Joao Penalva, artist and art
Born 1949, Birth Lisbon, Portugal.
The artist lives and works in London, UK.
Style and technique, exhibitions: Installation art, Video, Photography, Berlin Biennial,Artist biography, artworks, statement, interview, review, exhibition:
Joao Penalva’s work has close affinities with epic theatre. A sweeping narrative is presented, dealing with reality and transformation, recreated memories and updated legends…
Penalva started his career at the beginning of the 1970’s as a dancer. From 1970 to 1973 he studied ballet, the Graham and the Cunningham techniques at the London Contemporary Dance School, later he worked with choreographer Jean Pomares and then with Pina Bausch…
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