Fernando Coelho (Salvador BA 1939)
Fernando Coelho is a painter, draftsman, graphic artist, illustrator and publicist. He was interested in the graphic arts from an early age, working professionally in the advertising field. In 1961, he received the first prize in a poster contest promoted by the Government of the State of Bahia. He held his first solo exhibition in 1964, at Galeria Querino, in Salvador. In 1997, he illustrated the book Castro Alves: a commemorative edition of the 150th anniversary of Antônio de Castro Alves, alongside other artists, in a publication by Fundação Banco do Brasil and Odebrecht.
Criticism
"Fernando Coelho is a figurative painter, resource designer and sensitive colorist. Its theme has ranged from urban scenes and career landscapes to the series of tightrope walkers - so evocative of a Miró - and, very recently, to Flores. There is a certain mannerism in its pictorial work, and some concession to the easy and consumable in its formal repertoire".
José Roberto Teixeira Leite
LEITE, José Roberto Teixeira. Critical Dictionary of Painting in Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: ArtLivre, 1988.
Individual exhibitions
1964 - Salvador BA - Individual, at Galeria Querino
1965 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual, at the gallery Montmartre
1966 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at Galeria Astreia
1968 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at Galeria Astreia
1969 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual, at the Bonino Gallery
1971 - São Paulo SP - Individual, in A Galeria
1975 - São Paulo SP - Individual, in A Galeria
1979 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at Renato Magalhães Gouvêa - Art Office
1983 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at Renato Magalhães Gouvêa - Art Office
1984 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual, at the Bonino Gallery
1985 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at the Alberto Art Gallery Bonfiglioli
1987 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual, at the Bonino Gallery
1989 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at Dan Galeria
1994 - Salvador BA - Individual, at MAM/BA
1994 - Salvador BA - Individual, at Galeria Anarte
1994 - Porto Alegre RS - Individual, at the Sonilton Alves Cultural Space
1995 - Brasília DF - Individual, at Espaço Cultural 508
1995 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Individual, at MAM/RJ
1995 - São Paulo SP - Individual, at MAC/USP
Collective exhibitions
s.d. - São Paulo SP - Shows, at Masp
s.d. - São Paulo SP - Shows, at Paço das Artes
s.d. - Salvador BA - Shows, at MAM/BA
s.d. - Fortaleza CE - Show, at the UFCE Art Museum
1966 - São Paulo SP - 15th National Salon of Modern Art
1966 - Salvador BA - 1st National Biennial of Plastic Arts
1966 - São Paulo SP - Salão Paulista de Arte Moderna
1968 - Salvador BA - 2nd National Biennial
1972 - Milan (Italy) - Bahians in Milan, at the Schettini Gallery
1975 - Salvador BA - Fine Arts, NA Feira da Bahia
1976 - São Paulo SP - 8th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1978 - São Paulo SP - O Circo, at Paço das Artes
1977 - São Paulo SP - Exhibition of Arte, in the BBI financial group (Av. Paulista 1904)
1983 - São Paulo SP - Panorama de Arte Current Brasileira, at MAM/SP
1980 - Curitiba PR - 2nd Brazilian Drawing Exhibition, at the Teatro Guaíra
1983 - São Paulo SP - 14th Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, at MAM/SP
1983 - New York (United States) - 5th Contemporary Artists, at Kouros Gallery
1984 - São Paulo SP - The artist and his work, at Masp
1984 - Aracaju SE - Artistas Baianos, at J. Inácio Galeria de Arte
1985 - São Paulo SP - 100 Itaú works, at MASP
1986 - Brasília DF - Bahians in Brasília, at Casa da Manchete
1987 - Salvador BA - twelve Brazilian artists, at Anarte Galeria
1987 - São Paulo SP - 20th Contemporary Art Exhibition, at Chapel Art Show
1987 - São Paulo SP - 18 Contemporaries, at Dan Galeria
1988 - Brasília DF - Collective Brasília, Cultural Heritage of Humanity
1989 - Copenhagen (Denmark) - Rhythms and Forms: Contemporary Brazilian Art, at the Charlottenborg Museum
1988 - São Paulo SP - The Rhythms and Forms, at SESC/Pompeia
1991 - Campinas SP - Northeast Contemporary: 11 artists, in the center of Cultural coexistence in Campinas
1992 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Eco Art, at MAM/RJ
1992 - Lisbon (Portugal) - INATEL, at the Trindade Theater
1992 - Lisbon (Portugal) - Exhibition Gallery, at the Hotel Le Meridien
1995 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Games of the Look, at MAM/RJ
1998 - Salvador BA - Tropicália 30 years: 40 artists from Bahia, at MAM/BA
1998 - Paris (France) - Bahia to Paris: Arts Plastiques d'Aujourd'hui, at Galerie Debret
1999 - Salvador BA - 100 plastic artists from Bahia, Sacred Art Museum
1999 - Salvador BA - Arte-Arte Salvador 450 years old, at the Museum of Modern Art
1999 - Curitiba PR - Arte-Arte Salvador 450 years old, at the Cultural Foundation of Curitiba. Solar do Barão
1999 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Arte-Arte Salvador 450 years old, at the Historical Museum of the City of Rio de Janeiro
Source: Itaú Cultural
