damiaovieira

Damião Vieira Born in Gondomar in 1964. Attended the Dec. Soares dos Reis School of Arts. Works as a professional in the field of graphic arts. Began his career in painting in 1984. He was inspired and influenced by the renowned painter ‘Pinho’. For personal and professional reasons, he took a break from his artistic activity. He resumed painting in 1995 with the support of the painter ‘Armando Aguiar’, whom he considers not only a friend, but also an exceptional teacher and artist. Currently, his painting is more contemporary among other styles such as Pop Art, with great success. He has participated in individual and collective exhibitions, both nationally and internationally, and has won awards and been published. He has works in Portugal and abroad. He has collaborated with several galleries in the field of graphic design, and also as a curator, particularly at the Days Are Gallery. He started out in digital illustration and its publication on paper and textiles, with the IlustraPoster brand. Damião Vieira is the kind of person who can be considered a worker of the arts – that is, a true artist. Although self-taught, he has always had the privilege of working with master painters, thanks to his work as a graphic arts technician within the artistic world. He absorbed the best of their teachings, without having to submit to academic dogmatism. His artistic streak has been evident since the day he was born, in 1964, in Gondomar, in the Porto district. He attended the Soares dos Reis School of Decorative Arts, but life's circumstances never allowed him to pursue higher education. Since then, he has never stopped expressing himself artistically, exhibiting in a wide variety of places and situations, seeking different styles and forms of expression. However, it was only in recent years that he began to give voice to his intuitions and natural creativity. Text by Jose Carlos Soares Chief Executive Officer - Galeria Cruzes Canhoto