1932— Eduardo Luiz Teles Fernandes, born on the 16th of July, in Braga, province of Minho, northern Portugal.
1935— The family moves for good to Vila Nova de Gaia, on the outskirts of Oporto, Portugal. His father, the sculptor Joaquim Fernandes Gomes, teaches him the basics of drawing.
1943-46— Attended the School of Decorative Arts (Escola de Artes Decorativas) in Oporto. Simultaneously explored the realms of music, dance and theatre.
1950— First solo exhibition:
• Galeria Portugália, Oporto.
1953— Group exhibitions:
• Galeria Março, Lisbon, Portugal — Winner of the Prize "Young Painting" ("Jovem Pintura"),
• "Second Art Biennial of S. Paulo" ("II Bienal de Arte de S. Paulo"), S. Paulo, Brazil — One of the artists of the Portuguese representation.
1952-57— Produced several theatre sets, namely for the Oporto Experimental Theatre (Teatro Experimental do Porto).
Group exhibitions:
• "Tenth Comprehensive Exhibition of Fine Arts" ("10a Exposição Geral de Artes Plásticas"), Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon.
• "30 Years of Portuguese Culture" ("30 Anos de Cultura Portuguesa"), Secretariado Nacional da Informação, Lisbon.
• "11 Portuguese Painters at Madrid" ("11 Pintores Portugueses en Madrid"), Galeria Abril, Madrid, Spain.
• "First Fine Arts Exhibition of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation" ("I Exposição de Artes Plásticas da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian"), Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian), Lisboa.
1958— Moves to Paris, France, bursar of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
1959— Group exhibition:
• "Fifth Art Biennial of S. Paulo" ("V Bienal de Arte de S. Paulo"), S. Paulo.
1963— Solo exhibition:
• Galerie Mouffe, Paris.
1964— Produced the drawings and paintings of the animation film "La Brûlure de Mille Soleils" by Chris Marker and Pierre Kast.
1966— Group exhibitions:
• "Seventeenth Salon of Young Painting" ("17ème Salon de la Jeune Peinture"), Paris.
• "Six Portuguese Painters from Paris" ("Seis Pintores Portugueses de Paris"), Galeria Bücholz, Lisbon. — Solo exhibition:
• Cooperativa Árvore, Oporto.
1967— Group exhibition:
• "Eighteenth Salon of Young Painting" (18"ème Salon de la Jeune Peinture"), Paris.
1967-68— Group exhibition:
• "Portuguese Art" ("Art Portugais"); Brussels, Belgium; Paris; Madrid.
1968— Solo exhibition:
• Galerie Claude Levin, Paris.
1969-70— Solo exhibitions:
• Galeria Vinciana, Milan, Italy.
• Galeria Sto. Michele, Brescia, Italy.
1970— Group exhibition:
• Galeria Ogiva, Óbidos, Portugal.
1971— Group exhibition:
• "Ten Years of Portuguese Art in Paris" ("10 Ans d'Art Portugais à Paris"), Cultural Centre of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Centre Culturel de la Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian), Paris.
1973— Solo exhibition:
• Galeria 111, Lisboa.
Group exhibition:
• "Contemporary Portuguese Painting" ("Pintura Portuguesa de Hoje"); Barcelona, Spain; Madrid; Lisbon.
1974— Group exhibitions:
• "First International Biennial of Graphic Works" ("Ia Bienal Internacional de Obra Gráfica"), Segovia, Spain.
• Galeria Kompass, Lisbon — Serigraphies.
1975— Group exhibitions:
• "Twentieth Century Art Survey in Oporto" ("Levantamento de Arte do Século XX no Porto"), Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, Oporto.
•"Six Portuguese Painters" ("6 Peintres Portugais"), Town Hall (Hôtel-de-Ville), Bobigny, France.
Solo exhibition:
•Galerie Bellechasse, Paris.
1976 Group exhibition:
• "Portuguese Art" ("Art Portugais"); Museum of Modern Art (Musée d'Art Moderne), Paris; National Gallery of Modern Art (Galeria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna), Rome, Italy.
• "Portuguese Contemporary Engravings" ("Gravura Contemporânea Portuguesa"); Rome; Madrid.
• "The Myth of Don Juan" ("Le Mythe de Don Juan"), National Thatre of the Odéon (Théatre National de l'Odéon), Paris.
1976-77 Group exhibition:
• "Portuguese Art" ("Arte Portuguesa"), Brasilia, S. Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1977 Group exhibition:
• "Portuguese Culture in Madrid" ("Cultura Portuguesa a Madrid"), Congress Hall (Palacio de los Congressos), Madrid.
Solo exhibition:
• Maison des Arts, Thonon-les-Bains, France.
1978 Solo exhibition:
• Galeria Zen, Oporto.
1979 Solo exhibition:
• Galerie Le Balcon des Arts, Paris.
Group exhibition:
• "The Autumn Salon" ("Salon d'Automne"), Paris.
1980 Group exhibition:
• "The Autumn Salon", Paris.
1981 Group exhibition:
• "Portuguese Contemporary Engravings" ("Gravura Portuguesa Contemporânea"), Luís de Camões Museum (Museu Luís de Camões), Macao.
• "Live Art in Paris" ("L'Art Vivant à Paris"), (Annex to the Muncipality of the Eighteenth Borough) Mairie Annexe du XVIIIème Arrondissement, Paris.
• "Portuguese Artists Living Abroad" ("Artistas Portuguese Residentes no Estrangeiro"), Galeria Almada Negreiros, Lisbon.
• "Third Biennial of Vila Nova de Cerveira" ("IIIa Bienal Internacional de Vila Nova de Cerveira"), Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal.
1982 Solo exhibition:
• Galeria 111, Lisbon.
Group exhibition:
• "Portuguese Contemporary Painting" ("Pintura Portuguesa Contemporânea"), Luís de Camões Museum, Macao.
1983— Awarded with the Order of the Cross of St. James (Ordem da Cruz de Santiago da Espada).
1984— Group exhibition:
Galerie Espace Belleville, Paris.
1986— Group Exhibition:
• 'Twentieth Century in Portugal" ("Le XXème Siècle au Portugal"), Brussels — Selected works from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Ministry of Culture (Secretaria de Estado da Cultura) Collections, Portugal.
1987— Solo exhibitions:
• Gallerie Sparts, Paris.
Collective exhibitions:
• In Macao and Washington, U. S. A.
1988— Dies, suddenly, on the 30th of April, at Yévre-le-Châtel.
1989— Solo exhibition:
• Galeria Ygrego, Lisbon.
1990— Solo exhibition:
• "Eduardo Luiz 1932-1988: Retrospective Exhibition" ("Eduardo Luiz 1932-1988: Exposição Retrospectiva"); Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon; Cultural Centre Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Paris.
1994-95— Group Exhibition:
• "Images of Twentieth Century Portuguese Art: The Manuel de Brito Collection" ("Imagens da Arte Portuguesa do século XX: Colecção Manuel de Brito"); The Chiado Museum (Museu do Chiado), Lisbon; Leal Senado-Forum, Macao; S. Paulo Museum of Art (Museu de Arte de S. Paulo), S. Paulo; Modern Art Museum (Museu de Arte Moderna), Rio de Janeiro.
Eduardo Luiz.
Photograph by Manuel de Brito.
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