Dilcia Cardoso
Praia, Santiago, Cape Verde
Born in Cape Verde Islands on May 26th 1989, I started to paint in the year 2013 after I got back fr...
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Dilcia Cardoso
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Dilcia Cardoso
Joined In 2018
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ABOUT
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Born in Cape Verde Islands on May 26th 1989, I started to paint in the year 2013 after I got back from Madrid where I studied and lived for 5 years, and graduated in both Law and Journalism.
Painting became part of my life as a way of therapy to heal and deal with depression, but it immediately became my passion and reason to live. The very first moment I applied paint on canvas, I found my mission in this lifetime and an immense desire to pursue an Art Career professionally was born.
Completely self-taught and intuitive, my paintings have a strong ethereal vibe, where spirituality overlap the purely physical and figurative elements.
Drawn to dark and mysterious colors, my paintings portray a sense of depth and secrecy which is tangibly emotional, and gives rise to a peculiar and unmistakable artistic style.
Strongly Inspired by the work of Gustav Klimt, Claude Monet and Joaquim Sorolla, my paintings have main focus on women and their representation, ponds and flowers, a strong presence of golden tones, impressionistic brushwork, a very defined identity and embedded with symbolism in each detail.
Each painting process is a meditation session.
Each canvas tells a story close to my heart.
With each brushstroke I share...
November 16, 2018 - "Arte BAICV (Arte by CV)", Banco BAI, Praia - Cabo Verde - Group Exhibition
November 09, 2018 - "Palácio fora de Portas", Hotel Pérola, Praia - Cabo Verde - Group Exhibition
October 18, 2018 - "Mar e Vento", Boutique Hotel Pescador, Praia - Cabo Verde - Solo Exhibition
July 15, 2018 - "Exposição Colectiva CPLP 2018" , Hilton Cabo Verde Sal Resorts - Santa Maria - Cape Verde - Group Exhibition
May 18, 2018 - "Nha Inspirason" , Palácio da Cultura Ildo Lobo - Praia - Cape Verde - Solo Exhibition
April 18, 2018 - "Nos Arte" , Hotel Pestana Trópico, Praia - Cape Verde - Group Exhibition
March 29, 2018 - Women in Music Event, ZeropointAR, Praia - Cape Verde - Exhibitor
August 25 -26, 2017 - Amsterdam International Art Fair (AIAF), Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam - Netherlands - Exhibitor
March 27 - 31, 2017 - "Amdjer e Mar" , Museu do Sal, Santa Maria - Sal - Cape Verde - Solo Exhibition
November 4, 2016 - "Colors of Hope" , Nela Barbosa Gallery, Praia - Cape Verde - Guest Artist