Galeria 111 - Artists
Urbano
Curriculum
Born 1959, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
Lives and works in Lisbon and Azores, Portugal
He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, between 1995 and 1997. In 1998 he participated in the Kaleidoscope Program: The Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm and Tavira Print Workshop. Between 1998 and 1999 Urbano designed all decoration for the Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo’s chapel in Ponta Delgada, Azores. Since 1997, he's represente by Galeria 111, Lisbon and Oporto, and since 2000 by Galeria Fonseca Macedo Ponta Delgada, Azores. Amongst his group shows we can call attention to: Fish Out of Water (1997), Curwen Gallery, London; Uma Visão sobre os Anos 80-90 (1999), Fundação PLMJ, Lisbon; Geração XXI – Cinco Artistas Portugueses em Macau (2002), China; Arte Portuguesa em Brasília (2005) Brazil; 50 Anos de Gravura Portuguesa (2006), SNBA, Lisbon.
His work is present in several public and private collections, such as: Museu Carlos Machado, Ponta Delgada, Azores; Fundação Berardo, Lisbon; Museu da Cidade, Lisbon; Museu da Presidência da República, Lisbon, Embaixada da UNESCO, Paris; Portugal Embassy in Madrid, Stockholm and Brasília.
Selected works
Do mundo e do ser, 1997
Earth and acrylic on canvas
50x61 cm
Exhibitions
O Fundo das Naus
16 September - 6 November 2010
AN António Nobre
6 June - 31 July 2009
Available works
O tempo Suspenso, 2004
Acrylic on canvas
180x155 cm
As últimas aves, 2006
Mixed media on papre
33x45 cm
Natureza morta, 2007
Mixed media on canvas
38x55 cm
Untitled (AS flores e as cinzas), 2008
Mixed media on canvas
45x40 cm
