Joao D. Filipe

JOAO D. FILIPE paints CONTEMPORARY IKONS AS A PERSONAL INTERPRETATION OF THE BYZANTINE CLASSIC STYLE BIO: (English) 1959 Born in Sertã, Castelo Branco, Portugal 1968 Lived in Caxias, Oeiras and Paço de Arcos 1969 High School: Liceu Nacional de Oeiras 1970 Meets painter Kiko Arguello 1978- College: Law, Faculdade de Direito de Lisboa 1978- Works in Hotel Montechoro, Albufeira,Algarve; 1980- Works as Maritime Checker at the Port of Lisbon 1991 Pope John Paul II sends Joao & family to USA as lay missionaries 1991- Lived in Newark, New Jersey and Houston, Texas, USA 2005- Lives in Cascais, Portugal *ART TRAVELS: USA,Spain,France,Italy,Vatican,Germany,Switzerland,Poland,Israel,Holland,England,Brazil,Dominican Rep. etc. Cities: Lisbon, Barcelona, New York *Group and solo EXHIBITIONS *SOCIETIES and Associations: EUA: STP, Society of Tempera Painters, Santa Fe,New Mexico,1996; ASOPA, American Society of Portrait Artists; Americans for the Arts, New York, New York; VAA, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, Texas. PORTUGAL: SOCIEDADE NACIONAL DE BELAS ARTES, Lisbon (Since 1976); Confraria da Rainha Santa Isabel, Coimbra; Irmandade do Santíssimo, Basílica dos Mártires, Lisbon; Real Associação de Lisboa etc. *JOAO IS MARRIED TO ANA (1983) and they have nine kids: Joana, Madalena, Mariana, Mónica, Tommy, Sophia, Martin, Catarina-Katie and Vicente-Vinnie PLUS grandaughter Isabel (of Joana&Emanuel;) *ART STUDIO: Largo da Academia Nacional de Belas-Artes, 14-1º 1200-005 LISBON, Portugal Tel. (+351) 21 342 2192 [email protected] www.filippe.com Visit my FACEBOOK WALL at: http://www.facebook.com/JoaoD.FilipeART ..........................................................................................................