The Art of Woodcut Portraits
Presentation
A course by Luciano Ogura , Visual Artist
About the video: Presentation
Overview
“In this class, I will talk about my personal and professional trajectory, my training and my encounter with the woodcut world. ”
In this video lesson Luciano Ogura addresses the topic: Presentation, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Art of Woodcut Portraits. Learn to express yourself using wood, ink, and paper to create a series of portraits filled with contrast.
Partial transcription of the video
“Presentation Hello, my name is Luciano Ogura, I live in São Paulo, I'm a visual artist and I work with woodcuts. I always liked to draw and at the age of seven I already had in mind that I would like to be a draftsman. At that time, my mother took me to several exhibitions and I also enrolled in art courses. As a teenager, my favorite hobbies were: draw, listen to music and go to exhibitions. Other activities emerged from there to here, but these have remained to this day. I used to go to the São Paulo Museum of Art, cultural spaces and art galleries. Among the various exhibitions that have...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Woodcut Portraits
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Engraving, Fine Arts, Ink Illustration, Portrait Drawing, Printing, Traditional illustration
Luciano Ogura
A course by Luciano Ogura
Luciano Ogura is a São Paulo-born Brazilian visual artist. No sooner had he graduated in architecture from Mackenzie Presbyterian University, than he set off on his adventure as an artist. He specialized in woodcut, and now has over 20 years' experience.
Throughout his career, he's participated in individual and group exhibitions in different countries including Brazil, Germany, and Argentina. He works with woodcut, linocut, and art books, focusing mainly on urban themes such as decadent metropolis architecture and street dogs. He has also been teaching woodcut at various cultural centers since 2012.
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