RAFAEL GUERRA
TRADITIONAL PAINTER
PINTOR TRADICIONAL . KUVATAITEILIJA
RAFAEL BELFORT DE MORAES GUERRA
Born in Recife PE Brazil, 1987
Currently living in Finland
+358 401769423 (Europe)
+55 81 996639983 (Brazil)
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Languages
Painter, Draftsman
My goal as an artist is to promote the appreciation of art and culture, focusing on the relentless pursuit by the human nature for Beauty, using the natural world in traditional naturalistic painting, with its timeless principles and methods.
Português
English
Italiano
Suomi/Finnish
Experience
Teaching
2020- Online Course Introduction to Traditional Realist Painting
2018 Advanced Painting
Barcelona Academy of Art, Spain
2017 Plen Air Painting Course
Pentti Pullinen Atelier, Naantali, Finland
2013-2015 Intensive Drawing and Painting Workshop
The Florence Academy of Art (Florence, Italy)
2012-2013 Intensive Drawing Program
The Florence Academy of Art (Florence, Italy)
2005, 2006 Painting Workshop for middle-school students
Colégio Damas da Instrução Cristã (Recife, Brazil)​
Currently
Painter, in Finland
Teacher of Academic and Classical Drawing and Painting
Collaborator with the Eliseos Institute from Recife, Brazil
Exhibiting works at the Ranulpho Gallery, in Recife PE, Brazil, and various locations in Finland
2010 - present
2010 - present
Shows & Exhibitions
2020 Helsinki International Artists Association’s Members Group Show, Helsinki, Finland
2020- Permanently exhibiting at curated Singulart Online Gallery - France
2019- Permanently exhibiting at curated Taiko Online Gallery - Finland
2019-2021 Exhibition of Works at Ravintola Locale, Loviisa, Finland
2018-2019 "Sights of Loviisa", Solo Exhibition, Loviisa, Finland
2017-2018 "Autumn-Winter Show" at Moisio Kartano Gallery, Elimäki, Finland
2017-2018 Exhibition of Works at Ravintola Piparkakkutalo, Hämeenlinna, Finland
2015 Featured at the Florence Academy of Art Anniversary Book “The First 25 Years”, page 191
2014-2017 Various Group Shows at Galeria Ranulpho, Recife, Brazil.
2014 "Art Represent" Group Show, 20th Century Theatre, London UK
2013 “Students & Faculty Show” Group Show, Florence, Italy – The Florence Academy of Art
2012 “Mostra MiraMe” Group Show, Palazzo Bastogi, Florence, Italy
- Associazione Italiana Cultura e Sport
2012 “Florence Academy Alumni Exhibit” Group Show, Corsini Family Stables, Florence, Italy
– The Florence Academy of Art
2011 “Mostra de Trabalhos Acadêmicos” One Man Show, Edifício Benedictine, Recife, Brazil
2009 “De Florença a Pernambuco, de Pernambuco à Florença” One Man Show, Capela Dourada, Recife, Brazil
2001 “Exposição do Espaço Badida” Group Show, Museu do Estado de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
– Espaço Badida
Awards
2012 The Florence Academy of Art, Special Prize Study/Work Scholarship for graduates
2011 The Florence Academy of Art, Honorable Mention for student performance
Education
2009-2012 The Florence Academy of Art University (Florence, Italy) - Drawing & Painting
University Degree
2005-2009 Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Recife, Brazil) - Biological Sciences
University Degree
2002-2004 Colégio Damas da Instrução Cristã (Recife, Brazil) - High School
Basic Education