Fernando Vilela

Fernando Vilela (* 1973 in São Paulo ) is a Brazilian sculptor , graphic artist , writer and book illustrator .

Life

Fernando Vilela first studied sculpture at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) with a master's degree, then at the Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo (ECA-USP). As a graphic artist, he exhibited his works nationally and internationally, including in Europe at the 5th International Graphic Biennale in Versailles. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) in New York acquired two of his paintings in 2013. Further works can be found in the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo , the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo and the Centro Universitário Maria Antônia .

Vilela is best known in Brazil for his more than 60 book illustrations since 1995. He also created illustrations for magazines and designed CD covers. He emerged with 14 of his own books from the field of children's and youth literature . Some of the winners were, among them Lampião e Lancelote was awarded the Prêmio Jabuti in 2007 . In particular, he worked as an illustrator for the children's and youth books by the writer Stela Barbieri in joint projects. His illustration style and the associated typography have meanwhile become recognizable.

Fernando Vilela was co- curator of the exhibition Linhas de Histórias - Um Panorama do Livro Ilustrado no Brasil , which took place from July 12th to August 27th, 2011 in the SESC Belenzinho (Serviço Social do Comércio) in São Paulo and the Brazilian book art from 1969 to 2010 included.

So far, none of his works has appeared in German.

Awards

• 2004 Prêmio FNLIJ ( Fundação Nacional do Livro Infantil e Juvenil ) for Marina Tenório: Ivan Filho de Boi
• 2007 Prêmio FNLIJ for Lampião e Lancelote
• 2007 Prêmio Jabuti for Lampião e Lancelote
• 2008 IBBY (International Book Board for Young People)

Exhibitions

• 2003 Centro Universitário Maria Antônia (CEUMA), São Paulo, SP (solo exhibition)
• 2003 Centro Cultural São Paulo (CCSP), São Paulo, SP (solo exhibition)
• 2004 13th Salão Internacional de Gravura Ibero-Americana, Instituto Cultural Mexicano, Washington, DC
• 2004 Primeiro Panorama da Xilogravura Brasileira, Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre , Rio Grande do Sul
• 2004 Painel ABCA (Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Arte), Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC-SP), São Paulo, SP
• 2005 5th Biennale Internationale de la gravure en Ile-de-France (5a Bienal Internacional de Gravura em Versailles), Versailles , France, May 12th to July 17th, 2005
• 2005 Galeria Virgilio, São Paulo, SP (solo exhibition)
• 2005 Panorama da gravura brasileira , Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris
• 2005 Gravuras brasileiras , Cité des Arts , Paris
• 2006 The Brazilian-American Cultural Institute (BACI), Washington, DC (solo exhibition)
• 2006 Prints , Goloborotko Studio, New York , USA
• 2006 Galeria Mercedes Viegas, Rio de Janeiro , RJ
• 2006 Deslocamentos , Galeria Virgilio, São Paulo, SP (solo exhibition)
• 2008 Prose , Galeria Gravura Brasileira, São Paulo, SP (joint exhibition with Stela Barbieri)
• 2008 Gravadores brasileiros contemporâneos , Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca (IAGO), Oaxaca de Juarez , Mexico
• 2009 Espaços em diálogo , Galeria Gravura Brasileira, São Paulo, SP (joint exhibition with Stela Barbieri and Solange Caillez)
• 2010 Trombetas tsunami , Galeria Virgílio, São Paulo, SP (solo exhibition)
• 2011 Caçada, deslocamentos gráficos , Galeria Mario Schenberg, Funarte (Fundação Nacional de Artes), São Paulo, SP (solo exhibition)

Works

Texts and illustrations

• Lampião e Lancelote. Cosac Naify, São Paulo, SP 2006, ISBN 978-85-7503-526-9
• OlemaC e Melô. Oounter de um camelo e um camelô. Cia das Letrinhas, 2007, ISBN 978-85-7406-299-0
• Tapajós. Uma aventura nas águas da Amazônia. Ática, São Paulo 2007, ISBN 978-85-08-11327-9
• Le Chemin. Autrement Jeunesse, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-7467-0998-0
• A Toalha Vermelha. Brinque Book, São Paulo SP 2007, ISBN 978-85-7412-173-4
• O barqueiro eo canoeiro. Scipione, São Paulo 2008, ISBN 978-85-2627-684-0
• Comilança. DCL, Difusão Cultural do Livro, São Paulo 2008, ISBN 978-85-368-0390-6
• Seringal. Scipione, São Paulo 2010, ISBN 978-85-262-7645-1
• Os heróis do tsunami. Brinque Book, São Paulo SP 2011, ISBN 978-85-7412-360-8
• Eu vi! Brinque Book, São Paulo SP 2011, ISBN 978-85-7412-369-1
• O disfarce dos animais. Brinque Book, São Paulo SP 2011, ISBN 978-85-7412-368-4
• Onde eles estão? Brinque Book, São Paulo SP 2011, ISBN 978-85-7412-370-7
• Abrapracabra! Brinque Book, São Paulo SP 2012, ISBN 978-85-7412-432-2
• Aventura animal. DCL, Difusão Cultural do Livro, São Paulo 2013, ISBN 978-85-368-1585-5

