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Brilliant, sensible, and life are the words used by curators, art connoisseurs, and dilettantes across the world to describe Rene Nascimento’s creations. His remarkable use of light and ability to bring forth casual subtleties out of small pockets of cities like New York has brought the attention of prominent collectors.
Born in Belo Horizonte MG Brazil and currently based in New York City, the influence of Nascimento’s surroundings were inevitable. “In my earlier years as an artist I was inspired by the culture of my state, Minas Gerais—this included Baroque architecture, landscapes, and still-lifes. Many of my early paintings reflected these themes. As I developed my technique I embraced a variety of themes, one of which is the “bicycle”— which I highlighted as an entity of its own. This theme has been embraced through the years from the mountains of Minas Gerais, to the channels of Amsterdam, and now the
street of New York. I have been so inspired by the atmosphere of New York that many of my current paintings reflect the colors of New York in different venues.“ –Rene Nascimento Nascimento has obtained several accolades and awards for his art—most notably for those promoting Brazilian culture in the USA—and training from some of the most prestigious institutions in the world. He holds a Fine Arts degree from the School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Minas Gerais Brasil. While there, he had the privilege of being taught by professors Amilcar de Castro, Alvaro Apocalipse, and Marisa Trancoso. Rene has also studied at the fine art institute of FAAP SP, Parque Lage RJ. When he moved to New York in 2003 he furthered his artistic endeavor by attending the Art Students League of NY, which was founded in 1875 and home to many icons like O’Keefe, Pollock, and Rothko.
In present day, Nascimento has exhibits in Brazil, United States, and Europe. One will find a full spectrum of
genres, themes (portraits of famous people, large murals for public spaces, and his most sought after series
of “NYC Bicycles”), and his signature colorful palette showing expressionist brushstrokes.
-Martha Alburquerque
Rene Nascimento: “Street Colors of New York” at the One Art Space Gallery. Brazilian painter based in
New York City, Rene Nascimento’s continuing exploration of the art of the mural has never been more brilliant.
This show track the evolution of his work to his more recent Times Square paintings, celebrating, and
delineating the representation of our city. Rene Nascimento’s emotion and sensibility resonate all over his
cityscapes. He only can capture the light of the city, capable of preserving its unique palette of colors so
familiar to New Yorkers.
Pierre Vaysse,Neuroscientist, Humanist and Art Collector.
You captured the “misty feeling” of autumn in Mann in a very special way. I love the colorful reflection of an
attenuated brightness, and the breaking of the cold shades of blue at their reflection on the walls and by the
not shown warm colors of the human figures, from which, by physics laws, emanate heat; and the mixture
of both, cold and warm tones, reflected in a “ twilight “ on the sidewalk, all framed and at the same time
contrasting with the grey Mann background, catch this special moment of a raining night in Madison Square.
Nevertheless, even in this gray landscape background one can see life pulsating through the lighted windows,
living up, New York, to the title of “city-that-never-sleeps”. Congratulations, Renê!
Carmen Carvalho Smith, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Argumenta Filmes (Salvador, Bahia,Brazil).
“Rene Nascimento’s art is excellent in full spectrum. Often working with life’s daily objects, his symbolism is
both subtle and bold. The scope of his colors evoke depth of feeling and are both agreeable and pleasing
to the eye. He captures light in a strikingly real degree and his strokes are nothing short of brilliant. When
all of the aforementioned are combined, add Rene’s extraordinary ability with perspective and you have an
absolutely stunning exhibit of the beauty that surrounds us captured by an artist with amazing sensibilities.”
Sheila Evans – School of Visual Arts/NY
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