Interviews
Nuno Cera
My work is the prior and central point in my life. The work is constantly influenced by my life and vice-versa. I really can’t separate one from the other.
Nuno Cera interview for Spike Magazine
In his work, Lisbon based photographer and video artist Nuno Cera addresses spatial conditions, architecture and urban situations through poetic and documentary forms. His work has been internationally published, commissioned and exhibited by cultural institutions, curators and exhibition platforms. It is represented in several public and private collections.
Cera was resident artist in Berlin (Künstlerhaus Bethanien), New York (ISCP International Studios and Curatorial Program), Paris (Recollet) and Macau (Fundação Oriente). For his artistic investigation on 9 mega cities Futureland (2008 - 2010), internationally exhibited and published until today, he received grants from the Portuguese Ministry of Culture and the EDP Foundation. His multi-annual video and publication project The Symphony of the Unknown (2012 - ongoing) is supported by the Foundación Botin and the Portuguese Ministry of Culture.
Solo exhibitions include The Blur City (2019, Fundação Oriente, Macau), Hora Certa (2019, Galeria Miguel Nabinho, Lisbon), Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (2016, Grand Palais, Paris), Symphony of the Unknown (2016, Kunstraum Botschaft, Berlin), Alpha Béton (2015, CAPC, Coimbra), FANTASMAS (2006, CCB, Lisbon), The Prora Complex and other works (2005, Play Gallery, Berlin), Berlin - a super-8 movie (2003, I-20 Gallery, NYC).
Group exhibitions include Álvaro Siza – IN/DISCIPLINA (2019, Museu de Serralves, Porto), Haus Wittegenstein (2018, MAAT, Lisbon), Demo:Polis (2016, Akademie der Künste, Berlin), ZOOM! (2015, Pinakothek der Moderne, München).
Cera was the guest artist of the Portuguese representation at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennial, Public without rhetoric.