ANDRÉ PRÍNCIPE
Born in Porto, Portugal, 1976. Studied Psychology and Film. Solo exhibitions at the Encontros de Braga, Centro Português de Fotografia, Galeria Fernando Santos, Silo, etc. Collective shows in Vienna, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid, Barcelona and London. Published the book ‘Tunnels’ at Booth-Clibborn Editions, London, while ‘Master and Everyone’ (2009), ‘I thought you knew where all of the elephants lie down’ (2010) and ‘Perfume do Boi’ (2011) came out under his own Pierre von Kleist Editions. ‘Smell of Tiger precedes Tiger’ will be published by Journal in 2012. In 2009 he co-directed ‘Traces of a Diary’ with Marco Martins, a 16mm film shot in Japan with Nobuyoshi Araki, Daido Moriyama, Takuma Nakahira, etc. that took part in many international film festivals, including Indie Lisboa, New Horizons Wroclaw and Documenta Madrid, where it won the Honorary Jury Prize. Currently in the post –production stage of ‘Flamingo field without flamingos’, a road movie shot in Portugal, produced by Som & Fúria. Lives in Lisbon.