Gustavo Fernandes- Hyperrealistic Artist
About the Artist:
Born in 1964
Gustavo Fernandes is creative and bold, in his work stand out objects, landscapes, peoples and details that give to his work a real hyper realistic touch. Gustavo Fernandes constantly seeking the freedom that the artist wants and does it consistently. For this, works through paint, brushes and bronzes, moving with great dexterity in painting and drawing as in sculpture and photography. His color palette is varied and ranges in hew that with rigorous technical and utilizes trace strong and steady. About his work, says: “When I start a work, I live for it and only rest when I reach perfection, as much realism as possible. I like to create works that involve people’s lives, their routine, the essential in their lives “.
Awards received:
2008- Honorable Mention in the Wine Museum – Portugal
2004- Prize Mathew Fernandes - Museum Monastery Santa Maria da Vitória - Batalha
2001- Audience Award for Painting, Gallery D'Art Vincent INDEG (ISCTE Business School)- Lisbon
1992-Electroliber Award - Sintra
1990- I Prize "Fidelity" Young Painters - Lisbon
Solo Exhibitions:
2014: Plus One Gallery, London
2014- Portugal Consulate in Paris
2013 - Casino Estoril Art Gallery
2012 - Cultural Center Egypt Palace
2012 - Epic Sana Luanda, Angola
2011 - Water Museum, Lisbon
2011- Ap’Arte Gallery, Porto
2009 - Wine Museum, Portugal
2008 - Peinture Anglaise Contemporaine XXIe à la Veille du siècle -Brussels, Belgium
2007 - Gallery San Francisco, Lisbon
2006 - Gallery LM, Sintra
2005 - Arte Periférica Gallery, Lisbon
2004 - Gallery LM , Sintra
2004 - Gallery Moq - Art Now “Wher The Light Bends” invited by Edgar W. Froese (Tangerine Dreams), Berlin, Germany
2003 -Gallery S. Francisco, Lisbon
2003- Gallery Lapa Gallery, Lisbon
2000 - ArtHouse Gallery, Cascais
1999 – Water Museum, Lisbon
1999 -Gallery Anagma, Valência, Spain
1998 - Gallery LM, Sintra
1998- Conference :50 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Nations Park, Lisbon
1998- Music Colors - Penta Hotel Art Gallery, Lisbon
1994 - “Divina Tragédia|Os insectões”- Natural History Museum, Lisbon
1994 - Periférica Art Gallery, Lisbon
1992- Arcada Art Gallery Estoril
1991- Quinta de Sta. Theresa Gallery Sintra
1991- Marinotel Gallery– Vilamoura, Algarve
1986 - Sayde Bronfman Center Montréal, Canada
1985 - Gal. Le Permanent Montréal, Canada
1985 - Le Châteaux d'Aujourd'hui – Montréal, Québec e Laval, Canada
Group Exhibitions:
2014 - Microarte Contemporary Gallery
2014- Plus One Gallery, London, UK
2013 - Níenes Martin Gallery, Évora
2013 – Casino Estoril Art gallery- Autumn
2010 – Fifa World Cup in South Africa, Cape Town
2010 - Biennale Art Fair and Industrial Design
2010- Oikos, Bolsa Palace, Porto
2009 –Winter Show, LM Gallery, Sintra
2007 – Martin Cerdó Gallery- Majorca, Spain
2006 - Artforum at Astana’s Presidential Palace in Kazakhstan
2004- “Under Different Skies” ART+DESIGN Fair – Berlin, Germany
2004 – Inauguration of Gigai Art Space (Ministry of Interior), Lisbon
2003 - Casino Estoril Art Gallery, Estoril
2003 - “Ocean of Cultures”: Fair Import by Living Art, Berlin, Germany
2002-Porto Arte 2003 (Contemporary Art Fair
2002 -Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Belém, Lisbon
2002- Beloura Arte Gallery, Sintra
2002 - Art and Antique Fair and Collections in the Beato’s Monastery, Lisbon
2002 - Art and Antique Fair, Congress Center, Lisbon
2001- Art House Gallery - Cascais
2001- Villa Art Gallery, Cascais
2001 -Artes & Artes, Lisbon
2001 - Lapa Gallery, Lisbon
2001- Galveias Gallery, Lisbon