Galeria
Filomena Soares was founded in 1999,
in Lisbon. Its main objective is to incentive
contemporary artistic production, by furthering a productive dialogue between
artists, curators and institutions working in the Portuguese and international
art scenes.
The
gallery stands in the east side of Lisbon, an area that was, for decades, an
industrial pole of great importance to the city’s growth and is today one of
its largest urban reconversion sites. The gallery’s space (approx. 1000m2)
includes two exhibition rooms with different sizes and facilities, which allow
it to host a large variety of exhibitions and other artistic events. The
gallery has, from very early on, been producing monographs on contemporary art
that can be purchased there or browsed in one of the rooms reserved for
visitors.
The
gallery’s programming is guided by a strategy aimed at establishing long-time
associations with authors working in every field of artistic expression. The
gallery’s participation in important contemporary art fairs, as well as its
collaborations with international curators – such as David Rimanelli, Rosa
Martinez, Jurgen Bock or David Rosenberg – is one of the prospective lines it
keeps constantly developing within this context.
João Silvério, Curator
July 2009
Galeria Filomena Soares currently represents the
following artists:
Andreia Santana, Ângela Ferreira, Bruno Pacheco, Carlos Motta, Dan Graham, Daniel Senise, Dias & Riedweg, Didier Faustino, Günther Förg, Helena Almeida, Herbert Brandl, Igor Jesus, João Penalva, João Tabarra, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Letícia Ramos, Miguel Rio Branco, Pedro Barateiro, Peter Zimmermann, Pilar Albarracín, Rodrigo Oliveira, Rui Chafes, Shirin Neshat, Slater Bradley.
Project designation | Strengthening the internacionalization of Galeria Filomena Soares
Project code | LISBOA-02-0752-FEDER-001760
Main purpose | Qualification and Internacionalization - SME - Individual Projects
Area of intervention | NUTS II - Lisboa
Entity | Galeria Filomena Soares
Approval | 15-09-2015
Begining | 01-06-2015
Conclusion | 31-05-2017
Elegible cost | 463.676,94 €
EU financial support | 222.154,62 €
Purpose, activities and results- Promotion of national and international artists, with whom he works internationally;
- To promote contemporary Portuguese and international culture and art;
- Institutional recognition of the artists represented;
- Expansion to diversified markets;
- Export of the works of national artists to the European Community, United States, Mexico, Brazil. Colombia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, as the main focus;
- Knowledge of foreign markets (Fairs / Exhibitions) | Participation in international art fairs;
- International trademark development and promotion (promotional activities) | Consolidation of Filomena Soares as an international brand;
- Study and presence in international markets (prospecting and attracting new clients) | Study of the creation of the first Filomena Soares Gallery outside Portugal;
- International Marketing | International promotion of Filomena Soares Gallery
- Introduction of a new method of organization in commercial practices or external relations | Marketing through organizational e-commerce;