Daniel Tavares
Daniel Tavares was born in 1970 in Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is an internationally renowned artist, who has participated in more than 120 exhibitions around the world.
Tavares started painting and drawing very early, when he was only 6 years old. “I always painted because of my brother who was an artist and had all these art materials at home. I was also a comic book lover, and the most beloved characters were reproduced in my works.”
In 1986, when he turned 16 he began an internship as an illustrator at an advertisement agency, which gave wings to his talent. After that, he worked with other publicity agencies and magazines, always as an illustrator.
“I was still painting, but it was only a hobby for me. “
In 1997, after 10 years working as an illustrator, Tavares’ life changed upside down. He moved to Portugal and his goal was to work in advertising, as always. However, he became very close to artists who were living in Portugal to enjoy the beautiful climate and the affordable cost of living. I spent that season in Portugal, where I saw wonderful exhibitions, and I discovered that I could make a living through my art. At that moment my life changed and I decided to dedicate myself only to art.”
Tavares’ paintings became a great success and gained international market recognition in 2005, first in Italy. “After 4 years in Italy, my painting has matured, and I was well received by the Italians, I made more than 90 exhibitions all over the country.”
Since then, Tavares has dedicated himself entirely to painting and to his family. As a father of two boys, he decided to move back to his origins in Brazil in 2009. In 2010 he spent some time in New York painting and exhibiting his work. Nowadays, Tavares’s pieces can be found in many galleries and private collections around the world, including New York, Italy, Switzerland, Brazil, and Portugal among others.
“How can I define my painting? I normally dislike definitions, but the closest I've ever come is that my art is 50% drawing, 50% painting. That's it. It is a visual synthesis of lived experiences reflecting the influence of comic books in my life, incorporating pop art and advertisement graphic influences. The beautiful time I spent in Italy and the lessons from the great Renaissance masters have also had significant influence in my work and life.”
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“In addition to being admired, the works of Daniel Tavares demand to be, calmly, properly contemplated, consulted, repeatedly. Since it involves an interactive reading, where the intuition is to complete the image, the emotion to experience the involvement, the reason to discover the meaning. Each time they will reveal a facet, an icon, an expressive tonality that was hidden in the extreme articulation of the formal and tonal elements present on the screen.”
Lorenzo Chiarlone
Art Critic and Journalist, Italy
“The compositional harmony of the works of Tavares is defined within the framework of a modern figurative that welcomes surreal, abstract and informal ideas. His paintings take on colors, rhythms, emotional tensions of great impact.”
Nadia Ponte
Artist and Art Critic, Italy
Individual Exhibitions:
2019 Retratos para Basquiat - P.S. Galeria (Belo Horionte Brasil)
2016 Graphic Renaissance, Museu Casa Fiat de Cultura, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2016 Grafismo, Spazio E, Ghemme, Italy
2015 "FLY" Impressions and Expressions of My World, Café com Letras, BH, Brazil
2015 Rossi Art Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2014 The Red, Urban Art, BH, Brazil
2013 Artray Galerie, Angerille l'Orche - France
2010 Colors, History and People, Vitor Braga Rugendas Gallery, BH, Brazil
2008 Galeria de Arte Dell Caalo, (Vallegia, Italy)
2008 Studio Sessarego (Bogliasco, Italy)
2008 Galeria de Arte Contemporanea La Stella (Albisola Capo,Italy)
2007 Centro Cultural Castano Primo (Castano Primo, Italy)
2007 Galeria de Arte Contempornea La Stella (Albisola Capo, Italy)
2006 IBRIT Instituto Brasil Italy (Milano Italy)
2006 Palcio Beato Jacopo (Varae, Italy)
2006 Espao cultural da Liraria de Arenano (Arenano, Italy)
2006 Centro Cultural Alberto Sbragi (Cogoleto Italy)
2000 Adorno Design (Rio de Janeiro Brasil)
1999 Beco das Artes, Bahia Shopping, BH
1999 Gallery of ICBEU, BH
1998 Art Gallery of Sesc-MG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Collective Exhibitions:
2019 Infinite Possibilites, Mana Contemporary (New Jersey, USA)
2018 Limmaginee il Sogno nellarte ( Buscate, Italy)
2018 Arte Tempo Cuggiono XIII Mostra Arte Sacra ( Cuggiono, Italy)
