Sérgio Nunes de Morais

Graduated from the Federal University of Minas Gerais School of Fine Arts (1977-1981).

Free courses in Fine Arts at the Federal University of Minas Gerais School of Fine Arts:
Lithograph (1975); Painting (1975-1976).

Free courses at the Federal University of Minas Gerais Winter Festival: Specialization in Lithograph (july/1976); Painting (july/1977); Painting (july/1978); Painting (july/1979); Free Atelier (july/1981); Multi Media (july/1985); Specialization in Drawing (july/1986); Drawing Experiment (july/1987).

SALONS:

• Belo Horizonte City Hall National Fine Arts Exhibit, Belo Horizonte Museum of Modern Art (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990).
• Minas Gerais State Council of Culture Art Exhibit, Belo Horizonte Clóvis Salgado Foundation (1979, 1980, 1981, 1983).
• VIII Brazil/United States Cultural Center National Art Exhibit, Santos, São Paulo (1981).
• Ministry of Education and Culture/National Art Foundation Exhibit, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro (1981) and annexed “Regional Presence” Special Salon (1981).
• Santa Maria National Art Exhibit, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul (1983).
• V Show of Brazilian Drawing, Curitiba, Paraná (1983).
• Guido Vergani National Art Exhibit, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (1984).
• II Governador Valadares Art Exhibit, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais (1985).
• São Paulo Contemporary Art National Exhibit, São Paulo, SP (1986, 1987, 1988).
• Air Force Art Exhibit, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (1988).
• 45th Paraná Art Exhibit, Contemporary Museum of Art, Curitiba, Paraná (1988).
• Nello Nuno Art Exhibit, Viçosa, Minas Gerais (1989).
• Bahia Museum of Modern Art National Exhibit, Salvador, Bahia (1994, 1995).
  

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:

