Miguel
Vasques / Michael
Wachsmann
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Born
in Portugal -
LISBON, 24th July, 1941, German parents.
Resident
in Hottenbach, Germany.
Architecture and
Painting at the College of Fine Arts in Lisbon and Berlin,
and in the Oskar Kokoschka Academie, at Salzburg (1957-60).
Grant allocated by the Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation (1988).
Joined
as an activist the Pacifist Hippy Movement
and subsequently followed Yoga, Meditation
and Macrobiotics studies.
Performed his
works in Portugal (Lisbon, Cascais, Guincho, Azores, Sintra,
Óbidos, Algarve, Caramulo), Guiné-Bissau, Canada
(Montreal, 1967), USA (New York Newark, Provincetown, New
Mexico 1968/71) Spain (Almuñecar, 1977/80), The
Netherlands (Amsterdam), Switzerland (Wald, 1988/90),
Germany (Munique, Hannover, Frankfurt, Berlin, Mainz, Herrstein).
Presently works in Idar-Oberstein (where studio is based
since 2000).
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PRIZES
and OFFICIAL STATEMENTS
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1963
- 64 - 2nd Prize, Bronze and Silver medals
and Special Distinction, in National Exhibitions
hosted by the JTCS, Estoril, (Portugal)
1964
- Prize Monotipia, at the Contest hosted
by the Cercle d'Art International Arti-Salla,
Paris (France)
1966 - Autumn
Exhibition 2nd Prize (gouache) - JTCS,
Estoril, Portugal
1986
- Prize Acquisition
of a painting, hosted by
the Centro de Arte Moderna of the Gulbenkian
Foundation,
Lisbon, Portugal
1988 - Prize Acquisition of
a 2nd painting, hosted by the
Centro de Arte Moderna of the Gulbenkian
Foundation, Lisbon,
Portugal
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INSTITUTIONAL
EXHIBITIONS
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Sociedade
Nacional de Belas Artes of Lisbon (Associated
member, since 1962)
Peace Movement, Idar-Oberstein
(artistic cooperation, 1975-81)
Amnesty International, Wiesbaden (artistic
cooperation and donation of one painting)
BBK - Bundesverband Bildender Kunstler, of Germany. (former
registered Member)
Mainz - Exhibition "50 years after GUERNICA" (artistic
cooperation, 1986-87)
ANAP - Associação Nacional
dos Artistas Plásticos | AIAP-UNESCO,
Porto,
Portugal, Correspondent Member,
for Germany and North Western Europe (guest,
between 1998 - 2000)
ARTE VIVA - Portuguese Art and Culture,
Hannover
(introduction of portuguese artist Mário
Silva (2000)
Member from Galeria CNAP - Clube Nacional
de Arte (Lisbon,
Portugal, 2004) |
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MUSEUM,
STATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
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Artistically
represented in several Galleries and Museums
- Portuguese
State Collection, Modern Arts Centre
of the Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation
- and in art centres and private collections
in several countries. |
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CULTURAL
PROMOTION ACTIVITIES
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1975
- 81 |
Participation
in the Peace
Movement,
Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Amnesty International, Wiesbaden,
Germany
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1981
- 83 |
Projects
completed on request by the Cantina
Eucalipto, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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1984
- 85 |
Organisation
and installation of the
Festival of Portuguese Performance, at
Gallery Makkom,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, cooperation with German
Environmental Groups - Herrstein,
Germany |
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1986
- 87 |
Cooperation
in the exhibition "50 years after GUERNICA", in Mainz,
"Aussländischer Künstlern" Exhibition, Mainz
Report Research (cooperation for television)
"Ihre Heimat unser Heimat", for
Germany in
Portugal |
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1997
- 00 |
Projects
of Colorwaves
group:
at the Pavilion International
Fair , in
Tokyo, Japan
at the
Expo 2000 Pavilion,
Hannover, Germany |
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2000
- 04 |
Study
trips for research and investigation for the economic-cultural
exchange, between Germany
and Angola
and North
Africa, Sahara,
Morocco
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2005 |
Cooperation
(Portuguese version of original arts review of German texts),
for the Book-Album "GAMBOA|cântico à vida"
edition Monastery of S. José - City Council of Lagoa, Algarve,
Portugal
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TECNICO-PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
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Artistic professional orientation of students (private
tuition)
Teaching professor at
the Arts courses of the Newark Museum,
Arts Coordination Council (1970),
Newark, United States of America
and at the Secondary School
- visual arts (1988/90), at
Mira-Sintra, Portugal.
