Paulo Catrica (Lisbon, 1965). He lives and works in Lisbon.
He studied photography at Ar.Co., Lisbon (1985) and History at Lusíada University (Bachelor’s degree, 1992), completed a Master’s degree in Image and Communication at Goldsmiths College (1997) and a PhD in Photography Studies at the University of Westminster (2011). He was a lecturer at Lusófona University (2010–2014), at ESMAE, Polytechnic Institute of Porto (2010–2014), at ESAD, Caldas da Rainha (2010–2011), at Atelier de Lisboa (2010–2016), at FBAUL, University of Lisbon (2016–2020) and at the School of Arts of the Catholic University, Porto (since 2011). He is currently a researcher at the Institute of Contemporary History at Nova University, Lisbon (since 2014).
He has exhibited regularly in public and private institutions since 1997. Notable recent exhibitions include: PPP, porositá, poética & politica, School of Arts, Catholic University (Porto, 2024); In the Time of Slow Days, Eugénio de Almeida Foundation (Évora, 2023); La ricerca di un titolo (1983–2013), Câmera Escura (Torres Vedras, 2022); Fussball ißt unser Leben, Kunsthaus Interlaken (Switzerland, 2022); Madonie Paesaggi 1973–2021 (Petralia Sottana, Sicily, 2022); O Sítio em Vista, CEFT (Tomar, 2021); Almada, A Territory in Six Ecologies, City Museum (Almada, 2020); Prospectus, Carpintarias de São Lázaro (Lisbon, 2020); The Detour That Made the River Bend, Galeria do Parque (V.N. Barquinha, 2019); Grübler, Casa das Artes (Tavira, 2017); El Solitario Jorge, six hundred and twenty-two days before his death, Galeria Presença (Porto, 2016). Monographs: The Detour That Made the River Bend (2019), Memorator (2015), Mode d’emploi (2014), TNSC (2011), Liceus (2005).
His work is represented in various private and institutional art collections, such as: the State Collection of Contemporary Art, Portugal; the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; the EDP Foundation; PLMJ; Novo Banco; the Museum of London; the Lisbon Photographic Archive; and the Portuguese Centre of Photography.
