About the Artist

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#660033" FACE="Arial" ><B>Art Tract, The Artist's Website </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC99" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT> |   <A HREF="arttracthome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Home"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>__________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>__________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <B>About the Artist</B></div> <div> <A HREF="carruco.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Carruço"><U><B>Carruço</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Residence: </B><B> C</B><B>ascais, Portugal </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="15" CELLSPACING="5" WIDTH="491" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#DDDDDD > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 1338 WIDTH="445"><div> <B> </B><B> Carruço</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Statement</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Every time I start a new painting, I know not what I'll bring to life from the canvas. And gone are the days when I worried about that! Today I molest Painting on the canvas and let her give body to my visions of what lies within: life outself! I am Carruço, I have no limits and everything is allowed to me. Courage is for the artists, therefore I paint!</div> <bR> <div> <B>Biography </B></div> <bR> <div> Carruço was born in 1976 in Lisbon. He led an academic life in the field of Exact Sciences until he decided to dedicate himself completely to Painting. He took several art courses in galleries and schools and attended the atelier of the Master António Sem. In 2004, he finished a Renaissance painting course at Angel Academy of Arts in Florence. Currently, he's attending a sculpture school and learning more about this art. Though his artistic production verses a lot of themes and styles, his most original works belong to a phase he named sinuosity, which shows the influence of his passionate themes from Physics, like the curved space and the perpetual motion.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Selected solo exhibitions </B></div> <bR> <div> 2005 - Galeria do Centro Cultural da Lourinhã, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - Casa do Artista de Góis, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - Museu Etnogáfico de Arganil, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - Museu da República e Resistência, Lisboa, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - Galeria da "Gravura", Lisbon, Portugal</div> <div> 2004 - Galeria da "Gravura", Lisbon, Portugal</div> <bR> <div> <B>Selected group exhibitions</B></div> <bR> <div> 2006 - Prémio de Pintura e Escultura - Artur Bual - II Edição</div> <div> 2006 - Fundação Histórico Cultural Oureana, Ourém, Portugal</div> <div> 2006 - Museu da República e Resistência, Lisboa, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - Galeria de Arte Olivais Shopping, Lisboa, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - IV Centenario de Dom Quijote de La Mancha, Socuéllamos, Spain</div> <div> 2005 - Galeria Municipal de Sobral de Monte Agraço, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - Galeria Municipal de Rio Maior, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - Galeria D´Arte Maria Manuela, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - II Exposição Internacional de Sesimbra, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - III Bienal de Artes Plásticas de Sta. Catarina da Serra, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - XI Exposição Internacional de Artes Plásticas de Vendas Novas, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - Galeria Municipal de Fitares, Rio de Mouro, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - Galeria do Clube de Golfe da Quinta da Beloura, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - Quatro Montras Galeria de Arte, Viseu, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - Museu da República e Resistência, Lisboa, Portugal</div> <div> 2005 - Galeria Municipal da Moita, Portugal</div> <div> 2004 - Celeiro da Vila Centro de Exposições da Câmara Municipal do Cadaval</div> <div> 2004 - X Exposição Internacional Artes Plásticas de Vendas Novas</div> <div> 2004 - Galeria DAP - dom artysty plastyca - Warsaw - Poland</div> <div> 2004 - Biblioteca da Junta de Freguesia da Mina, Amadora, Portugal</div> <div> 2004 - Prémio de Pintura D. Fernando II - VIII Edição, Sintra, Portugal</div> <div> 2004 - Galeria do Centro Cultural da Lourinhã, Portugal</div> <div> 2004 - Biblioteca Municipal de Aljustrel, Portugal</div> <div> 2004 - Galeria Municipal de Fitares, Rio de Mouro, Portugal</div> <div> 2004 - Galeria da Junta de Freguesia de Oliveira do Douro, Gaia, Portugal</div> <div> 2004 - Galeria Municipal de Fitares, Rio de Mouro, Portugal</div> <div> 2003 - Biblioteca da Universidade Lusófona, Lisboa, Portugal</div> <div> 2003 - PAC - Associação Portuguesa dos Amigos dos Castelos, Lisboa, Portugal</div> <div> 2003 - XV Exposição Internacional de Arte Postal, Barreiro, Portugal</div> <div> 2003 - Fundação Histórico Cultural Oureana, Ourém, Portugal</div> <div> 2003 - Galeria Gravura, Lisboa, Portugal</div> <div> 2003 - IX Exposição Internacional Artes Plásticas de Vendas Novas, Portugal</div> <div> 2003 - Artecul, Alentejo, Portugal</div> <div> 2003 - Galeria Municipal de Fitares, Rio de Mouro, Portugal</div> <bR> <div> <B>You can see Carruços paintings in several private and corporate collections and also in the following public colections:</B></div> <bR> <div> Oureana Culture Fondation, Portugal</div> <div> Sintra City Hall, Portugal </div> <div> Lourinhã City Hall, Portugal </div> <div> Portuguese Embassy in Poland, Warsaw </div> <div> Gerardo Martinez Primary School, La Mancha, Spain </div> <bR> <div> <B>Honorable mention</B></div> <bR> <div> Recieved at the First Plastic Arts Biennal about Elvis Presley 2003 </div> <bR> <div> <B>Memberships </B></div> <bR> <div> Association Intenational des Arts Plastiques from UNESCO </div> <div> Portuguese Plastics Artists Association Escadote Cultural </div> <div> Art Group Portugal </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Please Visit his website:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.carruco.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.carruco.com/"><U><B>http://www.carruco.com/</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=100 BGCOLOR="#660033" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>