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Riachão do Jacuípe, Brazil, 1953.
Lives and works Riachão do Jacuípe, Brazil.
Represented by the gallery Paulo Darzé Galeria de Arte.
PIPA 2011 nominee.
Florival initiated his career in 1976. His work is marked by the attention to the forms, volumes, spaces, movements and the choice of materials. The artist searches for technical precision through his incisive and patient research and a contemporary view of materials. His trajectory brings elements from his original environment. Oliveira translates the unique feeling of being part of his village in Bahia.
Video produced by Matrioska Filmes exclusively for PIPA 2011.
Florival Oliveira was born on August 18th 1953 in Riachão do Jacuípe, Bahia. He began his career in 1976 and he went on to take part in various solo and group exhibitions in Brazil including in 1981, 35 Anos da Gravura – EBA/UFB, the IV Salão Nacional de Artes, Rio de Janeiro, RJ and Encontro de Artistas do Nordeste at the Museu de Arte Moderna, Salvador, Bahia.
In 1985 he took part in “Geração 70” at the Museu de Arte, Salvador, Bahia, the “Origem da Paz”, at the Museu de Arte, Salvador,Bahia, “Caligrafia e a Escritura Brasileira” at FUNARTE in Rio de Janeiro, and “Desenho Brasileiro” at Parque Lage in Rio de Janeiro. In 2002 he took part in “Pintura Bahia”, at the Museu de Arte Moderna, Salvador, Bahia and the Bienal de Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Text by Célia Maria Baldas Mallett
…According to Florival, his unique figures are the fruit of a great contradiction. I think I have found the right environment for these works. When I examine the prints I feel that his unconscious self has externalized things connected with his homeland in Riachão do Jacuípe. Even though the artist did not necessarily intentionally mean to express them, in the world of his feelings I can make out the strong presence of cowboys, cattle, hunting-knives – the indispensable work tools of men who work in the countryside – and parts for tools or tools with which to close gates, fixtures and the gamut of Northeastern Brazilian symbology.
Solo Exhibitions
2009
– “Florival Oliveira”, Museu Regional de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
2003
– “Painting and Sculpture”, Posto Aguia, Riachão do Jacuipe, Brazil
2002
– “Sculpture”, Galeria ACBEU, Salvador, Brazil
2000
– “Sculptures”, Escola de Belas Artes/Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
2000
– “Sculptures”, Escola de Belas Artes/UFBA, Salvador, Brazil
1999
– “Sculptures”, Galeria ACEBEU, Salvador, Brazil
1999
– “Sculptures”, Galeria ACEBEU, Salvador, Brazil
1998
– “Sculpture and Objects”, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
1997
– “Tempera”, Oficina de Arte e Galeria, Riachão do Jacuipe, Brazil
1995
– “Instalação: Labirintos”, Galeria ACBE, Salvador, Brazil
1993
– “Sculpture and Paintings”, Galeria ACBEU, Salvador, Brazil
1989
– “Printmaking”, ArteNata Galeria, Salvador, Brazil
1988
– “Paintings”, Galeria Bar Pituaçú, Salvador, Brazil
Group Exhibitions
2009
– “Art Circuit”, Aliança Francesa, Salvador, Brazil
2008
– “Mercado Cultural – Foyer of Teatro Castro Alves”, Tridimensionais, Salvador, Brazil
2006
– “Contemporary Artists”, Galeria Paulo Darzé, Salvador, Brazil
2005
– 14th Art BA, Argentine edition, Buenos Aires, Argentine
– Painting BA, FIB, Salvador, Brazil
– “The Art of the Wood”, Museu de Arte da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
– “Bahia Art Scene”, Instituto do Patrimônio Artístico Cultural da Bahia (IPAC), Salvador, BA
– “Art for sale”, ACBEU, Salvador, Brazil
2003
– “Art for sale”, Mercado Cultural, Galeria ACBEU, Salvador, Brazil
2002
– “Painting Bahia”, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
– Bienal of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aire, Argentine
2001
– “Fourteen Artists”, Galeria Mundo da Art, Salvador, Brazil
1999
– “450 Years”, Museu Histórico da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Art-Salvador – 450 Years”, Fundação Cultural de Curitiba, Solar do Barão, Curitiba, Brazil
– “100 Visual Artists”, Museu de Arte Sacra de Salvador, Salvador, Brazil
– “Art-Salvador – 450 years”, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
1998
– V Salão Nacional de Arte, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
