Saltimbancos Artistlibroj

Dates: April 24 to June 21, 2025

Each book is a world, many worlds, galaxies, multiverses.
With verses, poetry, images, music…

They are portals that open every time a page is turned.
The book contains within it all the creative ambition of humanity.
Of this era, it is both witness and messenger.
A book can be of any size and, why not, of any shape.
As long as it carries within its words the thoughts of a dreamer.

Saltimbancos Artistlibroj is a traveling exhibition of artist books and mail art, bringing together diverse visions of the book as an object of artistic creation and a territory of graphic expression.

Curated by Miguel Correia, the exhibition will be on display at the Library of Escola Secundária da Gafanha da Nazaré, in the municipality of Ílhavo, from April 24 to June 21, 2025.

This edition features 45 graphic diaries, artist books, artzines, and mail art projects from various countries.

The widely accepted definition of what constitutes a book is questioned and rethought by each artist who uses this genre as a means of expression.

The exhibited collection belongs to the FANZINETECA DE AVEIRO and MAILART.pt.

Additionally, there are contributions from the Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora and private collections of some of the artists represented here.

This exhibition features 59 national and international artists, namely:

• Alma
• Ana Raquel Martins
• Anónimo Coroado
• Anna Karina Fries
• Antonio Gomez
• Babs Bird
• Beltrán Laguna
• Carolina (Not Catarina)
• Catarina Pontes
• Christian Alle
• Cinzia Farina
• Cláudia Ribau
• David Dellafiora
• Delfim Rodrigues
• Diane Bertrand
• Francisco Cardoso Lima
• Gabriel Rego
• Giovanni Strada
• Graça Figueiredo
• Gina Ülgen
• Helena Zália
• Isabel Baraona
• Isabel Seixas
• Joaquim Mónica Filipe
• João Duarte Francisco
• John M. Bennett
• Juliana Verdú
• Jurgen O. Olbrich
• La Escofina
• Laura Dun
• Mars Tokyo
• Miche-Art-Universalis
• Miguel Correia
• Migvel Tepes
• Monsenhor enVide Nefelibata
• OBA Mail Art Group
• Ogata Tetsuo
• Orquídea Baltazar
• Pál Csaba
• Paulo Ansiães Monteiro
• Catarina Real
• Pedro Bericat
• Pedro Tavares
• R.F. Cotê
• R.J. Gomes
• Raquel Barrocas
• Sara Bandarra
• Serse Luigetti
• Siggi Liersch
• Simão Joseph
• Simon Warren
• Sticky Institute
• Teresa Mafalda Campolargo
• TICTAC
• Valdir Ramos
• Vittore Baroni
• Vizma Bruns
• William Mellott
• Zoe Snyder