DAVID MAGALHÃES ALVES


David Magalhães Alves is a Visual artist and musician from Lisbon, Portugal. His works as a violinist and painter have foccused on several ensembles and multidisciplinary projects, featuring in collective exhibitions and live performances at some of the foremost national venues, such as CULTUGEST (Lisbon); GNRATION (Braga); Teatro S. Luíz (Lisboa); Museu Abade Baçal (Bragança); Casa das Artes (Arcos de Valdevez); Sonoscopia (Porto), and many others.

Throughout his career, he collaborated with projects of different media and typology, working with internationally recognized artists such as: Gonçalo M. Tavares; Pedro Carneiro; Vera Mantero; Pedro Calapez; António Jorge Gonçalves; Carlos Zíngaro; Pavel Gomziakov; Natalia Tchitch; Iddo Bar-Shai; Tiago Bettencourt; Carla Caramujo; Daniel Garlitsky; Sofia Neuparth; Phill Niblock; Reinhold Friedl, among many others.

Currently, he maintains activity as an independent multidisciplinary artist, is part of the directing team at the EVERYSIGHT & EVERYSOUND project since 2019; is a founding member of GNU VAI NU multimedia collective; and is a founding member and musician at both of the acclaimed HEDERA 4TET and ZARM Ensemble quartets.


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CONTACT
WORK

2020 “Untitled” Mixed media on prepared unstretched canvas 100x140cm
PAINTING

A consistent search for both tension and equilibrium.


With HEDERA 4TET, at O’Culto da Ajuda - Photo by Nuno Martins
MUSIC

A colection of intentional sponteneity and braving the unorthodox.



Excerpt from GNU VAI NU’s “LXTOMAD” Official music video 
VIDEO  

A construction of contrasting memories in transparancy.




With HEDERA 4TET X António Jorge Gonçalves, at Lisboa Incomum - Photo by Nuno Martins
MULTIDISCIPLINARY

A quest for how sound sees, or how visual media listens.



PHOTOGRAPHY

A voyeuristic aproach to degradation and a longing for ruin.




ILLUSTRATION

A pursuit of the nonsensical and the wonderous.



EDUCATION

A duty to share curiosity and learn from others.






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