Several professional
and inter-disciplinary projects:
Project
study for a Sanatorium in Wald, Switzerland (architectural
cooperation 1988-90)
Illustration of a book for the firm Bio-engineering, Wald,
Switzerland
Cooperation
with the Gallery Kreissprung- Herrstein, for the coordination
of Art, Jewels and Precious Stones Exhibitions
(1990-99) in Herrstein, Hannover, Amsterdam,
Oporto, Lisbon and Frankfurt
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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"PORTUGUESE
20TH CENTURY ARTISTS", Tannock, London
"DICTIONARY of Portuguese Painting",
Fernando Pamplona, Lisbon
"Revista de Cultura e Turismo COSTA
DO SOL", n.º XXI, April, Cascais,
Portugal. 1967
"Wachsmann | Michael Wachsmann"
Monography
(unpublished),
José-Luis Ferreira,
2006
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AUTHORS' REVIEWS
Portugal
( published and unpublished):
Mestre
Artur BUAL / Quirino Teixeira / Nelson
Di Maggio / António Valdemar
/ Architect
Carlos Lança
Professor
Architect
J.J. Braizinha / Prof.
Esc.
João Fragoso / Mestre
Mário Silva / Mestre
Hein Semke / Fernando Pamplona / Mestre
António
Lino / Pintor Luís Lobato / Arch.
Mário de Oliveira / Manuela de
Azevedo / Dr. Raul Rego /
Mestre
M. Cargaleiro / Rodrigues Vaz / Edgardo
Xavier / Egídio Álvaro
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Dr.
Eduíno de Jesus / José
Augusto / Dr.
José-Luis Ferreira
and others
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PRESS
ARTICLES, CITATIONS
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Reviews
in the Portuguese Press : Diário
Ilustrado, Diário de Notícias,
República, Diário Popular,
Correio da Manhã and
others.
Interviews
in Jornal
Diário Ilustrado
(1963), at
RTP(state
television) and the paper
O Dia (1981-83),
Lisbon and the paper
Diário do Sul (2004),
Elvas, Portugal.
Interviews in
the paper
Zürichsee-Zeitung (1990)
and several references in
Feuilleton
associate of the Wiesbadener
Zeitung and
in the Wiesbadener
Kurier,
and others., in Germany.
Report in the paper "O
Povo do Cartaxo"
(2004), Ribatejo, Portugal |
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FORWARDED
CATALOGUES IN EXHIBITIONS
(Portugal)
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Galeria
das Arcadas JTCS, Estoril, Portugal
Palácio Foz / SNI, Lisbon,
Portugal
SNBA - House of the Sociedade Nacional
de Belas Artes of Lisbon, Portugal
Galeria Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal
Galeria Artela, Lisbon, Portugal
Galeria Parlatório, Lisbon,
Portugal
Galeria Nacional de Arte I M. Pombal,
Lisbon, Portugal
Galeria Nacional de Arte II, Beléml,
Lisbon, Portugal
Galeria Atelier Luís Lobato, Lisbon,
Portugal
Galeria Paço Romano, Sintra,
Portugal
Galeria O País, Lisbon, Portugal |
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CATALOGUES
IN INSTITUTIONAL EXHIBITIONS
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SALÕES
DOS NOVÍSSIMOS
100 ARTISTS OF THE PORTUGUESE STATE COLLECTION
1988 - 6th BIENAL DE ARTES PLÁSTICAS
| Festa do Avante, Lisbon, Portugal
IV EXHIBITION ANAP - Inst. Port. Museum
M|C - IAC, Museu de Aveiro |
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SPECIAL
EXHIBITIONS -
Collective & One-man Shows
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1956 |
Exhibitions
at the Parque Eduardo VII (beginning of
the artistic professional career), Lisbon,
Portugal |
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Sixties
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1961
- 65 |
Salões
dos Novíssimos, Exposição
Nacional de Arte - SNI, Palácio
Foz, Lisbon,
Portugal
Autumn Exhibitions at SNBA, Lisbon,
Portugal
Spring Exhibitions at SNBA, Lisbon,
Portugal
Modern Arts Exhibition at SNBA, Lisbon,
Portugal
Spring Exhibitions at JTCS, Estoril,
Portugal
Autumn Exhibitions at JTCS, Estoril,
Portugal
Galeria Nacional de Arte M. Pombal,
(one-man show) Lisbon,
Portugal
Contemporary Artists Exhibitions at
JTCS, Estoril,
Portugal
Galeria das Arcadas (one-man show) at
JTCS,
Estoril, Portugal
1º - Contest 1964, hosted by the
Cercle d'Art International Arti-Salla
(of
Amersfoort, NL), in Paris France
Collective exhibitions : Galerie des
Jeunes (Drawing), Paris,
France
Maison des Beaux-Arts (Gouache/Monotype),
Paris,
France
Expo Medicina/63, pro-Associação
