Rodrigo Ferreira

Rodrigo Ferreira was born in Paris in 1951, where he lived for much of his life. He lives and works in Frouville, Oise, France.

Between 1969 and 1975 he attended the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1984 and 1985 he held a grant from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the Villa Médicis Hors les Murs programme, developing work at the Franco-Egyptian Centre of the Temples of Karnak, in Egypt.

Since the end of the 1960s he has maintained a regular exhibition activity in France and Portugal. Among his solo exhibitions, those held at Galerie J. Casanova, Paris (1972), Galerie Etienne de Causans, Paris (1986 and 1999), Galerie Hélène Trautignan, Montpellier (1987 and 1993), Centro de Arte SOCTIP, Lisbon, with the exhibition Arqueologias (1989), Cooperativa Árvore, Porto, with Terra Incógnita (1995), Galeria Ara, Lisbon, with Via Antiga (1996) and Vilegiaturas (1999) stand out, as well as the exhibitions Horizons (2009 and 2010) and Parcours (2013), presented at Galeria São Mamede.

He has also taken part in numerous salons, fairs and group exhibitions, among them the Salon d'Automne, Paris (1979), the Salon National des Beaux-Arts, Paris (1982), the Bienal Internacional de Cerveira (1992), ARCO (Feira Internacional de Arte Contemporânea de Madrid) (1995 and 1996), FAC (Feira de Arte Contemporânea de Lisboa) (1995, 1996 and 1997), the Fórum Atlântico de Arte (1995 and 1997), Art Madrid (2009), Arte Lisboa (2008, 2010 and 2011) and various exhibitions in cultural institutions in Portugal, France and Egypt.

Over the course of his career he has also taken part in group exhibitions in venues such as the Casa de Portugal in Paris, the French Cultural Centre in Cairo and Alexandria, the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in Paris, the Centro Cultural de Cascais, the Museu da Água in Lisbon and Galeria São Mamede.

His work has been presented regularly in Portugal and France since the 1970s, maintaining a continued connection to both countries throughout his artistic career.