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From: São Paulo, Brazil

About: Sérgio Prata Garcia is a Brazilian artist who produces sculptures, fresco paintings, icons, stained glass, murals, sacred art, drawings and printings. Prata is the creator of the 3 phase paintings, a contemporary procedure of painting in complete darkness and with ultraviolet lights.

Prata had his break when he won the XV Brazilian Championship of Sand Sculptures organized by Air France in February 1981 That gave him the opportunity to go to Paris and study at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, the very same school in which Renoir, Ingres and Delacroix studied.

In 2008, Prata went to France, Greece, Italy and Mexico, to display his work and visit important places for art, such as Mount Athos, Lascaux caves (Dordogne, France) and the Mexican murals.

Prata is the creator of the triphasics paintings, with phosphorescent and ultraviolet dry pigments and filters.

Prata won the painting prize at the Biannual of Chapingo, Mexico

Artist website: sergioprata.com.br

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