Applause #7 (2006) Painting by Martinho Dias

Martinho Dias is a contemporary Portuguese painter. His work is mostly figurative, and the main theme is a social one, playing with society's different powers and privileged social layers, mixed with a generous portion of irony and humor circling many paradoxes.

The artist says that his initial material and subjects are mainly from press media, art history, and the Internet. He considers himself as a manipulator and an image/context 'agitator,' contributing new meanings and narratives to reality. 

Martinho Dias was born in 1968, in Portugal, where he graduated Fine Arts - Painting from Oporto University. His work has been distinguished and displayed in many individual and collective exhibitions, both in Portugal and abroad.

• Nationality: PORTUGAL
• Date of birth : 1968
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary Portuguese Artists