Madeira, Portugal, 1988.
Tiago Casanova studied Architecture at Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto, where he was one of the founders of Scopio - International Photography Magazine in 2010. He was also one of the founders of the XYZ Books Publishing house and Bookshop in 2013, A ILHA (Gallery and Art Space) in 2014, and Estúdio Bulhufas in 2017.
Has been exhibiting his work regularly in solo and group shows since 2006. Besides the work he produces in the context of his artistic investigation and practice, he also develops a professional career as an editor, book-maker, curator and exhibition designer.
In 2012, he was the recipient of the BES Revelação Photography Award and of an Honorable Mention at Novos Talentos Fnac Fotografia. In 2014, his work was mentioned for the best work selection at Plat(t)form - Fotomuseum Winterthur, and in 2015 he won the Jury Award at Festival A3 Bandas in Madrid.
He is represented by Galeria Carlos Carvalho (Lisbon).
He is currently based in Lisbon and Porto.
Prizes and Awards
2025 Winner - "Urbanautica Institute Awards 2024 - Category Anthropology and Territory"
2025 Nominated - "Oskar Barnack Leica Award"
2025 Shortlist - "Fresh Eyes International Talents 2025"
2018 Shortlist - "Gabriele Basílico Prize"
2017 Finalist - "Art Photo Barcelona"
2015 Winner - "A 3 Bandas Jury Award - Shoot & Smile"
2015 Finalist - "Dusseldorf Portfolio Review"
2014 Finalist - "On Award - Off Festival Bratislava"
2014 Finalist - "FIFCV - Festival Internacional de Fotografia de Cabo Verde"
2014 Finalist - "Full Contact - Portfolio Reviews SCAN Photo Festival"
2014 Shortlisted - "Kassel Fotobook Dummy Award" - Pearl Photobook
2014 Top 10 - "Self Publish Riga" - Pearl Photobook
2014 Finalist - "Kolga Award"
2014 Best Works Selection - "Plat(t)form 2014"
2013 Finalist - "Emergentes DST Photography Award"
2013 Residency - "1ª Avenida"
2012 Honorable Mention - Novos Talentos Fnac Fotografia
2012 Bes Revelação Award
2011 Residency Grant - "European Borderlines Project"
2010 Honorable Mention - "Jovem Criador 10 - Aveiro"
2010 Finalist - "Casa da Galeria Award"
2009 Honorable Mention - "Jovem Criador 09 - Aveiro"
2009 1st Prize - "Go Photo"
2009 1st Prize - "Talentos Diário e Fotojornalismo"
2008 Research Integration Scholarship granted by FCT
2006 1st Prize - "Funchal uma cidade Marítima"
Exhibitions
2025 (upcoming) "A Turtle with a broken back", Festival Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal.
2024 "A Turtle with a broken back", m|i|mo Museu da Imagem em Movimento, Leiria, Portugal.
2024 "A Turtle with a broken back", Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Grand Palais, Paris.
2024 "A liberdade e só a liberdade", Fundação Eugénio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal.
2024 "A Turtle with a broken back", Bienal de Arte de São Tomé e Príncipe.
2024 "A Turtle with a broken back", Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Lisboa, Portugal.
2023 "Blueprints of Power", TAJ, Lisboa, Portugal.
2023 "Too much of a good thing", ilha, Lisboa, Portugal.
2023 "Coleções Partilhadas - Mudas + CGD", Mudas - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Madeira, Portugal.
2022 "Carne Viva", Mupi Gallery, Maus Hábitos, Porto, Portugal.
2022 "Very Typical", Centro de Estudos em Fotografia de Tomar, Portugal.
2022 "Artist Bucket List", Linha Amarela, Porto, Portugal.
2021 "Open Circle", Panoràmic Granollers, Roca Umbert Factory of Arts, Spain.
2021 "Na Margem da Paisagem", Pavilhão Branco, Galerias Municipais de Lisboa, Portugal.
2021 "Bioscopic Books", Kunsthal Gent, Belgium.
2020 "Test to the mnemonic ability of photography", Fuse Art Space, Bradford, UK.
2019 "Which way the wind blows", Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Lisboa, Portugal.
2019 "Test to the mnemonic ability of photography", Fundação D. Luis I, Cascais.
