BIVAR Luis
BIO
Born in Lisbon in 1965, lives and works in Estoril.
Luis Bivar is a Portuguese contemporary figurative artist who presently lives and works in Lisbon. He was an Art Director and won the first edition of the European Design Modulex Award, while painting and exhibiting his work.
His long-term pursuit on colour and comic strips had led him to establish himself successfully in Portugal as well as in Northern Europe. Greatly influenced by the Pop Art movement, his work reflects stereotyping in a unique manner that characterizes him well. Bivar also worked in several projects with artists Vitor Pires Vieira and Nikias Skapinakis, both of which were responsible for his presence in the contemporary art world.
Bivar makes a point of showing imperfection in his paintings for he believes that a work in progress should be spontaneous and that "error" is part of any artists' expression. He believes that new media is a permanent challenge and explores various techniques in his artwork drawing, mixed media and more recently, sculpting.
Private and public collections in Lisbon include: Champalimaud Foundation, Portuguese Aids Foundation, Banco Espirito Santo and Embassy for the Republic of Angola; also in Gortex Russia and AMEX Norway. Bivar is currently working on his latest collection "Face It".
ARTIST STATEMENT
"FACE IT represents a series human emotions, dubious expressions that convey the awe I feel upon the mysterious feminine. It is an ongoing expression of human behaviour, which I have been developing over the past few years. As an observer, every woman tells a tale; a fantasy that may be reinvented by the spectator that does not necessarily meet my personal experiences. Emotions are rare these days in the cold grey era we are living and this collection is a call to face your emotions now. I picked large and medium formats where one can fell free to create powerful contrast combining graffiti, collage and black and white to enhance the coloured expressions. In these series, I only used comic strips on the eyes and mouth; two important elements that define the human expression."
CV
EDUCATION
Antonio Arroio e IADE (Portugal)
AWARDS
Modulex, finalist
Epal, finalist
Teresa Regojo Fundation, finalist
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 | Galeria Elisabeth Ramford, Oslo, Norway
2012 | Galeria Berinice Arvani, S.Paulo, Brasil
2012 | Galeria Joana-Arez-workink, Cascais - "Face It"
2011 | Fundacao Champalimaud, Lisbon, Portugal
2010 | Chiado trendi, Lisbon, Portugal
2008 | Ferin, Lisbon, Portugal
2007 | Galeria Art Form, Estoril, Portugal
2007 | Soc. Portuguesa de Oftalmologia
2007 | Campeonato Mundial de Vela, Cascais, Portugal
2006 | Quebramar/Chrysler, Cascais, Portugal
2006 | Museu Caves Calem, Porto, Portugal
2005 | Quebramar/Chrysler, Cascais, Portugal
2005 | Museu da Agua, Epal-Lisbon, Portugal
2003 | Galeria Art Form, Estoril, Portugal
2002 | Quebramar/Chrysler, Cascais, Portugal
2001 | Galeria La Villa, Estoril, Portugal
2000 | Galeria La Villa, Estoril, Portugal
1998 | Museu do Brinquedo, Sintra, Portugal
1997 | Galeria La Villa, Estoril, Portugal
1996 | Galeria Janela Verde, Lisbon, Portugal
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 | Affordable Art Fair Stockholm, Sweden
2013 | Affordable Art Fair Hamburg, Germany
2013 | Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2013 | Affordable Art Fair Singapore
2013 | Asia Contemporary, Hong Kong
2013 | Copenhagen Art Fair, Copenhagen
2013 | Galeria Elisabeth Ramford, Oslo, Norway
2009 | Exposicao Fundacao Teresa Regojo, Lisbon, Portugal
2008 | Exposicao Galeria LM, Sintra
2008 | Exposicao Camara Municipal das Caldas da Rainha
2006 | Exposicao Chiado 57, Lisbon, Portugal
2005 | Galeria Art Form, Estoril, Portugal
2000 | Galeria La Villa, Estoril, Portugal
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
EPAL
Espírito Santo Saúde
Charcas Resort
Hotel Quinta da Marinha
Peugeot Portugal
Opel
Quebramar
General Electrics Portugal
Museu do Brinquedo
Grupo Regojo
Grotex St Petersburg, Russia
Smartek, Russia
Champalimaud Fundation
Aids Fundation
