Zulmiro de Carvalho

Zulmiro de Carvalho was born in 1940 in Valbom, Porto, Portugal. Between 1963 and 1968 he studied Sculpture at the School of Fine Arts of Porto, having taught at the same school from 1969 until 1995, the year in which he retired as an assistant professor. From 1971 to 1973, he received a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation to attend the St. Martin’s School of Art, in London. He works, at the beginning, with metal (iron, bronze and steel), later combining it with materials such as stone and wood, in works that are characterized by the use of simple and repetitive, modular and usually geometric shapes. Referring to minimalism, his work is also characterized by the concern given to the surrounding space as a relevant element in his composition. Developing his work in the areas of sculpture and drawing, he is the author of several works for public spaces, having also participated in various national and international public sculpture symposia.