DAVID MAGALHÃES ALVES

David Magalhães Alves is a Visual artist and musician from Lisbon, Portugal. His works as a violinist and painter have foccused individually and collectively 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

2018 “Untitled” Mixed media on prepared paper 21x120cm

PAINTING

2018 “Untitled” Mixed media on prepared paper 21x134cm

2016 “Untitled” Mixed media on prepared MDF panel 60x60cm

ON DAVID’S PAINTING

[ Exploring themes of visual androgyny and identity degradation, David's approach to painting primarily focuses on a profusion of chromatic contrasts, intimately connecting an experimental diversity of matter and textures with divise lines or intrusive figures and illustrations; almost Cartographic in nature. ]

David’s visual works have been presented at several group Exhibitions exhibited works in several group exhibitions (such as “12x12” at Galeria da Travessa in 2015; Galerias Abertas FBAUL in 2015; ”#Momentos” at Atmosfera M in 2017; “Exposição de finalistas – pintura 15’16 belas-artes U. Lisboa” at Sociedade Nacional de Belas-Artes in 2017).

2018 “Untitled” Mixed media on prepared paper 21x127cm

2015 “#2” Mixed media on prepared paper 12x12cm

2015 “#1” Mixed media on prepared paper 12x12cm

2016 “Untitled” Mixed media on prepared paper 35x28cm

2018 “Untitled” Mixed media on prepared canvas 40x40cm

2015 “Untitled” Mixed media on paper 100x70cm

2015 “#3” Mixed media on prepared paper 12x12cm

2015 “Untitled” Mixed media on paper 100x70cm

2016 “Untitled” Mixed media on prepared MDF panel 30x30cm

2017 “Untitled” Mixed media on prepared canvas 116x89cm

2018 “Untitled” Mixed media on prepared paper 30x42cm

2015 “Untitled” Acrylic and Indian ink on paper 32x24,5cm

2017 “Untitled” Mixed media on prepared paper 30x42cm

2015 “Untitled” Acrylic and Indian ink on paper 32x24,5cm

2017 “Untitled” Mixed media on prepared paper 42x30cm

2021 "Caverna #9" Crayon on paper 29.7x21cm

2021 "Caverna #10" Crayon on paper 29.7x21cm

2021 "Caverna #6" Crayon on paper 29.7x21cm

2021 "Caverna #8" Crayon on paper 29.7x21cm

2021 "Caverna #5" Crayon on paper 29.7x21cm

2021 "Caverna #7" Crayon on paper 29.7x21cm

CAVERNS

Exploring the value of objects and art, and searching for meaning on the preconceived worth of creation.

A physical, analog, “somewhat-fungible Non-Token”, handmade at an age where AI fabrications and imagined digital and material scarcity dominates, this series sprang up in mockery, a companion to it’s epoch of equaly mocking rampant inflation and unemployment...

Based upon the portuguese expression “Não vale um tostão furado” (not worth a pierced penny). Representations of similarly molded objects resembling gourd like caverns, will be “minted” through a decade.

A currency of sorts, regulated by the eye of the beholder, to support an idea of creativity wholy independent, free from financial constraints.