The joint exhibition “Olha que Dois”, with paintings by São Passos and photography by Marques Valentim, will be on display at Casa Manuel Teixeira Gomes, in Portimão, between the 2nd and 29th of September.
The inauguration is scheduled for the 2nd, at 16 pm, and a reminder of the authors who attend at this time will be given. In addition, on this occasion, there will be a raffle for a photographic work and there will be music with the Bayeette group and a port of honor.
The exhibition will exhibit 20 paintings and 20 photographic works, with the artists presenting some previously unpublished works.
Author Biography:
Marques Valentim – Photojournalist
Born in Cascais, on August 1, 1949, Marques Valentim made his mandatory military service commission in Mozambique, as a furriel militia fotocine, after taking a course in Photography and Cinema in Lisbon at the Cartographic Services of the Army.
In this African territory, he stayed for 26 months (1972/74) traveling from North to South, in a photographic report service.
Returning to Portugal and soon after the 25th of April 1974, he appears in photojournalism, starting his work at the European Press Agency (AEI – Notícias) where he covers the main events that took place in our country between September 1974 and August 1975.
On September 1 of that same year, he officially began his career as a photojournalist at the daily “A Luta”, which he remained until its extinction, in January 1979.
He was part of the team that launched “Correio da Manhã” – from 15 March 79 to 15 September 1979. In October 1979 he joined “Portugal Hoje”, where he remained until the end of this morning (July 1982) .
In 1982, he was part of the group of founding journalists of the Semanário Desportivo “Off-Side”, having received, in 1983, in the service of this newspaper, the Gndula (Revelation) award from Wilson Brasil.
In the meantime, he left “Off-Side” to join, in October 1983, the Lisbon delegation of the “Comércio do Porto” newspaper, where he stayed until February 1986.
In March 86, he returned to the staff of “Correio da Manhã” where he held the positions of photo-reporter, sub-coordinator, having been appointed in January 2002 Photo Editor, a function he held until 31 October 2002.
It was as a photojournalist for “Correio da Manhã” that Marques Valentim performed several bullfighting works, a theme that excited him and led him to carry out several exhibitions. In 2001, he received an honorable mention from “Visão” magazine, related to the prestigious “Visão” photojournalism competition, whose prize-winning photo was on this theme.
In 2001, he was also the author of the poster for the Feira Taurina de San Juan, in Badajoz. He currently works as a freelancer in the newspaper “Bombeiros de Portugal”, in the magazine “Security and Defense”, “Health and Society”, among others. In 1998, he participated in the book by Andrade Guerra, “João Moura – O Mito ea Efemérides”, commemorating the 20 years of this knight's career.
In December 2003, he was co-author with Andrade Guerra and Isabel Trindade, of the book “Combatentes do Ultramar” and also collaborated, in 2005, on the book “A Dor da Nação” by Andrade Guerra.
On December 1, 2009, the book “Knights – Heroes with Art” was launched, also by Andrade Guerra and with images of his authorship. Of the more than 50 photography exhibitions that he has held, we highlight the first, held in Lisbon, in 1994, entitled “Tauromaquia”, “E After Adeus” which was a documentary, photojournalism exhibition, where personalities that marked history stand out recent, from our country, after the 25th of April 1974.
On March 10, 2012, Marques Valentim was sworn in as Ambassador for Peace, by the International Federation for Peace. He is also an honorary member of the Circle of Mozambican Writers in the Diaspora – CEMD and of ALDCI- Lusophone Association for Cultural Development and Integration.
São Passos – Painter
Maria Conceição dos Santos Mestre Passos Mealha – São Passos – was born in the city of Beira (Mozambique), in 1949, and began her artistic career in African lands, first in the field of sculpture and then in ceramics.
Her first exhibition, as a painter, was set in Tete, a Mozambican city, and was held with the sponsorship of the District Government.
Other appearances followed, individual and collective, in Beira, Johannesburg and Pretoria (South Africa), in Blantyre and Limbe (Malawi), before showing their work in Europe.
He would do it for the first time in July 1973, in Faro, in a solo exhibition, which was sponsored by the Regional Tourism Commission and at the invitation of its president, José Manuel Pearce de Azevedo.
Returning to Africa, she taught Art at the Secondary School of Tete, having been praised and awarded by the Minister of Education (1974-1975) Graça Simbine, coming to live permanently in Portugal in 1976.
He worked for two decades at the newspaper “Correio da Manhã” (1986/2006).
The works of São Passos captivate the most indifferent for their polychromy, varying the technique between the naïf and the abstract, while noticing its African roots.
São Passos is mentioned, among other names in contemporary plastic arts, in the 1995 edition “Aspectos das Artes Plásticas in Portugal” and in 1998 in the book “Arte 98”, both by Fernando Infante do Carmo.
On March 10, 2012, São Passos was sworn in as Ambassador for Peace by the International Peace Federation. Almost simultaneously, she is recognized by the Circle of Mozambican Writers in the Diaspora and by ALDCI – Lusophone Association, Development, Culture and Integration, for her “prestige which he gained in the plastic arts and for his great contribution to the enrichment and dissemination of Mozambican culture”.
She is a cover illustrator for Children's Books and Cultural Magazines, inside and outside the country.
He has frequently exhibited his works in Portugal and abroad for four decades.
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