Conference Great Artists on Campus 2 with Rui Chafes
Alone with Everything We Love - A journey through the work of Rui Chafes, exploring his artistic vision through iron and steel sculptures
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Rui Chafes was born in 1966 in Lisbon, where he currently lives. He completed the Sculpture Course at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Lisbon between 1984 and 1989. From 1990 to 1992, he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Gerhard Merz. During this period, he translated from German into Portuguese the *Fragments of Novalis*, which was published by Assírio & Alvim in 1992.
Since the mid-1980s, he has developed his work exclusively in iron or steel. He has exhibited in Portugal and abroad, notably at the Venice Biennale in 1995 and 2013, and at the São Paulo Biennial in 2004. His work has been shown in various museums and institutions, mainly in Europe but also in Brazil, Japan, and South Korea, and he has also held exhibitions in public, natural, or urban spaces, such as Sintra, Matera, or Bamberg. In 2004, he was awarded the Robert-Jacobsen Sculpture Prize in Germany, in 2015 he received the Prémio Pessoa, and in 2021, the AICA Prize.
In 2024, he was awarded the title of Doctor *Honoris Causa* by the Catholic University of Portugal.
