Marcelo Ricardo Zeni

Marcelo R. Zeni is from Muçum, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
He has been professionally dedicated to art for forty years, graduating in Fine Arts from Feevale University with a specialization in graphic design-art in communication from Unisinos. FROM 1999 to 2019 he taught technical advertising and advertising courses and higher education design courses. During this period he divided his time between teaching and artistic production. He participated in numerous collective and individual exhibitions across the country and abroad, with works in various collections. Currently he dedicates himself exclusively to art in his studio located in the Lomba Grande neighborhood in Novo Hamburgo.
The creative process results from the combination of references with experiences. They are rescues of moments lived and transformed into symbolic elements. As an example, I cite the series “Paper Jellyfish”. My interest in art began as a child, where I filled my notebooks with drawings. It could have been just a moment if there hadn't been the encouragement I received from my colleagues when requesting these drawings. Remembering these moments, I rescued the shape of the spiral paper sheet detached from the notebook, which became a visual element in a lar...

Graduated in arts at Feevale University, Brazil.
Postgraduate in Design, Art in Communication from the University of Vale dos Sinos UNISINOS.

olo exhibitions:
- 2023 – Solo exhibition ‘Medusas, Chimeras and other stories’ at Fundação Casa da Cultura in Bento Gonçalves, RS.
- 2022 – Exhibition 12th Edition Swan Expoarte – Novo Hamburgo
- 2022 – Exhibition “Quimeras que dera” Galeria Bublitz, Porto Alegre.
- 2017 Solo exhibition in Chapecó SC.
- 2001 – Joint exhibition with Cristina Zeni at Galeria Grupo Arte 15. São Leopoldo.
- 2001 – Exhibition at Casa de Cultura Pedro Weyne - Bagé
- 2000 - Exhibition at the cultural space of Jornal Grupo Sinos - NH
- 2000 - Exhibition at the international meeting of Fritz Companies - NH.
- 1998 - Espaço Artista em Evidência (Arte 15) Sinos Shopping, São Leopoldo
- 1995 - Galeria Espaço e Cor, São Leopoldo.
- 1992 - Cultural Foundation Gallery, Sinos Shopping, São Leopoldo.
- 1989 - Centro Livre de Cultura, Novo Hamburgo.
Group exhibitions
- 2023 – Atlântida Summer art – Galeria Gravura.
-2022 – Bublitz Art Week Exhibition at Casa Presser in Novo Hamburgo.
-2022 – International Women’s Day Exhibition - Artgallery Menduina Schneider, Los Angeles.
- 2022 – Atlântida Verão Art with Engraving art gallery.
- 2021 – Exhibition with Engraving art gallery in Atlântida Verão arte.
- 2014 – Joint exhibition with Cristina Zeni at Fenac Novo Hambur...