Quick Facts
Biography
Rui Filipe Ferreira Carruço (Lisbon, 19 January 1976) is a Portuguese painter.
Biographical summary
Carruço led an academic life in the field of exact sciences until he decide to dedicate himself completely to painting. In 2000, he took the design course of the National Society of Fine Arts in Lisbon. In 2003 the course of “Gravura” Portuguese Cooperative for Print Making and he attended the studios of several artists. In 2004 he completed the course of Renaissance Painting Techniques of the Angel Academy of Arts in Florence and in 2005 the course of stone sculpture of the International Sculpture Center.
Esthetic movement
His artistic production shows many different styles, which were driven in search of a unique voice in the world of art. This voice is coming with a new forms, inspired by scientific knowledge of the curved space-time, perpetual motion and other inspirations from the area of physics.
Works
His works are represented in several public collections, like the Embassy of Portugal in Poland (Warsaw), Sintra City Hall, Lourinhã City Hall, Oureana Foundation of Culture and in several famous private collections like the collection of the King Kigeli V of Rwanda, the collection of the Prince of Ethiopia Ermias Sahle Selassie or the collection of Cicciolina in Rome.
Quotes
“Every time I start a new painting, I know not what I'll bring to life from canvas. And gone are the days when I worried about that! Today I molest painting on the canvas and let her give body to my visions of what lies within life outself! I am Carruço, I have no limits and everything is allowed to me. Courage is for the artist, therefore I paint!”
Exhibitions
Carruco held more than 200 collective and individual exhibitions around the world:
Selection of Solo Exhibitions
- 2016 - Galeria de S. Sebastião, Portalegre
- 2015 - CNAP, Clube Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Lisbon
- 2014 - Galeria Vestigius, Lisbon
- 2013 - Galeria LCH, Lisbon
- 2013 - Galeria CB Concept Art, Cascais
- 2012 - Museu da República e Resistência, Lisbon
- 2011 - Galeria AZO, Lisbon
- 2010 - Museu da República e Resistência, Lisbon
- 2009 - Museum of the Republic and Resistance, Lisbon
- 2007 - Gallery of "Engraving" Lisbon
- 2007 - III International Erotic Fair of Lisbon (FIL)
- 2006 - Museum of the Republic and Resistance, Lisbon
- 2006 - II International Erotic Fair of Lisbon (FIL)
- 2005 - Cultural Center Gallery of Lourinhã
- 2005 - Artist's House of Gois
- 2005 - Ethnographic Museum of Arganil
- 2005 - Museum of the Republic and Resistance, Lisbon
- 2005 - Gallery of "Engraving" Lisbon
- 2004 - Gallery of "Engraving" Lisbon
Selection of International Exhibitions
- 2016 - Galeria Gaudi, Madrid, Spain
- 2016 - Affordable Art Fair - Bruxelas - Belgium
- 2012 - Galerie de Nesle, Paris, France
- 2007 - Broadway Gallery, New York City, USA
- 2007 - NY Arts Beijing Gallery, Beijing, China
- 2007 - Color Elefante Gallery, Valencia, Spain
- 2004 - Gallery DAP - Sun artysty Plastyc - Warsaw Poland
- 2004 - IV Cenenário of Don Quijote de La Mancha, Socuéllamos, Spain