Pedro Castanheira was born in Soure/Portugal, 1969. Degree in Painting by Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, in 1994.

Currently resides in Setúbal.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1994 “Ambiguously bodies in Silence”, Cógito Gallery – Setúbal

1997 “The Return of Images”, Art Gallery of Casino Estoril- Estoril

     “The Tondo and Other Forms”, Cógito Gallery – Setúbal

     “Fragments of this rhetoric”, Arte e Oficina Gallery – Setúbal

1998 “Forms and Colors - Memories”, Art Gallery of Casino Estoril

1999 “Travel of Suspended”, Arte e Oficina Gallery – Setúbal

      “Painting Exhibition”, nas Festas de São Mateus, Museu Municipal de Soure

2000 “Revisiting”, Art Gallery of Casino Estoril- Estoril

      “Painting Exhibition”, Municipal Gallery of Barreiro

2001“Driven by Reflected Light”, Arte e Oficina Gallery – Setúbal

2002 “Mirror of Time”, Art Gallery of Casino Estoril- Estoril

2005 “Theatre of Lights” , Art Gallery of Casino Estoril – Estoril

2007  “The Table of Instruments”, Galveias Gallery – Lisbon

2009   “The Garden of Bougainvillea”, Galveias Gallery – Lisbon

2014  "The great autumn", Galveias gallery - Lisbon

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

Has participated in 80 group exhibitions.

PRIZES AND HONORS

1992- 1st Paint Prize “VII Spring Salon” – Caixa Geral de Depósitos Award,  Art Gallery of Casino Estoril - Estoril   

1997- 1st Paint Prize in “X Spring Salon” - Caixa Geral de             Depósitos Award, Art Gallery of Casino Estoril - Estoril   

1998 - “Honorable Mention in “XI Spring Salon”, Art Gallery of Casino  Estoril -  Estoril 

1999 - “Honorable Mention in “XII Spring Salon”, Art Gallery of Casino Estoril - Estoril 

2005 - “Honorable Mention in the IX edition of the Painting Prize D. Fernando II” Sintra

- Represented in Art Collection of caixa Geral de Depósitos

- Represented in Art Collection of Banco Português do Atlântico

- Represented in Art Collection of Estoril – Sol, S.A

- Represented in Art Collection of AERSET

- Representedna in Art Collection of Administração dos Portos de Setúbal e Sesimbra

- Represented in Art Collection of Navigomes

- Represented in Art Collection of Administração do Porto de Sines

- Represented in Art Collection of Companhia de Seguros Fidelidade

- Represented in Art Collection of Museu Municipal de Soure    

- Represented in several Particular Collections in the Country and Abroad

- Referred in the book “Arte Jovem” Young Art, edited by Art Gallery of Casino Estoril - Estoril 

- Referred in the book “Cotação de artistas Portugueses em Leilões – Guia 2003/2004/2005” Portuguese Quote of Artists in Auctions - Ghia 2003/2004/2005, by Jean-Pierre Blanchon

PUBLIC WORK

2004 – Painting (140cm x 160cm) for the ceiling of the main altar of the Chapel of Cercal, Cercal-Soure