Education
He spent his childhood in the village of Santa Maria Távora. He began his academic career at Ponte da Barca. He graduated cum laude from the General Arts Course in Braga.
He was taught and mentored by Maria de Lourdes Magalhães.
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Oscar Casares
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He started his painting career in 1990. In 1993, he was invited to be the official portrait artist for the Belo-Belo Gallery. He was asked to paint the last official portrait of Pope John Paul II, and the portrait received high regard from the Pope in 2004.
In 2008, he painted a portrait of Nicole Kidman.
Oscar"s work is represented in more than three hundred private collections all over the world, Australia, Angola, Belgium, Brazil, Spain, United States of America, France, Portugal, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Vatican. 1996: European traveling exhibition - Brussels, Belgium 1997: Exhibition at the Municipal Museum Gallery Vouzela Portugal 1998: "Travel on the human figure" - Monastery of Saint Martin of Tibães - Braga, Portugal 1999: Nogueira da Silva Museum - Braga, Portugal 2000/2001: AYIC - New York, United States of America 2001: "In Memory of Women of the House of Braganza" - invited by the "European Heritage Days" - Palace of the Dukes of Braganza - Guimarães, Portugal 2001/2002: Church of Frei Aleixo - Évora, Portugal 2005/2006: Sameiro Sanctuary in Braga, Portugal 2009: Oscar was invited to the Second International Contemporary Art Exhibition at the Museum of the Americas - Miami, United States of America 2009: Biennale of Florence, Italy 2010: The Association The Golden Triangle of Fine Arts, invited Oscar Casares to participate in the International Art Fair - Taza, Morocco 2010: That Gallery (Unwrap Your Mind Art Exhibition) - Hong Kong, China 2011: "The Story of the Nativity" - Monastery of Saint Martin of Tibães - Braga, Portugal 2012/2013: Painting Exhibition and couture entitled "Hands Given Arts" - Pius XII Museum - Braga, Portugal.
