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Hugo graduated in architecture in Oporto (ESAP), Portugal. Received his Ph.D. degree in Architecture and graphic expression from ETSAV (Valencia – Spain), sponsored by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). M.Sc in Graphic Expression (ETSAV)

He is currently residing in Valencia, Spain, lecturing ( associate professor/lecturer) at the Superior Technical Architecture University of this city, (ETSAV) teaching courses on Architectural Form Analysis and landscape representation (Bachelor and Master degrees) .

Visiting Scholar at American Academy of Art – Chicago, The Parsons SCE, New York City, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Sapienza – Università di Roma and Nagoya University.

Urban sketching instructor in NYC, Vilnus, Oporto, Clermont Ferrand, Udine, Barcelona, Amsterdam, St. Céré and Valencia.

“Coup de couer” international travel book award at Rendez-vous du carnet de voyage for his first published book NYC Graphic Chronicles.

WINNER – The Kevin Sloan Award for Best Travel Sketch / AIA Dallas KRob Architectural Delineation Competition

3rd prize at II Concurso Living Sketch Càtedra Living Architecture UPV

Observational Juror Award – Architecture in Perspective 35 / International Architectural Illustration Competition
American Society of Architectural Illustrators

WINNER – The Kevin Sloan Award for Best Travel Sketch – Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition 2021

Finalist at the Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition (2016, 2017 and 2018)

Winner of the “Sketch 4 Freedom” Contest – Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park – NYC

Author of several published papers and lectures on graphic expression, architectural survey and drawing in divers Universities in USA, Europe and Middle East.

As architect, worked, among other offices, at Santiago Calatrava (Valencia), Périphériques (Paris), MVRDV (Rotterdam/Paris) and QA Associates(Valencia), overlapping these activities with professional personal projects related to architecture, 3d laser survey, urban sketching and illustration.

His Urban Sketching drawings have been shown in Solo Exhibitions at New York , Paris (Fondation Louis Vuitton) Valencia, Gandia, Oporto, Seville, Clermont-Ferrand, Saint-Céré and Madrid and Collective Exhibitions at Venice, Lisbon (Centro Cultural de Belém) , Valencia, Ferrara, Clermont Ferrand, Vilnus and Dallas.

Storyboard artist at “We the Animals” and “The Bride” featured movies, directed by the Emmy nominated Jeremiah Zagar and produced by Public Record, NYC. (Awarded at Sundance Film Festival 2018, L.A. Outfest 2018, Montclair Film Festival 2018, Independent Film Festival of Boston 2018 .

Illustrator for the African Environmental Film Foundation.

Since October 2010 he has been sketching every day in yolahugo

Was commissioned to illustrate for Samsung (PT), Graphite Magazine(UK), Museo de Bellas Artes Valencia (SP), Revista Quites (SP), among others.

Published articles on research indexed magazines:

DRAWINGS THAT IMMORTALIZE THE CITY. THE LATENT AND PERSECUTED ARCHITECTURE OF THE EL CABANYAL

Nueva York: relatos gráficos

Conversando con… Frank D.K. Ching

Conversando con…OSCAR NIEMEYER

Blade Runner: Los Ángeles 2019. Los dibujos de una ciudad en decadencia

Press news:

Fugas – Jornal O Público

Fugas – Jornal O Público 2

Jornal Valencia Plaza

https://www.elcorreogallego.es/hemeroteca/arranca-compostela-ilustrada-ERCG1212262

https://www.publico.pt/2019/09/04/fugas/fotogaleria/desenhos-alto-minho-396813?fbclid=IwAR24rrJagqU2UjdqiIXnX3ziUCXQlJdjzGpBwMRIhDpJoGOBKLCMAyNUkPE

Revista Rua

Hugo Costa: à descoberta do mundo, um desenho de cada vez

My lecture (2000 sketches) at Chicago Urban sketchers Symposium https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv-pVsz1ngk

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ES

Arquitecto, ilustrador y urban sketcher portugués, Graduado en Oporto, Portugal (ESAP). Master y Doctorado en Expresión Gráfica en la ETSAV-UPV. Profesor Titular del Dept. Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica.

“Visiting Scholar” en American Academy of Art – Chicago, The Parsons SCE, Nueva York, Università di Salerno y Università La Sapienza, Roma. Dió cursos de urban sketching en Udine, Nueva York, Vilnus, Valencia, Chicago, Barcelona, Clermont-Ferrand y Porto.

Autor de numerosos artículos y conferencias, en diversas Universidades, sobre la expresión gráfica y dibujo y su relación con arquitectura. Conferencias en Japón, EUA, Francia, Italia, Portugal, Rumania, España y Turquía.

Ganador del  Kevin Sloan Award for Best Travel Sketch – Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition 2021

Finalista en los prémios Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition – Dallas (2016, 2017, 2018 y 2020).

Premio “Coup de couer” libro de viaje Internacional en el Rendez-vous du carnet de voyage por su primer libro publicado: “NYC – diarios gráficos”.

Primer premio en el “Sketch 4 Freedom Contest 2017” – Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park – NYC

Observational Juror Award – Architecture in Perspective 35 / International Architectural Illustration Competition
American Society of Architectural Illustrators – 2021

3er premio en el II Concurso Living Sketch Càtedra Living Architecture UPV 2022

Colaboró, entre otros, con Périphériques (Paris), MVRDV (Rotterdam / Paris), QA Associates (Valencia) y Santiago Calatrava (Valencia), complementando estas actividades con proyectos personales.

