David Almeida is originally from Lisbon, Portugal. In 1998 he moved to London where is interest in photography began. He currently lives and works in New York. He has also lived in Miami, Florida; Chicago, Illinois; and Amsterdam, Holland. Almeida is the recipient of the State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, the Artist Enhancement Grant, and the Artist Access Grant. In 2010 he was awarded the West Prize. Some of the venues that have exhibited Almeida’s work include the Heckscher Museum of Art, Mary Brogan Museum of Arts, the West Collection, Mattie Kelly Arts Center, the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, and GEISAI Miami.
SELECT EXHIBTIONS
Guild Hall 84th Annual Members Exhibition, East Hampton, NY, 2023
Governors Island/Transborder Art, Seascapes, Governors Island, NY, 2023
The Heckscher Museum of Art, Long Island Biennial, Huntington, NY, 2020
South Florida Art Center, Thirty Years on the Road, Curated by Edouard Duval-Carrié, Miami Beach, FL, 2014
Miami Dade College Galleries of Art + Design, Sweat 2, Kendal, FL, 2014
Jaffe Center for Book Arts at Florida Atlantic University, The Sweat
Broadsheet Collaboration, Boca Raton, FL, 2014
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, A Futurist Evening at Vizcaya,
Replacement, MIami, FL, 2013
SEI Inovation Studio at Kimmel Canter, The Slow and Inevitable Death of
American Muscle, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus Centre Gallery, The Sweat
Broadsheet Collaboration, Miami, FL, 2012
South Florida Art Center, The Sweat Broadsheet Collaboration, Miami
Beach, FL, 2012
Gato Gallery, Barry University, Visual Art Faculty and Alumni Invitational,
Miami, FL, 2011
Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, Appetite, Curated by George Blakely,
Tallahassee, FL, 2010
David Castillo Gallery, DCG Open, Miami, FL, 2010
SEI Gallery, 10 Exhibition, Oaks, PA, 210
Mattie Kelly Arts Center, Florida Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition,
Curated by Maarten van de Guchte, Tallahassee, FL, 2010
Project Room, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Natural
Selection, Hollywood, FL, 2009
Zones Art Fair, Crosscut, Curated by Charo Oquet, Miami, FL, 2009
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Fourth All-Media Juried Biennale.
Curated by Nina Arias, Hollywood, FL, 2009
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Abracadabra, Hollywood, FL, 2008
The Wolfsonian-FIU, Wolf=Work 2, Miami Beach, FL, 2008
Andy Gato Gallery, Barry University, Inaugural Exhibition, Miami, FL,
2008
GEISAI Miami, juried by Tom Eccles, Lin Lougheed, Massimiliano
Gioni, Walter Robinson, Carol Kino, Takashi Murakami, Miami, FL, 2007
Art Center/South Florida, Winning Art!, Miami Beach, FL, 2007
Art Center/South Florida. The Model at Hand. Curated by David
Almeida, Miami Beach, FL, 2007
Indian Creek Hotel. Art Center Artists. Curated by Lemon
Sky Projects, Miami Beach, FL, 2006
Art Box, Urban Bliss, Miami, FL, 2006
Art Box, Shore Thing, Miami, FL, 2006
HTV, Het Topje van de Ijsberg, Save a Melting Iceberg in One Day, Amsterdam, Holland, 2006
Noorderlicht International Fotofestival, Traces and Omens, Groningen, Holland, 2005
Treehouse Gallery, .PT, Amsterdam, Holland, 2005
Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Summer Miami 2004 - Works on Paper, Miami,
FL, 2004
Steven Watt Gallery, Long Shots, Miami, FL, 2003
Barry University, Student Works, Miami, FL, 2003
GRANTS/AWARDS/RESIDENCES
Governors Island residency with Transborder Art
Caumsett Foundation Artist in residency, 2023
West Prize Recipient, 2010
Miami Dade County and Tigertail Artist Access Grant
State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, 2008
State of Florida Artist Enhancement Grant, 2007
Art Center/South Florida, Juried Artist-in-Residence, Miami Beach, FL,
2006
Photographer’s Forum 23rd Annual College Photography Contest, 2003
COLLECTIONS
West Collection, Oaks, PA
Miami-Dade Public library System
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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ontstijgen: Hoofdtentoonstelling van fotomanifestatie Noorderlicht belicht vooral het persoonlijke,” in NRC Handelsblad (2005), p. 5.Bem, Merel. “In het spoor van de spoorzoekers:
Fotografiefestival Noorderlicht zoekt naar voortekens,” in: De Volkskrant (2005), p. 3.Melis, Wim. Traces and Omens. Groningen, 2005, pp. 96-99, 223.
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De Telegraaf (2005) Vol. 113, p. T14.
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wachten die stoeltjes,” in: Spoor Tijdschrift (2005), pp. 26-27.
Serbin, Glen. Best of College Photography: Annual 2003. Santa Barbara,
2003, p. 22.
Serbin, Glen. “Winners: 23rd Annual College Photography Contest,”
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