José Eduardo Almeida e Silva

Current

Art Adviser and Art Critic at Independent Art Adviser and Art Critic

Past

Commercial Manager at Rivercity Lda.
Owner at J.E.A.S., Art Management
Managing Partner at Bairro Alto bar and Restaurant, lda

Managing Partner at E&F Lda.
Project Development Director at Suporte Internacional Lda.
Owner at C.I.A.V., Lda
Commercial Director at Agencia de Viagens NovoMundo
Sales Manager and Marketing Adviser at Ourahotel S.A.
Marketing and Commercial director at Agência Nacional de Mercados, lda
Cultural adviser of the Mayor at Camara Municipal do Cartaxo
Real state salesman at Mouragolf Club

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Education

Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Curso Superior de Cinema, pela Escola Superior de Cinema do Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa

Centro de Apoio ao Ensino Superior de Santarém
Liceu SÁ da Bandeira

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Industry

Fine Art

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José Eduardo Almeida e Silva’s Summary

Art management with an experience of more than ten yeras working with Portuguese and abroad markets.
A lifetime dedicate to sales and marketing; and a proven history of improving sales not only in art business, but in real state, leisure and financial fields as well.
Ability to teach and share kowledge to the team that I work with, in the way to develope projects and incresing profitability.

José Eduardo Almeida e Silva’s Specialties:

Strong leadershish and training skills in several areasof sales and marketing due my professional background.
Low profile and positiv thought, in the way to motivate the team and customers.
Great communication capacity, mainly, when writen.
Great capacity to market analysis and provide solutions to implement and develop projects.
Understanding, speaking and writing, Portuguese, English, French and spanish.

José Eduardo Almeida e Silva’s Experience

Art Adviser and Art Critic

Independent Art Adviser and Art Critic

(Fine Art industry)

2004 — Present (5 years)

Work closely wiyh artists to promove exibitions in institutions, museums and galleries. Adiser for private collectors for the aquisition of contemporany art (Work under confidencialy contracts).
Writing articles of contemporany art for several portuguese magasins, as Epicour, Espaços, etc.. Translation of Art and photography books as "Sexuality in Western Art", "The Portrait in Photography", etc. Workshops about museology, exibitions and Contemporany art.
At moment writing a book about the surrealism movement in the Portuguese Art.
Commercial Manager

Rivercity Lda.

(Restaurants industry)

2004 — 2006 (2 years)

Responsable for:
- Big Toast, Gare do Oriente
- M6, in "Marina do Parque das Nações".
Owner

J.E.A.S., Art Management

(Fine Art industry)

1996 — 2003 (7 years)

JEAS started in 96 When the I Toke over Potthoff Gallery. The main task of the company is promove exibitions of portuguese paintors and manage their career. With time the company grows two more galleries was under it's full control, Arte Domus and Ler Devagar, and another one with partnership with E&F; Bairro Alo Gallery.
JEAS Manage the career of some interesting paintors as Luís Geraldes, Manuel Carmo, Catarina Aguiar, etc.. At the same time JEAS made exibitions of the Portuguese masters as Rogério Ribeiro, Cruzeiro Seixas, Carlos Calvet, José Rodrigues, Júlio Resende, Paula Rego, etc.
With co-prodution of some English and French Gallerys JEAS, made exibitions of the masters of the 20TH Century as Wharol (original drawings), Erró ( works from 1960 to 2000), Tom Wesselman, Schlosser, Greg Gorman,etc
With time JAES started to operate as acquisition adviser for private collectors and that was the way that I found in the end of 2003, and start work as independent Art adviser.
Managing Partner

Bairro Alto bar and Restaurant, lda

(Restaurants industry)

1999 — 2002 (3 years)

Bairro Alto Bar and Restaurant was a alternative area for those who like to enjoy live and social relationships. With a area of 1800 square metros is liking with the art gallery with the same name, it's regulars were people conected with art and culture. As the time goes it grows and I can't dedicate the time that it needs, so I sold my share in January of 2002
Managing Partner

E&F Lda.

