Lou Borghetti

About

Lou Borghetti is an brazilian artist who lives, works and teaches in her own atelier in Porto Alegre, south of Brazil .

“Lou Borghetti’s art, like all real art, keeps surprises and unexpected resources in the underground of the unconscious, hers and ours...” Lya Luft (Writer)

AboutStudied under Danúbio Gonçalves, Fernando Baril, Renina Katz, Katie Van

Sherpenberg and Plínio Bernhardt. Attended the Atelier Livre da Prefeitura Municipal

from 1973 to 1980, studying intaglio with Anestor Tavares, sculpture with Claudio

Martins Costa, drawing and lithography with Danúbio Gonçalves, and Art Theory and

watercolor with Fayga Ostrower. Worked as assistant and student at Iberê Camargo’s

studio and Marco Túlio Resende’s workshop in Belo Horizonte. Attended watercolor

workshops at the Universidade de Belas Artes of Seville and Florence.

Recent exhibitions

2010 Galeria Tina Zappoli, Porto Alegre. RS (With Fire and Flowers)2008 Picasso Galery, Washington, DC. (Possible Landscape)2007 BACI - Brazilian-American Cultural Institute, Washington, DC.2006 Ado Malagoli Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art, Porto Alegre2006 Avenida Cultural Clebio Sória, Porto Alegre Municipal Chamber

WorksAcrilic:

WorksMonotypes and prints :

WorksPhotographs:

The AtelierHer Atelier is in Porto Alegre, where she teaches painting classes and presents its workshops.

Workshops Drawing and Painting (aug./2011)

Drawing and Watercolor (oct./2011)

Children's Art (nov./2011)

The Workshop – Charleston, SC

• Sketchbook as an ally in the creative process• Acrylic on canvas - From Sketch to canvas• Line, Drawing, Color and Composition• Different techniques, collages, gold leaf,

plaster, etc. (Optional)

Contact• Email: lou@borghetti.com.br• Blog: http://louborghetti.blogspot.com• Site: www.borghetti.com.br• Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/louborghethttp://www.facebook.com/lou.borghetti