Lisbon, 1948 – Estoril, 2021
Throughout his career, Sarmento has worked in a wide range of media: painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, film, video, performance, sound and installation. He also developed several significant site-specific projects. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the world over the past four decades.
Julião Sarmento represented Portugal at the 46th Venice Biennale (1997). He was included in Documenta 7 (1982) and 8 (1987), the Venice Biennale (1980 and 2001), and the São Paulo Biennale in 2002. His work is represented in many public and private collections in North and South America, Europe and Japan.
Selected solo exhibitions:
2024
Julião Sarmento, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Torino
2023
Julião Sarmento. A Pedra e o Desenho. 60 desenhos para livro de Gonçalo M. Tavares, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbona, curated by Bruno Marchand
2022
Julião Sarmento (Catalogue), Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, curated by Catherine David
Julião Sarmento, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon
2021
Julião Sarmento, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin
Julião Sarmento Japanese Traffic Yellow Tide, Kitakyushu Japan, CCA Gallery, curated by Nobuo Nakamura
Julião Sarmento, Pilar Corrias, London
No Reino das Nuvens os Artistas e a Invenção de Sintra, MU.SA Museu das Artes de Sintra, Sintra, curated by Victor dos Reis
UNLIMITED, ArtBasel, Basel, curated by Giovanni Carmine
Primeira Pedra, Museu dos Coches, Lisbon, curated by Guta Moura Guedes
Julião Sarmento (Catalogue), Madeira, MUDAS Contemporary Art Museum Madeira, Calheta, curated by Benjamin Weil
Julião Sarmento, Galerie Templon, Paris
2020
De Que É Feita Uma Coleção? Corpo e Matéria, Centro de Arte Contemporânea de Coimbra, curated by David Santos and José Maçãs de Carvalho
Festa. Fúria. Femina. Colecção FLAD, Museu de Arte, Arquitectura e Tecnologia – Central Tejo, Lisbon, curated by Sandra Vieira Jügens and António Pinto Ribeiro
ProjectoMAP 2010-2020 Mapa ou Exposição, Museu Coleção Berardo, (Catalogue), Lisbon, curated by Verónica de Mello and Alda Galsterer
Culturgest, A Exposição Invisível, Lisbon, curated by Delfim Sardo
Red Light Sexualidade e representação na Coleção Norlinda e José Lima, Centro de Arte Oliva, São João da Madeira, curated by Sandra Vieira Jügens
Arte y Arquitectura: un diálogo Architecture into Art: a dialogue (Catalogue), Centro Botín, Santander, curated by Benjamin Weil
The Clown Spirit, De Rossaert, Antwerpen, curated by Joanna De Vos
Em perspectiva Coleção portuguesa do MEIAC, Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, curated by Catalina Pulido and Rocío Nicolás
O Pequeno Mundo a partir da Coleção da Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Museu de Arte Contemporânea Nadir Afonso, Chaves, curated by Sérgio Mah
Nada mais se move acima do papel, CAA – Centro de Artes de Águeda, Águeda, curated by Sara Antónia Matos
Estudos de Luz Indícios, Reflexos e Sombras na Coleção de Serralves, Casa-Museu Teixeira Lopes, Vila Nova de Gaia, curated by Joana Valsassina
2019
No Habrá Nunca una Puerta. Estás Adentro Obras de la Coleção Teixeira de Freitas, Sala de Arte Santander, Madrid, curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas
Entre las Líneas (Catalogo), r/e projects, Espacio Artkunstarte, Madrid
Tributo à Gravuras do Vale do rio Côa, Museu do Côa, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, curated by Ana Pessoa Mesquita
1/3MeelPress Portuguese Contemporary Artists,Bermondsey Project Space, London, curated by João Silvério
Expanded First Stone, Fondazione Cini, Venice, curated by Guta Moura Guedes
Julião Sarmento / Luís Paulo Costa (Catalogue), Museu José Malhoa, Caldas da Raínha, acurated by Luís Paulo Costa and Julião Sarmento
Julião Sarmento Undisclosed, Carolina Nitsch Contemporary Art, New York
2018
Julião Sarmento Leopard in a Cage – Projectos Inéditos (1968-2018) (Catalogue), CIAJG Centro Internacional das artes José de Guimarães, Guimarães, curated by Nuno Faria and Filipa Oliveira
