José Pedro Cortes
author · photographer
José Pedro Cortes is a Portuguese photographer and editor born in Porto in 1976. He co-founded the photography publishing house Pierre von Kleist editions in Lisbon. His artistic practice involves exploring themes of landscape, identity, and human presence through various photographic techniques including color and black & white, hard flash, and natural light. He has studied at the Kent Institute of Art and Design in the UK and participated in the Gulbenkian Creativity and Artistic Creation Program in Photography. Cortes is a guest professor at Università IUAV de Venezia and his works are held in several public collections across Portugal.[1,2]
Themes
- landscape
- identity
- human presence
- Tel Aviv
- Japan
- Portugal
Books
Works by José Pedro Cortes
- Things here and things still to come 2011 · Pierre von Kleist editions · book · English ISBN 9789729982583
- Costa 2013 · Pierre von Kleist editions · book
- One's Own Arena 2015 · Pierre von Kleist editions · book
- A Necessary Realism 2018 · Pierre von Kleist editions / MNAC · book Conversation between José Pedro Cortes and Nuno Crespo
- Silence 2006 · Pierre von Kleist editions · book
Exhibitions
- 2021 Patrícia Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisboa solo
- 2021 Bright Red Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin solo
- 2020 Cintura Galeria da Escola das Artes, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto solo
- 2018 Um Realismo Necessário MNAC - Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado, Lisboa solo
- 2018 Planta Espelho Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisboa solo
- 2016 Concreto Armado Bienal de Fotografia de Vila Franca de Xira solo
- 2015 Valor de Face Galeria Pedro Alfacinha, Lisboa solo
- 2015 One’s Own Arena Museu da Electricidade, Lisboa solo
- 2015 Costa Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin solo
- 2013 Smell of Tiger and Things Here Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra solo
- 2013 Costa Carpe Diem – Arte e Pesquisa, Lisboa solo
- 2013 Things Here + Empty Yard CAAA, Guimarães solo
- 2011 Things here and things still to come Museu Nogueira da Silva, Braga solo
- 2011 Moi, un Blanc Módulo – Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisboa solo
- 2008 Like an empty yard(II) Módulo – Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisboa solo
- 2008 I Will Not Reveal You Art Form, Estoril solo
- 2007 Like an empty yard Galeria Jorge Shirley, Lisboa solo
- 2006 Silence Museu da Imagem, Braga solo
- 2006 Jose Pedro Cortes: Silence – Photography + Video White Space Gallery, Londres solo
- 2005 I Will Not Reveal You Centro Português de Fotografia, Porto solo
- 2005 Silence Silo Espaço Cultural, Porto solo