2019 "Pearl", Budapest Projekt Galéria - Budapest Photo Festival, Hungary.
2019 "Pearl", Galeria Mário Botas, Ordem dos Médicos, Lisboa, Portugal.
2018 "Paris Photo", Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Grand Palais, Paris.
2018 "The Infernal Machine", Beton 7, Athens, Greece.
2018 "Photo London", Galeria Carlos Carvalho, Sommerset House, London.
2018 "Vozes de Abril", Galeria Oitavo, Porto, Portugal.
2018 "Test to the mnemonic ability of photograghy", Lokale, EC1 24H Copenhagen, Denmark.
2017 "For Sale", Galeria Painel, Porto, Portugal.
2017 "Déjà vu", Galeria Oitavo, Antigo Hospital Maria Pia, Porto, Portugal.
2017 "Regra e Excepção", Galeria das Salgadeiras, Lisboa, Portugal.
2017 "In.visibilidades", Galeria Oitavo, Porto, Portugal.
2017 "Manipulation: The Return of Utopia", Arquivo 237, Lisboa, Portugal.
2016 "Every wall is a statement", Alumia Exhibition, Porto, Portugal.
2016 "Transforming Memories", 280a Gallery, Vienna, Austria.
2016 "Cuestionamiento", Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães, Portugal.
2016 "Very Typical", Galeria das Salgadeiras, Lisboa, Portugal.
2016 "Carrilho da Graça: Lisboa", Architecture Museum Leopoldo Rother, Bogotá, Colombia.
2016 "Utopia Hoje", Museu Abílio de Mattos e Silva, Óbidos, Portugal
2016 "7 Círculos", Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa, Portugal.
2016 "Casanova was arrested here", Installation at Piazzetta dei Leoni, Venice, Italy.
2016 "Carrilho da Graça: Ponte Covilhã", Video Installation Collaboration, Venice Biennale, Italy,
2016 "Cuestionamiento II - Sociedad", Sala de Arte Joven, Madrid, Spain.
2016 "Feira - Cuarto Público", Galeria Dispara, Santiago Compostela, Spain.
2016 "Território Expandido", Festival Outuno Fotográfico, Coruña, Spain.
2016 "7 Círculos", Teatro das Figuras, Faro, Portugal.
2016 "Pearl", Galeria Dispara, Pontevedra, Spain.
2015 "AMI Arte Urbana", Silo Auto Gallery, Porto, Portugal.
2015 "Seeing is Believing", Festival Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal.
2015 "Carrilho da Graça: Lisboa", CCB - Garagem Sul, Lisboa, Portugal.
2015 "Gramáticas Flexíveis", Casa das Artes, Porto, Portugal.
2015 "Alter Retrato", Folio Club Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2015 "POST//Vídeoarte", Marcel Bookshop, Lisbon, Portugal.
2015 "El paisaje revisitado", Blanca Berlin Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
2015 "Biography", Photon Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2014 "Pearl", Museum of Contemporary Art of Funchal, Portugal.
2014 "Off Bratislava", Bratislava, Slovakia.
2014 "Biography - We", Fotogalerie Wien, Austria.
2014 "Pearl", Museu da Imagem de Braga, Portugal.
2014 "Encenação do Quotidiano", AXA / 1ª Avenida, Porto, Portugal.
2014 "Art Photo Barcelona", Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain.
2014 "Self Publish Riga", Riga Photomonth, Riga, Latvia.
2014 "Kolga Award", Tbilisi, Georgia.
2014 "Der Greif - A Process", Neue Galerie im Hohmannhaus, Augsburg, Germany.
2014 "2014 Frames - International Photography Projections", Centre for Contemporary Arts , Glasgow, Scotland.
2014 "Plat(t)form 2014", Winterthur Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland.
2013 "Emergentes DST Finalists", Project "Test to the mnemonic ability of photography", Teatro do Circo, Braga, Portugal.
2013 "Entre Mundos", Projection "Madeira", Encontros de Fotografia de Agosto, Fortaleza, Brazil.
2013 "Portuguese Photography", Projection "Madeira", Lodz Fotofestiwal, Poland.
2013 "Ícones da Fé", Installation "Gang do Cobre", Claustros de S. Domingos, Viana do Castelo, Portugal.
