Julião Manuel Tavares Sena Sarmento (4 November 1948 – 4 May 2021) was a Portuguese multimedia artist and painter.
Biography / Work
Born in
Lisbon in 1948, Sarmento studied painting and architecture at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts. He began exhibiting film, video, sound, painting, sculpture, installation, and multimedia in the early seventies, but also developed several site-specific projects.
He exhibited his work extensively around the world in solo and group shows. Sarmento represented Portugal at the
Venice Biennial
The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...
in 1997. His work is represented in several museums and private collections, including an artist room exhibited at London's
Tate Modern in 2010.
In his video installation ''Leporello'' (2010) he featured Jerusa Franco,
Amira Casar,
Sasha Grey, and Pamela Butt.
A demonstration of his work was showcased as part of the
Desert X
Desert X is a site-specific, contemporary art exhibition that is held in the Coachella Valley in Southern California. The inaugural Desert X was held from February 25 to April 30, 2017, and has held subsequent exhibitions every two years. The nex ...
exhibit in the Coachella Valley from 25 February – 30 April 2017.
Julião Sarmento was married to Isabel Sarmento and together they had a son, Duarte and a daughter, Laura. Sarmento lived and worked in
Estoril
Estoril () is a town in the Municipality of Cascais, Portugal, on the Portuguese Riviera. It is a tourist destination, with luxury hotels, beaches, and the Casino Estoril. It has been home to numerous royal families and celebrities, and has ...
, Portugal.
Julião Sarmento died of cancer on 4 May 2021 at his home in Estoril at the age of 72.
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1948 births
2021 deaths
Portuguese painters
Portuguese male painters
People from Lisbon
People from Cascais
Portuguese artists
Portuguese contemporary artists
Deaths from cancer in Portugal
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