(Fine Art industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years)

• E&F - Galeria Bairro Alto as General Director
• Realization of gallery expositors with Artists as:
Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselman, Erro, Pedro Kastro
• Producing in collaboration with the “Câmara Municipal de Lisboa” - Padrão dos Descobrimentos, the exposition of the photographer Kevin Lynch
• E&F - Galeria Atrium Saldanha as Comunication Director and Art Manager
• Producing the following artists:
Dina Aguiar, Catarina Aguiar,João Murillo, Cármen Pichel, Ana Lima Netto, Rogério de Freitas ,Ana Horta, Redone Cassamo, Cristina Henry, Jair Peny
Project Development Director

Suporte Internacional Lda.

(Financial Services industry)

1992 — 1996 (4 years)

Marketing and financial consulting for several clients in Portugal, UK, USA and Germany.
Art Consuting, mainly, for acquisitions in the international markets.
I can't provide any Kind of specific information because I worked under a contract of confidenciality.
Owner

C.I.A.V., Lda

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

1988 — 1993 (5 years)

CIAV was a companing which it's main proposal was the production of commercials and video clips. Start with three people, step by step it owned it's place in the portuguese market of advirtising and mvideo clips working with some of the most advertising companies and music labels in Portugal. At the same time start with is own prodution for indor broacasting in big commercial areas as Amoreiras Shoping center in Lisbon, was an exemple. In the end of 1993 CIAV was sold to one of the biggest companies in advertisig business in Portugal.
Commercial Director

Agencia de Viagens NovoMundo

(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

1991 — 1992 (1 year)

Develop a new product in the way to increse the company's share in the portuguese market.
Consuling for new real state acquisitions
Consulting for hotel and resorts contracts
Create, training and supervising the sales line
Sales Manager and Marketing Adviser

Ourahotel S.A.

(Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

1987 — 1991 (4 years)

Create a sales Line, over 20 salesman, training and supervise the line manegers.
Work together with the marketing and financial departments in the way to improve the products and criate new ones.
Work closely with banks to sell shares of the company to private investers.
Marketing and Commercial director

Agência Nacional de Mercados, lda

(Real Estate industry)

July 1985 — December 1987 (2 years 6 months)

Create and develop the advertising strategy for the portuguese and english market in order to sale the Impervilla Resort in Vilamoura and Balaia Club in Albufeira, Algarve , Portugal.
Create, training and supervising the sales line working on site, Lisbon, and in Uk branch.
Deal with banks to create a special credit for private purchase of holidays state.
Cultural adviser of the Mayor

Camara Municipal do Cartaxo

(Political Organization industry)

1983 — 1985 (2 years)

Director of the Museu Rual e do Vinho do conselho do Cartaxo
Director of the Jose Tagarro Library
Art director of the county gallery
Real state salesman

Mouragolf Club

(Real Estate industry)

January 1985 — June 1985 (6 months)

Working on site as real state salesman in the english, canadian and portuguese line of salesman.

José Eduardo Almeida e Silva’s Education

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

1994 , 1994 — 1996

Activities and Societies:

Master Communication
Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Antropology , Antropology, Biology and social Studies , 1979 — 1984
Curso Superior de Cinema, pela Escola Superior de Cinema do Conservatório Nacional de Lisboa

1980 — 1983
Centro de Apoio ao Ensino Superior de Santarém

Ano Propedeutico , Philosofy, History, Portuguese, English II, Geographics , 1978 — 1979
Liceu SÁ da Bandeira

C.C.dos liceus , English, Portuguese, Philosofy, History , 1976 — 1978

Additional Information

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José Eduardo Almeida e Silva’s Interests:

After Art in general futebol is my main hobbi. I'm very entusiastic about poetry and Literature. A special love for movies and commercial clips. Art collector and commercial clips collector.