Artist Information:
Jose Soromenho
Setubal,
Portugal
Member Since: Jun 2002
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Artist Statement:
José Soromenho was born in
1950 in the Portuguese coastal
town of Setúbal, where he
graduated from High School in
1969. One year later, he
started serving in
Guiné-Bissau as a Sergeant in
the Portuguese Army, returning
to Portugal during its post
revolutionary period to work
as a ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
MARZIART International Galerie
Marion Zimmermann
Eppendorfer Weg 110
20259 Hamburg
www.marziart.com
2003
October, 10th ~ November,
6th...
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Artist Galleries:
MARZIART International Galerie
Marion Zimmermann
Eppendorfer Weg 110
20259 Hamburg / Germany
Tel.0049 40 23518894
www.marziart.com...
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Jose Soromenho's Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Jose Soromenho's Portfolio.
José Soromenho was born in 1950 in the Portuguese coastal town of Setúbal, where he graduated from High School in 1969. One year later, he started serving in Guiné-Bissau as a Sergeant in the Portuguese Army, returning to Portugal during its post revolutionary period to work as a technician in the major Portuguese shipyard. In 1982, the call for adventure and personal freedom took him, as a naval technician freelancer, to experience the cultures of such different places as Varna and Burgas in Bulgaria; Galicia, Asturias and Pais-Vasco in Spain; the Atlantic islands of Terceira in Azores and Sal, Santo Antão and São Vincente in Cape-Verde; Macau, Hong Kong, ShangHai, BoHai and Dalian in China; Ulsan in South Korea; and Timor Lorosae, where he stayed for one year as a United Nations engineer. The common presence of boats and water in all this different places will be determinant in establishing the subject of his future work as an artist, and in 1999 he returns to his hometown and starts working as a sculptor in the attic of his house. Materials found in shipyards and along the Portuguese coast, as well as the ship-construction-... |
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, 1999
Mixed Media Sculpture,
8 x 34 X 6 inches
Price: US$ 750
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, 2001
Wood Sculpture,
20 x 50 X 7 inches
Price: US$ 500
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