Artistic Resume

Awards, Selections and Recognitions

2024 - Works selected for multiple Saatchi Art Editorial Collections
2022 - Selected by CEPE Switzerland (Portuguese Education in Switzerland) to celebrate World Art Day
2020 - Selected artist for the "Amália Rodrigues" Award, António Prates Foundation / Portuguese Serigraphy Centre (CPS)
2019 - Selected artist for the Escrivarte Project, an international creative writing initiative inspired by Rui Carruço's paintings and coordinated by the Portuguese Philology Department of the University of Salamanca, in collaboration with the Autonomous University of Madrid, the University of Santiago de Compostela and the University of Porto
2017 - Prix Spécial, 20th Salon d'Art Contemporain de Paris, France
2016 - Vila Real Artes 17 Award, Vila Real, Portugal
2015 - Gold Medal and 1st Prize, São Brás de Alportel International Painting Exhibition, Portugal
2014 - Gold Medal and 1st Prize, 3rd Estoril International Art Exhibition "State of Art", Portugal
2006 - Artur Bual Painting and Sculpture Award – 2nd Edition, Amadora, Portugal
2004 - D. Fernando II Painting Award – 8th Edition, Sintra, Portugal

Selection of International Exhibitions

2024 - Institute of Luso-Brazilian Culture, São Paulo, Brazil
2017 - 20th Paris Salon of Contemporary Art, France
2016 - Gaudi Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2016 - Affordable Art Fair - Brussels - Belgium
2012 - Galerie de Nesle, Paris, France
2007 - Broadway Gallery, New York City, USA
2007 - NY Arts Gallery Beijing, Beijing, China
2007 - Color Elefante Galeria, Valencia, Spain
2004 - DAP Gallery – dom artysty plastyca – Warsaw, Poland
2004 - 4th Centenary of Don Quixote de La Mancha, Socuéllamos, Spain

Selection of Individual Exhibitions

2026 - CNAP, National Club of Fine Arts, Lisbon
2025 - CNAP, National Club of Fine Arts, Lisbon
2024 - CNAP, National Club of Fine Arts, Lisbon
2023 - Art Gallery at Casino Estoril
2023 - CNAP, National Club of Fine Arts, Lisbon
2023 - Colective 284 Art Gallery, Lisbon
2022 - CNAP, Clube Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Lisbon
2020 - Casino Estoril Art Gallery
2020 - Galeria Municipal Artur Bual, Lisbon
2019 - CNAP, National Plastic Arts club, Lisbon
2019 - Casino Estoril Art Gallery
2018 - Art Gallery D. Pedro, Porto
2018 - CNAP, National Plastic Arts club, Lisbon
2017 - Municipal Gallery of Sobral de Monte Agraço
2017 - Gallery of the Tapestry Museum, Portalegre
2016 - Space PT, Portugal Telecom Foundation, Lisbon
2016 - Gallery of S. Sebastião, Portalegre
2015 - CNAP, Plastic National Arts Club, Lisbon
2014 - Vestigius, Lisbon
2013 - CB Concept Art Gallery, Cascais
2012 - Museum of the Republic and Resistance, Lisbon
2011 - Gallery AZO, Lisbon
2010 - Museum of the Republic and Resistance, Lisbon
2009 - Museum of the Republic and Resistance, Lisbon
2008 - Museum of the Republic and Resistance, Lisbon
2007 - Gallery of the "Engraving", Lisbon
2007 - 3rd Erotic International Salon of Lisbon (FIL)
2007 - 1st Expo Sexy, Portimão
2006 - Museum of the Republic and Resistance, Lisbon
2006 - 2nd Erotic International Salon of Lisbon(FIL)
2005 -Gallery of the Centro Cultural da Lourinhã
2005 - Gois Artist's House
2005 - Ethnographic museum of Arganil
2005 - Museum of the Republic and Resistance, Lisbon
2005 - Gallery of the "Engraving", Lisbon
2004 - Gallery of the "Engraving", Lisbon

Selection of Private Collections

- Lisboa Carmo Hotel, Lisbon, Portugal
- Vox Populi Foundation, Telheiras, Portugal
Patrice Trovoada (President of São Tomé and Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe)
- King Kigely V (King of Rwanda) New York, USA
- Ermias Sahle Selassié (Prince of Ethiopia), New York, USA
- ILona Staller (Cicciolina) Roma, Italy

