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I have completed a European PhD in History of Art with the highest mark possible, given unanimously by an international jury. My dissertation was about the silence and the void in art and it will be published soon in a book format, along with other publications that you can be updated on here. I was a Visiting Scholar at Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) and I completed a MA degree at Sotheby’s Institute London/University of Manchester with a dissertation about the Preliminary Course of the Bauhaus. I have also received degrees from the University of the Arts London, both FdA and BA (Hons). Having been part of the Learning Department at Tate Modern/Tate Britain, I also keep an active participation in diverse academic and creative areas, that have included collaborations with museums, art fairs and global galleries such as Victoria & Albert Museum, Saatchi Gallery, Frieze Art Fair/Frieze Masters and magazines — namely Wallpaper and Arkitip. Along with participating regularly in international conferences and artistic residences, I was Assistant Editor at the newspaper Arts London News.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Joao Miguel Gomes Dias Meruje

Citation names

  • Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
B711-DE22-8842
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6895-2468

Email addresses

  • hello@miguelmeruje.com (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts
  • Humanities - History and Archaeology
  • Humanities - Languages and Literatures
  • Humanities - Other Humanities

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
German Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Norwegian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/03 - 2020/03
Concluded
Finishing My PhD: The Next 90 Days (Outros)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
2020/02 - 2020/03
Concluded
Rússia. Música. Literatura (Outros)
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
2014 - 2019/10/10
Concluded
História da Arte (Doutoramento)
Major in História da Arte Contemporânea
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
"Para Onde Vamos Daqui: Vazio ou Silêncio? O Ano Zero Contínuo da Arte Contemporânea" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Nota Máxima por unanimidade do júri
2018/02/26 - 2018/05/31
Attended
Séminaire Doctoral des Études Lusophones at the Institut d'Études Hispaniques (Doktor (PhD))
Université de Paris, France
2018/02/21 - 2018/05/31
Ongoing
CRIMIC (Outros)
Sorbonne Université, France
2016 - 2016
Concluded
PhD Research Skills Development Course (Pós-Graduação)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
+
2016
Concluded
História da Arte (Doutoramento)
Major in Especialidade: História da Arte Contemporânea
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
"PARA ONDE VAMOS DAQUI: SILÊNCIO OU VAZIO? O ano zero contínuo da arte contemporânea" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Muito Bom
2014
Concluded
Art and Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies (Curso médio)
Museum of Modern Art NY, United States
2014
Concluded
Scandinavian Film and Television (Curso médio)
Københavns Universitet, Denmark
2014
Concluded
Art & Activity: Interactive Strategies for Engaging with Art (Curso médio)
Museum of Modern Art NY, United States
2014
Concluded
Søren Kierkegaard – Subjectivity, Irony and the Crisis of Modernity (Curso médio)
Københavns Universitet, Denmark
2013
Concluded
Introduction to Philosophy (Curso médio)
The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2011
Concluded
Contemporary Art in Focus (Curso médio)
Sotheby's Institute of Art/University of Manchester, United Kingdom
2011
Concluded
Black and White Photography (Curso médio)
Central Saint Martins, United Kingdom
2009 - 2010
Concluded
Contemporary Design/History of Art (Mestrado)
Sotheby's Institute of Art/University of Manchester, United Kingdom
"Colour Theory In The Bauhaus Preliminary Course " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Pass
2008 - 2009
Concluded
Introduction to History of Art (Curso médio)
Central Saint Martins, United Kingdom
2008 - 2009
Concluded
Jornalismo (Mestrado)
London College of Communication: London, London, Reino Unido , United Kingdom
"From Mercurio Portuguez To Gazeta Literária - Culture in the Early Portuguese Periodicals " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2006 - 2008
Concluded
Jornalismo (Licenciatura)
London College of Communication: London, London, Reino Unido , United Kingdom
Merit
2008
Concluded
Art and Politics (Curso médio)
Central Saint Martins, United Kingdom
2002 - 2005
Concluded
10/12o Ano (Outros)
Liceu Alves Martins, Portugal
1995 - 2005
Concluded
12 Grade Full Certificate - Advanced A Level in English (Outros)
International House - Portugal, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/01/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de História da Arte, Portugal
2020 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de História da Arte, Portugal
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de História da Arte, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution
Employer
2012/03 - 2012/04 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) Buy Art Fair Manchester, United Kingdom
2012/01 - 2012/02 Técnico Superior (Técnico Superior) George & Jørgen Gallery, United Kingdom

