Bio / CV

Tito Mouraz, Portugal, 1977.
He completed the Visual Arts and Photography course in the Superior Art School of Oporto (Escola Superior Artística do Porto) in 2010, where he lives and works currently. Exhibits regularly since 2009 in Portugal and abroad. 

Among some of his solo exhibitions stand out: 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, PT; The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI; Forum Arte Braga, PT; Quinta da Cruz — Contemporary Art Center, Viseu, PT; Camões - Portuguese Cultural Centre, Luxemburg, LU; Salut au Monde, Porto, PT; Arquipélago – Centro de Artes Contemporâneas, São Miguel, Açores, PT; Módulo - Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon, PT; Voies Off Gallery, Arles, FR; Tampere Art Museum, FI; Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon, PT; Image Museum, Braga, PT.

Group shows and festivals include: Collective Imaginary, State Contemporary Art Collection, Santa Joana museum, Aveiro, PT (2024); NON FINITO, State Contemporary Art Collection, CCCCB, Castelo Branco, PT (2023); Un eté au Portugal, Villa Tamaris Centre D’art, FR (2022); I don't know if I can wish you a happy year, Mário Teixeira da Silva collection, MNAC, Lisbon, PT (2022); Olhar direito por linhas tortas, Espaço Adães Bermudes, Alvito, PT (2021); Photography Biennial, Municipal Museum of Vila Franca de Xira, PT (2019); Budapest Photo Festival, HU (2019); In Black & White, PLMJ Collection, National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon, PT (2018); THEM OR US!, Porto Municipal Gallery, PT, (2017); Starting Point – Figueiredo Ribeiro collection, QUARTEL, Abrantes, PT(2016); Organ Vida Festival, Zagreb, HR (2016); Fotofestiwal, Lodz, PL (2015); FORMAT Photography Festival, Derby, UK (2015); Festival Circulation(s), Paris, FR (2015); Encontros da Imagem, Braga, PT (2010).

Author of several books, in 2016 The House of the Seven Women (ed. Dewi Lewis) was one of the books selected as the best photography book of the year by Sean O'Hagan in The Guardian ‘Best Photobooks of 2016’.
In 2013 was the winner of Emergentes DST Photography Award (Braga, PT) and of Portfolio Review Award Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa (Lisbon, PT).

His work is represented in multiple public and private collections.
In Portugal he is represented by 3+1 Arte Contemporânea gallery, Lisbon.

Selected prizes and awards

2022 - Nominated for the Prix Pictet.

2017 - The Kraszna-Krausz Foundation Book Award longlist.
2017 - Selected for the Backlight Photo Festival, Tampere, Finland.

2016 - Selected by Sean O'Hagan in The Guardian 'Best Photobooks of 2016’ 
2016 - Selected by Tim Clark on 1000 Words 'Best ten Photobooks of the year’ 
2016 - Selected by Josef Chladek 'Best Photobooks of 2016’ 
2016 - Selected by Colin Pantall 'Best Photobooks of 2016’ 
2016 - Selected by Rodrigo Orrantia on Photobookstore 'Best Photobooks of 2016’ 
2016 - Selected for the Organ Vida Festival screenings, Zagreb, Croatia.

2015 - Jurors Picks, Daylight Photo Award.
2015 - Selected for the Night Screenings, 20th Voies Off Festival, Arles, France.
2015 - Finalist of JUSTMAG6, Young Artist Award, Madrid, Spain.
2015 - Nominated for the Prix Pictet.
2015 - Finalist of NexoFoto Photography Award.
2015 - Finalist of Grand Prix Fotofestiwal, Lodz, Poland.

2014 - Selected for the Format International Photography Festival, Derby, UK.
2014 - Selected for the Festival Circulation(s) 2015, Paris.
2014 - Finalist of the Portfolio Review 2014, Duesseldorf Photo Weekend, Germany.

2013 - Winner of Emergentes DST Photography Award, Encontros da Imagem, Portugal.
2013 - Winner of Portfolio Review Award, Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Portugal.

2012 - Finalist of the Emergentes DST Photography Award, Encontros da Imagem, Portugal.
2012 - Selected for Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Georgia.

2011 - Selected for the Fotonoviembre, Tenerife.

2010 - Honorable mention of Young creative of Aveiro (Photography), Portugal.

2009 - Winner of Maio Claro Award, Portugal.

Collections

State Contemporary Art Collection, PT
Novo Banco Photography Collection, PT
Mário Teixeira da Silva collection, PT
Figueiredo Ribeiro collection, PT
EDP Foundation Art Collection / MAAT, PT
PLMJ Foundation, PT​
Marin Gaspar collection, PT
Lapa do Lobo Foundation, PT
Pico do Refúgio, PT
Villa Tamaris Centre d'art, FR
Private collections

Exhibitions

2024  

  • continuum, curated by FAHR021.3, Forum Arte Braga, Braga, PT
  • Imaginário Coletivo, State Contemporary Art Collection, Aveiro/Santa Joana museum, PT

2023  

  • Farleigh, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea gallery, Lisbon, PT
  • NON FINITO, State Contemporary Art Collection, CCCCB, Castelo Branco, PT

