Adilson Fernandes

My name is Adilson Fernandes, I'm 35 years old. I was born in Cape Verde (Santiago Island) but grew up in Portugal, a fact that gives me dual nationality and which can well translate my identity, in symbolic language, into the following words: Cape Verde represents my roots, everything that I tend to crystallize; Portugal, my wings, everything in me is scattered. However, I am neither my wings nor my roots, but the precarious gap that connects them, the perpetual movement that keeps them interconnected.

I have a degree in Languages, Literatures and Cultures and a postgraduate degree in Comparative Studies from FLUL (Faculdade de Letras Universidade de Lisboa.

About my art:

In truth, I studied to save my art, wich is for me, a step to climb higher descend deeper, go even further... even if it doesn't save me back. It's the fair price to pay.

I consider my plastic arts "textured paintings", and since modernity demands a label, I will place them between painting and artisanal collage. Painting allows me to pour my discriminated taste for colors on paper; collage allows me to incorporate textures as a way of highlighting the composition, giving them a more organic value. They hurt those who touch them, but illuminate those who ...

Degree in language, literature and culture. Post-degree in Comparatiste Studies for the FLUL (Letter Faculty University of Lisbon).

Faculdade de Letras Universidade de Lisboa, 2016, "The Autumn Leaves";
Ministério de Cultura e Industrias Criativas, Cabo Verde, 2018 - "Between wings and roots";
Biblioteca Nacional, Cabo Verde, 2018, "O Leitor e os seus fantasmas";