Fernando Brízio
(PT)
Born in 1968, in Angola, Brízio graduated in Product Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon, city where lives and works. He has developed industrially produced objects as well as limited series; along with exhibitions, scenarios and other spaces for companies and organizations, such as Droog, Materia/Amorim, experimentadesign, Cor Unum, Nike, Authentics, Fábrica Bordallo Pinheiro, Atlantis Vista Alegre, Il Coccio, Serralves Museum, Loja da Atalaia, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Marz Gallery, and Galerie Kreo, among others. He is both a Professor and coordinator for the Master’s Degree in Product Design at ESAD.CR; he was a Visiting Professor at ECAL- École Cantonale d’art in Lausanne and at HFG-Karlsruhe University of Art and Design. His work, sometimes developed independently of commissions, has sometimes challenged disciplinary boundaries and is regularly exhibited and published internationally. His designs are included in the permanent collection of MUDE – Lisbon’s Museum of Design and Fashion, and IMA – Indianapolis Museum of Art, among other collections.