Flavio Morais

Flavio Morais (São Paulo, Brazil, 1954)
I spent my childhood in the suburbs, a setting that deeply influenced my life and my work with the impact of popular culture. My first encounter with art came through the naïve-style drawings of my father, a welder by trade. I vividly remember how, in an effort to memorize and understand the mechanics of Volkswagen cars, he painstakingly copied an entire book by hand. Those illustrations, drawn without the proper tools, left an indelible impression on me. This early experience with the rudimentary and the handmade was the prelude to my later immersion in the world of Pop Art from the 1960s and 70s, a movement that opened the doors to my career in illustration.

Years later, my path led me to England, where I had the opportunity to attend an art course in the Chelsea School of Art. There, my exposure to the great avant-garde masters fueled my curiosity and ignited a deep passion for experimentation. Through a relentless pursuit of new forms and visual languages, I found a space where creative freedom and personal expression could coexist without constraints.

A constant thread in my artistic practice has been my fascination with childhood fantasy. The pure and unprejudiced gaze of children, f...

Chealsea School of Art

Abject Gallery - Newcastle UK
Galerie Anatome - Paris
Galerie T - Düsseldorf
Casa de America - Madrid
Central d’Energia - Barcelona
The Pentagram Gallery - London
Carmichael Gallery - LA
Fundació Miró - Barcelona