João Casanova
João Vasco Casanova began painting very early, around the age of five or six, maintaining an intense and inquisitive practice throughout the first twenty‑five years of his life. He trained at Escola António Arroio in Lisbon, where he took part in several group exhibitions. Alongside his path in the visual arts, he completed a degree in Dance, deepening his study of the body, movement, and the awareness of gesture. This training became decisive in his approach to painting. For João Vasco Casanova, painting is not merely representation — it is the continuation of movement. The brushstroke emerges as the consequence of a prior gesture, a bodily intention that precedes the mark on the paper. His early works were marked by a strong emotional and social charge. That intense period led to an inner saturation and a creative silence that lasted nearly twenty‑five years — an essential interval for his artistic maturation. Upon returning to painting, he brings a new serenity and a profound awareness of rhythm and breath — elements inherited from dance and integrated into his pictorial process. His work celebrates everyday beauty — a quiet pause within the noise of the world.
Exhibitions and Participations Galeria 23A, Lisbon – Solo exhibition (2025) Spacio Gallery, London – Group exhibition (2025) ALMO Porto, Porto – Group exhibition (2025) Mescla at Verney, Oeiras – Group exhibition (2025) Collaboration with Nuno Gama – Design da Luz exhibition (2025)
