Biography/Work Experience

Born in Coimbra, 1942. Graduated in sculpture at the Oporto School of Fine Arts, he returned in 1975 to lecture on the graphic arts for six years. Established his studio in Oporto, 1982.

Professional Specialties

Catalogues, Logo Design, Package Design, Posters

Graphis Appearances

Graphis Annual 1981 Graphis Annual Reports 6, 7 Graphis Brochures 5 Graphis Poster Annual 1988 until 2004, 2006 until 2018 Graphis Design Annual 2000/2005/2007/2008/2009/2012/2014/2015 Graphis 100 Best in Design 2012 Graphis Social, Political, Protest Poster Graphis Logo/Letterhead9

Awards

1983 - 1st National Award Gulbenkian for the best Book Illustration for Children, Lisbon, Portugal 1983 - 1st Prize Grafiporto, Portugal (Illustration) 1985 - 1st National Design Award, Portugal 1989 - Special award - "Die Erste Internationale Litfass Kunst Biennale", Munich, Germany Bronze Medal – Book Biennial, Leipzig, Germany 1996 - Honorable mention, "Computer Art Bienal", Rzeszow, Poland 1997 - 1st Prize Mikulás Galanda, Bienal do livro de Martin, Slovak Republic 1st Prize "First International Competition for Fair Poster", Bulgaria 1997 - 1st Prize - Logo Film Commission, Association of film Commissioners International Denver, USA 1999 - 1st Prize - Best of Show, European Design Annual, Great Britain 1999 - Zgraf 8 Icograda Excellence Award, Croatia 2004 - 2nd Prize, "4th International Triennal of Stage Poster", Bulgaria. 2005 - "Asiago International Award for Philatelic Art 2005", for Best World Stamp, category – Tourism, Italy 2007 - "Asiago International Award for Philatelic Art 2006" for Best World Stamp, category – Environment Protection - Italy 2008 - Honorable mention, EKOPLAGÁT’08 for the poster collection "International Year of Planet Earth 2007" and "National Day of Water 2007", Slovak Republic 2010 - 1st Prize – “Asiago International Award for Philatelic Art 2010 for Best World Stamp, category – “Tourism”, edition “The stamps and the senses” – Asiago/Italy 2012 - Seiva Award 2012, Arts category, Oporto/Portugal 2013 - Honorable mention 12th International Poster Biennial in Mexico for the Poster “Pasta Medicional Couto”. 2014 - 1st Prize – “Asiago International Award for Philatelic Art 2013 for Best World Stamp, category – “Tourism”, edition “International Year of Statistics” – Asiago/Italy

Graphis Awards

2007 - Poster Annual - Gold 2008/9 - Poster Annual - Gold 2010 - Poster Annual - Gold 2011 - Poster Annual - Gold 2012 - Poster Annual - Gold 2013 - Poster Annual - Gold 2014 - Poster Annual - Platinum, Gold, Silver 2015 - Poster Annual - Mérit, Gold 2016 - Poster Annual - Gold 2017 - Poster Annual - Platinum, Gold, Silver 2012 - Best Design - Gold 2008 - Design Annual - Gold 2009 - Design Annual - Gold 2014 - Design Annual - Gold Social, Political, Protest Poster - Gold, Silver

Featured In:

Museum/Gallery Exhibitions

GGG Gallery, Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, Oporto/Portugal; Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon/Portugal; Richmond Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada/North America; Art Poster Gallery, Lambsheim/Germany; Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, Oporto/Portugal; Annecy/Bonlieu - Centre d’Action Culturelle, Annecy/France; Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil; Memorial da Cidade, Curitiba/Brazil; Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, S. Paulo/Brazil; Casa Garden, Macau/China; Casa da Cerca, Almada/Portugal; Galeria Espaço Quadra, Matosinhos/ Portugall; Galeria Artis, Cidade do México/México; 4th BLOCK-International Triennial of Stage Poster, Association of Graphic Designers, Ukraine/Russia, 2009/2011; Poster Biennial in Warsaw, Warsaw/Poland, 1978 until 2014; Lahti Poster Biennial, Lahti/Finland, 1979 until 1997; Brno Biennial, Brno/Czechoslovakia, 1980 until 2004; International Poster Exhibition, Colorado/EUA, 1981 until 2013; Illustration Exhibition – Otani Memorial Art Museum, Nishinomiya/Japan, 1981; Itabashi Ward Museum of Art, Tokyo/Japan, 1981; Illustration Biennial, Bratislava/Slovakia, 1981/1983/1985; Festival sur Affiches, New Orleans/USA, 1982; Illustration Exhibition, Gabrovo/Bulgaria, 1985; International Biennial of Illustration, Tokyo/Japan, 1986; Illustration Contest, Seoul/Korea, 1986/1987; Self Images, Illustration Exhibition, Tel Aviv/Israel, 1989; 12 stars of the Poster, Salle de L’Aubette, Strasbourg/France, 1991; Etats-Unis D’Europe, Monnaie de Paris, Paris/France, 1991; International Poster Biennial in Mexico, Fuentes del Pedregal/Mexico, 1991 until 2014; 30 Posters on Environment and Development, Poster Exhibition, Rio de Janeiro/Brazil, 1992; Poster Exhibition Festival d’Affiches du Chaumont, Chaumont/France, 1992/ 1994; The First Moscow International Poster Biennale, Moscow/Russia, 1994; Trnava Poster Triennal, Trnava/Slovakia, 1994/1997/2000/2003/2012; International Poster Triennial, Toyama/Japan, 1994/1997/2003; Plakát Poster, Pécsi Galéria, Pécs/Hungary, 1994/ 1996/1998/2010; Ogaki International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Ogaki/Japan, 1996/1998/2000/2002/2004; International Triennial of Stage Poster, Sofia/Bulgaria, 1996/2004/2007/2010 (special guest); Global Exhibition, DDD Gallery (DNP Dai Nippon Printing Co, Ltd), Osaka/Japan, 1997; Helsinki International Poster Biennial, Helsinki/Finland, 1997; Furoshiki, Ginza Graphic Gallery (DNP Dai Nippon Printing Co, Ltd), Tokyo/Japan, 1998; Dansk Plakatmuseum, Aahrus/Denmark, 1999; Graphic Design and Visual Communication International Exhibition, Zagreb/Croatia, 1999; Typojanchi, Seoul Typography Biennale, Seoul/Korea. 2001; Galerie Anatome, Paris/France, 2002; Ekoplagát, Malá Fatra National Park, Malá Fatra/Slovak Republic, 2003/2005/2008/2011; Taiwan International Poster Design Award, Taiwan/China, 2006; Tehran International Poster Biennial of Iran, Tehran/Iran, 2007; International Exhibition, Carteles por la diversidad cultural, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana/Cuba, 2007; From the end of 1990’s to the beginning of the XXI century, 120 posters from 120 designers, Trama Visual, Mexico City/ Mexico, 2008; The Letters of Bulgaria – Alphabet of Europe, Sofia/Bulgaria, 2009; Masterpieces, Poster Festival Ljubljana, Ljubljana/Slovenia, 2011; 76 designers for his 76 years, Hommage to Shigeo Fukuda, Bolivia/South America, 2009; Shigeo Fukuda In Memoriam - Poster Exhibition, Helsinki/Finland, 2009; Voces en Libertad, Mexico City/Mexico, 2010; Keep Japan Strong after the Tohoku Earthquake: Send the World’s Love with the Breeze of Marugame Uchiwa Fans, FUNFAN project, Kagawa/Japan, 2011; International Invitational Poster Biennial, 1st Edition, Marmara University Fine Arts Faculty, Istanbul/Turkey, 2011; PLAGÁT : POSTER! 100 posters in selection of Dušan Junek, The Ján Koniarek Gallery/ Trnava, 2012; Eco Art: Graphic Design for Change, Riverside Art Museum, Los Angeles/USA, 2013, Golden Bee;

