NEWS
I will be participating in the Group Exhibition "L'Art dans tout ses états!" (Art In All Its Forms) at the Alliance Française de Houston with Archway Gallery Artists, in collaboration with the Alliance Française. April 29th through September 30th, 2023. Houston, Texas.
On Friday April 22 2022 Earth Day is celebrated. I had the idea of organizing a group exhibition for the whole month of April at Archway Gallery Houston, where we artists could use our art to raise awareness of the environmental challenges our world is suffering. The exhibition ‘For the Love of Earth’ was then born!
My main focus for my pieces was on recycling, reuse and more specifically of plastic. I saw these colored business report covers being tossed away and I knew I could make something more interesting with them than just trash them and create more pollution. I decided to work with my ‘Mosaic Paintings’ square pattern and cut all the plastic covers in equal squares, placing the opaque one’s underneath and overlapping them with the transparent ones in order to get new colors and new patterns. I used tiny sequin metal pins to pin them to the porous support, a board made of recycled material.
My main focus for my pieces was on recycling, reuse and more specifically of plastic. I saw these colored business report covers being tossed away and I knew I could make something more interesting with them than just trash them and create more pollution. I decided to work with my ‘Mosaic Paintings’ square pattern and cut all the plastic covers in equal squares, placing the opaque one’s underneath and overlapping them with the transparent ones in order to get new colors and new patterns. I used tiny sequin metal pins to pin them to the porous support, a board made of recycled material.
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3rd Place Award at the VAA 13th Juried Invitational Exhibition (August 03 – 30, 2020)
My Painting “Secluded in Interior Design VII” received the 3rd Place Award at the Visual Arts Alliance VAA 13th Juried Invitational Exhibition. Dr. Volker Eisele was the Juror. “Secluded in Interior Design II” is also part of this virtual exhibition which opened 03 August 2020 and will be on display until 30 August 2020. Both paintings are part of my Urban Landscapes Series.
Below is the transcript of Dr. Eisele's words as he presented the award:
“Third Prize goes to Silvia PintoSouza “Secluded in Interior Design Number VII”. Bravo! Yes, Bravo!
And what I like about this painting is the, again, the ambiguity of a young woman sitting in the middle of the painting and she is surrounded by pieces of architecture. And the architecture is very vague. It is a… can’t really make it out, there are some windows, potentially, but then it is negated by larger color fields. And she sits right into it! And, there was another painting as a companion: She looks down from that perch and it gives a feeling of vulnerability. You sitting in this living machines, caught in a way, and it is almost apocalyptic and it comes to… Vulnerability comes out. And if you know, these days there is a lot of vulnerability, economically, I mean, talking about the protests they say no more rent for anybody, I am just saying this is not what that is, but it is a lot of vulnerabilities, within basically geometric fields. So, I thought it was well done”.
Below is the transcript of Dr. Eisele's words as he presented the award:
“Third Prize goes to Silvia PintoSouza “Secluded in Interior Design Number VII”. Bravo! Yes, Bravo!
And what I like about this painting is the, again, the ambiguity of a young woman sitting in the middle of the painting and she is surrounded by pieces of architecture. And the architecture is very vague. It is a… can’t really make it out, there are some windows, potentially, but then it is negated by larger color fields. And she sits right into it! And, there was another painting as a companion: She looks down from that perch and it gives a feeling of vulnerability. You sitting in this living machines, caught in a way, and it is almost apocalyptic and it comes to… Vulnerability comes out. And if you know, these days there is a lot of vulnerability, economically, I mean, talking about the protests they say no more rent for anybody, I am just saying this is not what that is, but it is a lot of vulnerabilities, within basically geometric fields. So, I thought it was well done”.
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Landscape Exhibition at the Art Car Museum Houston, TX
“Andean Heights” was exhibited as part of the Landscape Exhibition at the Art Car Museum in Houston, Texas. The Landscape Exhibition was on display during the period December 7th, 2019 - February 23, 2020.
“Andean Heights” is part of my Rural Landscapes Series.
“Andean Heights” is part of my Rural Landscapes Series.
Solo Exhibition at The Jung Center Houston, TX - November 16 to December 18, 2019
Solo Exhibition at Archway Gallery Houston, TX - June 2 to July 3, 2018
It was my great pleasure to welcome the large and generous public that came to my show ‘Dwellings’. I was very proud and thankful for the opportunity to exhibit my latest paintings and share the moment with such knowledgeable public. The theme of the exhibition was related to my love for history, for old architecture and my recently discovered DNA. Realizing that my heritage was 70% Iberian, and having visited Spain and Portugal in various occasions, it felt natural to me to dig into ‘my past’ through images of ancient Spanish and Portuguese towns. Vejer de la Frontera, a Moorish town in Spain and the old neighborhood of Ribeira in Porto, Portugal, were the fuel for the show. They had all what I love to paint: Interesting geometry, high contrast of light and shade, harmonious color and lots of potential for developing other more ‘modern’ versions of the original. The result was ‘Dwellings’, which I will continue to develop further: In every project, there is always room for improvement!
S. PintoSouza
It was my great pleasure to welcome the large and generous public that came to my show ‘Dwellings’. I was very proud and thankful for the opportunity to exhibit my latest paintings and share the moment with such knowledgeable public. The theme of the exhibition was related to my love for history, for old architecture and my recently discovered DNA. Realizing that my heritage was 70% Iberian, and having visited Spain and Portugal in various occasions, it felt natural to me to dig into ‘my past’ through images of ancient Spanish and Portuguese towns. Vejer de la Frontera, a Moorish town in Spain and the old neighborhood of Ribeira in Porto, Portugal, were the fuel for the show. They had all what I love to paint: Interesting geometry, high contrast of light and shade, harmonious color and lots of potential for developing other more ‘modern’ versions of the original. The result was ‘Dwellings’, which I will continue to develop further: In every project, there is always room for improvement!
S. PintoSouza
"Silver Palm" Best of Show
This are pretty exciting news! Out of 339 entries and 101 art pieces accepted, I was awarded the ‘Best of Show’ prize of the National Invitational Art Exhibit at Conroe’s Art League. The exhibition took place at The Gallery at the Madelely Building, Conroe, Texas, during the period March 7 – March 31, 2018.
In the photo with me are Brett Hall, artist and chairman of the event, and judge Peter Andrew. Professor Andrew heads the School of Art’s Advertising Design program at Stephen F. Austin State University.
I am happy to share this news with all of you!
S. PintoSouza
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