Maria João Gamito

Action painting at the exhibition 'Jeu de Mains' - Cap d'Ail 2008

Harmonia Mundi

Book cover: 'Uma Viagem, no Creoula, Até aos "picos" dos Açores', by Teresa Maria Gamito, 2007

Cosmic blow

Exhibitions:

Solo Exhibitions

2007
Gallery Hibiscus – Lisboa, Portugal
Hospital Fernando Fonseca, Amadora Sintra, Portugal
2005
Gallery Studio “Arejo”- Torres Vedras, Portugal
2003
Gallery Sol, Berlin, Germany Tagus Park, Oeiras, Portugal
2002
Hotel Sheraton Pine Cliffs – Algarve, Portugal
2001
Gallery Sacramento – Lisbon, Portugal
2000
Municipal Gallery, Lagar de Azeite – Oeiras, Portugal

Medical Congress at Agrarian High School, Santarém, Portugal
1999
Municipal Center of Culture - Castelo de Vide, Portugal
Municipal Gallery – Marvão, Portugal
Inauguration of Cultural Center ACRE- Ponte de Sôr, Portugal
Gallery of Albarraque, Sintra, Portugal
1998
Hotel Altis Park – Lisbon, Portugal
1997
Inauguration of Gallery Cavalo de Pau – Lisbon, Portugal

1996
Art Gallery of Alvito – Alentejo, Portugal

Group Exhibitions
 
2008
Jeu de Mains, Château des Terrasses, Cap D’Ail, France
2006
Hospital Fernando Fonseca – Amadora Sintra, Portugal
2001
Painting and Photography Municipal Gallery of Palácio Póvoas – Portalegre, Portugal
2000
International Academy of Art, Salzburg, Austria
1999
Portuguese and African artists, Leiria, Portugal
1996
Painting and Poetry, IADE Institute of Art and Design, Lisbon, Portugal

Private Murals:
Maria João Branco, Lisbon, Portugal

Public Murals:
Technical Art School of Sintra, Portugal

Corporate Collections:
Association of Medical Doctors, Santarém, Portugal (2 paintings)
Banco Comercial Português, Lisbon, Portugal
(2 paintings)
Entreposto - Veículos Comerciais, Lisbon, Portugal (5 paintings)
Entreposto Holding, Lisbon Portugal
(5 paintings)
Fresenius Medical Care, Arcos de Valdevez, Portugal (1 painting)
Fresenius Medical Care, Braga, Portugal
(4 paintings)
Instituto de Implantologia, Lisbon, Portugal (4 paintings)
M4Events, Lisbon, Portugal
(3 paintings)
PLMJ Association of Lawyers, Lisbon, Portugal (1 painting)
Secil, Lisbon, Portugal
(4 paintings)
Travel Agency Team Quatro, Algés, Portugal (3 paintings)

Private Collectors:
Dr. Peter Koerfer, Munich, Germany
(1 painting)
Dr. Angelika Von Monschaw, Munich Germany (2 paintings)
Hannerl Neumann, Munich, Germany
(3 paintings)
Brigitte Renucci, Corsica, France
(1 painting)
Celine Renucci, Côte d’Azur, France (3 paintings)