2013 "1ª Avenida Residency", Installation "Democracy / Asphyxia / Bureaucracy", AXA, Porto, Portugal.
2013 "1ª Avenida Residency", Installation "ESTA[g]NAÇÃO", AXA, Porto, Portugal.
2013 "Ícones da Fé", Installation "Gang do Cobre", Grijó Monastery, Gaia, Portugal.
2013 "Games of Glory", Video Art / Performance, Maus Hábitos Gallery, Porto.
2013 "Putrica Urban Art Festival", Freamund, Portugal.
2013 "Laissez Faire", Project "Is it a Revolution?...Or just bad weather!?", Felisberto Oliveira, Porto, Portugal.
2013 "Hybrid Landscape", Novos Talentos Fnac Fotografia, Fnac MadeiraShopping, Madeira, Portugal.
2013 "Resgate", Project "Is it a Revolution?...Or just bad weather!?", Antiga Casa Sá Cortinas, Barcelos, Portugal.
2013 "Bes Revelação", Project "Test to the mnemonic ability of Photography", Bes Arte & Finança Gallery, Lisboa, Portugal.
2013 "1ª Avenida", Project "Homage to Marcel Duchamp", Axa 1ª Avenida, Porto, Portugal.
2013 "Hybrid Landscape", Novos Talentos Fnac Fotografia, Fnac Stª Catarina, Porto, Portugal.
2013 "European Borderlines", Project "Madeira", Nordic House, Reikjavik, Iceland.
2012 "Bes Revelação", Project "Test to the mnemonic ability of Photography", Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal.
2012 "European Borderlines", Project "Madeira", Festival FotoLeggendo, Rome.
2012 "European Borderlines", Project "Madeira", Bursa Fotofest, Bursa, Turkey.
2012 "European Borderlines", Project "Madeira", Festival Encontros da Imagem, Braga, Portugal.
2012 "Cityzines", Independent Published books on Architecture and Photography, "Shanghai" book, FAUP, Portugal.
2012 "Portuguese Photography", Projection, Photographic project "Shanghai", Recyclart Bruxels, Belgium.
2012 "Trees" - Photography, Galeria Porta 22, Porto, Portugal.
2012 "Mnemosine" - Photographic project "Shanghai", Galeria dos Leões, Porto.
2012 "Memória e Destruição - Memory & Destruction", Photography and Video Performance "Lost & Found & Vice Versa", Porto, Portugal.
2011 "Venepor", Photographic Live Performance, Venepor - Cineclube da Maia, Porto, Portugal. (October 1)
2011 "International Summer School of Photograhy", Photography, Kuldiga City Museum, Latvia.
2010 "Young Creators 10 - Jovens Criadores 10 - Aveiro", Photography, Aveiro Museum, Aveiro.
2010 "Planaltofotográfico - Iberian Documental Photography Meeting", Photograhy, Mogadouro Cultural Gallery, Mogadouro.
2010 "Casa da Galeria Award", Photography, Casa da Galeria, Santo Tirso.
2010 "CinemArchitecture", Video, Architecture Faculty of Porto University.
2009 "Young Creators 09 - Jovens Criadores 09 - Aveiro", Photography, Aveiro Museum, Aveiro.
2009 "Ephemeral Places - Lugares Efémeros", Performance Project, UP, Porto.
2009 "Curatorial - Curadoria", Photography, University of Porto, Porto.
2009 "A view on Bom Sucesso Market", Photography, E-learning Café, Porto.
2008 "Rediscovering the Genius Loci of Bolhão Market", Photography, E-learning Café, Porto.
2008 "A view on the 14 Faculties of Porto University", Photography, E-learning Café, Porto.
2007 "10 x Black & White", Photography, IPJ, Porto.
2006 "Sensitivity", Photography, Madeira International Airport.
2006 "Funchal a Maritime City", Photography, Funchal City 500 years Celebrations headquarters, Madeira Island.
Press
2021 "Which way the wind blows" (Photography) - SOPA Magazine, August, ES.
2021 "Architecture made for Instagram" (Photography) - Revista MA #IV, June, PT.
2021 “Is it a revolution!?…” (Photography / Review) - Umbigo Magazine, August, PT.
