João Ferro Martins
(1979) Visual arts degree by ESAD, Escola Superior de Arte e Design (Caldas da Rainha). Works as visual, sound and performance artist. Amongst several individual shows he was present in group exhibitions such as: (2013) Prémio EDP Novos Artistas EDP Foundation, Porto; Visões do Desterro, Caixa Cultural do Rio de Janeiro; (2012) I wish this was a song, Music in Contemporary Art, Nasjonalmuseet, Museet for samtidskunst, Oslo; (2008) 7 Artistas ao 10º Mês, F.C.Gulbenkian, Lisbon. In stage he was co-creator and interpreter for: (2016) O Declive e a Inclinação (Alexandre Pieroni Calado and JFM), (2011) Nocturno para sala silvestre (Gonçalo Alegria and JFM), Teatro do Vestido, Lisbon; Retrato Possível e Concerto Triangular (Andrea Brandão and JFM), Appleton Square, Lisbon. Between 2013 and 2015 developed original music for three plays directed by Alexandre Pieroni Calado. Made costumes and set design for O limpo e o sujo by Vera Mantero in 2016. He is, toguether with Hugo Canoilas, founder of the group A kills B with which was presence at: Nam June Paik Art Center, Seul in 2008, showed the project A mata B at F.C.Gulbenkian, Lisbon in 2012 and performed at Palais de Tokyo, Paris in 2013.