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022 - Current Course Director and Teacher Instituto Leonardo da Vinci, Portugal
2021 - Current Organic Unit Director A Base - Escola de Arte, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2008/01 - Current Outra Situação (Técnica) Organic Anagram Industries, United Kingdom
2013/02 - 2015/11 Outra Situação (Técnica) Tate Modern/Tate Britain, United Kingdom
2010/10 - 2014/10 Outra Situação (Técnica) Frieze Art Fair/Frieze Masters, United Kingdom
2013/09 - 2014/05 Outra Situação (Técnica) Victoria & Albert Museum , United Kingdom
2014/02 - 2014/04 Estagiário (Técnica) St Olave's Grammar School, United Kingdom
2013/02 - 2013/06 Outra Situação (Técnica) Arkitip - Los Angeles, United States
2012/09 - 2012/09 Outra Situação (Técnica) European Union, Belgium
2012/03 - 2012/08 Outra Situação (Técnica) Carpe Diem - Art & Research Foundation, Portugal
2011/09 - 2012/02 Outra Situação (Técnica) Saatchi Gallery, United Kingdom
2009/03 - 2012/01 Outra Situação (Técnica) Parq Magazine, Portugal
2010/04 - 2011/01 Outra Situação (Técnica) Revista Visão, Portugal
2010/03 - 2010/06 Outra Situação (Técnica) Wallpaper, United Kingdom
2008/12 - 2010/06 Outra Situação (Técnica) Arts London News, United Kingdom
2009/06 - 2010/02 Estagiário (Técnica) Vice, United Kingdom
2009/10 - 2009/11 Outra Situação (Técnica) London Design Festival, United Kingdom
2009/01 - 2009/05 Estagiário (Técnica) 100% Design/London Design Festival, United Kingdom
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Ano Zero Contínuo. Portugal: Edições Húmus, 12CatorzeBold Collection. 2022.
    Published
  2. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Arte Contemporânea: Silêncio e Vazio. Lisboa, Portugal: Caleidoscópio. 2022.
    Published
  3. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Abalroando, a Fúria Esperará dos Vingadores. Lisboa, Portugal: Glaciar. 2021.
    Published
  4. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Colour Theory In The Bauhaus Preliminary Course. Londres: Sotheby's Institute of Art. 2010.
    Published
  5. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. From Mercurio Portuguez To Gazeta Literária - Culture in the Early Portuguese Periodicals. Londres, United Kingdom: University of the Arts London - London College of Communication. 2009.
    Published
Book chapter
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "Consistência Imaterial e Incisões no Vazio". In Seara Nova. Portugal, 2022.
    Published
  2. Miguel Meruje. "The Line from Barnett Newman to Nam June Paik". In O Cipreste. Portugal, 2021.
    Published
  3. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "O Lugar Estranho". In Revista Mamute. Portugal, 2021.
    Published
  4. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "Diamante Soturno". In Revista Lote. Portugal, 2021.
    Published
  5. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "On Silence: Presence and Absence". In Brotéria, 200-206. Lisboa, Portugal: Brotéria, 2020.
    Published
  6. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "A Forma Artistica: Do Vazio Minimo para a Luz Total". In Laboratorio Colaborativo: dinaamicas urbanas, patrimonio, artes, 322-337. Lisboa, Portugal: DINA^MIA’CET-ISCTE, 2020.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "Vista Alegre and the Collectors Club Pieces". Paper presented in Sotheby's Institute of Art, Londres, 2010.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "Medieval Melancholy - From Dürer to Poe". Paper presented in Medieval Melancholy - From Dürer to Poe, Lisboa, 2024.
  2. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "The Beginning of Times and The End of History". Paper presented in Pensar (De Novo), Braga, 2021.
    Published
  3. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "The Artistic Form: From Minimal Emptiness To Total Light". Paper presented in Laboratório Colaborativo: VI Seminário de Investigação, Ensino e Difusão', Porto, 2020.
    Accepted
  4. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "O Silêncio Navega No Vazio Com Arte". Paper presented in Séminaire Doctoral des Etudes Lusophones, Paris, 2018.
    Published
  5. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "Tipos de Grafia: De Ruas e Galerias". Paper presented in Colóquio Internacional Artepel'emoção: Fronteiras em Ausência. Arte [e Artsitas: Criação De/Em] Emoção in Consciência, Lisboa, 2017.
    Published
  6. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "From Outside Landscape To The New Interior Landscape of Mankind". Paper presented in NOVA-FSCH, Lisboa, 2016.
    Published
  7. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "The Apocalyptic Landscape and the Series by Thomas Cole and John Martin". Paper presented in NOVA-FSCH, Lisboa, 2016.
    Published
  8. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "Boaz e Jachin: Pilares e Dualidade". Paper presented in Colóquio Arte e Fé, Lisboa, 2016.
    Published
  9. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "Seated Creativity: Stories of Chairs and Functional Design". Paper presented in Short Course, Porto/Viseu, 2012.
    Published
  10. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "The Interior and Furniture Designs of Vilmos Huszár and J. C. Klaarhamer for the Bruynzeel House, Voorburg, 1918-1919, Paying Particular Attention to the Use of Colour and the Relationship of the Interior to the De Stijl Movement". Paper presented in Sotheby's Institute of Art, Londres, 2011.
    Published
