Cowboy Painting

PEDRO ALMEIDA born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo It was in Lisbon, while attending pharmacy school, that he discovered his belated interest in the arts. And it was only while working as a pharmacist that he decided to attend a painting course as a hobby at AR:CO art school and came into contact with oil and acrylic painting for the first time. At the beginning of those classes, during a surfing session, he suffers a dislocation of the elbow that will change the course of his life. The immobilization of his shoulder and right hand, for a few weeks, forces him to keep those classes, which were already paid for, to change the brush to his left hand — he had been right-handed since he entered primary school, when the teacher forced him to write with his right hand. He has never stopped painting since. Thus, it is at ARTE Ilimitada, an alternative art school in Lisbon, that he first starts exposing is art. And, after this experience, he felt a growing desire to attend a course in fine arts, and subsequently, he got the Bachelor of Arts from the Fine Arts Faculty of Lisbon, followed by a Master's degree in painting under the guidance of full professor Isabel Sabino, PhD. After completing the Master's degree, he spread his wings and flew to the city of Madrid, where, in addition to holding exhibitions, he worked as an artistic director at the En_Loop Gallery. Has a curated he organized and produced several exhibitions between Portugal and Spain. But it is in painting that he maintains his daily practice, despite his interest in sculpture and installation, working in these fields when he produces site-specific works. Exhibits regularly since 2010. He currently lives in Barcelona