Carlos M. Fernandes was born in Luanda (Angola) in 1973 and spent most of his life in Lisbon (Portugal). Between 2007 and 2013 he lived and worked in Granada (Spain). He now lives between Ericeira (Portugal), Lisbon and Granada.

He studied photography at Ar.Co, Lisbon (1994-96), graduated in Electrotechnics Engineering (1998) and owns a master degree on evolutionary computation since 2002 and a Ph.D. on the same research field since 2009.

He participated in several photo exhibitions, namely Kaluptein (solo, Lisbon, 2001), I-S-T 95-75-15 (solo, Lisbon, 2006), Atlas (group, Lisbon, 2007) and INGenuidades – Photography and Engineering 1846-2006 (group, Lisbon and Brussels, 2008) and Da Cartografia do Poder aos Itinerários do Saber (Coimbra, 2011). He published the photobooks Kaluptein (2001), I-S-T 95-75-15 (2006) and Quia in Inferno Nulla est Redemptio (2009). Teaches photography and History of Photography since 1996.

Group Exhibitions (selection)

Álbum de Família

Ar.Co, Lisbon, 1996

Portuguese New Visions

Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa, Lisbon, 1999

Engenhos e Visões

Instituto Cervantes, Lisbon, 2001

VI Bienal de Fotografia da Moita

Centro de Exposições da Moita, Portugal, 2003

VI Bienal de Fotografia da Moita — Prize Winers

Biblioteca Municipal Bento de Jesus Caraça, Moita, Portugal, 2004

CinQuenta Fotógrafos

Palacio de la Isla, Cáceres, Spain, 2005

INGenuidades

Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 2007

Ingenium

Bozar, Brussels, 2007

Atlas

P4Photography Art Gallery, Lisbon, 2007

One or Two Photographs

P4Photography Art Gallery, Lisbon, 2008

I Encuentro de Fotografia de Granada (Projection MittelEur/opa II)

Granada, Spain, 2008

Evolutionary Art, Designd and Creativity Competition

Montreal, 2009

Inside [Art and Science]

Cordoaria, Lisboa, 2009

Da Cartografia do Poder aos Itinerários do Saber

Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, 2011

Salão #1

a Pequena Galeria, Lisboa, 2013

Solo Exhibitions

Kaluptein

Espaço à P’arte, Lisbon, 2001.

MittelEur/opa

Ministério da Finanças, Lisbon, 2006.

I-S-T 95-75-15

Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, 2006.

Timor Mortis Conturbat Me

P4Photography Art Gallery, Lisbon, 2008

Ephemeros

a Pequena Galeria, Lisbon, 2013