  11. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "The Influence of Art Nouveau on Textiles, Wallpapers and Graphic Design in the 1960s and 1970s". Paper presented in Sotheby's Institute of Art, Londres, 2010.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "Invited Lecturer of History of Art at MArt - School of Art". 2021.
  2. Miguel Meruje. "O Passado Contido no Ano Zero Contínuo". Paper presented in Historical Fiction, Fictional History and Historical Reality, 2020.
    10.14488/enegep2019_tn_sto_291_1640_36980
Edited book
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Antologia Poética. 2011.
Exhibition catalog
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Solve et Coagula. A Base - Escola de Arte, 2024.
  2. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. The World Is As Soft As Lace. A Base, 2022.
  3. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Group Exhibition. A Base, 2022.
  4. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Lembranças Inúteis. 2022.
  5. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. A Matéria do Silêncio. A Base, 2022.
  6. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Correr com o Tempo. A Base, 2022.
Journal article
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "Boaz & Jachin: Pillars and Duality". Arte & Fé (2016):
  2. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "Colour and Form in Architecture: Bruynzeel and Schröder House". Projecto 10 5 (2010): 7-10.
    Published
  3. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "Colour Theory in the Bauhaus Preliminary Course". Sotheby’s Institute of Art/University of Manchester 1 (2010): 1-200.
    Published
  4. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "Frank Lloyd Wright's Tokyo Imperial Hotel". - - (2009):
    Accepted
  5. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "From Mercúrio Portuguez To Gazeta Literária – Culture in the Early Portuguese Periodicals". University of the Arts London - London College of Communication 1 (2009): 1-200.
    Published
Magazine article
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "On Running - An Academic Challenge", Like The Wind, 2020
  2. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "O mundo secreto da internet", Visão , 2016, http://visao.sapo.pt/actualidade/sociedade/o-mundo-secreto-da-internet=f649514.
Manual
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. From Buçaco to Regaleira - Manini and the Theatrical Sense. United Kingdom. 2012.
  2. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Turner, The First Modernist. United Kingdom. 2009.
  3. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. The Weimar Republic and the Change From a Democracy to a Dictatorship in Germany. United Kingdom. 2008.
Newspaper article
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "Charlotte Perriand: Japanese House – Salon Des Arts Ménagers 1957", Sotheby's Catalogue, 2016
Preface / Postscript
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "The Oval Portrait". Preface to The Oval Portrait. Lisboa, Portugal: Miguel Castro Art Advisor. 2024.
    Published
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. "PARA ONDE VAMOS DAQUI: SILÊNCIO OU VAZIO? O ano zero contínuo da arte contemporânea". PhD, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/89717.
Translation
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Baltasar Gracián - Oráculo Manual e a Arte da Prudência. Lisboa, Portugal: VS Editor. 2022.
    Published
  2. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. James Joyce’s The Dubliners. Freelance, United Kingdom: Freelance. 2009.
  3. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Vivant Denon’s Point de Lendemain/No Tomorrow. Freelance: Freelance. 2009.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic exhibition
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Exposição Fotográfica a Solo ‘Skateboarding Polaroids’ na Rip Off Gallery. 2013.
  2. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Black Heaven. 2012.
  3. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Slaughter/Memória. 2011.
Program / Show
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. 2012. Curto Circuito.
  2. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. 2011. Membro da selecção do Público/Fábrica de Talentos.
  3. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. 2010. Apresentação da Web Série em 8 Episódios 'Vinyl'.
Visual artwork
  1. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Entrevista e Portfolio em LxA Magazine.
  2. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Entrevista e Portfolio em Brainwash Magazine.
  3. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Watershed Park.
  4. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Nostalgic Paradise.
  5. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Hubris In Orleans.
  6. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Perpetual Black.
  7. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Dream Road Fake Love.
  8. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. An Empty Star In The Desert.
  9. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. TX78202 Debris.
  10. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Sink & Swim.
  11. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Diamond Dust.
  12. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. What a Wonderful World,.
  13. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Farwest Mess.
  14. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Unlikely To Happen.
  15. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Somewhere To Lay My Head.
  16. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Empty Shopping Centers From My Hometown.
  17. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias. Summer Book/Record By Ben Cook.

