Igor Tavares

My art is really an extension of how I experience life, movement, memory, spirituality, and emotion. I work across painting, drawing, performance, photography, poetry and dance because I don’t like limiting expression to one form. A lot of my work is abstract and expressive, inspired by Black and African Caribbean artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Hammons, Angu Walters, Che Lovelace and Afro-futurism art has had a profound influence on me.

Newcastle College University Centre
2019 – BA (Hons) Illustration
2016–2018 – Foundation Degree, Animation and Illustration

Solo / Two-Person Exhibitions
2025 – Bridging Worlds, Serendipity Institute - Leicester
2024 – Phases Within The Cycle, Dry Water Arts Centre – Amble, UK
2022 – Promises From Paradise, The NewBridge Project – Newcastle
2018 – Hoast, Bistro Du Parc – Tynemouth, UK
2017 – Definitions of Space, Space 2 – Pilgrim Street, Newcastle

Group Exhibitions
2024 – Phantom Goddess, BLAH OPEN 2024 – Manchester
2024 – Band on the Wall, WPHI – Manchester
2024 – Self Broken, The NewBridge OPEN – Newcastle
2024 – UN/FAMILIAR, Art Magnitude – Fox Yard Studio
2023 – 30 Days 30 Artists (Online), Meta Space Gallery
2023 – Northern Summer, Newcastle Arts Centre – UK
2023 – Colours (Online), The Glasgow Photography – Glasgow, UK
2022 – D31 Art Prize (Online) – Yorkshire
2019 – The Winter Show, Hoast – Bistro Du Parc, Tynemouth
2019 – Private View, Hoast – Spanish City, Whitley Bay
2019 – Midsummer Show, Hoast – Bistro Du Parc, Tynemouth
2019 – Unidad, Vamos – Blandford Square, Newcastle
2019 – A Canny Collective (Live Painting) – Blandford Square, Newcastle
2018 – InkDubs, Congo Disko (Live Painting) – Kommunity, Newcastle
2016 – Fashion Show, Space 2 – Pilgrim Street, Newcastle