Galeria Filomena Soares was founded in 1999, in Lisbon. Its main objective is to promote contemporary artistic production, by furthering a productive dialogue between artists, curators and institutions working Portugal and abroad
The gallery stands in the east side of Lisbon, in an area that was, for decades, an industrial hub of great importance to the city’s growth and is today one of its largest urban development 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 been involved, from the start, in producing monographs on contemporary art that can be purchased in-house or consulted 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, Carlos Motta, Christine Streuli, Dan Graham, Daniel Senise, Dias & Riedweg, Didier Faustino, Edgar Martins, Fernanda Fragateiro, 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, Sara Bichão, 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;
Project designation | Strengthening the internacionalization of Galeria Filomena Soares
Project code | LISBOA-02-0752-FEDER-027627
Main purpose | Strengthen PME's competitiveness - Individual projects - Internationalization
Area of intervention | NUTS II - Lisboa
Entity | Galeria Filomena Soares
Approval | 24-10-2017
Begining | 01-06-2017
Conclusion | 31-05-2019
legible cost | 994.335,00 €
EU financial support | 397.734,00 €
Purpose, activities and results
- Promotion of international artists;
- 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;
- Increasing sales to foreign countries: 66% in the pre-project year to 78% in th epos-project year (2020);
- Presence at fairs: Attending Art Basel in Switzerland or Art Basel Miami (EUA) in the pos-project year (2020);
- Diversify the market: direct sales to the Chinese market, to which the Gallery hasn't been made sales to;
- Stregthen the artist's portfolio: increasing 20% from the pre-project year (2016) to the pos-project year (2020) in the number of artists represented by Galeria Filomena Soares;