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
