BIOGRAPHY

I was born in the summer of 1985 in Lisbon , and in the course of that year , my parents decided to move to Lousã, where I lived and studied until I was 8 years old. Only in 1994 returned to the capital. After a childhood marked by abuse in the style of former PIDE. With nine years was no longer a child, but a young man was angry and frustrated with the naivety lost, adult created by force.

In Lisbon, the great metropolis, I passed a complicated integration, new life, new emotions and feelings; Without the violence and repression of feelings that was used; New repressions came, I needed to find something where unload all my rage, anger and frustration; increasingly alone, there were few friends and companions, I began to find on the white sheets of paper a comfort to my soul. Destroyed sheets of paper and books with characters, sketches, risks and more risks.

In 1997, it was heard talking in Expo, Lisbon was running from end to end; Already knew like the back of my hand ; Watch faces, expressions, people run in their lives, and I stopped, watching every step. I started to pay attention to a sub-culture that was born in Portugal, the Graffiti. I’ve Heard stories, watch graffiti, throwUps, tags; That made sense to me. Draw in all spaces without limits; Being able to get messages to a huge audience. I felt, in this big searching that as the life, it was part of me, was stronger than me… I took the first steps on graffiti; Benfica was the area, the mecca of Bombing in the Capital, was where I lived and was where I met the first Portuguese writers. My routine has changed, thought only of paint, tagging and spread my message, I spent the whole day catching buses and subways, running the entire city… I recently had my heteronym (one of them) scattered everywhere; Shortly after the missions began to have another connection and meaning, bolder; Kept the street actions, but the train had other bites. Grappling with graffiti began to develop a taste for photography, integrating the photography club at my school.

The new millennium was coming and I walked into Antonio Arroio, it was here that I began developing the whole creative process of making parts that was going as well as create new heteronyms for different types of action that was going materializing.

I started my working life early, about 16 years old. I started with some summer jobs, enjoyed the experience of earning my own salary, and that idea that “it was just to earn a few bucks”, was creating in me the need to ensure the livelihood of my passions… I stopped studying about 2 years, after which I returned to studies, this time in after work. My world view had changed… I spent working the 48 hours of the day…

Today I am a graphic designer and illustrator, based in Lisbon. Do graffiti since 1997, and I am a designer with influence on the streets. Paint the walls was a hobby that developed a huge passion for typography, and how a love never comes alone and live in an age where we fell in love around every corner, is common… Colors, painting, drawing, vector, tattoos, ink on my hands , watercolor, silkscreen, photography, video… The passions are being born and living within each one… Just need to be fed… It is with this love and dedication that I try to live every day… it’s All About Love !

2CarryOn AKA Marco Almeida

EXHIBITIONS

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

CPC2017 - Prémio de Pintura
May 2017 / Centro Português de Cardiologia, Algarve
IN.FAME
April 2017 / Oficina da Cultura, Almada
MAGA 7
November 2016 / Museu José Malhoa, Caldas da Rainha
Wine Bottle
November 2016 / Casa Antero, Caldas da Rainha
Loures Arte Pública
June 2016 / Loures Arte Pública, Loures
AKA - Who is who?
December 2015 / Maria Pia College - Casa Pia, Lisboa
Com Calma - 3ª Mostra Benficarte
September 2015 / Com Calma - Espaço Cultural, Lisboa
A Cidade Vai ao Campo - 2ª Mostra Benficarte
June 2015 / Festival Aldeias Artísticas, Castelo Branco
GERADOR #3 - Letters Are What Matters
May 2015 / Gerador, Lisboa
Letters Are What Matters
April 2015 / SILOS, Caldas da Rainha
Subhum3tric - 1ª Mostra Benficarte
March 2015 / Benficarte, Lisboa
1st Show
February 2014 / Music Hall Lisbon Hotel, Lisboa
Sardas das Caldas
November 2013 / Silos, Caldas da Rainha
Cine-Incrivél
May 2012 / Cine-Incrivél, Almada
Caldas Late Night 16
May 2012 / ESAD.CR, Caldas da Rainha
Caldas Late Night 15
May 2011 / ESAD.CR, Caldas da Rainha
Comunicar Design 8
April 2011 / ESAD.CR, Caldas da Rainha
Caldas Late Night 14
May 2010 / ESAD.CR, Caldas da Rainha
Comunicar Design 7
April 2010 / ESAD.CR, Caldas da Rainha
2007 ~ 08
July 2008 / António Arroio, Lisboa
2006 ~ 07
July 2007 / António Arroio, Lisboa
Drawing class Collective
July 2006 / Rizo’s, Lisboa
Delfim Santos Photography Group Show
May 1998 / Delfim Santos

