" MANCHESTER - TRIBUTE ... - PEACE AND LOVE " Painting

BORN IN ERICEIRA , PORTUGAL AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, ATTEND THE PAINTING COURSE, IN NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS , - SOCIEDADE NACIONAL DE BELAS ARTES... from 1976 to 1979. - ALSO ATTEND THE PRINTMAKING COURSE, LEAD BY MR DAVID DE ALMEIDA, IN QUADRUM GALLERY, LISBON. - 1980 / 1982... - ATTEND SEVERAL PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPS, LEAD BY PROF BARTOLOMEU CID DOS SANTOS / SLADE SCHOOL OF ARTS / UK / 1991/92/93/94 – ATTEND TRADICIONAL JAPANESE PRITS WORKSHOP LEAD BY PROF TETSUIA NODA - 1993 IN FINE ARTS ATTEND OTHER WORKSHOPS AND MAKE OTHER STUDIES… IN THEATER WORKS AS A PAINTER / SCULPTOR AND SET DESIGNER FOR SEVERAL THEATRE SHOWS , COMEDY; DRAMA; OPERAS; Etc… 1979 / 2015… AFTER WORK WITH SEVERAL ARCHITECTS, AS PROJECT DESIGNER ( 1980/1983 ) DEDICATE HIMSELF TO INTERIOR DESIGN AND DECORATION . PLAN AND EXECUTE SEVERAL PROJECTS FOR RESTAURANTS; SHOPS; APARTMENTS; HOUSES; INTERNATIONAL FAIRS; ETC... - SINCE 1983 / … IN ARCHEOLOGY; ETHNOGRAPHY AND HERITAGE PROTECTION. FRANCO WORKS AS SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATER AND DESIGNER. HE HAS PUBLISHED WORKS IN VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS. FROM 1982 TO 1991. IN FINE ARTS,COMMISSIONER AND CURATOR, SEVERAL EXHIBITIONS AND TEACH ART THERAPY AND ART WORKSHOPS .IN : PORTUGAL; MACAU SAR; PHILLIPINES; BRASIL; COLOMBIA; THAILANDAND HIS OWN STUDIO…. COLABORATED WITH VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS AS MACAU UNIVERSITY; MAM – MACAU ART MUSEUM; ASIA FOUNDATION ETC…. HIS ART WORK : - PAINTINGS ; PRINTS; SCULPTURES; MIX-MEDIA; DRAWINGS AND OTHERS ; - IT IS BETWEEN FIGURATIVE TO ABSTRACT FORMS ; WORK NOW IN AN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM VERY INTERESTING. IN 2015 HE PRODUCED AND PAINTED 4 PANELS FOR MGM MACAU CASINO / SUPREME VIP ROMS 1& 2 / MACAU SAR. FRANCO FIRST EXHIBITION, WAS IN 1976, IN SANTA C M ERICEIRA MUSEUM ; IN 1979, PARTICIPATION IN TWO EXHIBITIONS IN NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS - LISBON /PORTUGAL . SINCE HE EXHIBIT HIS ART WORK IN INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE ONES… IN : - MACAUSAR; RPCHINA; PORTUGAL; PHILIPPINES; SPAIN; HOLAND; FRANCE; BRASIL; JAPAN; COLOMBIA; ETC… FRANCO HAVE HIS ART WORK IN SEVERAL COLLECTIONS, IN INSTITUTIONS MUSEUMS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS . IN COUNTRIES AS MACAU SAR; RPCHINA; PORTUGAL; HOLLAND; FRANCE; JAPAN; COLOMBIA USA; PHILIPPINES; THAILAND; ETC….