Description
We can describe Nino Trindade, born in Maputo in 1982, as approaching nature like a researcher. He extracts a piece from it and intervenes at the sculptural level in a limited manner, highlighting only a specific detail. Then, he works as a painter who intertwines with nature, crafting two interwoven worlds. In fact, there are three natures, corresponding to three different degrees: the first, the second, and the third. The first degree encompasses wood, to which humanity ultimately belongs; the second degree corresponds to the actual extraction and juxtaposition of the painting; the third degree materialises in the weighted, magical relationship created by art itself. Nino doesn't decorate his sculptures with paint: instead, he employs a different approach, covering them with what could be described as colourful cloaks.
His sculptures exude elegance, characterised by their elongated, almost spectral, and slender forms. Despite their height, they consistently embody arabesques, as if Nino were ceaselessly drawing lines in the air. The cloaks with which he envelops the carved wood are also planned in his paintings, where greens, blues, carmines, and pinks predominate.
Works
2021, Maputo
umbila wood and metal with acrylic painting 40 x 114 x 40 cm
"Lados Opostos" (Opposite Sides) explores the concept of a deconstructed totem: when heads tilt and become disorganised, they end up turning against - and turning their backs on - one another.
2021, Maputo
acrylic on canvas 72 x 118 cm
2022, Maputo
collage of acrylic painting on paper in unitex with Jambire frame
"Pós Num Tempo" (After a Time) is a large-scale work that once again establishes Nino Trindade as an artist with a broad gesture resonating in painting, pyrography, and sculpture. This gesture manifests as a kind of free cursor, materialising through aerial lines that gradually settle on Earth, giving rise to his works of art, which are then shared with us: whether in arabesque bodies, colour spirals, or in faces-gazes, as is the case with "Pós Num Tempo". Here, the faces-gazes are poised and floating, precisely as suggested in "...a Time".
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Biography
1982 - Maputo, Mozambique
Visual Artist – Sculpture, Pyrogravure and Painting
Nilton Trindade, better known as Nino, was born on 14 October 1982 in Bairro do Aeroporto, Maputo, Mozambique.
He is a self-taught artist who embarked on his journey into the world of visual arts in 1998, when his uncle took him under his wing and introduced him to the world of sculpture.
In a country where economic responsibility arises at an early age, Nino, in 2000, already with some experience as a sculptor, started participating in a fair in Maputo where he had the opportunity to showcase and sell his works, aiming to find a means of supporting himself in the years to come.
At the end of 2012, Nino applied and eventually enrolled at the Higher Institute of Arts and Culture (ISARC), where he graduated.
In 2014, already well-recognised, he was hired by the Carr Foundation to teach a course on reusing local materials, a topic he considers crucial.
Presently, in addition to being a visual artist, he also serves as a cultural manager for various artists. His project aims to help, support, promote their works and publicise their authors.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 – Natures, Manoeuvre Gallery, Portugal
2020 – Intercalary Paths and Routes, BCI Corporate, Maputo Mozambique
2019 – Intellectual Societies Discussing Ideas, BCI Media Library, Maputo, Mozambique
2019 – Paths, in Flavour of Always, Maputo, Mozambique
2019 – About Letters, Portuguese School, Maputo, Mozambique
2018 – Urban Minds and Traces, Portuguese School, Maputo, Mozambique
2017 – Tenga/Harmony, Polana Serena Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique
2016 – Growing Paths, Polana Serena Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique
2014 – Looking from Another Side, Polana Serena Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique
2012 – Echoes of an Unnoticed Society, BCI, Maputo, Mozambique
2011 – 1st Monument, Sagrada Família Community School in Marracuene, Mozambique
2009 – Real Facts, Art Centre, Maputo, Mozambique
2007 – Sales Foundation, Vigo, Spain
2006 – Living Hands, Photography Association, Maputo, Mozambique
WORKSHOPS
2023 – Art Marathon, 5th Gaia International Art Biennale, Lever - Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
2022 – Momentum Mozambique Artist Residency, Matosinhos, Portugal
2010 – Workshop “Together for Art Center”, Art Center, Maputo, Mozambique | Muz Lua Project, Maputo, Mozambique
2009 – Workshop "Launching the Election Date in Independence Square", Maputo, Mozambique
2007 – Workshop "Using local materials to make handicrafts", Gorongosa National Park, Carr Foundation, Mozambique
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 – 5th Gaia International Art Biennale, Portugal
2022 – Momentum Mozambique, Manoeuvre Gallery, Portugal | Manimalia, Manoeuvre Gallery, Matosinhos, Portugall
2019 – Various Artists One Cause, Art Center, Maputo, Mozambique
2017 – Interludes, Art Center, Maputo, Mozambique
2013 – Celebrating Mozambique, Polana Serena Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique | Shadows, Movements and Dreams, American Cultural Centre, Maputo Fortress, on the visit of Queen Sofia of Spain
2010 – Controversies, Mediateca do BCI, Maputo, Mozambique | The Creative Block, Kulungwana Association, Maputo, Moçambique | Collective 4 “Idea Other Views”, Art Center, Maputo, Mozambique | Head Office Maputo Waters, Mozambique | House of Culture, Maputo, Mozambique | Woman Living with HIV, Art Centre, Maputo, Mozambique
2011 – Growing Collection, CAISA Cultural Centre, Helsinki, Finland | Growing Collection, Maputo, Mozambique
2009 – Conference Centre, Maputo, Mozambique | Sentimentos de Um Povo, Mediateca BCI, Maputo, Mozambique | TDM Biennial, Maputo, Mozambique | The Feeling of A People, Joaquim Chissano Space, BCI Media Library, Maputo, Mozambique
2002 – American School, Maputo, Mozambique
2001 – Avenida Hotel, Maputo, Mozambique
1999/2000 – Franco-Mozambican Cultural Centre, Maputo, Mozambique
AWARDS and HONOURS
2011 – Two Honourable Mentions: sculpture "O Grito do Bem-estar" (The Cry of Well-being) and sculpture "Dois Tempos Comunicando" (Two Times Communicating), TDM Biennial 2011, Maputo, Mozambique
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2021, Maputo
umbila wood and metal with acrylic painting 40 x 114 x 40 cm