ARTBOX.PROJECT New York 1.0 Ricardo Pettermann Laires

Bornin Lisbon on 4 July 1948, Degree in Medicine from "Universidade Nova de Lisboa", Ophthalmologist Attended the Design and Painting courses on the Institute of Arts and Crafts of the University A.of Lisbon (UAL), guided by Prof.José Mouga(2009-2015) EXHIBITIONS 2011 Institute of Arts and Crafts UAL Gallery (group show) 2012 Portuguese Society of Ophthalmology (solo show) Institute of Arts and Crafts UAL Gallery (group show) 2013 The Medical Council Gallery (solo show) Municipal Gallery of Torres Vedras (group show) 2014 Trindade Theatre of Lisbon (two person exhibition) 2015 Municipal Central Building of Lisbon (two person exhibition) 2016 Affordable Art Fair (February,BRUSSELS)/Gaudi Gallery) NH Hotel Campo Grande,April/LISBON (solo show) International Contemporary Art Fair DONOSTIARTEAN (May)/Gaudi Gallery Art Santa Fe Fair (July,USA)/Gaudi Gallery Affordable Art Fair AMSTERDAM (October)/Gaudi Gallery 2017 Mariza Frozen (April, BERLIN/group show) Portuguese Society of Ophthalmology (November,LISBON/ solo show) ABOUT MY PAINTING My painting has to do with EMOTION but also with THOUGHT. My pictorial world consists of MEMORIES,DREAMS and EVOCATIONS (rather than revelations). Because the reality...we do not know what it is. What is behind the apparent? What is behind the mask(s)? We have the ambition and curiosity of finding out. Just like our memories. Fragments build our identity, the sum of overlapping memories. These are the themes that make up my pictorial language, that basically are part of life.