da Faculdade de Medicina, University
of Lisbon,
Portugal
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1965
- 66 |
Palácio
Foz / SNI, (one-man show) Lisbon,
Portugal
Galeria Alfama (one-man show) Lisbon,
Portugal
Galeria das Arcadas (together
with Jacques Jauniaux) 1966 at
JTCS, Estoril,
Portugal
Exposição Nacional de Arte,
Évora,
Portugal |
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1967
- 69 |
Galeria
das Arcadas (one-man show) at JTCS, Estoril,
Portugal
Galerie Libre - Montreal,
Canada
Newark Museum - New
Jersey, USA
Gallery W/Out Walls - Buffalo,
New York, USA
Gallery Lee Ethel - Dallas,
Texas, USA
Represented at the Gallery Osten Kaschew
-The Drawing Shop, New York, USA |
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Seventies
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1970
-74 |
Exhibition
of original projects
(One-man show) TAP Delegation,
New York, USA
Art Trade Show,
El Paso, Texas, USA
Holly Cross Retreat, Las
Cruces, New Mexico, USA
Participation in several exhibitions in Galleries and Arts and Craft
Fairs in coastal cities of South of Spain |
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1975
-79 |
100
Artists of the Portuguese State Collection,
Galeria
Nacional
de Arte, Lisbon,
Portugal
Caja Rural de Ahorros, La
Herradura, Granada, Spain
Galeria Portimão, Algarve,
Portugal
Gallery
Moering (one-man show), Wiesbaden,
Germany
Spring Exhibition, Wiesbaden,
Germany
Autumn Exhibition - Grupo Herrsteiner
Kreis, Idar-Oberstein,
Germany
Cantina Eucalipto (One-man show), Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Peace Movement Exhibition,
Idar-Oberstein,
Germany |
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Eighties
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1980
-83 |
Galerie
Taube - Berlin,
Germany
Gallery
Moering (2nd
one-man show,
guest artist), Wiesbaden, Germany
Galeria O País, (one-man show)
Lisbon, Portugal |
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1984
-85 |
Retrospective
of projects (one-man show) at the Cantina
EUCALIPTO, Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
Gallery
Makkom - Festival Performance de Arte
Portuguesa,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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1986
-87 |
Gallery
Moering, Wiesbaden (3rd
one-man show),
Germany
Galerie Eckstein (one-man show), Niederwoerresbach,
Germany
50 years after GUERNICA (collective exhibition),
Mainz, Germany
Aussländischer Künstler Ausstellung Stadt Mainz, Mainz,
Germany |
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1988
-89 |
Galeria Artela (together
with Artur Bual, Adelino Ascenso and João
Fragoso), Lisbon, Portugal
Galeria Parlatório,
Lisbon, Portugal,
(one-man show)
VI Bienal Internacional de Artes Plásticas
"Avante" (RDA/URSS) - 1989,
Loures and Porto, Portugal |
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Nineties
(until 2005)
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1994 |
Atelier
Ursula Fisher (one-man show), Essen,
Germany
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1995 |
Galeria
Studio Luís Lobato (one-man show),
Lisbon, Portugal |
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1996 |
Galerie
Lisa Daun (one-man show),
Mainz, Germany |
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1997 |
Galeria
Paço Romano
(with the sculptor Romeu Costa), Sintra,
Portugal
Galerie Renate Demmerle (one-man show),
Mainz, Germany.
H. Pache (one-man show), Hannover,
Germany
Unikat Theede (one-man show), Hanover,
Germany
Galerie Pictor (Representation),
Mainz, Germany. |
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1998
- 2000 |
Krieger & Kneist (one-man show), Frankfurt,
Germany
Machwerk (one-man show), Frankfurt,
Germany
City Council of Mainz,
Germany
Galeria Atelier Luís Lobato, Lisbon,
Portugal
IV Collective Exhibition of ANAP (1999)
- Museu Nacional, Aveiro,
Portugal
Ludwigshof,
Undenheim, Germany |
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2004
- 2005 |
Collective
Exhibition of Contemporary Artists -
Arts Gallery of the Sta.
Catarina borough,
in Lisbon, Portugal
One-man show at the Centro Comercial Colombo
(Sonae/Operação Capital),
Benfica, Lisbon, Portugal |
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