João Carqueijeiro
João Edmundo Lemos Carqueijeiro is a Portuguese plastic artist. He was born in Lobito, Angola on 25 February 1954. Until he was twenty years old he lived in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique and in 1974, after the Carnation revolution, he went to Porto, Portugal. It was there that, in 1982, he concluded his High Graduation in Drawing (under the direction of the master Sá Nogueira) at the Cooperativa Árvore (ESAP). He also graduated and specialized in Wheel, Raku and Glazes at La Bisbal Ceramic School, in Catalonia. He has taught Ceramic Arts since 1985. Selected works A small selection of some of works of João Carqueijeiro divided by categories. Sculpture (Árvores - tree series) Sculpture (colored clay) Plates Collective exhibitions 1986 – 10th Meeting of European Ceramists "Périgueux" (France) 1987 – Ceramic Art International Symposium at "Alcobaça" – Alcobaça (Portugal) 1988 – Modern Art Centre of Calouste Gulbenkian's Foundation – Lisbon (Portugal) 1988 – Contemporary Portuguese Ceramic Work "Leal Senado /Luís de Camões Museum" (Macao) 1988 – Árvore Gallery – Oporto (Portugal) 1988 – "L’Europe Des Céramistes" (The Europe of Ceramic Artists) – Auxerre (France) 1989 – National Library – Lisbon (Portugal) 1989 – "Palácio dos Anjos" – Algés