Portfolio Review 2010 / Experten

Künstlerischer Leiter, Encontros da Imagem und Museumsdirektor des Museu da Imagem in Braga, Portugal

Rui Prata (*1955) erhielt 1979 an der Universität in Porto seinen Master in Geschichte. In den Jahren 2002 und 2003 machte er eine Zusatzausbildung als Fine Arts Director am ESAP, der Escola Superior Artistica do Porto, und erhielt 2008 den Doktorgrad in Kuratorischer und Zeitgenössischer Museologie von der Universität der Bildenden Künste in Porto. Rui Prata begann seine berufliche Laufbahn als Professor für Geschichte und ist derzeit der künstlerische Leiter des Encontros da Imagem, an dem er seit der Umsetzung seines ersten Projekts im Jahr 1987 tätig ist.
Während seiner Zeit als Dozent hat er zahlreiche pädagogische Aufgaben wahrgenommen und verschiedene Seminare geleitet. Seit seiner Eröffnung im Jahre 1999, ist er Direktor des Braga Museum Image.
Prata ist Kurator mehrerer internationaler Ausstellungen und Mitglied zahlreicher Jurys und Kuratorenkomitees. Er arbeitet auf verschiedensten internationalen Festivals – wie etwa dem Mois de la Photo de Paris et Montreal, Photo Espanha, Primavera Fotografica, Fotobienal de Bienne, Curitiba's Festival, Fotonoviembre de Tenerife, Recontres d'Arles – an der Bewertung von Portfolios mit..

born in 1955 in Lisbon, Portugal

Education
1979 he gets is master in History at Porto University
2002-2003 post-graduated Fine Arts Direction at ESAP, Escola Superior Artistica do Porto.
2008 finished a Master in Curatorial & Contemporary Museology at Porto Fine Arts University.

Professional career
Rui Prata began his professional career as a History professor and is currently the Director of Braga Museum Image since its opening in 1999.
Director of Encontros da Imagem Festival (Image Meetings), in which he has participated since its first edition in 1987.
During his teacher career he as done several pedagogical actions and he had participated in several seminars.
In his photographic career he has done some lectures in Europe and in Brazil, basically around contemporary themes.
Curator for some national and international exhibitions.

International Activities (Selection)
1988 – Member of selection Committee of Vigo’s fotofestival, Spain
1989 – Member of the Jury on the Essay Gallery, Arles France
1992 – Member of the Jury of the Prize book, Barcelona, Spain
1992 – Became Member of Honour of the Month Photography in Paris; France
1993 – Member of selection Committee at Montreal fotofestival, Canada
2002 – Member of the Jury of the several awards of the Arles Festival, France
2003 – Festivais de Fotografia, que direcção, MARCO, Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Vigo.
2003 – Conservar para quê?, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto.
2006 – Territórios da Fotografia Contemporânea, Faculdade de Filosofia, Braga
2008 – Became member of the Committee Acquisitions of Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris

Since 2000 his doing currently lectures about contemporary photography.
Portfolio reviewer for several international festival’s - Mois de la Photo de Paris et Montreal, PhotoEspanha (Madrid), Primavera Fotografica (Barcelona), Monthof Photography, Bratislava, Fotobienal de Bienne, Curitiba’s Festival, Fotonoviembre de Tenerife, Rencontres d’Arles, etc.