Semiotic Landscape - Blue Nocturne (2012) Printmaking by Marcelo Guimarães Lima

Marcelo Guimarães Lima, PhD, MFA,is a visual artist (drawing, painting, printmaking), writer and teacher. He directs the Núcleo de Artes do Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas Armando de Oliveira Souza (São Paulo). He taught History of Art and Studio Art at the University of Illinois (USA), Goddard College (USA), American University in Dubai (UAE); and, as visiting faculty at, among other institutions, the Art Institute of Chicago (USA), Universidad Internacional de Andalucia (Huelva, Spain), Universidad de Salamanca (Spain), DePaul University (USA), Canadian University of Dubai (UAE).
As a Fulbright recipient he worked at the art studios of the University of New Mexico. He was a visiting artist/scholar at Stanford University and at Rutgers University. He has published articles and essays in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish on themes related to contemporary art, the history of art, art education and public art, philosophy and psychology of art. He has directed community based art projects (drawing, mural painting) with native groups, youth and minorities in Brazil, Spain and the US.
His works can be seen in private collections in Brazil, the US, Spain, France and the UAE; and in public collections such as the Museu de Arte Contemporanea da USP (São Paulo), Rutgers Center for Innovative Printmaking (New Brusnwick, NJ, EUA), Cabinet des Estampes BNF (Paris), Cabinet des Estampes (Geneva Switzerland), Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporaine (Geneva, Switzerland).

• Nationality: BRAZIL
• Date of birth : 1952
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Brazilian Artists