Francisco Laranjo is a contemporary Portuguese Painter

Painting

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 and Educator.

Laranjo was born in 1955 Lamego

Lamego

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, Portugal. He is Head of School of Arts and Associate Professor of Porto University and has been lecturer in many Universities in cities such as Bilbao, Ottawa, Sheffield, Alexandria, Sofia, Paris and Athens.
As an artist, he has exhibited extensively and in several countries: Portugal, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Canada, India, United Kingdom, China among others.
From his many individual shows, it is possible to underline the following in Porto

Porto

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, [Iter Duriense, Nasoni Gallery, 1993], UK, [Simultaneities, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry

Coventry

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 and The Gallery in Cork Street, London

London

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, 1997], Aylmer, Quebec

Quebec

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 and Toronto

Toronto

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, Canada

Canada

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 [Intimate Land, Chateau Cartier and Camões Institute, 1998], Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, Brasil [Espelho, Museum of the Republic, 2002], Riga

Riga

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, Latvia

Latvia

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 [Recent Work, Latvian Academy of Art and Bastejs Gallery, 2002].
Laranjo received several scholarships for post-graduate research, including grants from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

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 (1981–83), National Scientific Board (Egypt and The Netherlands, 1995), European Comity (1995–1999) and the Goethe Institut, Dresden

Dresden

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, Germany

Germany

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Francisco Laranjo lives and works in Porto

Porto

Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

, Portugal

Portugal

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Museums and Public Collections

JAP, Modern Art Centre, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

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, Lisbon, Portugal
Institute of Contemporary Arts, Kunsan National University, Republic of Corea
Ministry of Culture, Porto, Portugal
Ministry of Financies Collection, Lisbon, Portugal
Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Museum, Amarante, Portugal
Serralves Foundation

Serralves Foundation

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 Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
MARGS, Museu de Arte de Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
ASP, Museum Wroclaw, Poland
Macao Cultural Centre, People’s Republic of China
Teixeira Lopes House Museum, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Other institutions in which is represented

Banco Borges & Irmão,
Banco Comercial de Macau,
Millennium - BCP,
Banco de Fomento Nacional,
Banco de Portugal,
Banco Espírito Santo & Comercial de Lisboa,
Banco Internacional do Funchal,
Banco Português do Atlântico,
Banco Português de Investimento,
Banque Nationale de Paris,
BIC - Banco Internacional de Crédito,
Caixa Geral de Depósitos,
Porto University - School of Arts,
Porto University - School of Humanities,
Cupertino de Miranda Foundation,
Eng^o António de Almeida Foundation,
Fundação Oriente,
Porto Polytechnic Institute,
Portugal Telecom

Portugal Telecom

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Sources

• http://www.portoturismo.pt/index.php?cron=1&m=1&s=4&tipo=4 (Porto City Hall tourism website)
• http://www.axisart.ca/artists/franciscoLaranjo.php
• http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Laranjo (Portuguese Wikipedia page)