VELVET DA VINCI SHOWS

ANTI-WAR MEDALS -- Artists Respond to the War

Anti-War Medals: -- Artists Respond to the War 2003-2007

COLLECT -- The New Art Fair in London for Contemporary Objects

Mirror-Mirror -- An exhibition in homage to Suzy Solidor (1900-1983)

Still-life / Natureza morta -- An installation of new jewelry by Portuguese artist Leonor Hipolito.

The Earring Show

THE NECKLACE SHOW

The Pendant Show -- Celebrating 500 Pendants and Lockets by Lark Books

WOOD -- Jewelry by Twenty-Six International Artists

COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

Portugal

EDUCATION

Graduation in Jewelry, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Holland, 1999

Exchange Programme GRA/Parson´s School of Design, New York, USA, 1998

Participation in workshops from different jewelry artists (Ruudt Peters, Bernhard Schobinger, Daniel Krüger, Ted Noten. 1995-2000

Sculpture, Ar.Co - Centro de Artes e Comunicação Visual, Lisbon,

Portugal, 1994-95

Jewelry, Escola Contacto Directo, Lisbon, Portugal, 1994-95

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

In-corporation, Gallery Reverso, Lisbon, Portugal, 2008

In-corporation, Gallery ViceVersa, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2007

Still-life, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, USA (solo), 2006

Recollection - Fashion Atelier Aleksandar Protich, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004

Tissue - Galeria Reverso, Lisbon, Portugal, 2003

Fashion Atelier Aleksandar Protich, Lisbon, Portugal, 2003

OGM - Galeria Quarto Escuro, Oporto, Portugal, 2002

Fashion Atelier Aleksandar Protich, Lisbon, Portugal, 2002

Glücksbringer - ModaLisboaDesign shop, Lisbon, Portugal. 2002

OGM - Café Valentim, Lisbon, Portugal. 2001

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

Things we do for Love, Gallery Platina, Stockholm, Sweden, 2007

Jóias Reais, Museu Histórico Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, BR, 2007

2nk Skin - Cork Jewellery, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallin, Estonia, 2007

Out of the Shell, Gallery Loupe, Montclair, USA, 2007

Skin Case, Pedras e Pêssegos, Oporto, Portugal, 2007

2nk Skin - Cork Jewellery, Biblioteca de Santa Maria da Feira, PT / Vila Bengel, Idar-Oberstein, Denmark, 2007

9010/9000 branco puro, Aborna Corações, Oporto, PT, 2007

The New Steel, Delta Axis Power House , coordinated by the National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, Tennessee, 2007

Impressions on Contemporary Portuguese Jewellery, LS LandskronSchneidzik Galerieund Kunstagentur, Nürmberg, Denmark, 2007

Thread of Silk - XI Symposium Ars Ornata European, The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, UK, 2007

As Jóias do Ar.co, Centro Cultural Portugês, Rabat, Morocco, 2007

The Earring Show, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, 2007

GOLD2007, Internationales Handelszentrum, Berlin, Denmark, 2007

SIERAAD2007 - Symbols of Faith, Amsterdam Rai, Europa Foyer, Netherlands, 2007

Look from within, Antipode - Virtual exhibition/www.antipode.ru, 2006

Two Close Ones- Tallin Applied Art Triennial/www.trtr.ee, Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallin, Estonia (cat.), 2006

Presentation of the series, How close are we from becoming things we like?, Mousse, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006

CircuitPortugal/www.circuitportugal.com, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006

Walkculture at DESIGNMAI - International Design Festival/www.designmai.de, DesignCity, Berlin, Germany (cat.), 2006

Maker-Wearer-Viewer, Contemporary Narrative European Jewellery, Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland / Marzee Gallery, Nijmegen, Holland (cat.), 2005

Blooming Design, jewellery & fashion accessories in Keukenhof, Oranje Nassau Pavillion, Keukenhof, Lisse / Pand Paulus Gallery, Schiedam, Holland, 2005

Long Strides in Tiny Shoes/www.longstridesintinyshoes.com, Huis Rechts, Amsterdam, Holland / Beatrice Lang Gallery, Bern, Switzerland, 2005

SOFA NY, represented by Sienna Gallery, New York, USA, 2005

The Nomad Room: Contemporary Jewellery, Intimate Space and Public Domain (X Symposium Ars Ornata Europeana), Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal (cat.), 2005

Closer - Interventions from the collection of the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (X Symposium Ars Ornata Europeana), Museu de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal (cat.), 2005

My World, New Crafts (Design Biennial - Experimenta Design)/www.experimentadesign.pt, Estufa Fria, Lisbon, Portugal (cat.), 2005

Portuguese Crafts, Flow Gallery, London, UK, 2005

Antonímia, Contacto Directo Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004

Meeting Point, Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão,

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal (cat.)

Hotel 275, Boston, USA, 2004

SOFA NY, New York, USA, 2004

Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts, USA, 2004

Galeria Shibuichi, Oporto, Portugal, 2004

Rietveld naar de Beurs, Amsterdam, Holland, 2004

Arte para Carlos Paredes, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal and Galeria do Palácio, Oporto, Portugal, 2003

Ponto de Encontro, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004

Collect, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, 2004

Anti-War Medals, 2004:

- The Tromsø Kunstforening, Norway

- Nordnorsk Kunstnersentrum, Svolvær, Norway

- Festespillene i Nordnorge, Harstad, Norway

- Electrum Gallery, London, England

Antonímia, Galeria Contacto Directo, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004

Aurum, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2004

Anti-War Medals, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, USA, 2003

Tédio, Kolovrat Lab, Lisbon, Portugal, 2003

R5, Galeria Reverso, Lisbon, Portugal, 2003

Jewellery for Couples, Aurum, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2003

TEACHING

Teacher at the Jewelry Department, Ar.co, Lisbon, Portugal, 2003-2004

Guest lecturer, Jewelry Department, Ar.Co, Lisbon, Portugal, 2003

Guest teacher for a three months project at the Jewelry Department,

Ar.Co, Lisbon, Portugal, 2001

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Gerrit Rietveld Prize, 1999

Represents the Contemporary Portuguese Jewelry at the Break 21

Festival, Ljubliana, Slovenia, 1999

Represents Jewelry in the Young Portuguese Artists Show at the IX and

X Biennial of Young Artists From Europe and Mediterrâneo and at the II

Biennial of Young Artists from CPLP, 1998-2001