• Federal University of Minas Gerais Stock Exchange (Labor) Art Exhibition, University Hall (1978).
• “Young Artists from Minas Gerais”, Clóvis Salgado Foundation, Belo Horizonte, MG (1978).
• “Drawings from Minas Gerais”, Clóvis Salgado Foundation, Belo Horizonte, MG (1979).
• “News from the Roots” (collective exhibition with Marcos Coelho Benjamim and Marco Túlio Resende), Clóvis Salgado Foundation, Belo Horizonte, MG (1980).
• Federal University of Minas Gerais Cultural Journey, Belo Horizonte, MG (1980).
• “Interpretation of Picasso”, Clóvis Salgado Foundation, Belo Horizonte, MG (1981).
• Federal University of Minas Gerais Extension Center Itinerant Show, Belo Horizonte, MG (1981).
• Clóvis Salgado Foundation Permanent Collection Show, Belo Horizonte, MG (1982).
• “Exposition du Petit-format” (Latin-American Artists), Galerie Space Latin-Americain, Paris, France (1982).
• “Brazilian Prints”, Diamantina, MG (1983).
• “Kazuo Iha and Sérgio Nunes” (Paintings and Drawings), Corpo Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1984).
• “End of the Line”, Federal University of Minas Gerais Cultural Center, Belo Horizonte, MG (1984).
• “Project Decentralization”collective exhibition in ten cities of Minas Gerais (1984).
• “Society, Culture and Technology” collective exhibition, BDMG Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1984).
• “Calligraphy and Writing”, National Art Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (1985).
• “Dialogue: New Languages of Art”, CEMIG Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1985).
• “Lincoln Volpini and Sérgio Nunes”(Paintings and Drawings), Corpo Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1985).
• “Drawings” (collective exhibition with Humberto Borém, Kazuo Iha, Marcos Coelho Benjamim, Paulo Henrique Amaral and Roberto Moreno), IAB Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1986).
• “Drawings from Minas Gerais”, Juíz de Fora and Belo Horizonte, MG (1987).
• “Itinerant Museum Cultural Art Show” (Clóvis Salgado Foundation Permanent Collection) , Minas Gerais (1987).
• “Young Art in Minas Gerais” (collective exhibition with Giovanna Martins, Jimmy Leroy, Mário Arreguy, Paulo Henrique Amaral and Isaura Pena), La Maison Gallery, São Paulo (1987).
• “Jimmy Leroy and Sérgio Nunes”, Documenta Gallery, São Paulo (1988).
• “Faulty Lines”, Clóvis Salgado Foundation, Belo Horizonte, MG (1988).
• “News Values in Latin-American Art/Brazil” (Latin-American Art and Culture Festival), Brasília Museum of Art, Brasília (1989).
• “Contemporary Utopias”, Arlinda Correa Gallery, Clóvis Salgado Foundation, Belo Horizonte, MG (1992).
• “Voluta”, Cidade Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1992).
• “Paintings and Drawings” (collective exhibition with Getúlio Moreira, Humberto Guimarães and Isaura Pena), Manoel Macedo Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1992).
• “Great Circle of Small Things”, Genesco Murta Gallery, Clóvis Salgado Foundation, Belo Horizonte, MG (1992).
• “Sérgio Nunes and Marcelo Kraiser” (Paintings and Drawings), Fernando Pedro Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1994).
• “Improvising for Guignard”, BAMERINDUS Cultural Hall, Belo Horizonte, MG (1996).
• “ONE CENTURY OF FINE ARTS HISTORY IN BELO HORIZONTE – DECADES 80/90” – Clóvis Salgado Foundation Great Gallery – Belo Horizonte/MG (1996).
• “It’s a Boy!”, CEMIG Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1996).
• Winter Festival Teachers Collective Exhibition – UFMG Cultural Center – Belo Horizonte/MG and Ouro Preto’s Disloyalty Museum/MG (1997).
• Collective Exhibition – oppening of the “Marcus Vieira Art Gallery” – Belo Horizonte/MG (1997).
• Collective Show: Art in the 80’s and 90’s – ONE CENTURY OF FINE ARTS HISTORY IN BELO HORIZONTE – Clóvis Salgado Foundation, Belo Horizonte/MG (1997).
• Collective Exhibition “Spring Consecration”– Cultural Hall of the Ponteio Home Shopping – Belo Horizonte/MG (1998).
• Collective Exhibition “Embrace for the Minas Gerais Artists” – TELEMIG Art Gallery – Belo Horizonte/MG (1998).
• Cololective Exhibition “Minimal Gestures”( Drawings – Guignard School of Art Teachers – Guignard School Art Gallery – Belo Horizonte/MG (1999).
• Show “Four Decades of Drawing in Minas Gerais” - TELEMAR Cultural Space – Belo Horizonte/MG (1999).
• Tiradentes II Cultural Festival – Collective Show of Sculptures and Objects – Tiradentes/MG (1999).
• Collective Show “BRAZIL 500 YEARS” – Clóvis Salgado Foundation – Belo Horizonte/MG (2000).
• “Brasil of the New Millenium”: The Art of Minas” – Itinerant Show in Minas Gerais (2001).
• Show "Minas Gerais Drawings" – FUNALFA Cultural Center – Juíz de Fora/MG (2002).
  

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

• “Sérgio Nunes” (Paintings and Drawings), Casa dos Contos Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1988).
• “Poems Regarding Youth” (Paintings, Drawings and Objects), Itaú Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1990).
• “Sérgio Nunes – Pinturas, Desenhos e Aquarelas” (Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours), Cozinha de Minas Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1993).
• “Pinturas, Desenhos e Objetos” (Paintings, Drawings and Objects), Clóvis Salgado Foundation Great Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1995).
• “Pinturas e Desenhos” (Paintings and Drawings), Aliança Francesa Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1996).
  

AWARDS:

• Clóvis Salgado Foundation Prize (Acquisition – best group of works – Painting) at the II Minas Gerais State Council of Culture Exhibit, Belo Horizonte, MG (1979).
• Acquisition Prize (Drawing) at the III Minas Gerais State Council of Culture Exhibit, Belo Horizonte, MG (1980).
• Acquisition Prize (Drawing) at the VIII Brazil/United States Cultural Center National Art Exhibit, Santos/SP (1981).
• Acquisition Prize (Drawing) at the Santa Maria (Rio Grande do Sul) National Art Exhibit (1983).
• Acquisition Prize at the V Brazilian Drawing Show, Curitiba/PA (1983).
• Gold Medal (Drawing) at the I Guido Vergani National Art Exhibit, Belo Horizonte, MG (1984).
• Acquisition Prize (Painting) at the V São Paulo Contemporary Art National Exhibit (1987).
• “Best Group of Works” (acquisition prize – Painting) at the Belo Horizonte City Hall National Fine Arts Exhibit, Belo Horizonte, MG (1989).
• First Prize (acquisition – Painting) at the Arthur Rimbaud Centenial Commemoration, Federal University of Minas Gerais Cultural Center, Belo Horizonte, MG (1991).
  

