Fernando Dantas

Passion for materials like acrylic paint, watercolor, pastels, etc.
Working mostly with small format of paper (A4) and canvases.
Motivated by art in its inexhaustible ways of significance, expression and content.

Fernando Dantas, 1958, Niterói, Brazil.
Master of Science of Art. 2002
Universidade Ferderal Fluminense.
Concentration in Photography.
Bachelor of Philosophy. 1993
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
I attended courses like: etching, lithography and painting.
Escola de Artes Visuais Parque Lage.

Group exhibitions:
"Gravura em Metal no Museu do Ing", 1982; (etching on Inga Museum)
"Cinco Novos Gravadores" no SESC - RJ, 1983; (Five new engravers)
"Circo de Imagens" no Metro da Carioca - RJ, 1985; "Campo de Imantação" - Galeria da UFF; 2003 "Niteroi Arte Hoje" - Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Niteroi, 2002
Coletiva no Centro Cultural Candido Mendes; 2002 Niteroi Artes de Portas Abertas, 2004 (open door studio)
Niteroi Artes de Portas Abertas, 2005 (open door studio)