Julião Sarmento LA Prints, Mixografia, Los Angeles
Julião Sarmento Timeline (Catalogue), Fundação Carmona e Costa, Lisbon, curated by Delfim Sardo
Julião Sarmento Reel Time, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon
Julião Sarmento Without (Catalogue), CGAC Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela, acurated by David Barro
2017
O Fim do Mundo (Catalogue), Artissima (drawings section – Booth Giorgio Persano), Turin, curated by João Mourão and Luís Silva
Julião Sarmento Objects on the New Landscape Demanding of the Eye (part 3), Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona
2016
Alientos from the Teixeira de Freitas Collection, Collectorspace, Istanbul, curated by Luiza Teixeira de Freitas
Julião Sarmento No fio da respiração, (Catalogue), Galeria Municipal de Matosinhos, curated by Miguel von Hafe Pérez
Julião Sarmento As Good As It Gets, (Catalogue), MSU Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb, curated by João Silvério
Julião Sarmento As Good As It Gets, (Catalogue), Galerije umjetnina, Galije Kula and Palaco Milesi, Split, curated by João Silvério
Julião Sarmento The Real Thing / La chose, même, (Catalogue), Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, curated by Ami Barak
2015
Julião Sarmento Doppelgänger, (folha de sala), Laboratório de Curadoria #2, Colégio das Artes da Universidade de Coimbra, curated by Turma de Estudos Curatoriais
Julião Sarmento Guest or Host?, (Catalogue), CAAM Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, curated by David Barro
Julião Sarmento Easy, Fractals & Star Map, Galpão Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo
Julião Sarmento Objects on the New Landscape Demanding of the Eye (part 2), Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Julião Sarmento shadow pieces on Body frames, (Catalogue), CAPC Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra (Espaço Sereia), Coimbra, curated by João Silvério
Julião Sarmento Easy Pairings Fractals Stars, Galerie Daniel Templon, Bruxelles
2014
Julião Sarmento (Catalogue), MAMAC Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, curated by Gilbert Perlein
Julião Sarmento Lo Sguardo Selettivo / The Selective Glance, (book/catalogue), GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, curated by Danilo Eccher and Riccardo Passoni
Julião Sarmento Guest or Host?, (book/catalogue), Fundación Luis Seoane, La Coruña, curated by David Barro
Julião Sarmento Terra Incognita, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Julião Sarmento DAD, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid
2013
Julião Sarmento Parousia, (Catalogue), Árvore – Cooperativa de Actividades Artísticas, Porto, curated by Bruno Marchand
Julião Sarmento Índex, (book/catalogue), MACE Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas, curated by João Silvério
Julião Sarmento Fado (com Carminho), (Catalogue), Ermida Nossa Sra. da Conceição, Belém, Lisbon
Julião Sarmento Parce que Rose, c’est la vie, (flyer), Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon
Julião Sarmento 75 Photographs, 35 Women, 42 Years, (book), Pilar Corrias, London, curated by Sérgio Mah
Una Forma Extrema de Privacidad Julião Sarmento, (Catalogue), MACG Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico, curated by Carlos E. Palacios
2012
Julião Sarmento Noites Brancas – Retrospectiva / White Nights – A Retrospective, (Catalogue), Serralves – Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto, curated by João Fernandes and James Lingwood
Julião Sarmento, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin
Julião Sarmento Women, Houses, Plants, (book), Galeria João Esteves de Oliveira, Lisbon
Julião Sarmento – Auto-Retrato / Self Portrait, Appleton Square Empty Cube, Lisbon, curated by João Silvério
Julião Sarmento Quelques Jeux Interdits, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris
Julião Sarmento Lire ses années 70, “Le Studiolo”, Galerie de France, Paris, curated by Catherine Thieck
