Portfolio
Some Ceramics Works
Manuel Seita
Artistic Residency in contemporary Ceramics - Mutable Body
Internacional Ceramics Studio, Kecskemét City, Hungary
1 to 31 August 2023
Suport: Direcção Regional de Cultura do Alentejo / Governo Português
Culture Moves Europe / Goethe Institut Brussels
Kreáton Clay - Gas Kiln, 1300*c
Kesckemét Clay - Gas Kiln, 1300*c
Manuel Seita
June 10, 1970 - Vila Verde de Ficalho, Portugal
Next Project:
KOHILA SYMPOSIUM, ESTONIA, July 2024
2023 – Oeiras Ceramic Art, Oeiras, PT
2023 – Artistic Residence: Internacional Ceramics Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary.
Suport: Direcção Regional de Cultura do Alentejo / Governo Português e Culture Moves Europe / Goethe
Institut.
2014/2017/2020 – worker at Keramik Im-Hof Pottery, Salz, Rhön-Grabfeld, Bayern, Deutschland.
2004– Degree in Plastic Arts, sculpture ESAD.CR Caldas da Rainha School of Arts and Design
1997 – Rakú Workshop with Senya Sonobe, CENCAL, Caldas da Rainha.
1997 – Sculpture Space, Workshop II, with Herculano Elias (PT) Emidio Galassi (IT) CENCAL, Caldas da Rainha.
1993 – Internship in ceramics with Liberato Mazzarella, Turin, Italy
1990/91 – Pottery Course, Training Center for Artists and Craftsmen of Reguengos de Monsaraz
Solo Exhibitions:
2013 – Atlântida: Instalation at Emmerico Nunes Cultural Center, Sines
2011 – Fragmented Landscape, Draws - Church of São Vicente, Évora. Festival Written in the Landscape
Festival of Land Arts and Performance, Collection B
2010 –The Elective Affinities: Instalation at Church of São Domingos, Moura
2008 –Artificial Paradises: Instalation at Espaço Oficinas, Aljustrel
2007 – Céu da boca: Instalation at Igreja da Misericórdia de Silves (about the Poetry of Al-Mud`Tamid)
2005 – Limalhas: Instalation at Municipal Gallery of Almodôvar
1994 – Painting – Gallery of the Convent Espirito Santo, Loulé
1993 – Painting and Ceramics - Municipal Gallery of Castro Verde
Collective Exhibitions:
2020 – Fine Art International, Kunstverein Bad Neustadt, Deutschland Toshihito Juhaku Inoue and Jiro
Hazama (Japan), Peter Picciani (Germany), Manuel Seita (Portugal)
2018 – Studio Lisboa 018, International Contemporary Art Fair - Lisbon Congress Center
2015 – Bienal da Maia, Projeto Poste (Video Art) Curated by Teixeira Barbosa
2013 – Open Call – Project Open Doors - Eugénio de Almeida Forum, Évora
2009 – Salúquia às Artes, Moura - Revelation Prize and Honorable Mention in Sculpture (ceramic)
2007 – VIII International Biennial of Artistic Ceramics of Aveiro
2007 – XV Open Gallery - Escudeiros Gallery, Beja
2006 – Bobogi Gallery, Aveiro
2005 –Estado das Artes. Instalação, Torres Vedras
2005 – ESAD Finalist Exhibition, Ceres, Caldas da Rainha
2004 – D. Fernando II Painting and Sculpture Competition, Sintra
2003 – II Exhibition of the Perve Gallery collection, Lisbon (ceramic).
2002 – 5+2=3, Perve Gallery, Lisbon (ceramic).
