RUI CAMBRAIA, Lisbon, Portugal, 1967.
Present situation: Freelance photographer.
Earlier situations: Collaboration with the Portuguese Cultural Center in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau - artistic curatorship, september/december 2020. Project coordinator, at ADPP-GB, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, between february 2019 and march 2020. Assistant Professor in the Superior School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portugal, between 1999 and 2015. Plastic artist since 1990; freelancer in photography, art education and cultural production, since 2005.
Degree in Painting at the Superior School of Fine Arts of Lisbon (1992).
Master degree in Aesthetics and Art Philosophy at the University of Lisbon (2001).
Post graduation in Aesthetics and Art Philosophy at the University of Lisbon (2014).
Title of Specialist (recognized experience and professional competence) in Arts, by the Scientific and Technical Council of the Superior School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (2014).
Registered Educator in the following areas: A05 - Graphic Arts, A25 - Visual and Technological Education, A31 - Expressions (dramatic / plastic) and C15 - Educational Technology (IT / Computer Application), by the Scientific and Pedagogical Nacional Council for Continuous Education, with the following reference: CCPFC / RFO-12799/01.
Photojournalist-collaborator credentials (CO-1583 / CCPJ), 2016-2018.
Trainee journalist credentials (TPE-194 A / CCPJ), 2018-2019.
Non-academic studies:
- Lithography and serigraphy classes attended at the Engraving Artists Association of Amadora, Portugal (1989).
- Studies in mixed media and painting at The Art Students League of New York, attending Mr. Bruce Dorfman's and Mr. William Sharf's classes (1995/1996).
- "Introduction to Language and Video Technique" course, at the Cinema and Audiovisual Portuguese Federation (1997).
- "Director of Photography with Available Light" workshop, at the Film, Television, Video and Multimedia - AVANCA '09 international meetings, Portugal (2009).
- "Digital Photography" workshop, modules I and II, Espaço_Corpo, Castelo de Vide, Portugal 2009.
- Woodcut workshop, LAC - Laboratório de Actividades Criativas, Lagos, Portugal, 2015.
- Internship in photojournalism at Diário do Alentejo newspaper, Beja, Portugal, 2016-2017.
Production indicators:
As an educator held 36 artistic-educational and socio-cultural events, in the area of the plastic-arts and pinhole photography, between 2005 and 2018.
Held the communication "Landscape and Photography", under the collaboration with the research project Philosophy and Architecture of the Landscape, Philosophy Centre of the University of Lisbon, January, 2011.
As an artist held 53 exhibitions of Fine Arts and Photography, 46 of which are group projects and collective exhibitions, and 7 solo exhibitions, between 1990 and 2015, in Portugal, Spain, France and Japan; attended two artistic residencies at LAC - Laboratory of Creative Activities - Cultural Association, Lagos, Portugal, 2014.
Prizes: "Lography Marathon" photography - single prize, Centro de Ciência Viva, Estremoz, 2010; "Património (i)material" photography, Câmara Municipal de Serpa - 2nd prize (2015), 1st prize (2016); Journalism prize UNESCO's portuguese National Commitmee "Human Rights & Integration" 2017, co-authorship (photography and production) "Quando um murro nem sempre é um murro", Diário do Alentejo; Honorable Mention AOP Regional Press Competition (Olympic Academy of Portugal) - David Sequerra 2017, co-authorship (photography and production) "Quando um murro nem sempre é um murro", Diário do Alentejo.
Held 162 collaborations in the editorial area, 10 illustration projects (photography and painting), 146 press (newspaper/magazine) collaborations (text and photography), 2 articles on matters of Arts Education, Aesthetics and Philosophy of Photography, 4 text in art exhibition catalogs.