2021 “XYZ Books” (Interview) - Lampoon Magazine, March, IT.
2018 "Pearl" (Photography) - Domus Magazine, IT.
2018 "The Backup Project" (Review) - YET Magazine, IT.
2017 "Every wall is a statement" (Installation) - Desblogada (Blog), January, PT.
2016 "Every wall is a statement" (Installation) - Attitude Magazine, December, PT.
2016 "Pearl" (Photography) - Tire, September, DE.
2016 "Pearl" (Photography) - Phases Mag, September.
2016 "Pearl" (Photography/Interview) - Slanted Magazine, January, DE.
2015 "Pearl" (Photography) - Emaho Magazine, India.
2015 "Is it a Revolution!?..." (Photography) - Kuš! Comics, January, LT.
2015 "Reality is Fiction" (Photography) - Unidade #8, January, PT.
2015 "Guest Blogger" (Photography) - Der Greif, January, Germany.
2014 "Pearl" (Photography) - GUP Magazine, August, NL.
2014 "Pearl" (Photography) - Paper Journal, March, UK.
2014 "Pearl" (Photography) - British Journal of Photography, February, UK.
2014 "Pearl" (Photography) - Suplemento P2 - Público, February, PT.
2014 "Pearl" (Photography) - Arte Photographica Blog, February, PT.
2014 "Der Greif: A Process" (Photography) - Der Greif Verlag, DE.
2013 "Nostalgia, Memória e Destruição" (Photography) - Contemporânea #1, PT.
2013 "XYZ Bookshop Lisbon" (Architecture) - Monocle Magazine Sept/Oct, UK.
2013 "Hybrid Landscape" (Photography/Text) - Aint Bad Magazine, USA.
2013 "Interview" (Photography / Interview) - Sentidos Magazine #1, PT.
2013 "5 Night Bars in Porto" (Photography) - Parq Magazine #37, PT.
2013 "Is it a Revolution?Or just bad weather!?..." (Photography) - Parasita Magazine #3, PT.
2013 "Test to the mnemonic ability of photography" (Photography) - Dédalo Magazine #9, PT.
2012 "Descending a Staircase" (Vídeo) - Matzine #12, UK.
2012 "Madeira - European Borderlines" (Photography) - P3, PT.
2012 "Madeira - European Borderlines" (Photography) - Stand Art Wall, PT.
2012 "Shanghai" (Photography) - Flânerie #2, Coimbra, PT.
2011 "Architecture, Art and Destruction" (Illustration) - Punkto Magazine #2, Porto, PT.
2011 "Barcelona" (Photography / Interview) - Analognights Photography Blog.
2010 "Shanghai" (Photography) - Scopio Magazine #1, Porto, September.
2010 "Ensaio sobre a Imagética de um Espaço Sentimental" (Photography) - Rua Magazine #5, Lisboa, PT.
2010 "Ensaio sobre a Imagética de um Espaço Sentimental" (Photography) - Revista Trama #0, Porto, PT.
2010 "Ensaio sobre a Imagética de um Espaço Sentimental" (Photography) - WIP Magazine #6, Greece, November.
2009 "Saber ver a Fotografia" (Article) - Corda Magazine #3, Porto, PT.
2009 "Da Organização ao Caos" (Article) - Dédalo Magazine #6, Porto, PT.
2008 "A Fotografia na Arquitectura" (Article) - Manifesto Magazine #3, Porto.
