Joao De Haro

Joao De Haro is a Brazilian-born artist who came to London sixteen years ago. Growing up in Spain from the age of eight, De Haro was influenced by the poetic Magic millenarian culture of mediterranean seaThe sea and its environment provide the basis of De Haros inspiration and fascination. It is the basis of the sea that is of more interest than the actual subject of water, namely sand. To De Haro, sand is at the core of our own environment and is at once something visible and invisible. It is beneath our cities pavements, yet visible in the cracks; beneath the sea, and yet visible on the beach. As sand is at the core of our own living world, so it is at the core of De Haros work. The variety of different sands employed by De Haro is carefully chosen in accordance with the subject matter and feeling he wishes to convey through his work. For example, his series on the subject of fish is made from the sand of the Mediterranean to convey the silence of the seas depth. In contrast, sand from meteors which hit the earth at high speed is used in his interpretation of horses to convey the speed at which they run. Not only are there very different types of sand which are sourced by De Haro on his travels and used in his work, but also san...

A.A.F New York -USA
Clarion Contemporary Art Gallery London
Norrie Buxton Gallery-London
Museo Etnologico Mijas Malaga Spain
A.A.F London
Robert Phillip Gallery-London
The Mews Gallery London
RU-H Galeria De Arte Contemporaneo Malaga Spain,
Moma Museo Curitiba Brasil