Community/DEDEALMEIDA/Profile
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- Username
- DEDEALMEIDA
- Name
- DEDÉ (RENATO LINS)
- City
- SÃO PAULO
- Country
- Brazil
- Biography
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DEDÉ
Salvador, Bahia, Brasil - 1972
A self-taught artist, Dedé (Renato Lins) currently lives and works in São Paulo / Brazil.
He graduated in Social Communication from the Universidade Católica do Salvador, in Salvador, Bahia
(1996) and also holds a post-graduate degree in Graphic Design from the University of Barcelona (1998).
In the late 90s, he moved from Salvador to Barcelona, where he collaborated with several local artists and designers and began to develop his work in painting. From 2006 to 2015 he has been commuting between
Brazil and Spain in a process of continuous displacement allowing him to have more aesthetic and
conceptual freedom. In 2016 he has settled in São Paulo.
His work is marked by heterogeneity, be it aesthetic, conceptual, material and procedural. His works have global
elements connected with personal influences; a frequent interconnection that are seemingly antagonic yet
become complementary.
Using the design for symbolic, systematic and synthesizing purposes, Dedé provokes a geometric dialogue
of traces and colors, resulting from the fusion of contemporary influences such as design, fashion, pop art
and street art. The result is pop and graphic images, with an ethnic, urban and technological look.
Aesthetically he’s influenced by African art, very present in the Afro-Brazilian culture of Bahia, and even
if unconsciously, also from the minimalist and far-fetched simplicity of the concrete Brazilian heritage.
He has held collective and solo exhibitions in São Paulo, Salvador, Barcelona and Menorca, and participated
at an artistic residence in Angola during the Second Triennial of Luanda (2010). - Who are you?
- artist
- Gender
- male
- Birth year
- 1972
- Website
- http://dede.es/
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