RUI PRATA

Rui Prata (Portugal, 1955) began his professional career as a history professor (1980-1998) and has been the director of Braga Image Museum (1998-2015). He was founder and director of Encontros da Imagem Photo Festival (Braga, Portugal). Since 1990 he has lectured on contemporary photography throughout Europe and in Brazil, and acted as a curator for both national and international exhibitions. He is a portfolio reviewer for several international festivals. Recently he was tutor for the project Parallel – European Based Platform and he is creating a new photo festival: Imago Lisboa. Rui Prata has a Ba in history from Porto University, a post graduate degree in Fine Art Direction from Escola Superior Artistica do Porto, and a Master degree in Curatorial & Contemporary Museology from Porto Fine Arts University.