Pedro Mota develops his practice as a graphic designer since 2012. His academic background includes a Degree in Communication Design from ESAD Matosinhos (2012) and a Specialisation in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects from FBAUP 2016). Between 2014 and 2019 he collaborates with João Faria (Drop) for the exhibition "A Liberdade da Imagem: Design e Comunicação Visual em Portugal (1974-1986)" (Porto, 2014), of Curtas de Vila do Conde (2017, 2018) and also the graphic identity of the cycles "Terra" (2017) and "New Spain" (2018) for Solar - Galeria de Arte Cinemática. He also collaborated with Another Collective studio for the graphic design of the exhibition "Abitare Italia" (Porto Design Biennale, 2019), work awarded by Graphis Design Award, and with Inês Nepomuceno for the development of the identity of the festival "Mescla" (2019). He also collaborated with the Circo de Ideias publishing company for the graphic design of the books "Tudo é Paisagem" (2019) and "Gaia Museu Ambiente" (2022). In parallel, he has maintained a studio practice, with the Macedo Cannattà studio - where he participated in the development of projects such as the graphic identity of the 5th Istanbul Design Biennial (2020), the cultural association Sismógrafo (2021) and Batalha Centro de Cinema (2021) - recently, with the agency United by (2022–2023).
He is currently designer and editor of Vai Vem Editora,
a project co-created with Margarida Antunes and works as a freelancer.
EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS
Finalist of the "Concours Étudiants Tous à Chaumont", 2012
Collage exhibition 5th Biennial of Contemporary Art of Maia, 2017
Design Meios e Publicidade Award, 2017
Gold, XIX Creative Club of Portugal Festival, 2017
Papies Grand prize, 2018
Silver, Graphis Poster Award, 2020
Silver, Graphis Design Award, 2020
COLLABORATORS
Drop, João Faria, José Luís Dias, Myhre Design, Bruno Dias, Inês Nepomuceno, Another Colective, Studio Maria João Macedo, Macedo Cannatà, United by, Paulo Mariz, Marta Ramos, Circo de Ideias, Margarida Antunes
01. Abitare Italia – PDB, Porto Design Biennale, 2020 w/ Another Collective
02. Mescla, 2020, w/ Inês Nepomuceno
03. New Spain, Solar – Galeria de Arte Cinemática, 2018, w/ DROP
04. Terra, Solar – Galeria de Arte Cinemática, 2017, w/ José Luis Dias and DROP
05. To Sow, PM2, 2020 - Riso with Paulo Mariz
06. To Reap, PM2, 2020 - Riso with Paulo Mariz
07. Diary pages, 2012, Paldro Lurita
08. Diary pages, 2012, Os Suspeitos
09. Diary pages, 2012 , Collages
10. Abc Route, College
11. Abc Route, Collage, Detail
12. Fictional Record Cover, Collage
13. Memory Bag
14. Alphabet Roller in
15. Alphabet Roller out
16. Firecrackers Sticker for Stall Bookshop
17. Lobo Alfa for A Aldeia Adormece
18. A Tradição é o que!
19. Macaco Quadrado
20. Faces sketch
21. Society and Human relations, Boxed up
22. Golo, Illustration for JUP (Jornal universitário Porto)
23. Memo Bravo for Los Bravos
24. Bravo collage face for Los Bravos
25. Stall Bookshop, Collage Exp.
26. Primata Sketch
27. Drawings for Fun
28. Let the Jam Rool, Logo, Letraset
29. Goma Poster Crop
31. Macaco, 2014, decal, collage, sewing, stamp
32. Primata, 2016, decal, collage
33. Controlled, 2012/13, decal, collage, sewing, stamp — 16x24
34. 5 estrelas, decal, collage, sewing, stamp — 16x21,5
35 — 37. Etibeer Printing process
38 — 44. Digital Collage Series, 2020, images from personal public domain archive, selected by Paulo Mariz
45—46. Numbers 3, for 3threetrois.tumblr
47. Masc from "Get Ready for evolution" poster, 2012
w/ Ana estrela, finalist of the "Concours Étudiants Tous à Chaumont", 2012
48. Walls Featuring Draw, 2013, Fbaup, Master's degree
49. Illustration for JUP (Jornal universitário Porto)
50. Illustration for poster "Parcours ou boulevard"
51–52. sketches for Terra, Solar – Galeria de Arte Cinemática, 2017
*primo is the portuguese word for cousin/a child of your aunt or uncle./a person who is in your wider family but who is not closely related to you./a way of describing people from another country who are similar in some way to people in your own country./a way of describing things that are similar or related in some way.
