Rui Paes

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Rui Paes (born 1957 in Pemba, Mozambique) is a painter, illustrator and muralist, residing in the UK.

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Paes completed a degree in Painting in 1981 at the Escola de Belas Artes do Porto and was awarded the Newcomers Prize at the Arús National Exhibition of Modern Art in 1982. He completed a Master of Arts in Painting at the Royal College of Art, London, in 1988, under a scholarship from The Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (Portugal) and a grant from the Beal Foundation, Boston (USA). [1] [2] [3]

Alongside his studio work Rui Paes painted murals in various countries around the world, including Egypt, Germany, Portugal, Norway, France and the United Kingdom. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Paes illustrated eight books, including the children's book Lotsa de Casha by Madonna which was published in 40 languages in over 100 countries and made the Top 10 New York Times Best Seller List. [8]

Between 1985 and 1990, the years the painter himself calls his Brutalist Period his palette became very restricted, bereft, basically reduced to the colour red which subsequently matured into the pigment Caput Mortuum. In Britain and the US, these very large minimal paintings with their vessel like structures and raw aesthetics found the support of art benefactors and collectors Bruce A. Beal (Boston, Mass.), John Studzinski (CBE) and Peter and Maria Kellner. In Portugal two architects showed particular and effective support: Fernando Távora and Eduardo Souto de Moura. [9] [10]

In 2008 Rui Paes was the Creator, General Curator and co-organizer of the exhibition "Looking at Picasso - Picasso and Portuguese Art of the 20th Century" which took place in Portimão in Portugal and included a show of photographs by Lee Miller entitled "Lee Miller & Picasso". "Looking at Picasso - Picasso and Portuguese Art of the 20th Century" became the blueprint for the exhibition "Picasso & Modern British Art" which took place at Tate Britain and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, in 2012. [11] [12]

Paes has had 13 solo exhibitions and has taken part in numerous group shows. His work is represented in Japan, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the United States. [13] [14] [2]

Solo exhibitions

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  2. 1 2 3 Infopédia. "Artigo de apoio Infopédia - Rui Paes". Infopédia - Dicionários Porto Editora.
  3. ↑ Coloquio Arte, published by the C. Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 1982
  4. ↑ "Egypt - The Cairo Capital Club - Henry Van Der Vijver". www.hvart.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Cairo Capitol Club, Egypt". Rui Paes.
  6. ↑ "Foyer of Espelkamp Theatre, Germany". Rui Paes.
  7. ↑ "Quinta dos Frades - Portugal". quintadosfrades.pt.
  8. ↑ Communication Arts - Illustration Annual No47 Lotsa de Casha, July 2006
  9. ↑ 10 X 10 Phaidon Press, 2000
  10. 1 2 3 75 Artistas em Portugal, Margarida Botelho, Castoliva Editora, 1989
  11. ↑ [olhar picasso] picasso e a arte portuguesa do seculo xx, Cooperativa Arvore, in association with Portimao e Expo Arade, 2008
  12. ↑ Tate. "Picasso & Modern British Art – Exhibition at Tate Britain". Tate.
  13. ↑ "Montepio". Museu Calouste Gulbenkian.
  14. ↑ "Exhibitions". Rui Paes.
  15. ↑ "Cooperativa Árvore". www.arvorecoop.pt.
  16. ↑ Videncia e luxúria em procissao by Cesar Principe in Jornal de Noticias, 28 May 1998
  17. ↑ Pedro Chorao, RUI PAES, Joaquim Bravo by Jose Luis Porfirio in "Expresso", Lisbon, 11 March 1989
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