Career History

• 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

• Co-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.