João Domingos Villas
Based in London – Born 1979 in São Paulo, Brazil
Co-founder of Plaintiff Press Ltd
Education
BA at São Paulo Catholic University
Print MA at the Royal College of Art
Projects and Exhibitions
2022 – Chelsea College of Art, bbb-arb, London, UK
2022 – Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK
2022 – Somerset House, London Print Fair, London, UK
2021 – Royal Academy Summer Show, London, UK
2021 – Bankside Gallery, RE Original Prints, London, UK
2021 – Gallery 46, Touch, London, UK
2021 – Lambeth County Court, On Holding, London, UK
2020 – Bankside Gallery Summer Show, London, UK
2020 – Royal Academy, London Original Print Fair London, UK
2019 – Lumen Crypt Gallery, Last Bus Home London, UK
2019 – Offshoot Gallery, The Land of No Evil London, UK
2019 – Contemporary Museum of Rootedness, Group Show London, UK
2019 – Royal College of Art, Degree Show London, UK
2019 – Tate Modern, Offprint London, UK
2019 – Dyson Gallery – RCA, Brexibition London, UK
2019 – CGP Gallery, What a Relief London, UK
2018 – Brazilian Embassy in London, Via Arts Prize London, UK
2018 – Royal Scottish Academy, Annual Exhibition Edinburgh, UK
Film Festivals
2020 – Esto es para esto (official selection), Monterrey, Mexico
2020 – 32 Girona Film Festival (official selection), Girona, Spain
2020 – 40 Opera Estate Festival (official selection), Veneto, Italy
2020 – Asolo film Festival (special mention), Asolo, Italy
2020 – Viena Film Festival Viena (best film), Viena, Austria
2020 – AVIFF Art Film Festival, (best film), Cannes France
2020 – Prague Film Awards (best experimental film), Prague, Czech Republic
2020 – Filmarte (official selection), Madrid, Spain
2019 – Blowup Chicago Film Fest (official selection), Chicago, USA
2019 – Ocean Coast Film Festival (best student film), Porto, Portugal
Awards
2020 – RE – Royal Academy of Painters Printmakers Gwen May Recent Graduate Award London, UK
2018 – Royal Scottish Academy Annual Show, Best work – artist of any age and any medium, Edinburgh, UK
2018 – Royal College of Art Dissertation Merit (title: The Institute) London, UK
Residencies, Tutorials and Artist Talks
2020 – Artist in Residence at Plan8 T Contemporary Art Museum, Changsha, China
2019 – University of Westminster – School of Arts London, UK
2018 – Camberwell College of Arts London, UK
2015 – Projeto Metamorfose Brasília, Brazil