Selection of Public Collections

- Embassy of Portugal in Poland, Warsaw, Poland
- Gerardo Martinez Primary School, La Mancha, Spain
- Town Hall of Sintra, Sintra, Portugal
- Town Hall of Lourinhã, Lourinhã, Portugal
- Town Hall de Portalegre
- Oureana da Cultura Foundation, Ourém, Portugal

Bibliography

- "Sombras da Arte", Vieira da Silva Publisher, 2021
- 2nd Gold Book of Contemporary Art in Portugal, 2009

Selection of Articles and Illustrations

- llustration for the book Last Call for Everest by Pedro Queirós, 2025
- Featured in Algarve Lifestyle Magazine, Winter 2021/2022
- Interview for Carrer Choices magazine, 2nd edition, March 2021
- Cover of the Journal of Derecho & Sociedad of the Catholic University of Peru 2017
- Book Cover “Appeal in the Time” (Apelação no tempo), 2009
- New York Arts Magazine, Vol 11, January 2006
- Art Fairs International , Jan/Feb 2006
- Megazine TV Guia, August 2005 "Art and Solidarity against AIDS" (Arte e Solidariedade contra a Sida)
- Megazine Unibanco, August 2005, "Auction in support of GADS" (Leilão de apoio ao GADS)
- Newspaper Varzeense, 15 August 2005, "Exhibition at the Artist’s House" (Exposição na Casa do Artista)
- Newspaper of Arganil, 14 July 2005, "Exhibition at the Arganil Museum" (Exposição no Museu de Arganil)
- Newspaper Varzeense, 15 July 2005, "Auction of solidarity" (Leilão de solidariedade)
- Newspaper, October 2004, "Portuguese artists exhibit in Warsaw" (Artistas Portugueses expõem em Varsóvia)
- Art Biznes Poland, October 2004, "Młodzi Artyści Portugalscy"
- Elvicities, Lisbon, October 2003, "Carruço wins honorable mention" (Carruço ganha menção honrosa)

