Avenida Ipiranga Painting by Carlinhos Muller

About the artist:

José Carlos Santos (Carlinhos Müller) was born in Pinhão, a small city of Paraná, Brazil. Started his career at age 16, at newspaper Folha do Paraná, in Guarapuava. Right after, worked at Jornal do Vale, in Ourinhos; at Debate, in Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo; and at Folha Metropolitana de Guarulhos.
In São Paulo, acted at Folha de S. Paulo and at O Estado de S. Paulo, collaborating as well with Jornal da Tarde, Agência Estado

In partnership with Editora Belas Letras, he illustrated books of people such as Serginho Groisman, Tico Santa Cruz, Vitor e Léo and Eduardo Bueno (known as Peninha). In Brazil, he was pioneer in Pop-Up (3D) illustrations for the collection “Os maiores Times do Brasil”, including Corinthians, Flamengo, Vasco and Internacional, respectively, with writers Glória Alves, Carol De Barba, Marcelo Aramis and Gustavo Guerter.

Illustrated also Rolando Boldrin's book “História de Contar o Brasil – Um Carroção de Causos”, and Ary Toledo's “Os textículos de Ary Toledo – A anarquia da filosofia”.

Expositions:

2013: Pintura Viva – Aquarelas de Berlin e Viena-Club Transatlântico
2014: Aquarela Paulistana – ABACH
2015: Submerso-telas e aquarelas-Deco ArtClub
2017: Grandes nomes da música em caricaturas – Bradesco Mall

Awards:

Concurso de Charges – Folha de S. Paulo (1989)
Salão Internacional de Humor de Piracicaba (1994, 1999, 2000 and 2005)
Sociedade Interamericana de Imprensa (SINP) - Menção Honrosa (2000)
II Salão Ramiz Gökçe de Humor do Chipre/Turquia (2002)
Salão de Humor da Univates – Lageado (2003)
Prêmio Estadão, categoria Artes e Ilustração (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 e 2007, 2010 and 2012).
Prêmio 12º Salon Diogenes Taborda 2007 (Argentina)
Comissão Europeia de Turismo CET 2012 (Istambul)

• Nationality: BRAZIL
• Date of birth : 1968
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Brazilian Artists