Urbano Da Cruz

SUMMARY BIOGRAPHY

Born in Mozambique, 5th June, 1956.

Has made over 700 solo and group exhibitions in more than 100 countries on five continents.

Represented in more than 150 countries in several museums, palaces, foundations, libraries, city councils and other public and private entities.

Won more than 50 awards, distinctions and honorable mentions.

Invited to be jury in sand constructions, biennials, art fairs, arts festivals and other events.

Invited to director, collaborate, coordinate, programmer, consultant, producer, motivator, artistic advisor, counselor or guide of some galleries, museums, art fairs, biennials, workshops, performances, artistic residences and public and private art spaces.

Requested to opine, analyze and comment on the work of some artists; by gallery owners, artists, art spaces, government bodies, public and private institutions.

Acted as a curator, commissioner, administrator, director, collaborator, promoter of art, at galleries, museums, fairs, city councils and other public and private spaces.

Invited as speaker, lecturer, mediator, coordinator, moderator in conferences, lectures, seminars, debates, symposiums, congresses, round-table discussion on: "The Investment in Art"; "See, the "No" Visible at First Sight"; “The Art as Intervention, Divergence, Denunciation, Social Resistance”; "For that Serves an Art Merchant?"; "The Title as a Means of Seduction in Exhibition"; "It Will Be that Different People, to Look the Same Work, Get a Same Image or Idea?"; "A Look at the Art Market "; "The Fine Arts, as an Educational Resource"; "Photography and Video as Forms of Art"; "The Art in Companies"; "Collect Art: Standards, Trends, Protagonists and Prospects"; "The Visual Arts in Education and Instruction of Youth"; "The Art and its Commercialization"; "The Merchant, the Artist and the Market"; "Transforming Customers into Multipliers (Bringing Others to the Spaces of Art and Disclosing)"; "There Are Limits in the Arts?"; " Collectionism, the Private and the Public "; “Different Ways to Look at the Works and the Artist”; "Raise Awareness for the Arts, the Children"; “Dialogues: the Artist and the Public”; “Observe a Work of Art”; “The Art as Therapy”; "the Fine Arts Are for All!?"; "The Artist: Thought, Feel and Act. Inspirations, Ambitions, Ideals, Sensitivities and Motivations"; "How to Make Curatorship in Art"; “Processes between Artistic ‘Production’ and its Presentation to the Public”; "Strategies to Conquer, Keep, Enchant and Retain Customers in the Visual Arts"; "Is the Art a Reflection of Society?"; "There is Art in the Photography and Video?"; "Risks in Art"; "Curatorship, Objectives and Addressees"; etc.

Acted as counselor, advisor and mentor for collectors, entrepreneurs, interior designers, owners of art galleries, banking institutions and others public and private spaces.

Referenced and interviewed in various media, such as: newspapers, magazines, radio, television and the web.

Membership of the National Society of Fine Arts - SNBA, Lisbon and member of "Figuration Critique", Paris.

Produced a film in his studio and spaces of artistic work, which is in the Portuguese Cinematic.

Decorator and interior designer in large companies and others; luxury housing and other; law firms and others; golf clubs and others; luxury hotels and others; clinics, offices, cabinets, shops, events, etc., at the invitation of designers, decorators, architects, etc., nationally and internationally.

Invited by advertising agencies, advertisers and others, to plan and devise advertising.

Has some innovative techniques, such as: paint with a drill on canvas using various materials (brushes, polishing material, worn sandpaper, etc.); paint with canvas or paper inside water; puts oil paints inside pans in the heat and paints; mixes acrylic paints with bleach and paints; uses fire behind canvas and paints; paint with animal paws; buries painted canvases for a few days and then studies them and to work; paints with his mouth with various materials; paints with various parts of his body; paints with remote control cars; paint in the rain; use a multitude of materials to replace the brushes; etc.