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

BE FLUID – An Artist Choice
May 2011 / Fluid - Bar & Bistro, Caldas da Rainha

Opening Show - Gallery Delfim Santos
April 1998 / Delfim Santos, Lisboa

MURALS

September 2017 / Casal de São Brás, Amadora
July 2017 / Serro Ventoso, Porto de Mós
June 2017 / Loures Arte Pública, Loures
July 2016 / Bairro Padre Cruz, Lisboa
June 2016 / Loures Arte Pública, Loures
June 2016 / Gustave Eiffel, Amadora
April 2016 / Route 118, Benfica do Ribatejo
September 2015 / Com Calma, Lisboa
June 2015 / Vintage Mode, Sintra
April 2015 / Escolas de Benfica, Lisboa
March 2015 / Há Festa no Campo, Castelo Branco
June 2014 / Kamasutra, Bairro Alto, Lisboa
January 2014 / Rosas Lisboa, Lisboa
January 2014 / Music Hall Lisbon Hostel, Lisboa
June 2013 / O Bairro i o Mundo, Loures
May 2013 / Orquídea Fantasma, Lisboa
April 2013 / Imaginação das Cores, Lisboa
March 2013 / Universidade Nova de Lisboa
July 2013 / Reciclar o Olhar - GAU, Lisboa
October 2012 / Cais, Lisboa
September 2012 / “Herói é o Povo”, Lisboa
August 2012 / Taj Mahal, Lisboa
July de 2012 / Banho de Brilho, Lisboa
July 2012 / PLMJ - Onda de Verão, Lisboa
June 2012 / Live Beach, Magualde
May 2012 / Setúbal Mais Bonita, Setúbal
May 2012 / Red Bull, Lisboa
February 2012 / Mobiliário Urbano, Caldas da Rainha
December 2011 / PLMJ - Lx Factory, Lisboa
July 2011 / Ourivesaria Carvalho, Caldas da Rainha
June 2011 / Ourivesaria Carlos Bica,Caldas da Rainha
June 2011 / Ourivesaria Bica de Brito, Caldas da Rainha
April 2011 / Eclipse Bar, Bairro Alto, Lisboa
November 2010 / Rádio Aurora, Lisboa
May 2010 / Démodé Bar, Caldas da Rainha
December 2009 / Joyce Bar, Caldas da Rainha
February 2009 / “Um Lugarzinho no Céu”, S.I. Instrução Guilherme Coussul, Lisboa
October 2008 / Real Companhia das Unhas, Lisboa
January 2008 / Casa da Boavista, Lisboa
November 2006 / CIC Benfica, Lisboa
August 2007 / IADE / Concurso de Street Art, Lisboa
August 2006 / Rizo’s Cabeleireiros, Lisboa

PRESS

[Photo] Gerador - 6 Faces da Mesma Moeda #26; March 2013; (link)
[Interview]  Ctrl.Alt.RUA ; December 2015; (link)
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[Interview]  Courrier International ; August 2013; (link)
[Illustration]  Sábado ; July 2013; (link)
[Photo] Notícias de Campolide; March 2013; (link)
[Interview] LUSA; April 2013; (link)
[Interview] SIC Notícias; April 2013; (link)
[Article] Alimentarte; February 2013; (link)
[Article]  Revista CAIS ; December 2012; (link)
[Photo] Domingo, Correio da Manhã; October 2012; (link)
[Interview] Revista, Expresso; October 2012; (link)

Jornal Expresso; October 2012; (link)
International Herald Tribune; October 2012; (link)
New York Times; October 2012; (link)
Correio da Manhã; October 2012; (link)
Diário de Notícias; October 2012; (link)
Público; October 2012; (link)
Don’t Panic Portugal; May 2012; (link)
Gazeta das Caldas; May 2012; (link)
Agenda Cultural Almada; May 2012; (link)
Gazeta das Caldas; July 2011; (link)

RADIO & TV

[Interview] CM TV; July 2013; (link)
[Report] RTP; July 2013; (link)
[Report] ACIDI; July 2013; (link)
[Report] SIC Notícias; July 2013; (link)
[Video] Book a Street Artist; July 2013; (link
[Interview] TVI; October 2012; (link)
[Interview] EDP; June 2012; (link)
[Interview] TV Caldas; March 2012; (link)
[Interview] TV Caldas; August 2011; (link)

WEB

[Article] Mistura Urbana; August 2013; (link)
[Article] Typography Served; September 2011; (link)