Amaury Menezes (Luziânia GO 1930)
Painter, draftsman.
José Amaury Menezes began studying painting with Frei Nazareno Confaloni, D.J. Oliveira and Ritter at the Escola de Belas Artes of the Universidade Católica de Goiás. In 1966, he took part in the exhibition 10 Artistas de Goiás [10 Artists from Goiás] in São Paulo, at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - Masp. Between 1963 and 1986, he taught drawing and visual arts at the Escola Goiana de Belas Artes and at the Department of Arts and Architecture of the Universidade Católica de Goiás. He served as director of the Escola Goiana de Belas Artes between 1968 and 1971. In the 1970s, he devoted himself to watercolor, a technique in which he excels. In 1991, he received the Prix Lucien Martial, awarded by the Société Internationale des Beaux-Arts, in France.
Collections
Museu de Arte de Goiânia - GO
Solo Exhibitions
1981 - Goiânia GO - Solo, at Escritório Galeria de Arte
1981 - Goiânia GO - Solo, at Casa Grande Galeria de Arte
1982 - Goiânia GO - Solo, at Galeria Casa Grande
1984 - Brasília DF - Solo, at Galeria Contemporânea de Arte
1985 - Goiânia GO - Solo, at Casa Grande Galeria de Arte
1987 - Goiânia GO - Solo, at Casa Grande Galeria de Arte
1989 - Goiânia GO - Solo, at Casa Grande Galeria de Arte
Group Exhibitions
n.d. - Goiânia GO - 16 Maneiras de Pintar em Goiás [16 Ways of Painting in Goiás], at Época Galeria de Artes
1963 - Goiânia GO - 1st Visual Arts Salon of the Universidade Federal de Goiás, at UFGO
1964 - Goiânia GO - 1st Goiás Artist Salon - honorable mention
1964 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 1st Goiás Artist Salon - honorable mention
1964 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 1st Goiás Artist Salon
1966 - São Paulo SP - 10 Artists from Goiás, at Masp
1969 - Goiânia GO - Artists from Goiás, at Palácio da Cultura
1976 - Goiânia GO - 1st Corporate Visual Arts Salon - acquisition prize
1977 - Goiânia GO - 4th Frei Confaloni Art Salon
1978 - Brasília DF - Exhibition, at Clube Naval
1979 - Belém PA - Group show, at Galeria Teodoro Braga
1979 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Exhibition, at Galeria Franco de Andrade
1979 - Vitória ES - Group show, at Galeria Homero Massena
1980 - Goiânia GO - Museu de Arte de Goiânia 20th Anniversary Exhibition: Collection, at Museu de Arte de Goiânia, watercolor
1981 - Brasília DF - 3rd Center-West Art Show, at MEC/Funarte
1981 - Goiânia GO - 4 Painters from Goiás
1981 - São Paulo SP - Group show, at Centro de Tradições Goianas
1982 - São Paulo SP - Exhibition, at Centro de Tradições Goianas
1983 - Brasília DF - 4th Center-West Art Show
1983 - Goiânia GO - 4 Artists from Goiás, at Casa Grande Galeria de Arte
1983 - Goiânia GO - Drawings by 5 Painters from Goiás, at Casa Grande Galeria de Arte
1984 - Brasília DF - Opening group show, at Galeria Contemporânea de Arte
1984 - Brasília DF - Opening group show, at Performance Galeria de Arte
1984 - Brasília DF - Group show, at Performance Galeria de Arte
1984 - Brasília DF - Exhibition, at Galeria Contemporânea de Arte
1984 - Goiânia GO - 6 Painters from Goiás, at Casa Grande Galeria de Arte
1984 - Goiânia GO - 6 Painters from Goiás, at Galeria Casa Grande
1985 - Goiânia GO - 2nd National Visual Arts Salon - acquisition prize
1985 - Goiânia GO - Arte Hoje [Art Today] - Group Show of Painters from Goiás, at Multiarte Galeria
1985 - Goiânia GO - Opening group show, at Félix Galeria
1985 - Goiânia GO - Group Painting Show, at Época Galeria de Arte
1986 - Brasília DF - Reopening group show, at Galeria Contemporânea de Arte
1986 - Goiânia GO - Opening group show, at Galeria Água Branca
1986 - Goiânia GO - Reopening group show, at Gabinete de Arte Vanda Pinheiro
1987 - Brasília DF - Levante Centro Oeste [Center-West Uprising], at Fundação Cultural do Distrito Federal - guest artist
1987 - Goiânia GO - Collection of Mini Works, at Itaugaleria
1987 - Goiânia GO - Pinacoteca opening group show, at Caixa Econômica do Estado de Goiás
1988 - Goiânia GO - Group show opening the new premises, at Multiarte
1988 - Goiânia GO - Large Group Show of Small Works, at Itaugaleria
1988 - Goiás - 1st National Arts Biennial in Goiás
1989 - Dijon (France) - Un Regard sur l'Art Contemporain du Brésil
1989 - Goiânia GO - Group show opening the new premises, at Casa Grande Galeria de Arte
1992 - Goiânia GO - Goiânia, Cada Canto um Encontro [Goiânia, Every Corner an Encounter] - Group Show of City Landscapes, at Casa Grande Galeria de Arte
1993 - Goiânia GO - 3rd Goiás Arts Biennial, at Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Goiás
1995 - Goiânia GO - Opening of the Fundação Jaime Câmara Collection, at Fundação Jaime Câmara
1997 - Goiânia GO - Joint exhibition with Elder Rocha Lima, at Fundação Jaime Câmara
1998 - Catalão GO - 60 Artists for the 60th Anniversary of the Newspaper O Popular, at Fórum Municipal
1998 - Goiânia GO - 60 Artists for the 60th Anniversary of the Newspaper O Popular, at Fundação Jaime Câmara
1998 - Itumbiara GO - 60 Artists for the 60th Anniversary of the Newspaper O Popular, at Casa de Cultura de Itumbiara
1998 - Rio Verde GO - 60 Artists for the 60th Anniversary of the Newspaper O Popular, at Secretaria Municipal de Ciências, Tecnologia e Cultura. Palácio da Intendência
Source: Itaú Cultural
