Artist:Ricarto Tavares, Suisse
Ricarto (Ricardo Tavares) was born in 1965 in Fortaleza, in northeastern Brazil.
As as child, he quickly developed a passion for drawing and painting.
He opened his own workshop in his hometown in 1990.
He learn between 1988 and 1995 with various teachers such as Cirino of Aguiar (Fortaleza), Raul de la Nuez (Fortaleza), TerezaHazelton (Fortaleza) and Frank Covino (Providence, USA).
In 1999, he became interested in art restoration and gained experience with Flavio Capitulino in Brazil and Paris, as well as a course at Palazzo Spinelli in Florence and performed various training courses in Switzerland.
In 2003 he moved to Switzerland (Fribourg) and opened his own art studio.
Ricarto is the father of four children.
Solo Exhibitions
•Exhibition Switzerland-Brazil, Fribourg Suisse, Galerie Gulliver, July 2014.
•Galerie Cathédrale (Fribourg, Suisse), RICARTO TAVARES, “Peinture Mouvements” in December 2012.
•Performing solo and group exhibitions from 1994 to 2002 in Fortaleza (Brazil)
•Individual exhibition in the Foyer St-Louis, in Fribourg (Switzerland) in December 2004.
•Solo exhibition at the Centre Hospitalier de Briancon (France) in July 2005.
•Solo exhibition at the Ideal Club in Fortaleza (Brazil) in May 2006.
•Solo exhibition at the Centre “Gateways” in Freiburg in March 2007.
•Solo exhibition at Galerie OBOE in Fortaleza (Brazil) in July 2007.
Collective Exhibitions
•Gallery “Arte Viva” in Paris (France) in May 2006.
•Carrousel du Louvre in Paris (France) in May 2008.