2017 ArtExpo NYC, New York, USA
2017 Image Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
2016 Ward-Nasse Art Gallery, New York, USA
2016 - Galeria Expoarte (Braslia Brasil)
2015 Rossi Art Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2015 Opening Vault 17 Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015 Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, USA
2015 Vitor Braga Rugendas Gallery, BH, Brazil
2015 Spaio E- Essere Donna ( Buscate / Italia)
2014 Wynwood Gallery, Miami, USA
2014 Ward-Nasse Art Gallery, New York, USA
2014 Galeria Arte Aplicada (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
2014 Urban Arts (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
2014 Galeria Expoarte (Braslia, Brazil)
2013 Opening Vault 17 Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013 Wynwood Gallery, Miami, USA
2013 Galeria Arte Aplicada (Sao Paulo - Brazil)
2013 TNT Galeria de Arte (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2013 Vitor Braga Rugendas Galeria de Arte (Belo Horionte Brasil)
2012 Galeria Expoarte (Braslia, Brazil)
2012 Galeria Arte Aplicada (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
2012 - Palacio dos Leilões (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
2012 Galeria de Arte Dotart (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
2012 Ward-Nasse Art Galler (New York / Soho USA)
2011 HA Galeria de Arte (Nova Lima, Brazil)
2011 Galeria Expoarte (Braslia, Brazil)
2010 Gallery of Contemporary Art La Stella, Italy
2010 Ward-Nasse Art Galler (New York / Soho USA)
2010 Galeria Expoarte (Braslia, Brazil)
2010 Gallery Rinaldo Rotta, Genoa, Italy
2010 II Greco Art Gallery, Bati, Italy
2010 Galeria de Arte Contemporanea La Stella (Albisola Capo Italy)
2009 Gallery Rinaldo Rotta, Genoa, Italy
2009 II Greco Art Gallery, Bati, Italy
2009 Vitor Braga Rugendas Galeria de Arte (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
2009 Art Festial / Shah Alam Galler (Malasia)
2009 Casa de Portugal (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
2008 Art Gallery Del Cavalo, Vallegia, Italy
2008 Civic Museum of Contemporary Art, Albissola Marina, Italy
2008 Galeria de Arte Del Cavalo (Vallegia, Italy)
2008 Villa Maria Quiliano (Quiliano, Italy)
2007 Galleria Il Tempio (Palermo, Italy)
2007 Sala Bramante (Roma, Italy)
2007 Il Greco Galeria de Arte (Bari, Italy)
2007 Galeria de Arte Rinaldo Rotta (Genova, Italy)
2007 Galeria Cassiopea (Roma, Italy)
2007 Galeria La Telaccia (Torino, Italy)
2007 Hotel Gallery Paris (Montecarlo, Monaco)
2007 Villa Osmond (Sanremo, Italy)
2007 Sala Conciliare (Celle Ligure, Italy)
2007 Polvere di Stelle (Stella San Giovanni, Italy)
2007 Palacio Nervi (Savona, Italy)
2007 Il Natale Ritrovato (Beduina, Parma, Italy)
2007 Oratorio N. S. Assunta (Varazze, Italy)
2007 Centro Cultural Alberto Sbragi (Cogoleto, Italy)
2006 Percorso d'Arte (Cogoleto, Italy)
2006 Group Show Marina di Varazze (Varazze, Italy)
2006 Museum Villa Cambiaso (Savona, Italy)
2006 Galeria de Arte Rinaldo Rotta (Genova, Italy)
2006 Centro Cultural Alberto Sbragi (Cogoleto, Italy)
2006 Espaço de Arte Otica (Lisboa , Portugal)
2006 Il Greco Galeria de Arte (Bari, Italy)
2005 Galeria de Arte Agua Forte (Lisboa Portugal)
2004 Galeria de Arte Agua Forte (Lisboa Portugal)
2003 Galeria de Arte Agua Forte (Lisboa Portugal)
2002 Galeria de Arte Agua Forte (Lisboa Portugal)
2000 Hosken Galeria de Arte (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2000 Galeria de Arte Markus Soska (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2000 Cromos Art Gallery (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
1999 Paintings and Sculptures, Antiquarium Art
1999 Galeria de Arte Markus Soska (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
1998 Paintings, Sculptures and Watercolors, Portal Cultural Show, Belo Horizonte, BrazilGallery Passos da Cunha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1997 Stvart Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
1997 Magic and Image Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
Art Biennale and Awards
2016 Biennale di Ceramica in Celle ( Celle Ligure, Italy)
2007 VIII Biennale di Arte Contemporanea deTorre Stroi (Parlesca, Italy)
2007 II Biennale di Arte Contemporanea (Genova, Italy)
2007 Silver Medal from Cultural Secretary of Genova Municipality
Artwork in Permanent Collection
Permanent Collection Gallery of Contemporary Art La Stella (Albissola Capo, Italy) Collection Sala Civica da Cidade de Albissola Marina (Albissola Marina, italy) Collection Museum Casa de Cultura de Joao Pinheiro (Joao Pinheiro / MG Brazil)