Artist ------ The drawing, the colour, the light, Nature. These are the main concerns for my work. The creativity is constant, the view and the gesture always point me new figurations. The colour and the drawing set themselves free from where they have emerged. From the landscapes, figures, objects and flowers it comes a constant seek of harmony between colours and shapes, wherein I try to put all of my emotion connected to Nature and the world that surrounds me as well. The inclination for drawing comes from my childhood, when I used to visit repeatedly the studios of two uncles of mine. Later, I made a habit of walking along with both of them towards the countryside, in order to watch them work. By that time I begun to make some sketches. My interest have grown stronger and I started to draw regularly, and then, to search some art school where I could improve myself. I enrolled at Fine Arts at Guignard School, in Belo Horizonte (where I have specialized myself in drawing and engraving), then at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (idem watercolor). I took part in several art exhibitions at Ouro Preto Winter Festival and since 1982 very often do solo exhibitions in art galleries. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1981 Single Exposition "Atelier Livre de Artes Plásticas" Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Drawing Prize "Salão da Ferrovia" Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil Aquarelle 1982 6th "Salão Nello Nuno" Palácio das Artes - Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Drawing "Colletive of Gravure" Casa da Cultura Sete Lagoas - MG - Brasil 1983 "Extension Course" - UFMG - Belo Horizonte - Brasil Aquarelle Prof. Jefferson Lodi Conference on "Xylographic print" 1st Week of Arts Escola Municipal Geraldo Teixeira da Costa Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil 1st "Salão de Artes Plásticas dos Profissionais do Serviço Público de Minas Gerais" Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Drawing Single Exposition - "Fundação João Pinheiro" Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Aquarelle "1st Pirelli Prize Yong Picture” São Paulo - SP - Brasil Aquarelle 1984 "Forty years of Escola Guignard' Itaú Galeria - Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Drawing 6th "Exibition of Gravure" Cidade de Curitiba - Pan-Americana Curitiba - PR - Brasil Xylographic print Collective "Instituto de Artes e Cultura - UFOP" Ouro Preto - MG - Brasil Xylographic print Prize 2nd "Salão de Artes dos Funcionários Estaduais Belo Horizonte" - MG - Brasil Aquarelle Collective Exposition "A Busca do Signo" Secretaria Cultura de MG - Palácio das Artes - MG - Brasil Object 1985 Collective "Instituto Cultural Brasil Estados Unidos - ICBEU" Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Drawing Collective "Galeria de Arte TELEMIG" Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Aquarelle 1986 1st "Salão de Arte Mística" Palácio das Artes Governador Valadares - MG - Brasil Drawing 2nd "Salão de Artes Plásticas da Aeronáutica" Museu de Arte de Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Drawing 1987 1st "Bienal Nacional de Arte Mística" Governador Valadares - MG - Brasil Drawing 1989 5th "Salão de Artes da Aeronáutica" Museu de Arte de Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Drawing 1991 Single Exposition "Galeria da Caixa - CEF" Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Drawing 1992 Mention on Catalog "Artes Plásticas Brasil 91/92" Single Exposition "Fundação João Pinheiro" Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Drawing 1993 Single Exposition "Corações e Mentes" Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Aquarelle 1994 Single Exposition "Galeria da Caixa - CEF" Montes Claros - MG - Brasil Aquarelle 1995 Single Exposition "Centro Cultural da UFMG" Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Aquarelle Single Exposition "Sala de Exposições Temporárias do Espaço Cultural" Câmara dos Deputados - Brasília - DF - Brasil Aquarelle Single Exposition "Restaurant Casa dos Contos" Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Aquarelle 1997 Single Exposition "Restaurant Casa dos Contos" Belo Horizonte - MG - Brasil Acrylic on Canvas 1998 Single Exposition “Espaço Cultural Grande Loja Maçonica” Belo Horizonte - MG – Brasil Aquarelle Single Exposition “Galeria de Arte do Banco do Brasil” Belo Horizonte - MG – Brasil Acrylic on Canvas
email: bottaro@fjp.gov.br