Sérgio Lucena (João Pessoa PB 1963)
Sérgio Lucena is a painter and draftsman. He began bachelor's programs in Physics and Psychology at the Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB) [Federal University of Paraíba] in João Pessoa, but did not complete them. In 1982, he began studying drawing and painting techniques with the painter Flávio Tavares (1950), studies that continued until 1986. That same year, he painted with Tavares the mural A Pedra do Reino [The Stone of the Kingdom], in tribute to the Paraíba writer Ariano Suassuna (1927 - 2014).
In 1987, he moved to Chapada dos Guimarães, in Mato Grosso, where he developed his own technique with acrylic paint, a path that would later lead him to oil painting. He returned to João Pessoa in 1988 and, that same year, painted the banner of the carnival group Muriçocas do Miramar, the most popular in the city.
In 1992, he received a one-year grant to study in Berlin and take part in an exchange with German artists, at the invitation of the Deutsch-Brasilianische Kulturelle Vereinigung. His paintings served as inspiration for two videos made by the video artist Eliza Cabral: O Quadro Nº 1 [Painting No. 1] (1989) and A Seiva [The Sap] (1993).
Solo Exhibitions
1986 - João Pessoa PB - A Pedra do Reino [The Stone of the Kingdom], at Galeria Gamela
1987 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Solo, at Galeria Way
1990 - Berlin (Germany) - Solo, at Laden Galerie
1990 - João Pessoa PB - Solo, at Galeria Gamela
1991 - João Pessoa PB - Solo, at Galeria Gamela
1992 - Berlin (Germany) - Solo, at Laden Galerie
1994 - João Pessoa PB - Diário de Viagem [Travel Diary], at Aliança Francesa
1997 - João Pessoa PB - Solo, at Núcleo de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade Federal da Paraíba - NAC/UFPB
1999 - João Pessoa PB - Solo, at Centro Cultural de São Francisco
2001 - Washington D.C. (United States) - Solo, at Instituto Cultural Brasil-Estados Unidos - Baci
2002 - Washington D.C. (United States) - Solo, at Instituto Cultural Brasil-Estados Unidos - Baci
2004 - São Paulo SP - Solo, at Galeria Valoart
Group Exhibitions
1982 - Recife PE - Salão de Artes Plásticas Cidade do Recife [City of Recife Visual Arts Salon]
1982 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - 6º Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas [6th National Visual Arts Salon], at MAM/RJ
1986 - Recife PE - 39º Salão de Artes Plásticas do Estado de Pernambuco [39th Pernambuco State Visual Arts Salon] - Pernambuco State Department of Education Prize
1986 - Recife PE - 9º Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas Funarte [9th Funarte National Visual Arts Salon], at Centro de Convenções de Pernambuco
1987 - João Pessoa PB - Artistas da Década de 80 [Artists of the 1980s], at Galeria do Teatro Santa Rosa
1988 - Brasília DF - Group show, at Galeria Portfolio
1988 - João Pessoa PB - 2º Arte Atual Paraibana [2nd Current Paraíba Art], at Espaço Cultural Funesc
1989 - São Paulo SP - Surrealismo no Brasil [Surrealism in Brazil], at Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
1990 - Berlin (Germany) - Art Brazil-Berlin, at Laden Galerie
1990 - João Pessoa PB - Group show honoring the 100 years of Van Gogh, at Galeria Gamela
1990 - João Pessoa PB - Arte Atual Paraibana [Current Paraíba Art], at Fundação Espaço Cultural
1991 - Brasília DF - Group show, organized by the Deutsch-Brasilianische Kulturelle Vereinigung in Berlin e.V. / Funesc / Goethe-Institut / Masp
1991 - João Pessoa PB - Group show, at Galeria Gamela
1991 - João Pessoa PB - Workshop Alemanha-Brasil [Germany-Brazil Workshop]
1991 - Recife PE - Workshop Alemanha-Brasil [Germany-Brazil Workshop]
1991 - Rio de Janeiro RJ - Workshop Alemanha-Brasil [Germany-Brazil Workshop]
1991 - Salvador BA - Workshop Alemanha-Brasil [Germany-Brazil Workshop]
1991 - São Paulo SP - Workshop Alemanha-Brasil [Germany-Brazil Workshop], at Masp
1994 - João Pessoa PB - Drawing exhibition, at Aliança Francesa
1997 - João Pessoa PB - Group show, at Núcleo de Arte Contemporânea
1998 - João Pessoa PB - É o Bicho [It's the Beast], at Aliança Francesa
1998 - Washington D.C. (United States) - Artistas das Três Américas [Artists of the Three Americas], at Museum of the Americas - OEA
Source: Itaú Cultural
