Edouard Malingue Gallery presents Near and Elsewhere, the anticipated solo exhibition of contemporary Portuguese artist João Vasco Paiva, based in Hong Kong since 2006. With a background in painting and an advanced training in media techniques, Paiva's work is characterised by the appropriation of observed phenomena, mapping apparently random situations and presenting them in an aesthetically organised framework through multiple mediums.

For this particular exhibition, Paiva will continue his observation of the complex and predominantly chaotic characteristics of metropolises. The sounds and systems of bustling streets, rushing metros and densely constructed spaces are the core subjects of Paiva’s work, which he systematically documents, analyses, abstracts and reduces to create a codified interpretation that is simultaneously an artwork.

João Vasco Paiva is one of Hong Kong’s leading emerging contemporary artists and has exhibited around the world, from Hong Kong and Portugal to the UK, Australia and New York. Recently, Paiva was featured in the seminal ‘Hong Kong Eye’ exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London that travelled to Artistree, Hong Kong. Paiva has received multiple awards, including the Hong Kong Emerging Artist Grant and the International Artist Support Grant awarded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal.

-Edouard Malingue Gallery

Image: © Joao Vasco Paiva