2011
Julião Sarmento What Makes a Writer Great, (Catalogue), Museu da Electricidade – Cinzeiro 8, Lisbon, curated by João Pinharanda
Julião Sarmento Library, CAC Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, curated by Raphaela Platow
Julião Sarmento 75 Fotografias, 35 Mulheres, 42 Anos, (book/catalogue), Centro de Arte Contemporânea Graça Morais, Bragança, curated by Sérgio Mah
Julião Sarmento 2000-2010, (Catalogue), Es Baluard, Museu d’Art Modern I Contemporani de Palma, Palma de Mallorca, curated by Fernando Francés García
Julião Sarmento Remarks on Colour.3, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo
Julião Sarmento Remarks on Colour.2, Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona
Julião Sarmento Artists and Writers / House and Home, (Catalogue), Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, acurated by Terrie Sultan
Julião Sarmento Close Distance / Distancias Cortas, (Catalogue), La Casa Encendida, Madrid, curated by Adrian Searle
Julião Sarmento Remarks on Colour, Pilar Corrias, London
Julião Sarmento 62 Fotografias, 31 Mulheres, 42 Anos, (group catalogue), Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, curated by Sérgio Mah
2010
Julião Sarmento 2000-2010, (Catalogue), CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga, curated by Fernando Francés García
Julião Sarmento Monograph Room – Solo Display of Works in the Tate Modern Collection, Tate Modern, London, curated by Vicente Todolí and Kyla McDonald
Julião Sarmento The Real Thing, Galleria Alessandra Bonomo, Rome
2009
Julião Sarmento Books & Films, Galerie Bernd Klüser, München
Julião Sarmento Grace Under Pressure, (Catalogue), Estação Pinacoteca – Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, curated by Delfim Sardo
Julião Sarmento House of Games, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Julião Sarmento Silhouettes Noires 2002-2003, (brochure), New Galerie de France, Paris, curated by Catherine Thieck
Julião Sarmento Works on paper: Women and Houses and Plants …, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2008
Julião Sarmento Notes Towards a Definition of Pleasure, Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid
Julião Sarmento Literal, (Catalogue), Centro José Guerrero, Granada, curated by Delfim Sardo
Julião Sarmento, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon
Julião Sarmento L.A. Prints, Appleton Square, Lisbon
2007
Julião Sarmento Film Noir (part 2), Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto
Julião Sarmento Picture Show, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo
2006
Julião Sarmento Withholding: Works 1994-2006, (Catalogue), Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, curated by James Lingwood
Julião Sarmento Film Noir, Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Julião Sarmento The Players, (Catalogue), Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona
Julião Sarmento Ediciones Numeradas 1972-2006, (Catalogue raisonné), MEIAC Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, curated by Delfim Sardo
Julião Sarmento The Players, Lisson Gallery, London
2005
Julião Sarmento (artist book), Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, curated by Joost Declercq
Julião Sarmento Queluz, (Catalogue), Palácio Nacional de Queluz, Queluz, curated by João Pinharanda
Julião Sarmento Some Limits of Reason, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
2004
Julião Sarmento Ghosts, (Catalogue), CAV – Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra, curated by Albano Silva Pereira
Julião Sarmento Echo, (Catalogue), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, curated by Eva Meyer-Hermann
2003
Julião Sarmento Parasite, Galerie Bernd Klüser, München
Julião Sarmento, Galería Pepe Cobo, Sevilla
Julião Sarmento, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon
2002
Julião Sarmento Trabalhos dos Anos 70 / Works from the 70’s, (Catalogue), Museu do Chiado – Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, curated by Pedro Lapa
