Aracajú, SE, 1952.
Livas and works in Salvador, BA.

PIPA 2012 nominee.

About the artist:

Vauluizo Bezerra was born in Aracaju, Sergipe in 1952. He moved to Bahia in 1955.
Begins his artistic activities as self-taught in the early ‘70s. He entered the School of Fine Arts (UFBA) in 1976.
From there begins to participate in national and international events.
Besides his artistic production, has developed activities as a curator and writing reflective texts on contemporary art in various media such as newspapers, magazines. books and blogs. It works in several museums in Brazil, and won several awards in interests in art salons.

Selected solo exhibitions:

- Galerie Copacabana Geneva, Switzerland;
- Grearco Galerie – Lausanne, Switzerland;
- Exhibition Proposal MAM Bahia; Seven Shows – MAM Bahia;
- V National Salon of Plastic Arts, Rio de Janeiro, RJ,
- V National Salon of Plastic Arts, Rio de Janeiro, RJ,
- V Salaão of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, RJ;
- V Display the Drawing Brazilian, Curitiba, PR;
- Contemporary Artists of Bahia, Kouros Gallery – New York USA;
- Contemporary Artists of Bahia, Recolleta Cultural Center – Buenos Aires Argentina,
- I National Salon of Plastic Arts MAM Bahia;
- Liberty Street Gallery, New York, USA;
- New Acquisitions from the Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, MAM Bahia;
- IV Salon National Arts MAM Bahia;
- Sculpture Park Museum of Modern Art of Bahia MAM Ba.;
- Collection of Contemporary Art MAM Bahia, Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, RJ;
- Workshop – School of Fine Arts in Berlin, Germany;
- Baianos in Paris – Galerie Modus, France;
- VIII Art Salon MAM Bahia;
- Baianos in Paris – Galerie Modus, France; VIII Art Salon MAM Bahia; Baianos in Paris – Galerie Modus, France;
- Sacharum Ba, Museum of Modern Art of Bahia.

Selected solo exhibitions:

Alliance Francaise Gallery;
Contemporary Brazilian Art Project (Project ABC) Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro;
Art Office of Bahia, Salvador;
Mario Schenberg Gallery, Funarte São Paulo, SP;
Cream Art Gallery of Art . Salvador;
Artist Proof Gallery, Salvador;
N Art Galerie, Munich, Germany;
Itaú Gallery, Vancouver, BC;
Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, in 1995;
Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, RJ.;
Recolleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires;
Paulo Darzé Art Gallery and Museum of Modern Art of Bahia (2010).

Works in Collections:

Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro
Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo – Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection
Art Museum of Joinville – Museum of Modern Art of Bahia
Collection of the Universidade Federal da Bahia
Public Monument (Thomé de Souza) City Hall Salvador, Bahia.

Represented by: Paulo Darzé Galeria de Arte.

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