Horácio Frutuoso

Horácio Frutuoso (1991, Porto) holds a degree in Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Porto, an institution that awarded him the Fine Arts Acquisition Prize in 2012/2013. He also has professional training in blown and molded glass production and fusion techniques from CENCAL in Marinha Grande. He was a member of the academic performance research group SINTOMA, part of i2ADS at FBAUP. He co-authored the artistic project Expedição, where between 2013 and 2015, he produced and curated various projects, ranging from solo and group exhibitions to performances, residencies, email-art, publications, and collaborations with independent institutions and artistic spaces. In his work, he uses different media, structuring his practice based on the thought and organization of a painting, merging it with visual poetry, digital images, and installation-performance.