Selection of Group Exhibitions

2026 - Galeria de Arte do Casino do Estoril
2025 - CNAP, Clube Nacional de Artes Plásticas, "Christmas Exhibition"
2025 - Galeria de Arte do Casino do Estoril "Autumn Salon"
2025 - Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes "5ª Essência"
2025 - CNAP, Clube Nacional de Artes Plásticas, "25th Anniversary"
2025 - Galeria de Arte do Casino do Estoril "Storytellers" 2024 - CNAP, Clube Nacional de Artes Plásticas, "Christmas Exhibitionl" 2024 - Galeria de Arte do Casino do Estoril "Autumn Salon" 2024 - Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes "5ª Essência"
2024 - Colective 284 Art Gallery "Cumplicidades", Lisbon
2024 - II Edition of the Trás-os-Montes Contemporary Art Biennial, Macedo de Cavaleiros
2023 - CNAP, National Club of Fine Arts, "Christmas Exhibition", Lisbon
2023 - Art Gallery at Casino Estoril "Autumn Salon", Estoril
2022 - Colective 284 Art Gallery "Solidarity Exhibition", Lisbon
2022 - Art Gallery at Casino Estoril "Autumn Salon", Estoril
2022 - CNAP, National Club of Fine Arts, "Christmas Exhibition", Lisbon
2021 - Colective 284 Art Gallery "Imperfect", Lisbon
2021 - Casino Estoril Art Gallery "Autumn Salon", Lisbon
2021 - CNAP, Clube Nacional de Artes Plásticas, "Christmas Exhibition"
2021 - Casino do Estoril Art Gallery "Contemporary Art 21"
2020 - Casino Estoril Art Gallery "Autumn Salon"
2020 - Art Gallery of the António Prates Foundation / CPS
2019 - Casino Estoril Art Gallery "Summer Collective"
2019 - Mostra Internacional de Arte Contemporânea - Art'In Lima, Ponte de Lima
2019 - Casino Estoril Art Gallery "Silent Poetry"
2018 - Casino Estoril Art Gallery "Autumn Hall"
2018 - Espinho Museum
2018 - Casino Estoril Art Gallery
2018 - Lethes Art Expository Project, Ponte de Lima
2017 - Grace Art Gallery, Lisbon
2017 - Art-Map Project, Braga
2017 - Lethes Art, Ponte de Lima
2017 - Guarda Arts 17, Guarda
2017 - Castelo Branco Arts 17, Castelo Branco
2017 - Vila Real Arts 17, Vila Real
2016 - Art-Map Project, Ponte de Lima
2016 - Municipal Gallery of 11, Setúbal
2015 - Independence Palace, Lisbon
2014 - Cascais and Estoril Parish Art Gallery, Cascais
2014 - Gallery of Papetarget, Lisbon
2013 - House of Santa Maria Museum, Cascais
2012 - Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon
2012 - Sintra Museum of Modern Art
2012 - Inter-Atrium Gallery, Porto
2011 - AZO Gallery, Lisbon
2011 - Torreão Nascente da Cordoaria Gallery, Lisbon
2011 - Sintra Municipal Gallery
2010 - ArteG Gallery, Viseu
2010 - Republic and Resistance Museum, Lisbon
2009 - Republic and Resistance Museum, Lisbon
2009 - Current Gallery, Lisbon
2009 - 5th Erotic International Salon of Lisbon (FIL)
2009 - Almada Culture Workshop
2009 - 16th Annual Meeting of Plastic Artists, Belas, Sintra
2008 - Oureana Historical-Cultural Foundation, Ourém
2007 - Lisbon Town Hall, Central CD Building , Campo Grande, Lisbon
2006 - Nazaré Cultural Center
2006 - Municipal Gallery of Fitares, Rio de Mouro
2006 - Cartaxo Municipal Gallery
2006 - 3rd International Exhibition of Plastic Arts of Sesimbra
2006 - Painting and Sculpture Prize - Artur Bual - 2nd Edition, Amadora
2006 - Oureana Historical-Cultural Foundation, Ourém
2006 - Republic and Resistance Museum, Lisbon
2005 - Art Gallery from the Olivais Shopping, Lisbon
2005 - Sobral de Monte Agraço Municipal the Gallery
2005 - Rio Maior Municipal Gallery
2005 - D'Arte Maria Manuela Gallery, Vila Nova de Gaia
2005 - 2nd International Exhibition of Sesimbra
2005 - 3rd Biennial of Plastic Arts of Santa Catarina da Serra
2005 - 11th Vendas Novas International Plastic Arts Exhibition
2005 - Municipal Gallery of Fitares, Rio de Mouro
2005 - Quinta da Beloura Golf Club Gallery
2005 - Quatro Montras Art Gallery, Viseu
2005 - Republic and Resistance Museum
2005 - Gallery Municipal from the Moita
2004 - barn da Vila Exhibition Centre of the Cadaval Municipal Council
2004 - 10th International Exhibition of Vendas Novas Arts Plastic
2004 - Library of the Junta de Freguesia da Mina, Amadora
2004 - Painting Prize D. Fernando II - 8th Edition, Sintra
2004 - Gallery of the Centro Cultural da Lourinhã
2004 - Municipal Library of Aljustrel
2004 - Municipal Gallery of Fitares, Rio de Mouro
2004 - Gallery of the Parish council of Oliveira do Douro, Gaia
2004 - Municipal Gallery of Fitares, Rio de Mouro
2003 - Library of the University Lusophone, Lisbon
2003 - PAC - Portuguese Association of Friends of Castles, Lisbon
2003 - 15th International Postal Art Exhibition, Barreiro
2003 - Oureana Historical and Cultural Foundation, Ourém
2003 - Gallery Gravura, Lisbon
2003 - 9th International Exhibition of plastic arts of Vendas Novas
2003 - Artecul, Alentejo
2003 - Municipal Gallery of Fitares, Rio de Mouro

Memberships

- Association Intenational des Arts Plastiques from UNESCO
- Gupo Art Portugal

Filmography

2023 – Interview for the Cinemateca Portuguesa conducted by Álvaro Queiroz. Archived at the Cinemateca Portuguesa | Cassette no. 1067.
2023 – Interview for Observador about the solo exhibition “Essência”. Available online on Observador.