About The Artist

Graduate of the “Instituto Português de Fotografia” – Lisbon - Portugal Individual exhibits : “ Ao Lado “ (By your side) Biblioteca Orlando Ribeiro Lisbon 2006 “ Portas da Mente ” (Doors of the Mind) Galeria de S. Bento Lisbon 2008 “ De Dentro “ (Inside) Museu das Telecomunicações Lisbon 2009 “ ID “ Pavilhão 28 - Espaço Expositivo do Hospital Júlio de Matos Lisbon 2009 “ Bancos do Conhecimento “ (Benches of Knowledge) Galeria Corrente D’Arte Lisbon 2010 “ Lugares com Memória “ (Places with Memory) CAC - Centro de Artes e Cultura de Ponte de Sor Ponte de Sor 2010 “ La Cage aux Foles ” ( on the show by Filipe la Féria ) Centro de Congressos do Arade Portimão 2010 “ Vidas Contadas ” ( Told lives ) Hospital Miguel Bombarda Lisbon 2011 “ Fado e outros Destinos” (Fate and other Destinies - on the plays and shows by Filipe la Féria ) Casino Estoril Estoril 2011 “ Retrospective I “ Centro Cultural do Sardoal Sardoal, Sept. 2011 “ Retrospective II “ Centro de Congressos do Estoril Estoril, March 2012 “Shadows” Artists Haven Gallery Ft. Lauderdale, Fl – March 2012 Collective exhibits : “ Ruído “ ( curator: Miguel Matos ) Galeria de S. Bento Lisbon 2011 World Tour of Contemporary Art London Sept. 2011 (http://ninatorresfineart.com/NTFA_website/WORLD_TOUR.html) International Art Exhibition – Miami 2011 Nina Torres Fine Art Miami 2011 http://www.extremevr.com/ninatorresfineart/internationalartexhibition/iae.html Present : Works in the Modern Art collection of the « Fundação PLMJ » Lisbon (indexed as « José Crespo Mendes de Almeida ») (http://www.fundacaoplmj.com/) Works in the « Hasselblad’s Owners Club » (http://www.hasselblad.com/hasselblad-owners-club/hasselblad-photographers.aspx) Works in: International Contemporary Masters vol. V - 2012 World Wide Art Books, Inc. Works in several private collections www.mendesdealmeida.com jcmendesdealmeida@gmail.com