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EDUCATION

  • American Academy of Art - Chicago, IL, USA /2011 - 2013

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Life Drawing with Honors for Academic Excellence.

  • Madison Area Technical College, MATC - Madison, WI, USA /2009 - 2011

Certificate in Applied Arts in Graphic Design with Academic Honors.        

Paid internship at school in Graphic Design: Designer/Animator & Instructional Media Development. Certified in Web Page Design. 

  • Savannah College of Art Design, SCAD  - Atlanta, GA, USA/ 2007- 2008

Univers. of Art Program / Paid Internship (2007) Create clay models/shoe sculptures during your college at a reasonable cost to the company.

  • Milwaukee Institute of Art MIAD, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 2006 - 2007

Milwaukee Art Institute University Program / Art Exhibition / Certificates in Courses: Product Design (2006) & Animation (2005) MIAD, WI, USA.

WORKSHOPS

 ARTISTIC CAREER

  • Exhibizone.com: TIME - 2023 Exhibizone Online & Biafarin Portal.

  • Portraits 2023 & Precious 2023: Gallerium and the book of Arts.

  • Observica 2023 - Organizer: Discover the Artist / Location: Vancouver, Canada.

  • Gallerium.art / NUDUS - 2022, Awarded and Published: The book of Arts Nudus
    International online group exhibition organized by Gallerium. Canada.

  • Mural Atlantic Forest of the State of Minas Gerais for Escola Estatual Professor Botelho Reis / Leopoldina, MG, 2021 / Brazil

  • Paintings, Portraits and Drawings Online and Freelance / 2020 / 2019

  • Group Show at Art in Gallery / Group Art Exhibition at the Gallery / Madison, WI, USA / 2018. 

  • Portraits at 100State / Event in Madison, WI, USA / 2018

  • Faces Show - Overture Center for the Arts Madison, WI, USA, 2017.

  • Manifest Art Gallery, "Fourth Annual International Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing at Gallery Manifest, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
    http://aeqai.com/main/2017/05/got-to-draw-drawn-4th-annual-international-exhibition-of-contemporary-drawing-at-manifest-gallery-april-21-may-19-2017/

  • Awarded: Art for All "Art for All" Winter Exhibition 2016 / Awarded Second Place 2016 Winter Exhibit, Elgin, IL, USA

  • The Hemmens Cultural Center - Art Gallery Exhibition - Elgin, IL / USA / 2016

  • Real People 2016 - Old Court House Arts Center Exhibition, Woodstock, IL, USA

  • The Base Line: An Exhibition on Drawing - ARC Gallery & Educational Foundation The Baseline: An Exhibition on Drawing – ARC Gallery & Educational Foundation, Chicago, IL, USA/ 2015.   

  • Screen Printed Illustration Works – (Exhibition with some drawings illustrated in the Serigraphy works) – Fat City Emporium – Madison, WI, USA / 2015

  • Spark and Echo Arts: Oil Painting: "Seated" https://sparkandecho.org/illumination/seated_lucas-bianchi/ New York, NY / 2014

  • Within 9th Annual National Self Portrait Exhibition – Zhou B Art Center - Chicago, IL, USA / 2013

  • Luminaries Cultural Foundation - An Evening of Art & Jazz - Chicago, IL, USA / 2013

  • McCord Gallery Cultural Center: McCord Gallery Cultural Center, Emerging Artists Exhibition, sold the work "Blue Sam" - Palos Park, IL, USA / 2013

  • Society of Illustrators Show: Society of Illustrators: Selected - New York, NY
    Annual Student Competition: "From more than 80 colleges / universities across the country and abroad there were an incredible 8,595 entries, of which only 271 works were selected by the jury. This competition is one of the most difficult to enter in this industry. "Published in the Society of Illustrators Annual Student Competition 2013

  • Tinley Park Show - The Vogt Visual Arts Center, Arts Center "The Vogt Visual" Tinley Park, IL / USA / 2013 

  • Fine Arts Show – Bill L. Parks Gallery - Chicago, IL, USA / 2013

  • Union League Civic & Arts Foundation (Foundation) - Chicago, IL, USA / 05/2013
    First Collector's Sale in Chicago. Excellent Show in the Union League!

  • Portraits Exhibits and Tetra Exhibit Exhibitions Portraits and Exhibition Tetra: Four Young Artists/ Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, IL, USA / 2012
    http://thisoldpalette.blogspot.com/2012/09/exhibition-four-young-artists.html

  • Foundations Faculty's Choice Exhibition (MIAD) – Milwaukee, WI, USA / 2007

PUBLICATIONS

     "Numbers & Emotions" Best of Show - Wisconsin, USA / 2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Portrait and painting events, freelance. Participation in exhibitions and competitions, being awarded a free profile to use online platform. He had a work of art selected for publication in a book of Arts. "I have painted and drawn different landscapes and people in some states such as Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo"- Brazil / 2019 to 2023

  • Internship in art gallery in Chicago, paintings and portraits live, participation in gallery shows with works; contracts for freelance work. He was commissioned to draw live portraits of wedding guests in Wisconsin. Always participated in exhibitions and did some sales in Chicago, IL, Madison, WI or Midwest USA / 2012 – 2018

  • Freelance design and commission work: Chicago, IL and Madison, WI  

  • Umojo - GRM and Branding Guide, Chicago, IL, USA / 2013 - 2014
    Design work, including design of office supplies, flyers and giveaways.

  • SpotHero, Chicago, IL - Design and illustration work for the company, including flyers, web + mobile advertising and branding signs and strategies. Conducted portrait sessions with live guest models between 2-3 hours each with increased 25 minutes of pose and short breaks, Chicago, IL/USA/2011, 2012 and 2013

  • Live Paper App - Online 2012 - Interface design, icon designs, branding and logo design. Madison Area Technical College MATC.

  • Professional Experience Credit - Graphic Design Internship: Designer/Animator/Instructional Media Development Intern:
    Created interface design, animated and helped direct projects requested by the faculty and marketing department. Trained co-workers on Adobe software to benefit the school department. Madison, WI, USA / 2009 – 2011.

  • Bridge Seven Inc. Paid internship, Bridge Seven Inc, a corporation with its principal place of business at Atlanta, GA (clay models/shoe sculptures, during SCAD semester in 2007).

TRIPS

  • Appearances at Wizard World Comic Con Chicago 2015/2016.

  • Workshop Seminar dedicated to career development in the arts, Chicago - IL/2016

  • Travelled to Japan and personally met Takashi Murakami: The 500 Arhats - MORI ART MUSEUM by contemporary expert artist Takashi Murakami and his opening with James Jean in the same week (2015) Japan.
    https://arrestedmotion.com/2015/11/openings-james-jean-zugzwang-hidari-zingaro/

EXTRA SKILLS

  • Advanced knowledge of Photoshop and Experienced in latest versions of Adobe Illustrator and InDesign.

  • Strong overall computer literacy (Windows and Mac) including Microsoft Office.

  • Language skills: Speaks fluent English and Portuguese, understands Spanish.

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