Pillars of Wisdom
A selection of artworks to be featured in his collection.
Metropolis
Acrylic on Canvas
152cm x 254cm
Acrylic on Canvas
152cm x 254cm
Oil and Progress
Acrylic on Canvas 152cm x 122cm |
Deus Ex Machina
Acrylic on Canvas 152cm x 122cm |
Kingdom Crossing
Acrylic on Canvas 150cm x 120cm |
Cine Lapa
Acrylic on Canvas 152cm x 122cm |
Niemeyer Landing
Acrylic on Canvas 152cm x 122cm |
Isolation Breach
Acrylic on Canvas 142cm x 112cm |
Citadel
Acrylic on Canvas
160cm x 113cm
Acrylic on Canvas
160cm x 113cm
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About Caio
A background in etching has been formative in the development of my painting style, and childhood memories between London and Rio provided much of the early inspiration. Although I qualified as a lawyer in 2006, I had felt increasingly that painting was my true calling. After what was intended to be a year to explore the ideas I had not had time to express, painting and design has been my full-time occupation since 2007.
Working mostly in acrylic and oils, my painting process relies upon the imagination, requiring the combination of mathematical precision with abstract thought. Within the parameters of both, I find immense scope through colour and form to express my subjective response to this meeting of external and interior worlds. In this sense, the process has become a meditation, visionary in its merging of the spiritual and intellectual.
The results are compelling mindscapes that explore the notion of the city as a physical manifestation of collective human nature and consciousness, as distinct from pre-existing natural forms, but in certain ways echoing them. Avoiding depiction of the human condition in the context of pain, suffering, tragicomedy or dysfunction, the paintings invite the mind of the viewer into consideration of alternative propositions and ways of thinking. Historical, modern and futuristic references combine to induce a sense of fractal time caught in frozen motion, whilst detailed vignettes draw the eye deeply into the compositions. Time, light, energy, atmosphere and human existence bound within this matrix are constant themes, while the use of multiple perspectives provides engrossing depths in which these elements interact.
If the word ‘utopia’, upon its correct translation of ‘no place’, simply masks a false optimism, what is the endgame of civilisation? The paintings echo the human condition in its recognition and pursuit of higher states, prior to the need for compromise.
My work has been exhibited in various guises both in London and internationally. Recent commissions include sculpture designs, music covers, and the beachwear designs for a Brazilian fashion label. My work received public attention through participation in major public art projects including London Elephant Parade (2010), Edinburgh Jungle City (2011), Fabergé Big Egg Hunt (2012) and Stand Tall, Colchester (2013) and more recently for the Chakravarty Cup 2014.
Working mostly in acrylic and oils, my painting process relies upon the imagination, requiring the combination of mathematical precision with abstract thought. Within the parameters of both, I find immense scope through colour and form to express my subjective response to this meeting of external and interior worlds. In this sense, the process has become a meditation, visionary in its merging of the spiritual and intellectual.
The results are compelling mindscapes that explore the notion of the city as a physical manifestation of collective human nature and consciousness, as distinct from pre-existing natural forms, but in certain ways echoing them. Avoiding depiction of the human condition in the context of pain, suffering, tragicomedy or dysfunction, the paintings invite the mind of the viewer into consideration of alternative propositions and ways of thinking. Historical, modern and futuristic references combine to induce a sense of fractal time caught in frozen motion, whilst detailed vignettes draw the eye deeply into the compositions. Time, light, energy, atmosphere and human existence bound within this matrix are constant themes, while the use of multiple perspectives provides engrossing depths in which these elements interact.
If the word ‘utopia’, upon its correct translation of ‘no place’, simply masks a false optimism, what is the endgame of civilisation? The paintings echo the human condition in its recognition and pursuit of higher states, prior to the need for compromise.
My work has been exhibited in various guises both in London and internationally. Recent commissions include sculpture designs, music covers, and the beachwear designs for a Brazilian fashion label. My work received public attention through participation in major public art projects including London Elephant Parade (2010), Edinburgh Jungle City (2011), Fabergé Big Egg Hunt (2012) and Stand Tall, Colchester (2013) and more recently for the Chakravarty Cup 2014.
