EDUCATION

2009-2013

BA Honors Art Practice, First Class, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, Wales, UK.

1970-1973

Marketing and Advertising degree, Escola Panamericana de Artes, São Paulo, Brazil.

1966-1969

Colegio Cardeal Motta, equal to A level, São Paulo, Brazil.

1959-1965

Colegio Nossa Senhora das Graças, equal to GCSE, São Paulo, Brasil.

 

AWARDS

2011

Art Practice Progress Prize Winner, Glamorgan University, Pontypridd, Wales, UK.

1988

Golden Medal Winner at “Salao Pararrealistic”, São Paulo, Brazil

1987

Bronze Medal Winner at “Salao Portinare of Vanguard Brazilian Fine Arts”, 1987, São Paulo, Brazil

 

EXHIBITIONS AND CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE

2018

Solo Exhibition, The Crow Descend, Giles Gallery, Cardiff, Wales, UK

2017

Solo Exhibition, The Crow Descend, Cynon Valley Museum Trust, Wales, UK

Solo Exhibition, The Crow Descend, Workers Gallery, Wales, UK

Working Out Exhibition, Workers Gallery and Studios, Wales, UK

Permanently showing at Workers Gallery and Studios, Wales, UK

2016

A World of Work, annual exhibition, Workers Gallery and Studios, Wales, UK

2015

"Transition", first Base Art group Exhibition, Art in Attic Gallery, The Factory, Porth, Wales, UK.

"Valleys Art exhibition", Oriel A&B, Cardiff Bay, Wales, UK.

"BIGsmallArt Wales", touring exhibition at Workers Gallery, CreativeTea, Art in the Attic Gallery, Louise Collins Attic Studio, Cynon Valley Museum and Gallery, Blackwood Institute and Giles Gallery, Wales, UK.

2014

"Essence", Oriel Bach, Swansea, Wales, UK

Mandela Exhibition, White Rose Information Resource Centre, Gwent, Wales, UK.

The Crux of the Matter, Art in the Attic Gallery, The Factory, Porth, Wales, UK.

2013

CFTHIRTYSEVEN Art Practice Degree Show, South Wales University,Treforest Campus, Wales, UK

2012

Great Summer Exhibition 2012, Butetown History & Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wales, UK.

Wunderland II: tactileBOSCH Gallery & Studios, Andrews Road, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales UK.

2011

Moist Bosch Exhibition, Artistic Collaboration installation, with Tiff Oben and Jan Jenkins at tactileBOSH Gallery & Studios, Andrews Road, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales UK..

Exhibited and co-curator with Dr Ceri Thomas for the “Half a Degree” BA Art Practice Group Exhibition, Oriel y Bont, Ty Crawshey, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Wales, UK.

2010

“International Women Week”, collaboration Installation artwork, Susan Zeppellini and Anna Llewellyn.

“Solo Exhibition at The Runnymede Gallery”, Windsor, UK

“Solo Exhibition at St Donats” – St Donats Castle, Llantwit Major, Wales, UK

2009

“Off the Wall Christmas Show – The Art of Giving”- Off the Wall Contemporary Art Gallery – The Old Probate Registry, Cardiff Road, Llandaff, Cardiff, UK.

“Windsor Contemporary Art Fair″ – Royal Windsor Racecourse, Windsor, UK.

“The Untitled Artists Fair”, Chelsea’s Old Town Hall, Kings Road, London, UK.

“New Art Originals Street Exhibition”, March at Southwark Bridge Road London, UK.

2006

“Other Worldly Forests” Solo Exhibition at Canning House, Belgravia, London, UK.

2000

“Millennium Exhibition,  Riverside Studios”, London, UK

1999

Curate and exhibited on “Since Samba has been Samba Exhibition”, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK.

1991-1992

 Curate and exhibited on “Festa de Artes Brazil Exhibition” at Working’s Men’s College, London, UK.

Curate and exhibited on Collective Exhibition Artists from Holland, France, England and Brazil, supported by Brazilian Embassy at Butler’s Warf Gallery, London, UK.

1991-1992

Guest Artist at the Exhibition of two large environment conferences,“Omame” (Brasilia) and “ECO” (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil.

Exhibition “Prisoners Abroad” at Crypt Gallery, London, UK.

1990-1991

Exhibition in a Private Hall in Chelsea, London.

1989-1990

“Candid 89 art exhibition” at Business Design Centre, London, UK

Exhibition “ No Boundaries on the Planet of Tupis Toris” at London Ecology Centre Gallery, Covent Garden, London, UK

Exhibition “We all live in the same Maloca” at the London Ecology Center Gallery, Covent Garden, London, UK.

Exhibition “Moscow Global Forum Exhibition” on environment and development for survival, Moscow, Russia.

1982-1983

“Pirelli Prize”, MASP (Modern Art Museum of São Paulo), São Paulo, Brazil.

“44th Paulista Fine Art Exhibition”, at Pinacoteca, São Paulo Fine Arts University, São Paulo, Brazil.

 

RESIDENCY

2011

 The Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

 

CREATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE

2014 - Today

Founder and Art Director of BaseArt Studios, Gallery & Pottery Workshops, Cardiff, Wales, UK

2013-2014

Freelance Interactive Designer at Penrhys partnership.

2011

Technician for an installation by Nigel Talbot at Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff, Wales, UK.

Pottery Studio Workshop at St Fagans: Natural History Museum, Cardiff, Wales, UK.

Co-curator with Dr Ceri Thomas and exhibited “Half a Degree” BA Art Practice Group Exhibition, Oriel y Bont, Ty Crawshay

2000-2006

Private commissions to national and international audiences

1991

Designed and put up various sets for private functions in London

1989

Freelancer: designing exhibition stands, theatre sets, fashion and textile design, São Paulo, Brazil

1984-1989

Designed costumes for Vanguard (modern) dance groups such as Ismael Guizer, Arabesque, Imagem Ballet, Grupo Corpo and Grupo Raça.

1979-1981

Work as an illustrator and photographer at Duas Rodas and Moto Journal magazines, São Paulo Brazil.

1975-1978

Run my studio specialized in airbrush technique. I was one of the first persons in Brazil to paint on motorcycles, helmets, lorries and cars as a work of art.
One of my best known works being Emerson Fittipaldi’s Formula One car, “The Copersucar”.

1971-1974

Employed as an Art Director Assistant at Norton Publicity, Spot Advertising and SGB Advertising in São Paulo, Brazil.