Alves Dias

Vila de Rei – 1952. Lives and works in Massamá – Sintra, Portugal.

Education and Career

1972 – Painting Course at the António Arroio Artistic School, Lisbon.
1984 – Training Course in Specific Materials Technology at the University of Aveiro.
1989 – Joined Group 3.4.5 – Portuguese Contemporary Tapestry Association.
1993 – Course on the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in an Educational Context at the Higher School of Education, Lisbon.
1997/99 – Attended the Degree in Technological Education Teaching at Universidade Aberta, Lisbon.
1998 – Selection jury member at the 4th Contemporary Tapestry Symposium, Loures.
2013/2015 – President of the Artur Bual Artistic and Cultural Circle Association, Amadora.
2021 – Selection jury member at the 17th D. Fernando II Painting and Sculpture Prize, Sintra.
2024/2026 – Attending the Experimental Atelier at the National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon.

Group Exhibitions

Participated in group exhibitions at Associations, Museums, Foundations, Municipal and Private Galleries in Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Canada, France, Macau, Argentina, and China.

Solo Exhibitions

2025 – “Um Fio de Sol”, Galeria Municipal Espaço +, Aljezur.
2024 – “O Fio do Tempo” ,Galeria Municipal do 11, Setúbal.
2022 – “Instâncias Simbólicas da Existência” – Drawing, Painting and Installation, MU.SA, Sintra.
2015 – “Um Olhar Para Além Do Mar”, 2nd Exhibition, Campo Maior.
2011 – “Territorialidades da Pintura e da Tapeçaria”, Artur Bual Gallery, Amadora.
2007 – “Des.a.fios”, Wool Museum of the University of Beira Interior, Covilhã.
2004 – Painting and Textile Art, Linhares Gallery, Lisbon and Municipal Gallery of Vila Franca de Xira.
2003 – Painting, Marquês de Pombal Foundation, Oeiras.
2002 – “Memórias de Infância” Municipal Museum of Vila de Rei.
2001 – Painting, Regional Museum of Sintra.
2000 – Painting, Convent of S. José, Lagoa.
1999 – “Um Olhar para Além do Mar”, Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Lisbon and “Encontro”, Maré D’Arte Gallery, Carvoeiro.
1998 – “Objetos Têxteis”, Nogueira da Silva Museum, Braga and Painting at Fitares Gallery, Sintra.
1997 – Painting and Textile Objects, Municipal Gallery of Alverca and Hotel Penta Gallery, Lisbon.
1996 – “Pintura Táctil”, Calouste Gulbenkian Municipal Library Gallery, Ponte de Sôr.
1995 – “Ritos e Magias”, Commemorations of the 5th Centenary of the Death of King João II, National Costume Museum, Lisbon.
1994 – “Uma Poética Têxtil Para Além De Si Própria”, Espiral Gallery, Oeiras.
1993 – Painting and Tapestry, Municipal Library Gallery of Santarém.
1992 – Painting and Textile Art, New Town Hall, Vila de Rei.
1991 – Painting and Tapestry, Francisco Tavares Proença Júnior Museum, Castelo Branco and Picoas Forum, Lisbon.
1990 – Painting and Tapestry, Recreios da Amadora Gallery and Palácio dos Anjos, Algés.
1973 – Painting and Drawing, Assembly of Abrantes, Abrantes.

ARTLAB

Contemporary Tapestry exhibitions organized by the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon.

2019 – “Puro Inóspito ou a Transcendência dos Objectos Corpóreos”, Portalegre Tapestry Museum – Guy Fino, Portalegre.
2017 – “Terra Incógnita”, Portalegre Tapestry Museum – Guy Fino, Portalegre.
2016 – “Mitos e Rituais da Tapeçaria Contemporânea”, Polytechnic Institute, Viana do Castelo.
2015 – “UR Trilogia de Mundos”, Portalegre Tapestry Museum – Guy Fino, Portalegre.

Millennium BCP Foundation

2024 – “Não Vá o Diabo Tece-las!” – Tapestry in Dialogue from the Millennium BCP Collection, Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon.

Biennials

2025 – Invited to participate in the 2nd BIAL – Alentejo International Biennial, Estremoz.
2024 – Selected for the 2nd International Contemporary Material Art Biennale at the Karamay Science and Technology Museum, China.
2023 – Invited to participate in the 1st BIALE – Alentejo International Biennial, Estremoz.
2022 – Selected for the 1st International Contemporary Material Art Biennale at the Haitiansky Center, Qingdao, China.
2021 – Invited to the exhibition “PENINSULARES” – Second Iberian Meetings of Contemporary Textile Art, National Museum of Decorative Arts, Madrid.
2021 – Participated in the 11th “From Lausanne to Beijing” International Fiber Art Biennale, China.
2019 – Invited to represent Portugal at the 8th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA, Madrid, Spain.
2018 and 2014 – Selected for the CONTEXTILE International Biennials of Contemporary Textile Art, Guimarães.
2000 – Selected for the 1st Contemporary Tapestry Meeting, Loures.
1993 and 1991 – Selected for the 1st and 2nd Contemporary Tapestry Symposia, Loures.
1988 – Selected for the 1st National Tapestry Biennial, Matosinhos.

Awards

2025 – Rocha de Sousa Prize, awarded by the National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon.
2021 – Bronze Medal at the 11th “From Lausanne to Beijing” International Fiber Art Biennale, China.
1994 – Members’ Prize of the National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon.
1993 – 1st Painting Prize in the Visual Arts Competition of the Irene Lisboa Institute.

Distinction

1996 – Honorable Mention at the 1st Painting Biennial “Prémio Cardoso Lopes,” Amadora.

References

Referenced in several art books and magazines, as well as in articles on Contemporary Tapestry and Textile Art, in Master’s and PhD theses from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, and in the thesis of artist Kelly Liang, published in China’s most important academic journal.

Some of his works were presented at the 7th International Scientific and Practical Conference “Socio-Cultural Trends in the Development of Modern Design and Art” by artist and curator Elena Chepelyuk at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kherson National Technical University, Ukraine.

Collections

Represented in several public and private art collections.