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Adriano Borges Ribeiro was born in Belém, northern Brazil, in 1970. Finished his artistic studies at the Federal Arts University of Salvador-BA (Brazil). In 1991 concluded his academic period and returned to Amazon, where a number of situations stimulates him to take a personal and existential journey, which he does not hesitate to call it "ecumenical" in the heart of the Amazon jungle: life of the metropolis often won’t give much positive models to the existential needs of a man. Ribeiro belongs to a Latin-American art movement which offers a contemporary reinterpretation of the graphic universe belonged to the ancient people who dominated the center and south of the American continent: in his works are distinguished the different combinations of shapes in a random, the result of a unique aesthetic sense, which will harmonize and blend graphics coexistence of pre-Columbian peoples. For the graphics that find references in war tools, hunting tools, signs in the rock and biological beings represented in hypothetical three-dimensional shape can be found also alongside evidence of the contemporary urban metropolises, the signs of today's chaotic society: these findings are derived from personal history, lived in adolescence as a Graffiti-Writer in the streets of Belèm, capital of that brazilian state. The artist offers a surprising and emotional trip into his works, from ancient and an atavistic instinct, strongly affect the imagination of those who observe. Fascinated and deeply marked by the movement of Street-Art, the artist also makes use of techniques to characterize the "graffitism" to give life to contemporary elaborates. The works, peculiarly material, represent and synthesize a new artistic language, through which the Ribeiro translates his vision of the cosmos (macro and micro) with a speech in harmonic shapes, simple, poor in the use of the material which he handles with discipline and technique. In addition to dealing with contemporary art Adriano Ribeiro is a photographer, videomaker and offers his contribution with artistic expression of paintings and sculptures to various NGOs working in the Amazon for the protection of nature and support for local indigenous peoples and non-indigenous. In 1988, just reached the age of majority, had the opportunity to work side by Raoni Metuktire legendary leader of the indigenous tribes of Kayapó at Altamira city (south of the state of Pará) and thus embark on a collaboration with British singer Sting, who was considered the white voice of the Caiapòs indians in the world, was a rich period of learning and human donation, the hardness of the underground urban culture and the fight against wild latifundium and against depredation of nature by the "garimpeiros" (gold miners) and " fazendeiros "(landowners), the situation now has changed a lot, the reasons for action are always the same but the singers involved, unfortunately are others. Among the art collectors of Adriano Ribeiro include the American Band, Kool & The Gang, three artworks to decoration of their offices, as a gift for the occasion of the marriage of Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia and Clotilde Courau, in addition contributions to several illustrative cd covers of folk musical groups, reggae, funk and MPB, authorized murals and soiling (not so authorized) of walls from Canada to Chile as part of the artistic travel path in the Pan-American in different eras and different editions.

Some Exhibitions:
2008
" Dança dos Anjos" Associaçao Brasil Portugal - Belém,Brazil
Mostra d'Arte Sacra del Piano - Grammichele, Italy
Licodia Eubea - CT, Brazil
2007
" Io e l'altro" Istituto Europeo Catania - CT Italy
2006
" 50x50" Istituto Europeo promozione arte contemporanea - CT Italy
2005
" NaturalMente" Istituto Europeo - CT Italy
2004
" Marajoara" Embassy of Brazil - Reykjavik, Iceland
Biennale Internazionale di Ferrara - Italy
2003
" A.s.p.a" Galleria Cani - Ragusa, Italy
" Global Water Man" Institute of Marine Science - Reykjavik, Iceland
Biennale Internazionale di Firenze - Italy
2001
"I Colori del'Amazzonia" - Grammichele Italy
"Arcus Arte" Struttura Geodetica - CT, Italy
"La Fenice" Palermo - Italy
"La Fenice" Galleria Raffaello - Italy
" La sacralità del reale nell'Arte contemporanea" - Italy
" Artisti per l'Arte" La Cripta - Ragusa,Italy
2000
"America Catolica Festival" Galeria 21 - Bolivar Venezuela
"Stupore di fronte al mistero fatto carne" - Grammichele Italy
"Caso" Biel Art Festival - Biel Switzerland
1999
"Sala dos Orixás" Porto Velho Brazil -
The Amazon quick legends" - Sacramento USA
"A Mãe dos anjos" Tribunal Regional do Trabalho - Porto Velho Brazil
1998
"Mestres das superficies II" Galleria Antartica de PVH - Brazil
1997
Canizares (mostra itinerante)- Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, USA
Mestres das superficies" Galleria d´arte Forte Mont Serrat - Brazil
1989
"Arte por jovens" festival de rua - Goiania Brazil
"Tanto de mim" festival de rua - Belèm Brazil
1988
Instituto "Grande Oasis", Hiphen Jovens - Belém Brazil

Grants and Awards:
1995  Honorary Recognition Canizare - BA Brazil
1997  3rd Winner "Sart IV" - RO Brazil
2001  1st Winner "La Fenice" Città di Palermo - Italy