Jorge Melício

Jorge Melício (Lobito, 20 March , 1957) is a Portuguese sculptor. He was born in Angola in 1957 and has lived in Lisbon since seven years of age.

Biography

He went to Escola de Artes Decorativas António Arroio ("António Arroio School of Decorative Arts") and Escola Superior de Belas-Artes de Lisboa ("University of Arts of Lisbon").

Artworks

In the 1970s he made clay and stone sculptures in the Freguesia of Pêro Pinheiro.

His works are held in numerous museums and private collections. He has a painting in the A Brasileira, Chiado. His public sculptures are found around Portugal. Examples include the "Familia" in Fernando Pessoa Garden, near the assembly of the municipal of Lisboa and the recent ceramic monument dedicated to the life and work of Queen Santa Isabel, at the headquarters of Caixa Geral de Depósitos (bank) in Lisbon. He was selected by the administration of the Lisbon Metropolitan for the decoration of one of its stations.

Prizes

*Bronze Medal from the Diogo Gonçalves Museum (Portimão)
*Prize: Design ICS Para Embalagens (Milan)
*Silver Medal (Castelo Branco)

ee also

*Hyperrealism, a genre of painting and sculpture
*Bronze sculpture, the use of bronze for artistic representations
*Bronzing, a process by which an object is coated in bronze

References

* [http://www.escultormelicio.com/html/multimedia.html Interview with Jorge Melício on 28-10-2007, channel RTP Africa]
* [http://www.escultormelicio.com/html/multimedia.html Rui Unas' interview with Jorge Melício in the show "Cabaret da Coxa" , channel Sic Radical]

External links

* [http://www.escultormelicio.com The Official Page of the Artist]
* [http://www.sentimentoseroticos.com Erotic Feelings - Melício's hyperrealistic drawings on people and their senses]
* [http://www.artafrica.gulbenkian.pt/html/artistas/artistaficha.php?ida=271 Melício at Garden Gulbenkian (Portuguese)]