an ever expanding and untraceable language.
Nuno Sacramento (b. 19/10/1973, Maputo, Mozambique)
Director of SSW – Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Lumsden, Scotland - www.ssw. org.uk and Shadow Curator
Education
Degree in Fine Art – Sculpture from F.B.A.U.L the Fine Arts Faculty, University of Lisbon. Postgraduation in Public Art, Maumaus, School of Visual Arts, Lisbon. Curatorial Trainning Programme, DeAppel Foundation, Amsterdam (Bursary from the Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal). PhD in Curation titled Shadow Curating: A Critical Portfolio. School of Media Arts and Imaging, University of Dundee (bursary from FCT – Ministério para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal). Post-Doctoral research as Shadow Curator at F.B.A.U.L the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon.
Selected projects
1999 Quartos, Chambres, Zimmer, Rooms, F.B.A.U.L, the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon.
2000 Projecto Baliza, Baliza Bar, Lisbon. O Carteiro Bate Sempre duas Vezes, Museu das Comunicações, Lisbon.
2001 Disseminações, Culturgest, Lisbon. Inthemeantime, DeAppel Foundation, Amsterdam. Verão, Galeria Quadrum, Lisbon. Philip Huyghe – Fistula, MUKHA, Antwerp.
2003 Heróis e Vilões, Galeria Quadrum, Lisbon. Shadow Curating, University of Dundee, Dundee.
2004 4th Year Expo, University of Dundee, Dundee. Bsides - The Sculpture Show, VRC, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. Art Cup, Galeria Quadrum e Campo de futebol do Grupo Desportivo Estoril-Praia (with Roderick Buchanan).
2005 Art Cup, Situated Self, Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade and Partizan Belgrade / Tennis Palace and Käpylä Sports Center, Helsinki (with Roderick Buchanan). Bsides – The Sculpture Show, East End Old jail, Glasgow. A-Tipis – Oerol Festival, Island of Terschelling - Parc de La Villete, Paris - Gentse Feesten, Ghent. Residency at La Criee, Rennes (with Roderick Buchanan). Situational Scripting, Radiator Festival Symposium, Nottingham.
2006 Impromptu curatorial experiment, East End Old Jail, Glasgow. Art Cup - Salon des Refusés, Deveron Arts and Huntly FC, Huntly (with Roderick Buchanan). Shadow Curator at Deveron Arts, Huntly. Speakers Corner, Galeria do Ministério das Finanças, Lisbon.
2007 Six Cities Design Festival, Aberdeen, UK (Including several commissions namely Monkey Puzzle Pavilion, The Shop, MicroCinema: Thinking Aberdeen, the series of lectures on Design, etc). George MacDonald of Huntly Festival, Huntly (With Claudia Zeiske). Research trip to South Africa and Mozambique Residency at Studio 2666 in Cape Town.
2008 Fabrico Próprio, Lisbon Research trip to Brazil. Shadow Curator at Deveron Arts, Huntly. Book about curatorial methodology (The Town is the Venue). Praktika, Creating a Critical Context for Socially Engaged Art, Huntly. Shadow Curating workshop at F.B.A.U.L the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon.
2009 Shadow Curating, A Colectividade at F.B.A.U.L the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon. Shadow Curator at the Blauwe Huis, Amsterdam. Research trip to São Tomé and Princípe. Project Nó - Colective of Colectives, Lisbon.
2010 Member of the executive committee of the anual congress CSO’2010 – Criadores Sobre Outras Obras and of the art research magazine :estúdio, Lisbon. ARTocracy: Curatorial Handbook published by Jovis (with Claudia Zeiske), Huntly / Berlin.