2022

  • Fluvial, Quinta da Cruz - Contemporary Art Center, Viseu, PT
  • Mergulho, Un eté au Portugal, Group exhibition, Villa Tamaris Centre D'art, FR
  • I don't know if I can wish you a happy year, Mário Teixeira da Silva collection, MNAC, Lisbon, PT
  • Arco Madrid International Contemporary Art Fair (3+1 Arte Contemporânea), Madrid, ES

2021

  • Olhar direito por linhas tortas, Group exhibition, Espaço Adães Bermudes, Alvito, PT
  • Mergulho, Salut au Monde gallery, Porto, PT
  • Fluvial, Camões - Portuguese Cultural Centre, Luxemburg, LU

2020

  • Epicentro: Milagre, Arquipélago - Contemporary Arts Center, São Miguel, Azores, PT
  • The House of the Seven Women, Visage(s) d'Europe, Paris, FR
  • É pelo olhar que muda o homem e o mundo, group exhibition, Modulo gallery, Lisbon, PT

2019

  • Fluvial, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, FI
  • Speculum cum macula, Group exhibition, Módulo gallery, Lisbon, PT
  • The Divergent Gaze, Group exhibition, Arquipélago - Contemporary Arts Center, São Miguel, Azores, PT
  • The House of the Seven Women, Budapest Photo Festival, HU
  • Fluvial, Photography Biennial, Municipal Museum of Vila Franca de Xira, PT

2018

  • Estampa, Internacional Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid, ES
  • Arte é uma coisa mental, Group exhibition, Módulo gallery, Lisbon, PT
  • Fluvial, Módulo Gallery, Lisbon, PT
  • In Black & White, PLMJ Collection,  National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon, PT
  • Imaginatio, Group Exhibition, Módulo gallery, Lisbon, PT

2017

  • The House of the Seven Women, Tampere Art Museum, FI
  • THEM OR US! Porto Municipal Gallery, PT
  • Arco-Lisboa, International Contemporary Art Fair (Módulo), Lisbon, PT

2016  

  • The House of the Seven Women, Organ Vida Festival, Zagreb, HR
  • The House of the Seven Women, Voies Off Gallery, Arles, FR
  • Starting Point - Figueiredo Ribeiro collection, QUARTEL, Abrantes, PT
  • Olhares Cruzados / Identidades Diversas, Group exhibition, Módulo Gallery, Lisbon, PT

2015

  • The House of the Seven Women, Mt.Rokko International Photo Festival, JP
  • The House of the Seven Women, Voies Off Festival, Arles, FR
  • The House of the Seven Women, Fotofestiwal, Lodz, PL 
  • El paisaje revisitado, Blanca Berlin Gallery, Madrid, ES
  • The House of the Seven Women, FORMAT Photography Festival, Derby, UK 
  • Just Mad (Módulo), Madrid, ES
  • The House of the Seven Women, Festival Circulation(s), Paris, FR
  • The House of the Seven Women, London Art Fair, (Voies Off Gallery), London, UK
  • The House of the Seven Women, Módulo Gallery, Lisbon, PT

2014

  • The House of the Seven Women, Ourense Museum, ES
  • Rua da Cabine, Places of Note: personal landscapes, Gallery FAB, St. Louis, US
  • The House of the Seven Women, Encontros da Imagem 2014, Braga, PT
  • The House of the Seven Women, Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon, PT
  • Est Art Fair, International Contemporary Art Fair (Módulo), Lisbon, PT
  • Summa Contemporary, Matadero, Madrid, ES
  • Fotógrafos Contemporâneos | O Espírito e o Lugar, group exhibition, Módulo Gallery, Lisbon, PT
  • Open Space Office, Espaço Mira, Oporto, PT
  • Rua da Cabine, Fundação Lapa do Lobo, PT

2013 

  • Rua da Cabine, Show Me Art Gallery, Encontros da Imagem, Braga, PT
  • Open Space Office, Image Museum, Braga, PT
  • Casa//Arte, Palacio de Cibeles (Módulo), Madrid, ES
  • Rua da Cabine, Encontros de Agosto, Fortaleza, BR
  • Rua da Cabine, Plataforma Revólver, Lisbon, PT
  • Open Space Office, Módulo Gallery, Lisbon, PT
  • Territoires de la Photographie Portugaise, Les Photaumnales, Beauvais, FR
  • Portuguese Photography Night, Fotofestiwal, Lodz, PL
  • Dear Stories",Museu da Imagem, Braga, PT
  • Just Mad,(Módulo), Madrid, ES

2012 

  • Open Stock, group exhibition, Módulo Gallery, Lisbon, PT
  • Laissez Faire, Independent Art Show, Porto, PT
  • Portugaalia, Latvian Museam of Photography, Riga, LV
  • Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Tbilisi, GE
  • Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, IT

2011

  • Leitura(s), Módulo Gallery, Lisbon, PT
  • Arte Lisboa, (Módulo), Lisbon, PT
  • Atlántica Colectivas, Fotonoviembre, Tenerife, ES
  • Portugaalia, Noorus Gallery, Tartu, EE

2010 

  • Leitura(s), Encontros da Imagem 2010, Braga, PT
  • Arte Lisboa, (Módulo), Lisbon, PT
  • City Museum, Aveiro, PT