Carlos Noronha Feio
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Carlos Noronha Feio is a Portuguese
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

 artist. His work is in a variety of media, including video and book works, occasionally requiring craftspeople and industrial makers such as in a series of war rugs
War rugs
The war rug tradition of Afghanistan has its origins in the decade of Soviet occupation of Afghanistan from 1979, and has continued through subsequent military, political and social conflicts. Afghan rug-makers began incorporating the apparatus of war into their designs almost immediately after the...

 made in the Arraiolos
Arraiolos
Arraiolos is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 683.0 km² and a total population of 7,389 inhabitants. The small town of Arraiolos has 3,351 inhabitants.The municipality is located in Évora District....

 tradition.

Noronha Feio's recent solo exhibitions include "Snow wall, will you show me the way to restart it all?" Nogueira da Silva Museum
Nogueira da Silva Museum
The Nogueira da Silva Museum is located in Braga, Portugal.The museum consists of the legacy bequeathed by the entrepreneur Nogueira da Silva to the University of Minho...

, Braga
Braga
Braga , a city in the Braga Municipality in northwestern Portugal, is the capital of the Braga District, the oldest archdiocese and the third major city of the country. Braga is the oldest Portuguese city and one of the oldest Christian cities in the World...

, in 2010 and "A A and away" at Transition Gallery
Transition Gallery
Transition Gallery is a contemporary art project space in Hackney, East London. It is run by artists Cathy Lomax and Alex Michon. Transition Editions the gallery's publishing arm produces publications to accompany shows as well as two bi-annual magazines Arty and Garageland.-History:Transition...

, London, in 2009.

As well as being a practicing artist he is also the co-director of The Mews Project Space in Whitechapel
Whitechapel
Whitechapel is a built-up inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, England. It is located east of Charing Cross and roughly bounded by the Bishopsgate thoroughfare on the west, Fashion Street on the north, Brady Street and Cavell Street on the east and The Highway on the...

, London, with Mikael Larsson.

Noronha Feio is represented by IMT Gallery
IMT Gallery
IMT Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Bethnal Green in London's East End.-History:IMT Gallery was founded by Lindsay Friend in 2005 and launched with the first London solo exhibition by O Zhang. Other artists to have been given their first London solo exhibitions with IMT Gallery include...

, London, and Galeria Nuno Centeno, Oporto.

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