Helena Gubernatis de Almeida Ribeiro, Lisbon Portugal (6 paintings)
Magarida Ribeiro Pereira, Lisbon, Portugal
(6 paintings)
Manuel Eduardo de Noronha Gamito, Lisbon, Portugal (7 paintings)
Teresa Maria Allen Gamito, Lisbon, Portugal
(5 paintings)
Maria Joao Branco, Lisbon Portugal
(mural and 1 painting)
Teresa Anahory, Lisbon, Portugal
(4 paintings)
Joao Penedo, Lisbon, Portugal
(2 paintings)
Catica Mercier Marques, Lisbon Portugal
(2 paintings)
Mário Valadas, Lisbon Portugal (2 paintings)
Celeste Ceboleiro, Lisbon Portugal
(8 paintings)
Elsa Rei, Lisbon, Portugal
(1 painting)
Paula Fonseca, Lisbon, Portugal
(1 painting)
Manuel Andrade Neves, Lisbon, Portugal (2 paintings)
Alberto Veiga de Macedo, Lisbon, Portugal (2 paintings)
Miguel Valença, Lisbon, Portugal (2 paintings)
Helene Kallstrom Valle, Lisbon, Portugal (2 paintings)
Hiroko Ithami Gamito, Lisbon, Portugal (2 paintings)
Joao Silva, Lisbon, Portugal
(1 painting)
Irene Finken, Lisbon, Portugal
(1 painting)
Madalena Garcês, Lisbon, Portugal (2 paintings)
Magarida Allen Gamito, Algés, Portugal (5 paintings)
Maria Antonia Goes, Alvito, Portugal (2 paintings)
Teresa Fonseca de Moura, Caxias, Portugal (5 paintings)
Vera Loureiro, Caxias, Portugal (4 paintings)
Judge Nuno Angelo Raínho Ataíde das Neves, Coimbra, Portugal (3 paintings)
Antonio Luis Correa Salvaterra, Loures, Portugal
(4 paintings)
Paulo Gamito de Faria, Palmela, Portugal
(2 paintings)
Luis Mendes, Sintra, Portugal (3 paintings)
Fernanda Delgado, Sintra, Portugal
(4 paintings)
Fernando and Heloísa Lameiras, Torres Vedras, Portugal (6 paintings)

Maria João Allen Gamito

“Toca orquestra de azuis, aflora o amarelo, explode no ocre, no ritmo incontido da liberdade. Gargalha em festa de cores, para caír no mais profundo silêncio, suspeitando o pôr do sol e a madrugada. Regressa à ironia e à alegria.
Conta histórias de encantar crianças; e brinca com os caminhos, nas areias da praia, soando conchas nos passos da princesa.
Mete as mãos por uma realidade inventada. Fantasia de carnaval veneziano a nocturnos, perdendo-se em Vivaldi e sustendo Chopin.
Pinga azul do seu pincel, a duas mãos, como a mais antiga das memórias.
Toca e tacteia. Busca a sonoridade das tintas, um sentimento.
Suja as mãos e - adivinho-o - limpa-as à ganga das calças.
O que sabemos nós disto?
“uma emoção,
uma harmonia,
uma partilha”
- disse-me um dia.
Inicia uma carreira.
Como um ensaio de marcha.
Ensina-nos a olhar.
Olhos de amêndoa verde.”
Maria Celeste Ceboleiro - catálogo CASTELO DE VIDE - Julho 1999

 

Education
:

 
1989
Artistic drawing at Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes and painting at Ar.Co., Independent Art School in Lisbon, Portugal
1999
Mentored in oil techniques by French abstract painter, J. P. Vieville, in Bourneville, France
2000
Studied with American painter, Joan Semmel, at the International Academy of Art, Salzburg, Austria

Teaching:

 
2002 Oil Painting and Drawing Techniques Workshop for medical doctors, Ponte de Sor, Portugal
2002 & 2004 Ambidextrous Painting Technique for elementary and middle school children at Padre Bartolomeu De Gusmão, Lisbon, Portugal

2005 Drawing Workshops for adults and children, Municipal Summer festivities, Castelo de Marvao, Portugal

Media:

2008 Interview with Monaco TV, group exhibition Jeu de Mains, Cap D’Ail, France
2001 Channel 2 Public TV – RTP coverage of solo exhibition at Galeria do Sacramento via cultural program Acontece, Lisbon Portugal 
2001 Solo exhibition promotion, Casa e decoracao (Home Decoration Magazine), Lisbon, Portugal
2001 and 2000 Solo exhibition promotional spread, Arts & Entertainment, Expresso Weekly Newspaper and Diario de Noticias, Daily, Lisbon, Portugal
2001 & 1999 Interviews with “Fonte Nova” Newspaper, Portalegre, Portugal

Children’s Book Artwork:

 
2013 Roger and Simon the Goose Fly South, published 2013, Blurb.com http://www.blurb.com/b/4076341-roger-and-simon-the-goose-fly-south

Book Cover Artwork:

2007 Uma Viagem, no Creoula, Até aos "picos" dos Açores, by Teresa Maria Gamito, Self-published 2007, http://tmg-viagens.blogspot.com