Curator’s Profile
João Miguel Barros was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1958 and moved to Macao as a lawyer in 1987.
João Miguel Barros loves art. In recent years, as an independent curator, he has been actively participating in activities in the field of contemporary photography. For example, he has curated exhibitions in Portugal for many famous contemporary photographers in China including Lü Nan and Yang Yankang. In 2019, João Miguel Barros also successfully planned the first large-scale exhibition of the Macao Contemporary Art Group ‘YiiMa’ at the Museu Colecção Berardo, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal, which was widely reported by the media.
In 2021, João Miguel Barros participated in the establishment of the ‘Macao Halftone Photography Association’ and was elected as the first chairman. At the same time, he is planning to establish a contemporary photography centre called ‘Ocher Space’ in Lisbon, which includes art gallery, publishing house and bookstore. He hopes to intensify exchanges and exchanges with artists from Asia, especially Chinese photographers. João Miguel Barros has participated in a number of important group exhibitions. He held a contemporary photography exhibition titled ‘Oriental Narrative’ with the participation of 20 Macao artists in 2021.
Personal Exhibitions
2017 Between Gaze and Hallucination, Creative Macao – Centre for Creative Industries, Macao, China
2018 Photo-Scripts – 14 short stories, Museu Colecção Berardo, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal
2019 Photo-Scripts – Photography Exhibition by João Miguel Barros, Macao Contemporary Art Center, Macao, China
2019 Wisdom: Photography Exhibition by João Miguel Barros, Albergue SCM / ALB creative LAB, Macao, China
2020 Zine. Photo: João Miguel Barros’s Works, Rui Cunha Foundation, Macao, China
Publications
2017 Between Gaze and Hallucination (author edition), Macao, China
2018 Photo-Scripts –14 short stories, Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal
2019 Photo-Scripts, Macao, China
2020 Publishing the magazine Zine Photo (seven issues have been issued)
2020 The Album of João Miguel Barros’Photographic Works, (https://online.flippingbook.com/view/416129/), published by the Photo London Academy as an online magazine. In March 2021, the magazine was released in Macao in the form of a special collector’s edition.