Francisco Gaia Plastic artist/Modern art painter (abstract expressionism)
Artistic and personal path:
Born in Vale do Pinta, Cartaxo May 12, 1933, the adventurous spirit and curiosity awakened from an early age, began to paint at age 12 and unlike many this passion and talent did not arise by influences, but rather on their own merit. In 1951 at the age of 18 he performs his first exhibition and has since held exhibitions all over the world. In the middle of 1960, during the Salazar regime and faithfully their convictions, He goes to Angola, Mozambique and South Africa, where he works as a painter and decorator before settling in Paris. In 1965 in the French capital deprives with the masters who marked the history of modern painting, among them Pablo Picasso With whom he worked between 1965 and 1970 and acquired the ability to free himself from emotions and carry them to the screens. In 1970 he proceeds to The Hague in Holland where he attended the Academy of Modern painting for 10 years, graduating from plastic arts. It is represented in more than 500 private collections, both in Portugal and abroad, notably in the USA, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Chile, Panama, Peru, Italy, Brazil, Pakistan and Canada and so on. Being represented in the Museum of the Grand Vasco de Viseu, the Guggenheim Museum of New York with the work: shower of the Holocaust DEsastre GUerra 1945., private collection of Marconi (Lisbon), municipal chambers of Cartaxo, Sines, Évora, Civil Government of Santarém and in various hotels of the world.
Some exhibitions:
Individual Exhibition in the gallery Gaiarte /Lisbon in 2017, exhibited in New York in 2018 by Artbox Project New York, Gallery Chevening-Holland, House of Culture of the Hague/Netherlands, Social Centre and culture of the Hague/Netherlands, Casa Bocage de Setúbal, S.N.B. – Lisbon, Palacio Foz-Lisboa, foundation Ricardo Espirito Santos Silva-Lisbon, Art Gallery of the Casino Estoril, biennial brand Madeira 1987, Art Gallery Restoration-Lisbon, House De la forum give Hales-Paris/France, Foyer of the Hotel Méridien-Lisboa, art Gallery St ª Joana-Aveiro, art Gallery By-Lisboa, Art gallery Casino of Vilamoura, Cultural center of Belém-Lisboa, art gallery Velasquez-Valladolid/Spain, art Gallery Into Art Holliday – Lisbon Rskteenter Westyliet – Netherlands, Club entrepreneurs – Lisbon, Yves Art Gallery – Paris/France, Barcelona/Spain international Fair, CM Sintra Regional Museum, USA exhibition cycle (San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Palm Springs, Portland, Phoenix, Washington, New York), Lisbon Electricity Museum, Arco Madrid/Spain, art gallery Municipal new Sales Auditorium, INDEG/ISCTE-Lisboa, international Art of Barcelona/Spain, International art fair-Expo-Lisbon, St Catherine/Brazil Municipal Foundation, Art Gallery First-Lisboa, Vintage exhibition-Porto, CM Lisbon, Pasta Marina Gallery/Italy, large Casino sun-green-thorn, art Gallery Grissop – Coimbra, Cultural Center of Paris/France, International Biennial of Guebre (1987)/France, art Gallery SEC. 17th – The gallery – V.F. Xira, Marina Hotel – Vilamoura, Gallery Art Trinity – Lisbon, Art Gallery St. ChristolyBordeauxFrance , Gallery Gaiarte In Lisbon among others.
Main prizes and medals:
Francisco Gaia is a painter whose works transcend the Borders, was awarded: 1979 Diploma Day of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese communities-Netherlands, 1992 Diploma of Participation 1st Salon of Plastic Arts of St. Peter Sintra, 1993 Distinction of appreciation and recognition delivered by Dr. Manuela Ramalho Eanes/Institute of Child Support, 1999 homage in the 40 anniversary of its artistic activity by the Portuguese-Brazilian Culture circle, 1999 Cultural Artistic Merit Medal delivered by the Junta Parish of the fort of the House, 2012 Honorable Mention – Exhibition painting and sculpture 1st aid with Art 2012, 2012 Honorable Mention of the work: Human Ministry, Reference Art Books: Colour and light, DOMINGO1 Tests (1987) p. 55 by Afonso Almeida Brandão, Arteguia, Art directory Spain & Portugal (1989), Arteguia, Art directory Spain & Portugal pg. 412 (1992/93), International art Guide, pag. 44 – The Guild of art galleries of Catalunya (1997/1998), Artes2001.com pg.10, Annual meeting of Plastic artists, angels Beauty and beautiful catalogue 2001 Painting in Portugal 2001, pag. 53, Timor of the power of arms the strength of the love of Maria Teresa Caswell, pag. 99 (2002), Annual meeting of plastic Artists, Alma, catalogue 2001, Criarte, art exhibition, Belém Cultural Centre, pag. 96-97 (1993), Yearbook Art current Special edition Pag. 25 (2013/2014), Dictionary Art International, The Exponents Of Third Millennium by Maria Teresa Of Casola (2001-2003), Criticism: “Talking about Francisco Gaia's painting is not easy. It's like wanting to describe in words the sensations produced by lightning to human eyes. The brevity of sensations is in themselves so strong and so contradictory that only a master of the word could truly do so. To look at a painting of the painter is to ribbons the door to the world of spirit and to assimilate into everything or nothing of what is a better world.” Manuela Rodrigues – writer
"Put to the mystery of art, the creator and enumerable artist Francisco Gaia, Fremen on his screens, transmitting us true poetry. His knowledge as a true creator, the world of painting is always in his spirit, in mind to creativity. Francisco Gaia painter and sculptor possesses the subtlety of psychologist and poet, allowing us to decide his miraculous vision with a demarcated and romantic painting, truly sensational that only a true master can do " Natalia Correia – poet and congresswoman
"The Universes Magical of Francisco Gaia. The world Wonderful What Creates, Gaia penetrates through the view to the deepest Of Spirit, impregnated with Optimism The Spectator and Doing Comparable More winding Roads In the abstracionA Conjunction Magistral de Harmony and color, but In A sintesis that allows the pasíon Overflowing with things. The painter Francisco Gaia Has The subtlety Of Psychologist to embark on travel. " Rafael Meadows Ribelles -Writer (Spain)