Julião Sarmento, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo
Julião Sarmento Domestic Isolation, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Julião Sarmento -me / What Makes A Writer Great, Museu de Angra do Heroísmo, Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira, Azores, curated by Delfim Sardo
Julião Sarmento Doppelgänger, Lisson Gallery, London
2001
Julião Sarmento What Makes A Writer Great, (Catalogue), Porta 33, Funchal, Madeira, curated by Delfim Sardo
Julião Sarmento -me, (Catalogue), Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Fortaleza de S. Tiago, Funchal, Madeira, curated by Delfim Sardo
Julião Sarmento, Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Beverly Hills, California
Julião Sarmento Obra Recent, (Catalogue), Galería Joan Prats, Barcelona
2000
Julião Sarmento Slow Motion, (folder), ESTGAD, Caldas da Rainha, curated by Miguel Wandschneider
Julião Sarmento (Catalogue), Akira Ikeda Gallery, Nagoya
Julião Sarmento Flashback, (Catalogue), Centro de Arte Moderna José de Azeredo Perdigão, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, curated by James Lingwood
1999
Julião Sarmento A Film Installation, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Julião Sarmento Flashback, (Catalogue), Palacio de Velázquez, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, curated by James Lingwood
Julião Sarmento The Wrong Person, Dan Bernier Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Julião Sarmento Segredos e Mentiras, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, curated by Marcantonio Vilaça
Julião Sarmento Maverick, Xavier Hufkens, Brussel
Julião Sarmento Segredos e Mentiras, (brochure), Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo
Julião Sarmento Fundamental Accuracy, (brochure), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., curated by Neal Benezra
1998
Julião Sarmento, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Julião Sarmento Veneno, Galerie Bernd Klüser, München
Julião Sarmento Carpe Diem/ Racial Makeup, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto
Julião Sarmento (Catalogue), Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, curated by Danilo Eccher and Hubertus Gaßner
1997
Julião Sarmento Suffering, Despair and Ascent, (Catalogue), Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Julião Sarmento Werke 1981 – 1996, (Catalogue), Haus der Kunst, München, curated by Hubertus Gaßner
Julião Sarmento Urban Corpo, (artist book), CCA Kitakyushu – Project Gallery, Kitakyushu, curated by Akiko Miyake
Julião Sarmento Casanova, (Catalogue + book), XLVII Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Portoghese, Palazzo Vendramini ai Carmini, Venice, curated by Alexandre Melo
1996
Julião Sarmento (Catalogue), Museu Nogueira da Silva, Galeria da Universidade do Minho, Braga, curated by César Valença
Julião Sarmento The House with the Upstairs in it, London Projects, London
Julião Sarmento Two Rooms, (Catalogue), Van Abbemuseum (Entr’acte), Eindhoven, curated by Jan Debbaut and Christiane Berndes
Julião Sarmento Selfish, Proud, Cunning and Regardless of Others, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
1995
Julião Sarmento Only a moment or two of brutal madness, Xavier Hufkens, Brussel
Julião Sarmento (Catalogue), Palácio Nacional de Sintra, Sintra
Julião Sarmento Quatre Mouvements de la Peur, (artist book), Encontros de Fotografia, Edifício das Caldeiras, Universidade de Coimbra, curated by Albano Silva Pereira
Julião Sarmento, Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto
1994
Julião Sarmento, Ruth Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Julião Sarmento Laura and Alice, Galerie Bernd Klüser, München
Julião Sarmento (Catalogue), IVAM, Centre del Carme, València, curated by Vicente Todolí
Julião Sarmento The White Paintings, (Catalogue), Centre des Arts Saidye Bronfman, Montréal, curated by Regine Basha
1993
Julião Sarmento Pinturas Brancas, (brochure), ARCO, Galeria Municipal de Arte, Faro