Museum/Gallery Collections

Lincoln Center, Colorado/EUA; Galeria Casa del Poeta, City of Mexico/Mexico; DDD Gallery, Osaka/Japan Pécsi Galéria, Pécs/Hungary Dansk Plakatmuseum, Aarhus/Denmark

Books Authored

Cartazes de João Machado, Edições Asa, 1982; 50 Cartazes João Machado 1982-1999, Edições Asa, 1988; Cartazes João Machado, Author’s edition, 1992; João Machado Cartazes, Author’s edition, 1995; João Machado e a Criação Visual, Campo das Letras, 2000; João Machado Stamps, Caleidoscópio Editores, 2010

Articles

Abigraf, São Paulo/Brazil, 1992, nr. 140; Arquitectura e Vida, Lisbon/Portugal, 2007, nr. 79, 83, 84; Design Journal, Seoul/South Korea, 1988, nr. 4, 1991, nr. 34; Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers, The Thames and Hudson, London/England, 1992; Ginza Graphic Gallery, Tokyo/Japan, 1997; Gráfica Especial Design Portugal, Casa de Ideias Editora de Vídeo e Gráfica Ltda., São Paulo/Brazil, 1989; Graphis, Graphis Press Corp., 1989, nr. 260; Idea International Advertising Art, Tokyo/Japan, 1990, nr. 290, 1993; Industrial Design, Seoul/South Korea, 1988, Vol. 17, Ípsilon (addendum Jornal Público), 2007, July; Novum Gebrauchsgraphik, Bruckmann Verlag, Munich/Germany, 1989, February, 1990, May and August, 1991, November, 1980/1982/1993/1994; PAGE, Objecto de Design, Grupo Algébrica, Lisbon/Portugal, 2000, nr. 13; Plakate / Posters by Dieter Urban - Novum Press, 1997; Plakate Posters, Bruckmann Verlag, Munich/Germany, 1996; Porto e Risco, Oporto/Portugal, 1995; Profile European Designers, Elfande Art Publishing, Surrey/England, 1991; Projector Magazine, nr. 2(15) 2011, Saint Petersburg/Russia, 2011; Step-by-Step Graphics, Dynamic Graphics, Illinois/USA, 2000, Vol. 16, nr.1; TipoGráfica, Buenos Aires/Argentina, 1992, nr. 17; Who is Who in Graphik Design, Werd Verlag, Zurich/Switzerland, 1994

Clients

A Oficina, CIPRL - Centro de Artes e Mesteres Tradicionais ÁRVORE - Cooperativa de Actividades Artísticas C.R. L. Centro de Artes de S. João da Madeira Cinanima, Cooperativa Nascente CTT-Correios de Portugal Expo’98 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Fundação das Descobertas, Centro Cultural de Belém Fundação Inês de Castro Fundação Medeiros e Almeida Fundação Museu do Douro Fundação Oriente Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da Zona Histórica do Porto Fundação para o Desenvolvimento Social do Porto Gabinete da Rota do Vinho do Porto ICAM ICEP - Investimento, Comércio e Turismo de Portugal Instituto de Cultura Vasco Vill’Alva Instituto Português de Arqueologia Instituto Português de Museus IPCR, Instituto Português da Conservação e Restauro Ministério da Cultura MNE, Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros - Comissão Organizadora VIII Cimeira Ibero-Americana Museu Alberto Sampaio Museu do Douro Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga Museu Soares dos Reis Palácio Nacional de Sintra Parques de Sintra, Monte da Lua, S. A.

Area of Expertise

Graduated in sculpture at the Oporto School of Fine Arts.