Expuso sus dibujos en exposiciones individuales y colectivas en Nueva York, Paris (Fondation Louis Vuitton), Lisboa (Centro Cultural de Belém) , Valencia, Gandía, Sevilla, Madrid, Alcalá de Henares, Ferrara, Venecia, Clermont-Ferrand, Saint-Céré , Oporto, Vilna y Dallas.

Artista invitado para la realización del Storyboard de la película We the animals, dirigida por Jeremiah Zagar y producida por Public Record, NYC. Premiada en el Festival de Sundance 2018, L.A. Outfest 2018, Montclair Film Festival 2018, Independent Film Festival of Boston 2018 )

Artista invitado para la realización del Storyboard de la película The Painted Bride, dirigida por Jeremiah Zagar

Ilustrador invitado para African Environmental Film Foundation / Kenya

Desde 2010 dibuja diariamente en yolahugo

Press news:

https://www.publico.pt/2017/10/21/fugas/noticia/o-viajante-do-tempo-que-desenha-o-mundo-1789222

https://www.publico.pt/2018/03/24/fugas/noticia/um-portugues-a-desenhar-e-pedalar-nova-iorque-1806728

https://valenciaplaza.com/hugo-barros-y-su-cuaderno-el-portugues-transmite-la-imagen-mas-real-de-la-valencia-historica

Selección de artículos publicados en revistas indexadas:

Nueva York: relatos gráficos

Conversando con… Frank D.K. Ching

Conversando con…OSCAR NIEMEYER

Blade Runner: Los Ángeles 2019. Los dibujos de una ciudad en decadencia

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Arquiteto, nascido no Porto, Portugal. Licenciatura na ESAP, Porto e Ecole d’architecture Paris-Tolbiac. Master e Doutoramento em Expressão Gráfica Arquitetónica em Valência, Espanha (ETSAV-UPV). Docente, desde 2005, na Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Valencia, no Departamento de Expressão Gráfica Arquitetónica.

Professor visitante na Parsons New School(NYC), American Academy of Art (Chicago), Nagoya Institute of Technology, Sapienza – Università di Roma e Università di Salerno.

Autor de numerosos artigos e conferências, em diversas Universidades, sobre expressão gráfica e desenho e a sua relação com a arquitetura. Conferências em Estados Unidos, Japão, França, Itália, Portugal, Roménia, Espanha e Turquia.

Como arquiteto, colaborei, entre outros, com Périphériques (Paris), MVRDV (Rotterdam / Paris) e Santiago Calatrava (Valencia), complementando estas atividades com projetos pessoais.

Exposições individuais e colectivas em Nova Iorque, Paris (Fondation Louis Vuitton), Lisboa (Centro Cultural de Belém) , Valencia, Gandía, Sevilha, Madrid, Alcalá de Henares, Ferrara, Venecia, Clermont-Ferrand, Saint-Céré , Porto, Vilnus e Dallas.

Vencedor do prémio Kevin Sloan Award for Best Travel Sketch – Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition 2021

Finalista do prémio Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition – Dallas (2016, 2017, 2018 e 2020)

Observational Juror Award by Katrin Guenther ( 35th Architecture in Perspective competition organizada por American Society of Architectural Illustrators)

Prémio “Coup de couer” Caderno de viagem Internacional no Rendez-vous du carnet de voyage pelo primeiro livro publicado: “NYC – diarios gráficos”.

Primeiro Prémio “Sketch 4 Freedom” Contest – NYC. (2017)

Segundo Prémio “Sketch 4 Freedom” Contest – NYC. (2018)

Terceiro prémio no II Concurso Living Sketch Càtedra Living Architecture UPV 2022

Autor do “Storyboard” para o filme “We the animals”, dirigido por Jeremiah Zagar . (Premiado em Sundance Film Festival 2018, L.A. Outfest 2018, Montclair Film Festival 2018, Independent Film Festival of Boston 2018, entre outros )

Ilustrador  convidado para a realização do Storyboard de la película The Painted Bride, dirigida por Jeremiah Zagar .

Ilustrador invitado convidado para a realização do Documentário Moments in time / African Environmental Film Foundation / Kenya

Desde 2010 desenha diariamente em yolahugo

Notícias:

Fugas – Jornal O Público

Fugas – Jornal O Público 2

Jornal Valencia Plaza

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  1. I am an architect and visual artist – please see my work on instagram tkellyw is my name on Instagram. I am starting a new graduate degree in architecture for Indiana University in Columbus, IN (home to a rare collection of modern buildings) where drawing and painting will be primary in our curricula model – in fact, there will be a full visual art studio requirement that will accompany every year (all 3) and be parallel to arch design studio. I invite you to visit us in Columbus, IN – and Id like to stay in touch it seems we have much in common as I too had been teaching drawing and seeing to students at RISD, Harvard GSD, Columbia, Yale and MIT for many years. I thought I was the last of them…. but glad to find you exit

    1. Hello,
      Thanks a lot for contacting me.
      Your words were a nice surprise, it is rewarding to know we share common concerns, living so far way. I am already following your Instagram account (your oil painting are fantastic!).
      That new graduate degree looks exciting; I would love to visit your University. I am struggling hard at my university to keep drawing alive!
      I am looking forward to hear from you soon!
      All the best
      Hugo

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