Other

Other output
  1. Editor de William S. Burroughs Collected Recordings Tape Set. 2014. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias.
  2. Encontros Com/No Tempo. Introdução, Editorial. 2013. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias.
  3. Scandinavian Film Philosophy. 2012. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias.
  4. Editor da dissertação 'Poder e Arquitectura - A Fachada Enquanto Processo Cultural' - Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa. Edição técnica. 2011. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias.
  5. Runa Bookholder - Designer. 2011. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias.
  6. Notes on Surrealism. 2009. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias.
  7. Produtor de Video de Tom Hole. Produto. 2009. Meruje, João Miguel Gomes Dias.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role
Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2019/09/01 - Current Imagens do Trabalho na Fotografia de Maria Lamas: o Estranhamento do Corpo Feminino no Ambiente Laboral
Co-supervisor
História da Arte - Arte Contemporânea Universidade Nova de Lisboa - Portugal. (Master)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/12/01 - 2019/12/29 Residência Artística
Other
Polo Cultural Gaivotas - Reside^ncia da Boavista, Lisboa
Camara Municipal de Lisboa, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Offprint London
Conference
2014 - 2014 Offprint Paris
Round table

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2012/07 - Current Sotheby’s Institute of Art Global Alumni Network
2010/09 - Current University of the Arts London Alumni

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2018 - 2018 Vazio ou Silêncio Repetidos Continuamente Extensão e divulgação científica (Curso médio)
2013/02 - 2015/11 História da Arte (Outros) Tate Modern/Tate Britain, United Kingdom
2013 - 2013 The Subjectivity and Modernity of Søren Kierkegaard Aperfeiçoamento (Curso médio)
2012 - 2012 Seated Creativity: Stories of Chairs and Functional Design Especialização (Curso médio)
2010 - 2010 L'Age D'Or and the Validity of Art Especialização (Curso médio)
2009 - 2009 Shattered Realm - The American Ideology Aperfeiçoamento (Curso médio)

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
Current Parq
Current Zoot Mag

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2011 - Current Membro do júri dos Evening Standard New Homes Awards 2011 nas categorias de conversão e acessível.