António Lagarto
Portuguese artist
António Lagarto GOIH is a Portuguese set and costume designer and artist.
Biography
Lagarto lived in London through the seventies and eighties, having graduated at St. Martin's School of Art (sculpture) and the Royal College of Art (environmental media). He developed his activity between London, Lisbon and Paris.
He was director of Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (Lisbon's national theatre) in 2005 and 2006, after being deputy director from 1989–1993. He was director of Festival Internacional de Teatro – FIT (Lisbon's International Theatre Festival) (1991–1995).
Since 2007 he is in charge of the department of set and costume design at Lisbon's Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema (theatre and cinema school).
Lagarto started his career in performance art and environment / installations. His work has spanned from installations to photography, film, illustration, graphics and interior design. In 1978 he initiated his professional activity in set and costume design.
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