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