2000 – Expocolectiva, Galeria dos Escudeiros, Beja
1999 – D. Fernando II Painting and Sculpture Competition, Sintra
1998 – IX Open Gallery, Escudeiros Gallery, Beja
1997 – Terra Memória Terra, Osiris Gallery, Caldas da Rainha
1995 – VII Open Gallery, Escudeiros Gallery, C.M. beja
1995 - Youth Competition for the Alentejo, 3rd originality prize, Évora
1994 – VI Open Gallery, Jorge Vieira Museum, Beja
1993 – Trip to LX 94, Galeria dos Escudeiros, Beja
1992 – 1st Young Art Exhibition, Centro Cultural de Lagos, Honorable Mention
1992 – I Salon and Irreverence, Monsaraz Open Museum (ceramic)
Video Art:
Once upon a time – Once Upon a Time, video/performance, 2008
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/70032931
Invisible to my eyes – Invisible to my Eyes, video, 2007
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/69970797
Public work:
Almodôvar Municipal Library: Allegory, Ceramic Mural, Refractory and glazed clay - 7,00m x 3,00m, 2004
A2 Service Area, Almodôvar: A Onde o Tempo Passa 1 e 2 - 8 sculptures in patinated bronze, 2006
Publications:
- Rui A. Pereira: Pensar.te, p. 60-65 Edition: Colecção d`artes, 2010
- Diário do Alentejo - Drawings that “provoke” the viewer.
Article by journalist Carla Ferreira on the exhibition “Fragmented Landscape”, p. 32 (2011-10-16)
Interviews:
Al-Tiba9 Magazine Contemporary Art, Performance & Design (09/06/2021)
https://www.altiba9.com/artist-interviews/manuel-seita-sculpture-installation
ArtIculation Magazine Special Edition 2019
Article: https://issuu.com/articulaction/docs/special.edition.2019/176
Official link: https://issuu.com/articulaction/docs/special.edition.2019
Represented in the Art collection:
Almodôvar City Council, Castro Verde City Council, Serpa City Council and Private Collectors.
2014/2017/2020 – I worked at the Keramik Im-Hof pottery, Salz, Rhön-Grabfeld, Bayern, Deutschland
Web:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/manuelseita/
Exteril.com
http://www.exteril.com/artistas-plasticos/manuel-seita/1_ms.html
Arte Institute – Portuguese Contemporary Culture
https://arteinstitute.org/manuel-seita/
Galerie Capriolus Contemporary Ceramics
http://www.capriolus.nl/en/content/seita-manuel
Galeria Municipal de Arte Contemporânea de Serpa
https://cms.cm-
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Contact:
The atelier is located in the former primary school of Gomes-Aires, Almodôvar, 2 km from the A2.
To visit, prior contact is required.
[email protected]
TM: 00351912386167
Informative note:
CV in bolt corresponds exclusively to activities related to ceramics.
Recent Ceramics:
Almodôvar Red Clay
2022
2022
2022
2022
Old Works:
Pottery smashed on the floor, 2004
Exhibition – Céu da Boca, Mercy Church Silves, 2006
Around the poetry of AlMud Tamid
Black Glazed Ceramic Letters translate to Portuguese language
AlMud Tamid poem written in Arabic - red glazed ceramic letters
Heads – Ceramic
Ceramic Installation, 2005
2010
2007
2006
2006
2007
2006
2005
2007
2005
2006
Municipal Library of Almodôvar, Portugal
"Allegory"
Glazed refractory clay on aluminum structure, 2004
"Where time passes 1 and 2"
8 sculptures in patinated bronze.
Service Srea of the A2 Highway, Almodôvar, Portugal, 2006
Kohila Symposium
Estonian Ceramists Association
Vabaduse väljak 6, 10146 Tallinn, Estonia
+372 53587885
21.03.2024
Letter of confirmation
We hereby confirm that Manuel Seita will participate at the XIV Kohila Symposium.
The international woodfire ceramics residence takes place in Kohila, Estonia, 6–29.07.2024.
The studios and accommodations are located in a 17th century Tohisoo Manor (Viljandi mnt 37, Kohila 79804,
Raplamaa - Rapla County, Estonia). The aim of the project is to encourage an international exchange in the field
of ceramics as well as enhance appreciation and understanding of wood-firing.
The participation fee for the year 2024 is 600€.
Payment includes accommodation in a shared room and studio space, 100 kg of clay, some local glazes,
wood-firings, meals (lunch and dinner), trips and transportation during the symposium.
Participation fee excludes travel expenses to and from Estonia, insurance, any additional materials and services,
also museum tickets and breakfast.
Since the Symposion is unable to cover any travel costs or pay artist fees, we strongly encourage our participants
to apply for external funding.
Lumi Kristin Vihterpal l Jekaterina Kultajeva
+372 53587885 +372 55954777
Organizers of Kohila Symposium
www.kohilasymposium.com