Carnaval de Olinda (1998) Painting by Jasinaldo Mendes Nado

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Jasinaldo Mendes



The plastic artist, Jasinaldo Mendes, was born on March 11, 1956 in the Engenho do Meio neighborhood, city of Recife.

Like every sugarcane boy, he enjoyed a simple life, but very rich in nature, popular festivals, customs, beliefs and superstitions of a people who created their own cultural language: folklore, bumba meu boi, rural maracatu and caboclinhos .

All these manifestations are part of his stage and contribute to his creative formation. Since he was little, he stood out with his drawings, being identified as a person predisposed to the visual arts. Unable to study at the School of Arts, at the time, the Lyceum of Arts and Crafts, he managed his studies as a self-taught person. In his adolescence, he gained direct contact with Amazonian nature and anthropological studies when working as a forestry agent in the state of Amazonas.

Returning to his hometown, he studied at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco and graduated as an Agricultural Technician. Subsequently, he traveled through several states in the country acquiring a vast knowledge of Brazil's agrarian social problems.

All this life experience contributed to the formation of an original style, which moves between the cave and the modern.


The Author



The Plastic artist, Jasinaldo Mendes, was born on March 11, 1956 in the quarter of Engenho do Meio, city of Recife. As an all boy of device he enjoyed a simple life, but very rich in popular nature, parties, customs, beliefs and superstitions of a people who created its proper cultural language: the folklore, bumba my ox, maracatu agricultural and the caboclinhos. All these manifestations are part of its stage and contribute in its creative formation. Since small already it was distinguished with its drawings, being identified as a person premade use to the plastic arts. Not being able to study in the School of Arts, at the time, secondary school of arts and crafts, managed his studies as a self-taught person. In his adolescence, he got direct contact with the Amazonians’ nature and the anthropological studies when exerting the function of forest agent, in the state of Amazon. Coming back to its native city, he studied in the Agricultural Federal University of Pernambuco and formed Agricultural Technician. Later, traveling for many states, he obtained a vast knowledge about the social agrarian problem of Brazil. All this experience of life contributed to the formation of an original style that transitions between the old and the modern.




Recife/PE
Rua Antonio Borges Uchoa, no. 114
Neighborhood: Engenho do Meio Zip code: 50730230
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• Nationality: BRAZIL
• Date of birth : 1956
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary Brazilian Artists