– “Tropicalia 30 Ano”, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
– “Bahia Paris”, Galeria Magnan, Paris, France
1996
– Galeria ACEBEU, Salvador, Brazil
1994
– “Exu”, Casa de Jorge Amado, Salvador, Brazil
– I Salão Nacional de Artes, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
– “Hors lá”, Sebrae Pelourinho, Salvador, Brazil
1993
– Latin American Countries Meeting, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
1992
– Galeria do ACBEU, Salvador, Brazil
1991
– Galeria do DESEMBANCO, Salvador, Brazil
1990
– “Colagem”, Galeria do ICBA, Salvador, Brazil
– “Professores da Oficina do MAM”, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
1989
– “Sculpture”, Biblioteca Central, Salvador, Brazil
– “E o Lixo dançou”, Teatro Castro Alves, Salvador, Brazil
– “Gravura Arte Maior”, Galeria Canizares, Salvador, Brazil
1988
– Instituto do Cacau, Salvador, Brazil
– “Dez Gravadores Baianos”, Galeria O Cavalete, Salvador, BA
– “Feira de Cultura Baiana”, Buenos Aires, Argentine
– Galeria Fazarte, Salvador, Brazil
1987
– Galeria Raimundo Oliveira, Feira de Santana, Brazil
1986
– Galeria Época, Salvador, Brazil
– Galeria O Cavalete, Salvador, Brazil
– “O Galpão”, Salvador, Brazil
– Galeria do ACEBEU, Salvador, Brazil
1985
– “70’s Generation”, Museu de Arte de Salvador, Salvador, Brazil
– “Origem da Paz”, Museu de Arte de Salvador, Salvador, Brazil
– “Brazilian Scripture and Caligraphy”, FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Brazilian Drawing”, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Group panel at School of Architecture, Universidade Federal da Bahia, UFBA, Salvador, Brazil
– Panel about India’s Week, ICBA/BA, Salvador, BA
1984
– Brazilian Artists’ Meeting, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
-” Artists at the Convention Center”, Salvador, Brazil
– Group Panel at the Wall of Rio Vermelho, Salvador, Brazil
– Group Exhibition of Printmaking, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
1983
– Northeast Art Circuit, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
– Group Exhibition, Clube de Campo Cajueiro, Feira de Santana, Brazil
– Group Panel at the Wall of Rio Vermelho, Salvador, Brazil
– Printmaking Exhibition, Solar do Ferrão, Salvador, Brazil
1982
– Panel of Cine Glauber Rocha, Salvador, Brazil
– Group Panel of Escola Parque Salvador, Salvador, Brazil
1981
– “35 Years of Printmaking”, EBA/UFBA, Salvador, Brazil
– IV Salão Nacional de Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Northeast Artists’ Meeting, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
– Group Show, SBPC/UFBA, Salvador, Brazil
1980
– “Poemas Cartazes”, Galeria ICBA, Salvador, Brazil
– French Brazilian Week, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
– “AgoraMostraSete”, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
1979
– Galeria Canizares, Salvador, Brazil
– I Salão de Artes Plásticas Universitária Hoje, TCA/EBA, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
– IV Salão Nacional Universitario, Florianopolis, Brazil
– Galeria do ICBA, Salvador, Brazil
– Gabinete Portugues de Leitura, Salvador, Brazil
– Galeria Atelier, Vitoria da Conquista, Brazil
– Encontro Regional de Bolsa Artes, EBA/UFBA, Salvador, Brazil
– “Exposição Cadastro”,Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, MAM-BA, Salvador, Brazil
– “Coletiva”, Prefeitura Municipal de Santo Amaro, Santo Amaro, Brazil
– 1st Idea Fair, Salvador, Brazil
1978
– Salão Baiano de Artes Visuais, TCA/EBA, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil
1977
– Experimental Art Week, EBA/UFBA, Salvador, Brazil
1976
– “Clube Euterpe”, I Experimental Art Fair, EBA/UFBA, Riachão do Jacuipe, Salvador, Brazil
Awards
– Prêmio Mambembão
1986
– Animated Film “Garrancho”, Office national du film du Canadá, UFBA
1980
– V Salão Nacional Universitário, Salvador, Brazil
– Animathon
1978
– Teatro Livre da Bahia – Oxente Gente Cordel
– Prêmio Martins Gonçalves
– Teatro Livre da Bahia – Gracias a lá Vida
– Prêmio FUNARTE – Xilogravura
Works in Collection
– Museu de Arte Moderna, Salvador, Brazil
– Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Feira de Santana, Brazil
– Acervo do ACBEU, Salvador, Brazil
– Biblioteca da Universidade da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
– Museu Regional de Feira de Santa, UEFS, Feira de Santana, Brazil
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