Galeria Inox

Daniel Senise Portela (b. 1955, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a painter and printmaker. In 1980, he enrolled as a student at the Parque Lage School of Visual Arts (EAV Parque Lage), where he later taught in the Painting Department between 1986 and 1991. He studied with John Nicholson (b. 1951) and Luiz Aquila (b. 1943), and participated in the landmark exhibition Como Vai Você Geração 80? [How Are You, Generation 80?]. He held his first solo exhibition at the Galeria do Centro Empresarial Rio in 1984 and, that same year, joined Ateliê da Lapa alongside Angelo Venosa (1954–2019), Luiz Pizarro (b. 1958), and João Magalhães (b. 1945). His national and international recognition solidified in 1985 when he was featured alongside other artists in the Grande Tela [Large Canvas] section of the 18th São Paulo International Biennial. The following year, he was awarded a gold medal at the 1st Latin American Exhibition of Art on Paper. In 1997, he coordinated the galleries at the Centro Cultural Light in Rio de Janeiro. In 1998, the monograph Daniel Senise: Ela que não Está [Daniel Senise: The One Who Is Not There] was published by Cosac & Naify, featuring texts by Ivo Mesquita, Dawn Ades, and Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro. In 2002, the monograph The Piano Factory was published by Andrea Jakobsson Estúdio Editorial, featuring texts by Agnaldo Farias and Alexandre Mello focusing on the artist’s most recent production.

Source: Itaú Cultural