© Photo credits: Joana Patrão
contact: tiagofmadaleno@gmail.com
CV: pdf
bio: Tiago Madaleno (1992, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal).
Lives and works in Porto.
Tiago Madaleno is an artist whose approach to artmaking is transdisciplinary. His creative process attempts to establish a dialogue between different medias’ histories, properties and specificities, in order to build fictional worlds that reflect upon image-making, language and performance.
He has a Bachelor’s (2014) and a Master’s degree (2016) in Fine Arts from FBAUP, Porto, and has exhibited regularly since 2013.
Special mention to the solo shows Glossolalia (2026) (in collaboration with Joana Patrão), curated by Nuno Crespo, School of Arts - UCP, Porto; Smoke Room (2023), at Museu Guerra Junqueiro, Porto; Light of September (2022), at Galeria do Paço, Braga; A Garden at Night (2020), at RAMPA, Porto; Honeymoon (2019) at Appleton - Cultural Association, Lisbon and at Espaço Pontes, Fundão; Clepsydra (2017-2018), at Serralves Contemporary Art Museum, Porto; From Mouth to Sprout (2016) at Lugar do Desenho, Júlio Resende’s Foundation, Gondomar.
He has been part of numerous group exhibitions such as:
Lucid Reverie - Panorama of Portuguese Contemporary Art, (2025), curated by Hiuwai Chu and Raphael Fonseca, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto; Beyond Space and Time - On the Seventh Continent, (2025), curated by António Olaio and Paulo Mendes, Colégio das Artes, Coimbra; TheSpaceInYourHead (2025), curated by Eduarda Neves, Galeria Dínamo, Porto; Portugal – Year Zero: photography books of the revolution, curated by José Neves, Luís Pinto Nunes and Susana Lourenço Marques, at Oliva Art Center, São João da Madeira; 13º Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Prize (2023), curated by Samuel Silva and Lígia Afonso, at Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Museum, Amarante; Poste - Video Art (2023), curated by Araújo Mota Texeira, at Extéril, Porto; um corpo, um rio (2021), curated by David Revés, at Galeria Liminare, Lisbon; Anuário'20 (2021), curated by Ana Resende, Andreia Garcia, Melissa Rodrigues, Pedro Augusto e Pedro Magalhães, at Espaço Sede, Porto; CAPITAL WORK # GENERAL STRIKE (2019-2020), curated by Paulo Mendes, at Centro de Arte Oliva, São João da Madeira; among others.
In 2022, he made the mural painting A Leaf in the Pocket (2022), commissioned by the Serralves Foundation, Porto, within the scope of their project ‘Windows to the World’ and carried out at the Porto Penitentiary Institution (Custóias), Matosinhos.
Still in 2022, he performed The outside of the hand, a live streaming reading performance for Interact Magazine #37, org. Luís Lima and Alexandra João Martins. In 2019, he began the street performance Portugal Tour in a Gazebo, that already took place at Festa das Cruzes (Barcelos), Bons Sons (Cem Soldos) and Noite Branca (Braga).
His work has been supported and distinguished with several prizes and mentions, such as the NOVO BANCO Revelação award 2017, promoted by the Serralves Foundation. In 2023, he was shortlisted for 13º Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso Prize and was distinguished with the Grupo dos Amigos da Biblioteca-Museu Acquisition Prize. In 2019, he received the artistic grant Criatório, awarded by the Porto City Council, for the research and production of the project A Garden at Night. In 2017, he was distinguished with the Viana de Lima/Esposende City Council Prize for academic merit.
He also dedicates himself to publishing and artist books. Highlight for the artist edition N.O.R.W.A.Y. (2023), Museu do Porto, and for the publications Glossolalia (in collaboration with Joana Patrão), independent publishing and UCP-Press, The home fires (2022) and A Garden at Night (2020), Rampa Editions.