João Mourão & Luís Silva

João Mourão and Luís Silva have been working as a curatorial duo since 2009. They currently serve as Co-Directors of Kunsthalle Lissabon, which they founded in 2009.

They were the curators of the Portugal Pavilion in the 59^th edition of the Venice Biennale (2022) with “Vampires in Space”, a solo project by Isadora Neves Marques.

A selection of recent projects they curated includes solo shows by Jonathas de Andrade (CRAC Alsace, Altkirsch, France and MAAT, Lisbon, Portugal), Manuel Solano (Pivô, São Paulo, Brasil), Pedro Barateiro (Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon, Portugal) and Carla Filipe (MAAT, Lisbon, Portugal). They are preparing solo shows by Inês Zenha (CA2M, Madrid) and Mounira Al Solh (Serralves Museum, Porto).

While co-directors of Kunsthalle Lissabon they have presented solo shows by Teresa Solar, La Chola Poblete, Sara Sadik, Gabriel Chaile, Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe, Ad Minoliti, Zheng Bo, Laure Prouvost, Caroline Mesquita, Sol Calero, Petrit Halilaj and Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, to name a few.

Besides their curatorial practice João Mourão and Luís Silva contribute regularly to various publications and have edited several monographs. They were the curators of ZONA MACO SUR (2015 – 2017), the solo projects section of Mexico City’s contemporary art fair and Artissima’s Disegni section (2017 -2019), in Turin.