COLLECTIONS:

• Clóvis Salgado Foundation, Belo Horizonte; Paraná Contemporary Art Museum; Belo Horizonte Modern Art Museum; State of São Paulo Collection of Paintings.
• Various Particular Collections in several countries – amongst them: Brazil, France, England, United States of America, Portugal, Spain, Canada, Argentine, Uruguay, Australia, The Netherlands, Danmark.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

• “UM SÉCULO DE HISTÓRIA DAS ARTES PLÁSTICAS EM BELO HORIZONTE – ANOS 80 e 90” (“ONE CENTURY OF FINE ARTS HISTORY IN BELO HORIZONTE - DECADES 80/90”), C/Arte Ed., Belo Horizonte/1997 – 500 p. : 300 ill.
• “GABINETE DE ARTE” – Uma Cidade e Seus Artistas – (“ART CABINET” – A City and his Artists) – Belo Horizonte City Hall, Minas Gerais, 2000, 80 p. : 145 il.
• “O OLHAR AMOROSO” / TEXTOS SOBRE ARTE BRASILEIRA (“THE AMOROUS LOOK / TEXTS ABOUT BRAZILIAN ART) – Olívio Tavares de Araújo – MOMESSO Art Editions – São Paulo, São Paulo, 2002, 336 p., il.
• “BRAZILIAN ART III” / BRAZILIAN ART BOOK – Jardim Contemporâneo Publishing House ltd. – São Paulo, São Paulo, 2002, 480 p., il.
  

Various Exhibition Texts/Catalogues:

• “HIPERTEXTO PARA SÉRGIO NUNES” (“HIPERTEXT FOR SÉRGIO NUNES”) – Text by: Flávio Lemos Carsalade – for: “Sérgio Nunes – Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours”, Cozinha de Minas Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1993).
• “SER LIVRE E INTEIRO” (“TO BE FREE AND ENTIRE”) – Text by: Olívio Tavares de Araújo – for: “Sérgio Nunes – Paintings, Drawings and Objects”, Clóvis Salgado Foundation Great Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1995).
• “A MATURIDADE ESTÉTICA DE SÉRGIO NUNES” (“SÉRGIO NUNES’ AESTHETIC MATURITY”) – Text by: Rodrigo Duarte – for: “Sérgio Nunes – Paintings, Drawings and Objects”, Clovis Salgado Foundation Great Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1995); etc.
• BRAZILIAN ART III – text by Rodrigo Duarte and letter by Manoel de Barros about the artist (2002).
  

Various Newspapers Articles:

• “A VEZ E A VOZ DA VANGUARDA EM MOSTRA” (“TIME AND VOICE OF THE VANGUARD SHOW”) – Text by: Márcio Sampaio – for: “News from the Roots” (Collective Exhibition with Marcos Coelho Benjamim and Marco Túlio Resende), Clóvis Salgado Foundation Great Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1980).
• “VISÃO ÍMPAR DA INFÂNCIA” (“SINGULAR YOUTH VISION”) – Text by: Walter Sebastião – for: “Poems Regarding Youth” (Paintings, Drawings and Objects), Itaú Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1990).
• “REFLEXÕES SOBRE A LINGUAGEM ARTÍSTICA” (“REFLECTIONS ABOUT THE ARTISTIC LANGUAGE”) – Text by: Walter Sebastião – for: “Sérgio Nunes – Paintings, Drawings and Objects”, Clovis Salgado Foundation Great Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1995).
• “IMAGENS PROVOCATIVAS” (“PROVOCATIVE IMAGES”) – Text by: Walter Sebastião – for: “Sérgio Nunes – Paintings and Drawings”, Aliança Francesa Gallery, Belo Horizonte, MG (1996); etc.

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