Filipe Casaca (Lisbon, Portugal; 1983). Graduated in Plastic Arts Sculpture at Faculty of Fine Arts (Lisbon) and on photography at Portuguese Institute of Photography (Lisbon), in 2008. He frequented the Artist in Residence Yamanashi (AIRY) (Japan) in 2011, and in the same year was awarded an Artistic Creation Scholarship by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

He exhibited a minha casa é onde estás (my home is where you are) in 2010 at K-Gallery (Lisbon), and in 2011 at Pente 10 gallery (Lisbon), at Artist in Residence Yamanashi (Japan) and Begira Photo Festival (Spain). In 2012 he exhibited Blue Mud Swamp at Pente 10 gallery, and in 2013 at Museu da Imagem (Museum of the Image) (Braga). He was selected for the collective exhibition Young Portfolio Acquisitions 2012 at Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (KMoPA) (Japan), in 2013. At the same year he exhibited Affections at Institute Cervantes of Tokyo integrated on the exhibition Iberian Vision of Japan.

Published the books a minha casa é onde estás (my home is where you are) in 2011, and Blue Mud Swamp in 2012.


Filipe Casaca (Lisbon, Portugal; 1983)


Education

2005 - Portuguese Institute of Photography (IPF); Lisbon

2001 - Plastic Arts Sculpture at Faculty of Fine Arts (FBAUL); Lisbon


Artistic Residence

2011 - Artist in Residence Yamanashi (AIRY); Japan

 

Grants

2011 - Artistic Creation Scholarship by Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation


Books

2012 - Blue Mud Swamp - 56p, 26 color images, hardcover; Edition: Pente 10 Gallery & Filipe Casaca

2011 - a minha casa é onde estás (my home is where you are) - 40p, 15 black & white images, hardcover; Edition: Filipe Casaca

 

Solo Exhibitions

2013 - Blue Mud Swamp; Exhibition at Museu da Imagem (Museum of the Image); Braga, Portugal

2012 - Blue Mud Swamp; Exhibition and Presentation of the Book at Pente 10 Gallery; Lisbon, Portugal

2011 - a minha casa é onde estás (my home is where you are); Exhibition and Presentation of the Book at Pente 10 Gallery; Lisbon, Portugal

2010 - a minha casa é  onde estás (my home is where you are); Exhibition at K-Gallery (Kameraphoto); Lisbon, Portugal

 

Collective Exhibitions

2013 - Iberian Vision of Japan; Exhibition of Affections at Institute Cervantes of Tokyo; Japan 

2013 - Young Portfolio Acquisitions 2012; Exhibition at Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (KMoPA); Kiyosato, Japan

2012 - Begira Photo Festival; Exhibition of a minha casa é onde estás (my home is where you are); Granada, Spain

2011 - Between you and me; Exhibition of a minha casa é onde estás (my home is where you are) at Artist in Residence Yamanashi (AIRY); Japan

2011 - Emergentes DST; Exhibition in Encontros de Imagem; Braga, Portugal

2008 - Habitats; Exhibition in partnership with José Ribeiro, patient and artist of the Hospital Júlio de Matos, at Pavilhão 28 (P28); Lisbon, Portugal

2008 - Telegram; Exhibition at Potássio 4 Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal

 

Photobook Fairs

2012 - Rencontres d’Arles; Participation with the book a minha casa é onde estás (my home is where you are); Arles, France

2012 - Photobook Show Helsinki Museum of Photography; Participation with the book a minha casa é onde estás (my home is where you are); Helsinki, Finland

2012 - Photobook Show Brighton; Participation with the book a minha casa é onde estás (my home is where you are); Brighton, UK

2012 - Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC); Participation in Indie Photobook Library selection with the book a minha casa é onde estás (my home is where you are); Philadelphia, USA

2012 - Flash Forward Festival; Participation in Indie Photobook Library selection with the book a minha casa é onde estás (my home is where you are); Boston, USA

2011 - Atlanta Celebrates Photography (ACP); Participation in Indie Photobook Library selection with the book a minha casa é onde estás (my home is where you are); Atlanta, USA


Catalogues

2013 - Photographs by the Next Generation: Young Portfolio Acquisitions 2012 - Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (KMoPA)

 

Workshops

2008 - Photography and Image with Fréderique Babin (Editor Le Monde 2); Lisbon, Portugal

 

Contests

2009 - Encontros da Imagem; Braga, Portugal

2009 - Joop Swart Masterclass; Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

Collections

Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (KMoPa); Japan

Besart - Coleção Banco Espírito Santo; Portugal

Pente 10 Gallery - Contemporary Photography; Portugal

Private Collections