VALTER VENTURA

Valter Ventura (Lisbon, 1979) graduated in Art History from the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Lisbon. He finished in 2005, with a scholarship from Banco Espírito Santo, the Advanced Photography Course at Ar.Co – Center for Art and Visual Communication.
He is a specialist professor at the Photography Course at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar, having also collaborated with Ar.Co., Atelier de Lisboa, Lisbon’s Film and Theater School and the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon.
In 2008, participated (in duo with José Nuno Lamas) in the 2nd Photography Course, Creativity and Artistic Creation Programme of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Between 2012 and 2014 he was responsible for photographic documentation at Carpe Diem – Art and Research.
Between 2016 and 2018 he was an artist in residence at HANGAR – Artistic Research Center.
Co-founded of the photography collective HÉLICE and the PROPELLER magazine (coordinated by Sofia Silva).
He is represented by KUBIKGALLERY (Porto).