Irene Guerriero

São Paulo, SP, Brazil

About Irene Guerriero

Born in São Paulo, Brazil.Graduate from The School of Art Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP). Have attended numerous painting workshops and was an assistant in Art History courses at MASP- Museum of Art in Sao Paulo and in tours to art gallerys in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and London. Colour and Nature are always the main subjects of my work, which consists mainly of paintings in oil or acrylic on canvas, or paper. Living in a tropical country, colourful views and intense light have had a significant impact on the work and also the psychedelic movement of the 1960s, which I saw as a child on television, cinema, fashion and music. The creative process starts with an external stimulus through observation of the world around by trips to the rainforest (Mata Atlântica) and also to the country side near the big city where I live, São Paulo. As Louise Borgeois said “If we observe life in the garden , we share the same love”. In Nature we can see diversity, no preconceptions about colours, sizes, shapes and there is cooperation between trees and others plants. I can see there are psychological correspondences in such elements as water, oceans or in seeds and the process of germination. Solutions will be found during the process from the inner world to the realm of painting. In organic forms, a colour does not exist on its own, but only after being illuminated by other surrounding colours. When I add more hues and tones, a movement takes place. This movement is like a dance, until it reaches a balance. The colour combination becomes unique when nothing in it bothers me anymore. It is a work dedicated to the revelation of the patterns of nature, making the rhythms and harmonies contained in these elements materially accessible. Matisse said that an art work should be as confortable as an armchair. For me, painting is a form of meditation; the finding and the abiding in a state of peace and I like to share my joy for life.

Education:

FAAP- Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado- School of Art- São Paulo- SP- Brazil

Exhibitions:

2018- Artbox. Project New York 1.0 and Coletiva Eixo Contemporâneo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; 2017- New York, NY- USA, in Pfizer World Headquarters Hispanic Heritage; Contemporary Art Fair PARTE, Arte Infinita Galeria, São Paulo- 2013; Casa da Xiclet Galeria, São Paulo- 2007; New York Gallery, São Paulo- 2006; New York Gallery, São Paulo- 2005. Spazio Surreale Gallery, São Paulo- 2005 (solo); I G.Matteo National Salon of Art, Casa de Portugal, in São Paulo. Award gold medal- 2005; "Overview of the Brazilian Society" in Cultural Gallery Blue Life, São Paulo- 2004;Joint Displays Paintings, Prints and Drawings at the Cultural Center Casper Libero-SP- 1994;10th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Mococa. Awards Silver Medal- 1993;
1989 - Centro Cultural São Paulo, Drawings and Engravings(solo)

Irene Guerriero

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