Selection of illustrated books by other authors

• Jorge Amado : As mortes eo triunfo de Rosalinda. Companhia das Letras, São Paulo 2010, ISBN 978-85-359-1584-6
• Amnesty International UK Section: We Are All Born Free. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures. Frances Lincoln Children's Books, London 2008, ISBN 978-1-84507-650-4 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)
• Jorge Argueta : Arroz con Leche. Rice pudding. Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press, Toronto 2010, ISBN 978-0-88899-981-8
• Machado de Assis : Conto de escola. Escala Educacional, 2008
• Machado de Assis: Missa do galo. Escala Educacional, São Paulo 2008
• Machado de Assis: A causa secreta. Escala Educacional, São Paulo 2010
• Machado de Assis: Umas férias. Escala Educacional, São Paulo 2010
• Machado de Assis: Us braços. Escala Educacional, São Paulo 2010
• Ilan Brenman : Festa de Aniversário. DCL, Difusão Cultural do Livro, São Paulo 2007, ISBN 978-85-368-0351-7 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
• Mercedes Calvo : Los espejos de Anaclara. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico 2009 (Premio Hispanoamericano de Poesía para niños)
• Ferreira Gullar : Eros e Psiquê. FTD, São Paulo 2009, ISBN 978-85-322-7189-1 ( limited preview in Google book search)
• Rudyard Kipling : O elefante infante. Musa Editora, São Paulo 2007, ISBN 978-85-85653-85-9
• Judith Nuria Maida : O nascimento do universo. FTD, São Paulo 2009, ISBN 978-85-08-12047-5
• Daniel Munduruku : Sabedoria das águas. Global Editora, São Paulo 2004, ISBN 85-260-0894-3
• Jacques Prévert : Contos para crianças impossíveis. Cosac Naify, São Paulo, SP 2007, ISBN 978-85-7503-566-5
• Bráulio Tavares : A invenção do mundo pelo Deus-Curumim. Editora 34, ão Paulo 2008, ISBN 978-85-7326-399-2
• Sean Taylor : The Great Snake. Stories from the Amazon. Frances Lincoln Children's Books, London 2008, ISBN 978-1-84507-529-3 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)
• Marina Tenório : Ivan Filho-de-Boi. Cosac Naify, São Paulo, SP 2004, ISBN 85-7503-271-2 (Prêmio FNLIJ)

Web links

• Literature by and about Fernando Vilela in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
• Literature by and about Fernando Vilela in the bibliographic database WorldCat
• Fernando Vilela website (Portuguese, English)
• Children's Books , Stela Barbieri & Fernando Vilela (PDF; 2.97 MB, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Camila Regis: Duas obras de Fernando Vilela agora integram o acervo do MoMA de Nova Iorque ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on Blouin Artinfo of May 13, 2013 (Portuguese, accessed July 12, 2013). 
2. ↑ Fernando Vilela in the MAC-SP  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Portuguese, accessed July 12, 2013).  
3. ↑ Exhibition information ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Portuguese, accessed July 12, 2013).  
4. ↑ Painel ABCA  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Portuguese, accessed July 12, 2013).  
5. ↑ Table of contents in the Bibliografia Brasileira de Literatura Infantil e Juvenil  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Portuguese, accessed July 12, 2013).  
6. ^ Sandra L. Beckett: Crossover Picturebooks. A genre for all ages. Taylor & Francis, 2012, ISBN 978-0-415-87230-0 , p. 115 (English, accessed July 12, 2013).
7. ↑ (Review) João Carlos Dias Furtado, Rosa Maria Graciotto Silva: Análise do livro “O barqueiro eo canoeiro”, de Fernando Vilela on literatura em foco (Portuguese, accessed July 12, 2013).
8. ↑ Table of contents in the Bibliografia Brasileira de Literatura Infantil e Juvenil  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Portuguese, accessed July 12, 2013).