"Fire" by Lucia Sapucahy, Acrylic on Canvas
DETAILS: 30" x 30" Acrylic on Canvas Original Art Work 2018 ABOUT THE ARTIST: Instagram: @sapucahylucia Marcel - https://marcel.pt/lucia_sapucahy/ (virtual art gallery) Artsy - https://artsy.net/artwork/luciasapucahy (virtual art gallery) Inn Gallery - São Paulo, SP https://www.inngallery.com.br/LuciaSapucahy (physical gallery) Lucia Sapucahy - Biography Lucia Sapucahy was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1964 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Always linked to the arts, from an early age she became interested in dance and visual arts. In dance she had training in ballet and jazz and in arts she followed her own perceptions combined with the academic knowledge she received from several teachers. The passion for colored pencils and markers made drawing his first passion. At the age of ten she painted her first canvas, and her abstract drawings appeared at eleven.However, she dedicated most of her adult life to other careers: teaching elementary school and teaching English. Postgraduate in Literature, she intensely lives her love for English, which she speaks fluently and learned as a child. Since her retirement, she has turned to the fine arts. Her predominant style is abstract and she uses acrylic as a medium in her paintings. Bright colors, spatulas, use of texture or textured paint are some of its characteristics. The presence of yellow is constant in her paintings-it is a tribute to the sun that always shines in the city where she now resides, Brasília, and to her hometown, Rio de Janeiro.Currently, she expresses her art not only through acrylic canvases, but also through her walks through the interaction of photography and painting with digital tracing, an adventure that makes her experience countless flights and produce several series of works, such as the “Reconstruction” series ”, The background of which are photographs taken during the renovation of her home. The construction materials present and even part of the demolition are included in these works.She was influenced by artists such as: Van Gogh, Tarsila do Amaral, Cícero Dias, Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock. The artist has already exhibited in Brazil and abroad. Below are a some of her art shows. V Mostra Amigos na Arte 2019 - Studio Art MD’Azevedo Gallery - Brasília, DF Curated by AmartsContemporary Languages - Art LA3 - São Paulo, SP - Curated by Juliana MônacoArt - Fragments of Singularity - Inn Gallery - São Paulo, SP - Curated by Carmen Elizabeth PousadaLateinamerikanisches - Kunstfestival - Vienna, Austria - Curatorship:Ângela OliveiraConfraternization Exhibition 2019 - Galeria Studio MD’Azevedo - Curatorship - AmartsART MORE - Anjos Art Gallery - Porto, Portugal - Curatorship:Ângela OliveiraPorto Poético Project - Eurostars Heroísmo - Porto, Portugal - Curatorship:Ângela OliveiraContemporary Expressions - Days Are art Gallery & IN Port - Porto, Portugal - Curator: Ângela OliveiraColors of Spring - Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal - Curatorship:Ângela OliveiraVI Junifest 2020 Casa Brasil Liechtenstein - Thema: Vielfältigkeit / Diversity - Vaduz, Liechtenstein Curator:Ângela OliveiraArt in the 21st Century - Women in Action - Inn Gallery - Curated by Carmen E. PousadaNovos Tempos - 2nd Online Collective Exhibition - Studio Art MD’Azevedo / Arts Center - Curatorship: AmartsConnected Colors - NC Virtual Gallery - Curatorship:Ângela Oliveira