Artur Rebelo, Portugal

AGI member since 2007

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Artur Rebelo, graphic designer, educator and researcher. He holds a PhD in Contemporary Art from the College of Arts of the University of Coimbra, where he teaches in the Undergraduate and Master's degrees in Design and Multimedia at the Faculty of Science and Technology. Founded R2, in partnership with Lizá Defossez Ramalho, in 1995. R2 works for various cultural and commercial institutions, artists and architects in fields such as visual identity, editorial design, posters, signage systems and exhibitions. In addition to these areas, Artur Rebelo’s work also extends to curating, publishing, and the creation of interventions and installations. Rebelo has coordinated various workshops and participated as speaker and jury member in numerous national and international events. He has been invited to a wide array of international exhibitions and his projects have been published in various specialized books edited by prestigious publishers
He is a member of AGI since 2007, and co-organized AGI Congress and AGI Open Porto 2010, along with Lizá Ramalho.
Rebelo is currently teaching in the Design and Multimedia in University of Coimbra. Member of AGI since 2007.

Design work by Artur Rebelo


    Artur Rebelo, Portugal (2007)

    Artur Rebelo, graphic designer, educator and researcher. He holds a PhD in Contemporary Art from the College of Arts of the University of Coimbra, where he teaches in the Undergraduate...

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    Artur Rebelo, graphic designer, educator and researcher. He holds a PhD in Contemporary Art from the College of Arts of the University of Coimbra, where he teaches in the Undergraduate and Master's degrees in Design and Multimedia at the Faculty of Science and Technology. Founded R2, in partnership with Lizá Defossez Ramalho, in 1995. R2 works for various cultural and commercial institutions, artists and architects in fields such as visual identity, editorial design, posters, signage systems and exhibitions. In addition to these areas, Artur Rebelo’s work also extends to curating, publishing, and the creation of interventions and installations. Rebelo has coordinated various workshops and participated as speaker and jury member in numerous national and international events. He has been invited to a wide array of international exhibitions and his projects have been published in various specialized books edited by prestigious publishers
    He is a member of AGI since 2007, and co-organized AGI Congress and AGI Open Porto 2010, along with Lizá Ramalho.
    Rebelo is currently teaching in the Design and Multimedia in University of Coimbra. Member of AGI since 2007.

    Exhibitions

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    R2: Artur Rebelo and Lizá Ramalho: The 22nd Brno Biennial 2006 Laureates

    2010

    Moravian Gallery in Brno, BRNO

    Brno Biennial Laureates Exhibition: R2 — Lizá Ramalho and Artur Rebelo, Portugal, held under 24th International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno, curated by Marta Sylvestrová and Rick Poynor (guest curator), Moravian Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic, 22/06 to 24/10, 2010

    R2 / Suspended Production: Work Itineraries.

    2019

    Oliva Art Center, São João da Madeira

    The first exhibition in Portugal dedicated to the independent production of R2: Lizá Defossez Ramalho and Artur Rebelo. Curated by Paula Pinto and Joaquim Moreno, the exhibition is organized in five ‘laboratories’: Archive, Landscape, Transmission, Matter and Production. These five spaces host experimentation processes as well as artistic, graphic and visual trajectories

    Education

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    Lecturer

    • Doctorate

    2009 – today

    • University of Coimbra, Faculty of Sciences and Technology (Portugal)

    Professor at DARQ–FCTUC University of Coimbra, Faculty of Sciences and Technology

    Researcher

    • Doctorate

    2011 – today

    • The Computational Design and Visualization Lab. (CDV) (Portugal)

    The Computational Design and Visualization Lab. (CDV) is a research laboratory of the Cognitive and Media Systems Group (CMS) of the Centre of Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra (CISUC). Created in January of 2013 the CDV Lab. is a multidisciplinary research lab that brings together Computer Scientists, Graphic Designers, New Media Artists, Mathematicians and Biologists.

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    Agencies

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    Awards

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    • 2020

    Book Design Award Prémio Design de Livro 2020, Direcção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas, Lisboa, Portugal. — Projecto: Arquivo Diogo Seixas Lopes
    • 2019

    TDC Prize, Tokyo TDC Annual Awards 2019
    • 2019

    Silver Award, 7th China International Poster Biennial
    • 2015

    Silver Award, IPT 2015 — 11th International Poster Triennial (Project: Posez vous des questions), Toyama, Japan
    • 2014

    Premier Award, ISTD Awards, London, UK
    • 2014

    European Agency of the Year, European Design Awards, Athenes, Greece
    • 2014

    Gold Award, European Design Awards (Category: Magazine), Athenes, Greece
    • 2006

    Grand Prix, 22nd International Biennale of Graphic Design), Brno, Czech Republic
    • 2003

    Gold Prize, IPT2003 – 7th International Poster Triennial, Japan Graphic Designers Association and Museum of modern Art, Toyama, Japan