Maria Do Carmo Carvalho

Maria do Carmo Carvalho was born in Jacareí, SP, in 1941. She studied with artists such as Waldemar da Costa, Sérgio Fingermann, Branca de Oliveira and Nazareth Pacheco, and took workshops with Artur Lescher, Ana Maria Tavares and Regina Silveira, among others. The artist has participated in several exhibitions in Brazil and abroad, among which stand out the IX Internazionale Triennale - intergraphit 90 (Berlin, Germany); Impression Bleu, project of the association Presse Papier (Quebec, Canada); Brazilian Contemporary Printmakers, at the Pratt Institute - Steuben West Gallery (New York, USA). She was awarded a series of prizes such as the Brasília Prize (Funarte), XXI National Salon of Plastic Arts, Rio de Janeiro. In 1995, she travels to Barcelona and works in the studio of Tristan Barbará, printer of Antoni Tàpies. In 2009, an engraving of his authorship integrates the album organized by Ernesto Bonatto, commemorating the 10 Years of "Gravura Brasileira", gallery directed by Eduardo Besen in São Paulo, SP. In 2012, the book "Maria do Carmo Carvalho", authored by Enock Sacramento, on thirty years of his artistic career was released.

Por: Galeria Gravura Brasileira