An exhibit by Brazilian artist
SUZART
JULY 11 - 29, 2005
Florida International University
Graham Center Art Gallery
University Park Campus

SUZART EXHIBIT
OPENING RECEPTION

July 11, 2005 from 4:30pm - 6:00 pm

Organized by:
Interrogating the African Diaspora, International Graduate Summer Seminar

Sponsored by:
African-New World Studies and the Latin American and Caribbean Center

This event is made possible through funding from the Ford Foundation,
the College of Arts and Sciences, the Latin American and Caribbean Center and INDAMI.

SUZART was born Valdiney Sousa Suzart on January 10, 1967 in the city of Feira de Santana in the state of Bahia, Brazil.

SUZART spent his childhood and adolescence in the historical city of Cachoeira, where he started to paint in 1981.

He currently resides and works in the region of the Recôncavo Baiano in the city of Muritiba. This area serves asa great inspiration to Suzart since religious syncretism, miscegenation, and the Afro-Brazilian culture are part of the daily life of the people of the Recôncavo Baiano.

SUZART creates his sincere art where the color, forms, and influences of the current world are transformed into this universal language.

CURRÍCULO de SUZART

EXPOSIÇÕES INDIVIDUAIS (INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS)

Centro Cultural DANNEMANN, São Felix – Bahia - 1994

Museu de Arte Contemporânea(MAC), Feira de Santana – Bahia – 1997

Casa da Cultura Galeno D` Avelírio,Cruz das Almas – Bahia-2000

Fundação Museu HANSEN da Bahia, Cachoeira- Bahia- 2000

Espaço Calasans Neto, Teatro Jorge Amado, Salvador – Bahia-2000

Instituto Cultural Brasileiro na Alemanha (ICBRA), Berlin-2001

Exposição no espaço cultural O POUSO DA PALAVRA em Cachoeira, 2001.

EXPOSIÇÕES COLETIVAS (COLLECTIVE EXHIBITS)

Panorama Galeria de Arte, Salvador- Bahia-1989

Museu SPHAN Pró – memória, Cachoeira- Bahia –1984, 1987, 1989

Museu de Arte Contemporânea (MAC), Feira de Santana- Bahia-1998(duas exposições)

Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico eCultural (IPAC), Cachoeira – Bahia- 1998, 1999

Associação Cultural Brasil – Estados Unidos (ACBEU), Salvador – Bahia –1999

SELECIONADO (SELECTED TO EXHIBIT IN)

Bienal do Recôncavo, Centro Cultural DANNEMANN, São Félix- Bahia – 1991

II Bienal do Recôncavo, Centro Cultural DANNEMANN, São Félix –Bahia-1993

IV Bienal do Recôncavo, Centro Cultural DANNEMANN, São Félix- Bahia – 1998

Salão Regional de Artes Plásticas da Bahia, Feira de Santana- Bahia- 1999

V Bienal do Recôncavo, Centro Cultural DANNEMANN, São Félix-Bahia-2000

VI Bienal do Recôncavo, Centro Cultural DANNEMANN, São Félix – Bahia- 2002

PREMIAÇÕES (AWARDS)

Prêmio Destaque Especial do Júri – IV Bienal do Recôncavo, 1998

Menção Honrosa - SalãoRegional de Artes Plásticas da Bahia, 1999

Grande Prêmio Viagem à Europa – V Bienal do Recôncavo, 2000

PARTICIPAÇÃO (PARTICIPATION)

WorkShop INTRAFRIKA+ em Berlin,Alemanha, 2003, com os artistas Africanos:

Olu Amoda – Nigéria
Kossi Assou – Togo
Salif Youssouf Diabagaté-Elfenbeinküste
Akwele Suma Glory- Ghana
Sidy Seck – Senegal
Jean-MarcSiangue- Cameroon
Também com a participação do artista AlemãoWerner Reister