CV
Selected Solo Shows
Oaktree and Tiger Gallery (November 2014)
Hoxton Gallery (2013)
Painshill Park (2013)
La Groovy (2013)
Rook and Raven Gallery, FB Collection (2012)
Inverness Terrace (2012)
Cobden Club (2009)
Pure Evil Gallery (2008)
FLUK Factory (2007)
Public Art/Commissions/Collaborations
Purling London collaboration
Marlow Guitars collaboration
Frescobol Carioca
Chakravarty Polo Cup (2014)
P21 Key Project, sculpture design (2013)
Stand Tall, Essex (2013)
Fabergé Egg Hunt, x 3 eggs (2012) - click here
Album cover for Anthony Phillips, fomrer Genesis guitarist - click here
Medusa Systems, Las Vegas conference (2012)
Jungle City, Edinburgh (2011) - click here
Elephant Parade (2010) - click here
Selected Group Shows
Loft Studios
Harrods (Painted chess set for Purling London)
Oaktree and Tiger Gallery (July 2014)
Stoke Newington Studios (April 2014)
Cuckoo Club, Mayfair (2014)
West London Art Factory (2014 tbc)
Muse Gallery (June 2014)
Chakravarty Cup (September 2014)
Red Desert/Mindscape Manifesto, Cinema & Lectures (2013)
Far Rockaway, Shoreditch (2013)
More London (2013)
Colchester Zoo (2013)
Hoxton Gallery
Copacabana Palace Hotel, Rio (fashion designs)
Bon Marché, Paris (fashion designs)
Bloomingdales, Miami (fashion designs)
Harrods (fashion designs)
Wolf and Badger (fashion designs)
Covent Garden (Fabergé Egg Parade)
Selfridges (Fabergé Ostrich Eggs)
Burlington Arcade
Royal Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh Zoo
Unique Gallery, Chelsea
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Landmark Art Centre
Printspace
FLUK Factory
Decima Gallery
Music Covers/Projects
Marlow Art Guitars, electric guitar design (2014)
The Coolness (2013/2014)
Anthony Phillips (Genesis), City of Dreams (2012)
Raffertie (Peppermill Studios 2999 project) (2010)
Selected Press/features
Marlow Art Guitars catalogue (2014)
Old Wellingtonian (2014)
Rooms Magazine (2013)
Avenir Magazine (2013)
Praveremlondres, Rio, Hoxton Exhibition (2013)
Marlow Art Guitars catalogue (2014)
Fast Company article by Joe Berkowitz (2013) - click here
Elephant Family, private commission catalogue (2012)
Gazzetta Magazine, Ukraine (2012)
Born in Brazil (fashion collaboration, 2011)
New York Times (fashion collaboration, 2011)
Drapers Online (fashion collaboration, 2011)
Square Mile (fashion collaboration, 2012) - click here
Classic Car Magazine, Cuban Cars (2010) - click here
Deleuze - Potencia minima y potencia maxima en Spinoz article - click here
Homo sapiens,Arachnida, Innato article - click here
Deshojar Ciudades (2009)
Impressiones Vivas: Potencia Minima and Potencia Maxima en Spinoza (2009)
Forbes Magazine (2010)
Evening Standard (2010)
Go London (2010)
Oaktree and Tiger Gallery (November 2014)
Hoxton Gallery (2013)
Painshill Park (2013)
La Groovy (2013)
Rook and Raven Gallery, FB Collection (2012)
Inverness Terrace (2012)
Cobden Club (2009)
Pure Evil Gallery (2008)
FLUK Factory (2007)
Public Art/Commissions/Collaborations
Purling London collaboration
Marlow Guitars collaboration
Frescobol Carioca
Chakravarty Polo Cup (2014)
P21 Key Project, sculpture design (2013)
Stand Tall, Essex (2013)
Fabergé Egg Hunt, x 3 eggs (2012) - click here
Album cover for Anthony Phillips, fomrer Genesis guitarist - click here
Medusa Systems, Las Vegas conference (2012)
Jungle City, Edinburgh (2011) - click here
Elephant Parade (2010) - click here
Selected Group Shows
Loft Studios
Harrods (Painted chess set for Purling London)
Oaktree and Tiger Gallery (July 2014)
Stoke Newington Studios (April 2014)
Cuckoo Club, Mayfair (2014)
West London Art Factory (2014 tbc)
Muse Gallery (June 2014)
Chakravarty Cup (September 2014)
Red Desert/Mindscape Manifesto, Cinema & Lectures (2013)
Far Rockaway, Shoreditch (2013)
More London (2013)
Colchester Zoo (2013)
Hoxton Gallery
Copacabana Palace Hotel, Rio (fashion designs)
Bon Marché, Paris (fashion designs)
Bloomingdales, Miami (fashion designs)
Harrods (fashion designs)
Wolf and Badger (fashion designs)
Covent Garden (Fabergé Egg Parade)
Selfridges (Fabergé Ostrich Eggs)
Burlington Arcade
Royal Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh Zoo
Unique Gallery, Chelsea
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Landmark Art Centre
Printspace
FLUK Factory
Decima Gallery
Music Covers/Projects
Marlow Art Guitars, electric guitar design (2014)
The Coolness (2013/2014)
Anthony Phillips (Genesis), City of Dreams (2012)
Raffertie (Peppermill Studios 2999 project) (2010)
Selected Press/features
Marlow Art Guitars catalogue (2014)
Old Wellingtonian (2014)
Rooms Magazine (2013)
Avenir Magazine (2013)
Praveremlondres, Rio, Hoxton Exhibition (2013)
Marlow Art Guitars catalogue (2014)
Fast Company article by Joe Berkowitz (2013) - click here
Elephant Family, private commission catalogue (2012)
Gazzetta Magazine, Ukraine (2012)
Born in Brazil (fashion collaboration, 2011)
New York Times (fashion collaboration, 2011)
Drapers Online (fashion collaboration, 2011)
Square Mile (fashion collaboration, 2012) - click here
Classic Car Magazine, Cuban Cars (2010) - click here
Deleuze - Potencia minima y potencia maxima en Spinoz article - click here
Homo sapiens,Arachnida, Innato article - click here
Deshojar Ciudades (2009)
Impressiones Vivas: Potencia Minima and Potencia Maxima en Spinoza (2009)
Forbes Magazine (2010)
Evening Standard (2010)
Go London (2010)