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| art and photo by Ismael |
Ismael Hipolito Djata is a
contemporary visual artist born in Guine-Bissau, West Africa. At the age of 6 he started to explore drawing
with exceptional skills. He studied arts
at the University of do Minho in Guimaraes, Portugal. Also Ismael is an accomplished poet and
sculpture artist.
He belongs to a family of
artist. His brothers founded Irmaos
Unidos. He is an award winning artist
that exhibits locally and abroad like in Cap Vert, France, Portugal, Belgium
and Senegal. Also he is a member of
Guinean Plastic Artist Association of Africa.
Throughout his 30 exhibitions
most of his recognitions are in Franca Gallery of the Camara de Guimaraes of
his art Encontro, The Millenium, Festival of International Art Contemporary in
Buxieres-them-Mine, etc.
Art according to Ismael has no
borders, colors or mother countries. It
is universal that allows us to feel the heat of the earth and of the people.
Predominant in his own
self-expression of the arts is hyperrealism in human figures.
6 comments:
I am enchanted with your theme and it's presentation. I studied design in college so I love discovering new artists. Thank you for visiting my blog.
Thanks for sharing about Ismael. There are so many artists it'S easy to know who is where and what they do. A wonderful potrait as well.
Lovely post.
--Damyanti, Co-host A to Z Challenge April 2012
Twitter: @AprilA2Z
#atozchallenge
Thanks guys for visiting and posting a comment.
Leslie -- yes it is enchanting and thanks
Cecilia -- thousands of artist I bet
Damyanti -- thanks for gracing my blog and posting a comment
Surprisingly, I've actually heard of him! I only say "surprisingly" because I don't really move around in the art world. I'm wondering if I saw a piece of his at the local fine arts center.
Shannon at The Warrior Muse, co-host of the 2012 #atozchallenge! Twitter: @AprilA2Z
Thanks
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