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Artist Statement:
Vilmar Madruga was born in Rio
Grande do Sul in 1951. Even
before going to the College of
Architecture in Porto Alegre,
he used to dedicate himself to
drawing in a self-taught way.
His interest in drawing and
particularly in the pop
culture of the 70's led him to
art direction jobs in
advertising agencies located
in the Rio-Sto Paulo axis. It
was not until 1975 that he
started attending Drawing and
Painting classes at the School
of Fine Arts in Rio de
Janeiro, and model sessions at
the Museum of Art also in Rio
de Janeiro. His paintings have
been displayed in some
national halls and in
itinerant exhibits for the
world peace in London, Paris,
New York and Baghdad.
Madruga is one of the
forerunners of mural painting
and, together with a group of
mural painters from Sto Paulo
called Tupintod, he performed
on several walls and subway
stations in Rio de Janeiro,
while co-ordinating the
project "Rio Arte Pinta no
Rio" (Rio Art Paints in Rio).
As a teacher, he carries out
na art project with some
prisoners in Rio de Janeiro,
having been the curator of the
exhibit "A Cor do Cá...
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