Biography

of Philip Neves

     

       

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Philip Neves is an artist, born in Paris, France. Since he was a child, he showed interest and interest in drawings. As a teenager, he also showed a taste for photography, to which he devoted himself for a short time. He studied Basic Education in the city of Braga, Portugal, at a boarding school. There, he began his “first exhibitions” on school murals indirectly, encouraged by the Arts teacher.

Upon entering secondary school, he had already decided on the artistic area, choosing the Professional Technical Course in Graphic Arts in the city of Porto - Portugal. This fact added to the foundation of studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts, which he later studied.

Upon entering the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto - Portugal, he understood better the importance of Art in society, how much it makes the human being more reflective, how much it broadens horizons, because through it we understand the past and the present. During his time at the Faculty of Fine Arts, he led an Exhibition together with the professor of Printmaking. Participated in Collective and Individual Exhibitions, always with drawings, prints, paintings, sculptures and artistic ceramics. His works portray much of the human figure and the concerns that permeate the mind and convey the idea of ​​contemporary society.

In his works, he uses the technique of multidirectional grooves, the artist's identity. For some years, he dedicated himself to the work of Graphic Designer, without leaving his taste for drawings, paints and clay, carrying out some works during this period and increasing his collection of works.

He moved to Brazil in 2008, when he started to study and adapt to Brazilian culture in his new works. In Brazil, he was invited to participate in some Exhibitions, through which he highlighted the importance of Art in people's lives, expressing emotions, feelings, fears that human beings carry in their daily lives and relating geometric figures to some issues addressed in their works.

Philip Neves uses multidirectional grooves expressively, conveying the restlessness and impatience of today's society. In the sculptural part, the figure is expressed in plastic form, demonstrating its identity as in drawing, through the artist's work process and the textures absorbed there by the material. It also uses the geometric part as in the drawing, thereby adding the solid, rigid part and the balance of the composition.

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In 1998, he participated in the 1st Collective Exhibition at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto, exhibiting sculpture, at Escola Cooperativa Árvore, in the city of Porto- Portugal.

In 1999, together with the professor of engravings, he led an exhibition at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Porto-Portugal, exhibiting with some of his engravings.

In 2000, he participated in a solo exhibition with engravings at the Polytechnic Institute, in the city of Viana do Castelo - Portugal.

In 2001, he participated in an Exhibition with some drawings and sculptures, at the Salão de Espinhos, in the city of Espinhos- Portugal. Still in 2001, he participated in the Academic Collective Exhibition of the Porto Fine Arts Course, in Santa Maria da Feira - Portugal, exhibiting artistic ceramics and drawings.

In 2015, he participated in the D Contemporary Contest in London-England, of Portuguese plastic artists, competing with drawings, being selected among the best works.

In 2015, he was invited to exhibit his works with drawings and sculptures at PUC –Pontifícia Universidade Católica, in the city of Maringá- Brazil.

In 2016, creation of public bronze sculpture in the city of Alvarães - Viana do Castelo, Portugal.

In 2018, he was invited to exhibit his works at IMIN 110 - Japanese Immigration, at the Francisco Feio Ribeiro Exhibition Park, in the city of Maringá, Brazil.

That same year he was invited to exhibit some of his works at the Festa da Uva, in the city of Marialva, in Brazil, exhibiting some drawings and sculptures.

In 2018, creation of a sculpture honoring the city of Marialva - Capital of Uva Fina, in Brazil.

In 2019, he participated in the Individual Design Exhibition at Shopping Avenida Center, in the city of Maringá, Brazil.

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