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Malu Ribeiro

Porto, Portugal
Artist (Painting, Drawing)
Born 1972
The past never passes ...

Malu Ribeiro is a Brazilian born US-Swiss citizen who has lived in nine different countries since a tender age, including a long residence in the US. She began formal art training attending assiduously the atelier of the Argentinian surrealist painter/printmaker A. Castro Couso during high school in Vigo, Galicia. During those 4 years, she participated in group exhibitions with his atelier at the Cultural Center of Caixa de Galicia, beginning to show at 17 years of age. After moving to the US, she pursued a BFA in Theater at URI. Years later, after living in Paris for three years, she returned and completed an MFA in Print-making at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. She also became a NY State Certified Visual Arts & Theater teacher; taught high school, pre-college and college. Malu lived most of her life in NY where she reared mostly by herself her two daughters. Malu received honors and awards in juried competitions, including participation at the Pratt Fine Arts Symposium organized by sculptor Prof. Jillian Jagger, and guest speaker Laura Hopman (then, curator of the Depart. of Drawing & Paper Arts at MOMA). She received Honorable Mention at the New York/New England Talent competition organized by University of Massachusetts. She also received a Merit Award at the International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, by art historian and critic, Prof. Donald Kuspit. Malu taught for many years, and was only able to return full-time to art in 2011, when she founded her own nomadic arts center, Galeria Eslabon, through which she curated many events, including the pop-up Eslabon Spring Arts Salon at the unique Firehouse Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 2014. In 2015 through 2017, she attended an MA program in History of Art & Criticism at SBU. She has exhibited internationally in several solo and group exhibits; her work is in private collections in NY and MD (US), also in Italy, Greece, UK, and Portugal among others. Recently, Malu participated in Art Fair Carnavalesquewith Van der Plas Gallery, NY (2020); KUNST2021, with Galeria Zero at the Lite-Haus Cultural Project & Center, Berlin; and Contemporary Art Week art fair, Madrid (Feb. 2022). Currently preparing for ALL YOU NEED IS ART, Contemporary Art Festival, Mar.23-27th, Lisbon, PT.

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EARLY WORKS, "Magical Realism", elements of expressionism (a selection) • 12 artworks

One of the hardest things for a spontaneous, sincere and searching artist, is to find that narrow focus[...]
One of the hardest things for a spontaneous, sincere and searching artist, is to find that narrow focus and consistency galleries not only expect us to present in a website portfolio, but they themselves desire to present our work in such a focused path. Well, that is highly artificial, perhaps not so difficult to a young contemporary artist who has been conditioned in this manner by schooling or market forces, and/or uses limited elements of art & design. However, for a searching artist, it is almost impossible to narrow one's investigation to just a few elements of art and design. Even famous artists we know of, had their escapades out of the main style they seem to be researching, or by which we identify them; at times, they follow/ed two, even more, quite distinct paths/styles, examples are JM Turner, who on the side of his abstracted expressionistic landscapes, made a collection of watercolor erotica; or say, Picasso; the most obvious example. Toward the last years of his synthetic cubism phase (later he'd return to it), he was deeply embedded in his neoclassical phase, exploring monumental linear classical and semi-classical aesthetics and themes in drawing, prints and paintings.
In this website I'm presenting the highlights of my entire artistic career and some paintings do not fit particularly well among the other series/galleries. Some work is academic (graduate school) or semi-academic, some almost realistic, some expressionistic in nature, and almost always some element of distortion or synthetic cubism is present inconspicuously, which is innate to my very being!
Painting titled "Night Vagabonds" by Malu Ribeiro, Original Artwork, Oil
Night Vagabonds - Painting, 32x32 in ©2014 by Malu Ribeiro - bohemian, night, river, city, bridge, blue, vagabonds, cubism, surrealism, dusk
"Night Vagabonds"

Oil on Canvas | 32x32 in

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Painting titled "Toulouse" by Malu Ribeiro, Original Artwork, Oil
Toulouse - Painting, 22x28 in ©1997 by Malu Ribeiro - Impressionism, impressionism-603, figure, reclining, nude, model, impressionist, post-impressionist, glazing, classical, academic, figurative
"Toulouse"

Oil on Canvas | 22x28 in

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Painting titled "Climbing Walls (art…" by Malu Ribeiro, Original Artwork, Oil
Climbing Walls (artist's father) - Painting, 30x24 in ©1996 by Malu Ribeiro - Expressionism, expressionism-591, artwork_cat.Kid, drip painting, monochromatic, brushstroke, fauvism, distortion, figure, childhood, outdoors, people, figurative, sunset, trees, expression
"Climbing Walls (artist's father)"

Oil on Canvas | 30x24 in

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Painting titled "La Palapa" by Malu Ribeiro, Original Artwork, Oil
La Palapa - Painting, 40x30 in ©2012 by Malu Ribeiro - Cubism, cubism-582, palapa, quaint, hut, tropical, red, light, room, intimate, personal, self-potrait, portrait, rustic, rural, colorful, inner life, nostalgic
"La Palapa"

Oil on Canvas | 40x30 in

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Printmaking titled "Gesture" by Malu Ribeiro, Original Artwork, Screenprinting
Gesture - Printmaking, 16x12 in ©1997 by Malu Ribeiro - Figurative, figurative-594, figure, gesture, drawing, nude
"Gesture"

Printmaking on Paper | 16x12 in

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Painting titled "Night on Spanish Vi…" by Malu Ribeiro, Original Artwork, Oil
Night on Spanish Village - Painting, 28x28 in ©1996 by Malu Ribeiro - Expressionism, expressionism-591, village, night, black, sleepy town, river, Spain, town, dark, narrative
"Night on Spanish Village"

Oil on Canvas | 28x28 in

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Painting titled "Window" by Malu Ribeiro, Original Artwork, Oil
Window - Painting, 24x30 in ©1998 by Malu Ribeiro - Expressionism, expressionism-591, texture, expressionist, path, fountain, rustic, earthy
"Window"

Oil on Canvas | 24x30 in

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Painting titled "Solitude" by Malu Ribeiro, Original Artwork, Oil
Solitude - Painting, 23x31 in ©1996 by Malu Ribeiro - Expressionism, expressionism-591, water, woods, state of mind, mood, moody, lonely, melancholy, sunset, figure in landscape
"Solitude"

Oil on Canvas | 23x31 in

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Painting titled "After Guaguin" by Malu Ribeiro, Original Artwork, Oil
After Guaguin - Painting, 16x12 in ©1995 by Malu Ribeiro - Impressionism, impressionism-603, post-impressionism, copy, farm, farmlife, warm colors
"After Guaguin"

Oil on Canvas | 16x12 in

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Painting titled "Into the Studio" by Malu Ribeiro, Original Artwork, Oil
Into the Studio - Painting, 18x22 in ©1997 by Malu Ribeiro - Expressionism, expressionism-591, light, palette knife, artist studio, room
"Into the Studio"

Oil on Canvas | 18x22 in

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Painting titled "BRIDGE IN LUCERN" by Malu Ribeiro, Original Artwork, Oil
BRIDGE IN LUCERN - Painting, 28x22 in ©1996 by Malu Ribeiro - Expressionism, expressionism-591, impressionism, post-impressionism, bridge, town, river, colors, fauvism, summer, fire
"BRIDGE IN LUCERN"

Oil on Canvas | 28x22 in

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Painting titled "El Pilón (Cantabria)" by Malu Ribeiro, Original Artwork, Oil
El Pilón (Cantabria) - Painting, 12x18 in ©2019 by Malu Ribeiro -
"El Pilón (Cantabria)"

Oil on Canvas | 12x18 in

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