Francisco Laranjo

Who is Francisco Laranjo?

Francisco Laranjo is a contemporary Portuguese Painter and Educator.

Laranjo was born in 1955 Lamego, Portugal. He is Head of School of Arts and Associate Professor of Porto University and has been lecturer in many Universities in cities such as Bilbao, Ottawa, Sheffield, Alexandria, Sofia, Paris and Athens. As an artist, he has exhibited extensively and in several countries: Portugal, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Canada, India, United Kingdom, China among others. From his many individual shows, it is possible to underline the following in Porto, [Iter Duriense, Nasoni Gallery, 1993], UK, [Simultaneities, Lanchester Gallery, Coventry and The Gallery in Cork Street, London, 1997], Aylmer, Quebec and Toronto, Canada [Intimate Land, Chateau Cartier and Camões Institute, 1998], Rio de Janeiro, Brasil [Espelho, Museum of the Republic, 2002], Riga, Latvia [Recent Work, Latvian Academy of Art and Bastejs Gallery, 2002]. Laranjo received several scholarships for post-graduate research, including grants from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, National Scientific Board, European Comity and the Goethe Institut, Dresden, Germany. Francisco Laranjo lives and works in Porto, Portugal.