based in London, UK

luismanuel.sga [at] gmail.com

co-founder of lo, a publishing collaboration started in 2023

co-founder of ANGL, a three-person curatorial collective active between 2015 and 2023

2024

Research as practice: a means to no end; workshop conducted at the Royal College of Art, London, in collaboration with Oliver Andrew Evans

2023

Fiona Connor — KIT; artist book; designed, edited, and published by lo; launched at Kunstverein Düsseldorf

A Friendly Exchange, #4: tincture, mailer with Hugo Brazão, #5: la soupe de Marcel, dinner event with Yue Yuan; organised by ANGL

2021

Dreams Made Flesh, Galeria Catinca Tăbăcaru, Bucharest; exhibition and publication with Catinca Malaimare, Xavier Robles de Medina, Zoe Williams, and Bruno Zhu; curated by Luís Manuel Araújo

A Friendly Exchange, #1: softness, zine with Guendalina Cerruti, #2: empathy, video with Myrthe van der Mark, #3: simulation, audio story and flags with Theo Turpin; organised by ANGL

2019

Playful Aggressions, greengrassi, London; exhibition with Guendalina Cerruti, Holly Hendry, Zoe Williams, and a story by Charlie Fox; curated by Luís Manuel Araújo

Best Foot Backward, Sala Brasil, Embassy of Brazil, London; solo exhibition and publication by Hugo Brazão; curated by Luís Manuel Araújo

2018

Rendered Cities, apexart, New York City; exhibition and events with commissioned works by Felicity Hammond, Lawrence Lek, and Laura Yuile; curated by ANGL

Soft House, Deptford X, London; exhibition in a domestic setting with Dohyun Baek, Ben Cain, Guendalina Cerruti, Rowena Harris, and Holly Hendry; curated by ANGL

2017

A Place For You To Dream, East India Docks, London; exhibition and public programme in former office tower, with Max Colson, Katy Connor, Felicity Hammond, and Laura Yuile; curated by ANGL

TRAILER PROMO DEMO TEASER, Enclave Projects, London; installation and performance by Marcel Darienzo; curated by Luís Manuel Araújo

2016

Urban Methodologies, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), London; performative installation by Joonhong Min; curated by ANGL

Dis locate, Oxford; exhibition in a former car showroom with works by artists from the Magdalen Road Studios, supported by Wadham College, University of Oxford; curated by Luís Manuel Araújo

Supporting Act, Leith Docks, Edinburgh Art Festival; outdoor installation by Baha Görkem Yalim and Petter Yxell; curated by ANGL

grants & awards

Gulbenkian Foundation – Programa de Apoio às Artes Visuais (with Hugo Brazão, 2019)

British Council and Arts Council England – Artists’ International Development Fund  (with ANGL, 2018)

apexart – NYC Open Call (with ANGL, 2017/2018)

Arts Council England – Grants for the Arts (with ANGL, 2017)

Goldsmiths Annual Fund (with ANGL, 2016 & 2017)

Mondriaan Fonds – International Presentations Grant (with ANGL, 2016)

Hope Scott Trust – Visual Arts Grant (with ANGL, 2016)

education

MFA Curating, Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom

Master of Architecture, Escola de Arquitetura, Arte e Design da Universidade do Minho, Portugal, and École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Grenoble, France