Julião Sarmento (Catalogue), Galeria de Exposições Temporárias, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, curated by Michael Tarantino
1992
Julião Sarmento, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo
Julião Sarmento, Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Bern
Julião Sarmento (Catalogue), Fundação de Serralves, Porto, curated by Michael Tarantino
Julião Sarmento, Xavier Hufkens, Brussel
1991
Julião Sarmento Pinturas Brancas, Galeria Cómicos / Luís Serpa, Lisbon
Julião Sarmento (Catalogue), Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, curated by Chris Dercon and Gosse Oosterhof
Julião Sarmento, Louver Gallery, New York
Julião Sarmento, Galerie Montenay, Paris
Julião Sarmento (Catalogue), Fundación Luis Cernuda, Sevilla, curated by Alberto Marina and Kevin Power
1990
Julião Sarmento Dias de Escuro e de Luz, (Catalogue), Galeria Pedro Oliveira, Porto
Julião Sarmento Gemälde und Arbeiten auf Papier, (catalogue), Schwäbisch Städtische Galerie am Markt, curated by Harald Siebenmorgen
Julião Sarmento Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Bernd Klüser, München
Julião Sarmento, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Milan
1989
Julião Sarmento, Galería Marga Paz, Madrid
Julião Sarmento, Xavier Hufkens, Brussel
Julião Sarmento (book), Galeria Cómicos, Lisbon
Julião Sarmento Bilder und Zeitchnungen 1984-1988, (Catalogue), Städtische Galerie, Erlangen, curated by Bernd Klüser
1988
Julião Sarmento New Paintings and Works on Paper, Hillman Holland Fine Arts, Atlanta, Georgia
Julião Sarmento Gnadenstoss, (book/catalogue), Galerie Bernd Klüser, München
Julião Sarmento, Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin
Julião Sarmento, Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Bern
1987
Julião Sarmento, Galería Marga Paz, Madrid
1986
Julião Sarmento Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Bernd Klüser, München
Julião Sarmento (Catalogue), Museo de Bellas Artes de Málaga, curated by Kevin Power
Julião Sarmento, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund
Julião Sarmento, Galleria Marilena Bonomo, Bari
Julião Sarmento, Galerie Heinrich Erhardt, Frankfurt
1985
Julião Sarmento (Catalogue), Galeria Cómicos, Lisbon
Julião Sarmento Perspective 85, (group catalogue), Art 16’85, Basel
1984
Julião Sarmento Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Erika + Otto Friedrich, Bern
Julião Sarmento Pinturas, Cómicos – Espaço Inter-Média, Lisbon
Julião Sarmento, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Sevilla
Julião Sarmento (poster), Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
1983
Julião Sarmento Pinturas 1981-1983, Quadrum Galeria, Lisbon
1982
Julião Sarmento Drawings, (Catalogue), Gangurinn, Reykjavík, curated by Helgi Thorgils Fridjonsson
Julião Sarmento Pinturas 1981/82, (poster/catalogue), Casa de Bocage, Galeria Municipal de Artes Visuais, Setúbal, curated by António Cerveira Pinto
Julião Sarmento Drawings, Erika + Otto Friedrich, Bern
Julião Sarmento Pinturas sobre Papel, (Catalogue), Galeria Espaço Branco, CAPC Círculo de Artes Plásticas, Coimbra
Julião Sarmento Pinturas em Papel, (Catalogue), ARTA, Lisbon
1980
Julião Sarmento 1947, (poster/catalogue), STUDIO Galerije Suvremene Umjetnosti, Galerije Grada Zagreba, Zagreb, curated by Davor Maticevic and Marijan Susovski
Julião Sarmento Testa, (folder), Modulo, Porto
Julião Sarmento Rosebud, Galeria Diferença, Lisbon
1979
Julião Sarmento Gnait, (group catalogue), Galeria CAPC Círculo de Artes Plásticas, Coimbra
Julião Sarmento Reading Pieces, (folder + group catalogue), Erika + Otto Friedrich: Räume für Ausstellungen und Aktionen, Bern
1978
Julião Sarmento Jaula Cage e Trabalhos Recentes, (brochure), Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, Porto, curated by Fernando Pernes
1977
Julião Sarmento Don Juan, (poster/catalogue), Modulo: Centro Difusor de Arte, Porto
1976
Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes Julião Sarmento (brochure), Galeria de Arte Moderna, Lisbon