Books and Catalogs
2020 Book "I picolli gesti" (Photography) - Selfpublished.
2018 Book “Backup Project" (Photography / Performance) - Selfpublished.
2017 Book "Olho de Boi" (Photography) - Selfpublished.
2017 Book "Is it a Revolution?" (Photography) - XYZ Books.
2016 Book “Complete Collection of Photographs of an Ex-girlfriend” (Photography) - Selfpublished.
2014 Book "Pearl" (Photography) - XYZ Books.
2013 Photobook "Madeira" (Photography) - Scopio Magazine Addendum.
2010 Book "Shanghai" (Photography) - Authors Book. Limited Edition of 20.
2022 Exhibition Catalog "Flash Back: Carrilho da Graça", Casa da Arquitetura, Porto, Portugal.
2021 Exhibition Catalog "Na Margem da Paisagem", Galerias Municipais de Lisboa, Portugal.
2021 Exhibition Catalog “Bioscopic Books”, Kunsthal Gent, Belgium.
2019 Book “Pelas Tascas de Lisboa”, Frame Colectivo, Lisboa.
2017 Exhibition Catalog “Poder / Arquitectura”, Casa da Arquitectura - Lars Muller Publishers, Portugal.
2017 Exhibition Catalog “Squaring the Circle Pt.1”, 280a Gallery, Austria.
2016 Exhibition Catalog "Cuestionamiento", Comunidad Madrid, Spain.
2016 Book "Porto Património Mundial 20 Anos | 20 Imagens", CMP, Portugal.
2015 Festival Catalog "Portfolio Review Dusseldorf", Germany.
2015 Exhibition Catalog "AMI - Exposição Arte Urbana Mupis", Portugal.
2014 Exhibition Catalog "Biography", Fotogalerie Wien, Austria.
2013 Exhibition Catalog "Ícones da Fé", Grijó Monastery, Portugal.
2013 Exhibition Catalog "Games of Glory", Maus Hábitos Gallery, Porto.
2012 Exhibition Catalog "Prémio Bes Revelação", Museu de Serralves, Portugal.
2012 Festival Catalog "Encontros da Imagem - What Future?", Braga, Portugal.
2012 Project Catalog "European Borderlines".
2012 Exhibition Catalog "Trees", Porta 22 Gallery, Porto, Portugal.
2011 Exhibition Catalog "International Summer School of Photography, Latvia.
2010 Exhibition Catalog "Jovens Criadores 09 - Aveiro", Portugal.
2009 Exhibition Catalog "Jovens Criadores 10 - Aveiro", Portugal.
Lectures, Communications and Debates
2023 Online Interview “Conversas com Artista”, Centro Estudos em Fotografia de Tomar, Portugal.
2023 Online Interview, Galeria Local, Portugal
2022 Talk with Matilda Plojel, Landskrona Photo Festival, Sweden.
2022 Talk with Inês Grosso, Linha Amarela - Campanice, Portugal.
2021 Online Debate “Talking Books”, Fiebre Photobook Fest, Spain.
2020 Online Talk with Francisco Moura Relvas for “Painel”, Portugal.
2019 "Test to the mnemonic ability of Photography", Online Interview - Fundação D.Luis I, PT.
2018 "Backup Project", Feira do Livro de Fotografia de Lisboa, Portugal.
2018 “Backup Project”, Loading Fest, FBAUP, Porto, Portugal.
2017 "Azulejos na Arte Urbana", Festival Azzelij, Ovar, Portugal.
2016 "Apresentação Livro Backup Project", Festival Encontros da Imagem, Braga.
2016 "Apresentação Livro Backup Project", Flaneur Talks, Lisboa, Portugal.
2015 "Conversas", Festival Silêncio, Lisboa, Portugal.
2015 "Libros & Fotos - Alter-retrato IV", Art Deal Project, Barcelona.
2014 Work Presentation - Fine Art School of Porto University, Portugal.
2013 "Conversas com Fotografia" Talks - Cineclube de Guimarães, Portugal.
2013 "Global Art" Symposium - Casa do Alto da Maia, Portugal.
2013 Work Presentation - Serralves Contemporary Art Museum, Portugal.
2013 Invited lectures at "Art and Design in Public Space Master - MADEP" - Porto University, Portugal.
2013 Work Presentation - Fnac Gallery
2013 Lecturer at "Scopio Roundtable #4" - FAUP, Portugal.
2012 Television interview on studio for "Cartaz das Artes - RTP Madeira"
2012 Project Presentation "Shanghai" - Flânerie Magazine #2 launch conference, Coimbra, Portugal.
2012 Project Presentation "Madeira - European Borderlines" - Open Show Coimbra, Portugal.
2012 Lecturer at "International Seminar 'On the Surface' - Architecture and Public Space Images under Debate", Porto, Portugal.
2012 Television Interview for Art News "RTP Madeira - Cartaz das Artes"
2011 Debate "Constructing Criticism" - Archizines Exhibition at AA - Architecture Association, London, UK.
2009 Debate "Architecture Photography", FAUP, Portugal.