I'm a dedicated technician. Quality is the first rule to the work I dedicate myself to.
My experience resides in: Painting, Mural Painting, Sculpture, and Golden Woodcarving.
Thank you for your attention,
viknewyork@me.com
VITOR BARCELOS
EDUCATION
1990/1992 - Course of Preservation and Restore III at Escola Superior de Conservação e Restauro, Lisbon, under the direction of Dr. Sebastião de Carvalho.
1989/1990 - Course of vocational training for Conservation and Restore of easel painting and polycromatic sculpture at Centro de Estudo de Conservação de Obras de Arte, in Angra do Heroísmo.
Secondary Education at Secondary School of Angra do Heroísmo- Azores.
By September 1991 to March 1992 - Training Course at Queluz National Palace, under the direction of Dr. Sebastião de Carvalho
March 2000 - Course of reproduction and moulding techniques- productions of a single shell and double mould in latex, gum, silicon elastomers and making of inserts in gypsum and polyester resin, in Escola Superior de Conservação e Restauro, Lisbon.
May 2001 - Contemporaneous painting course of Conservation and Restore, under the direction
Work Experience
2005
Staff Leader on the preservation and restore of two altars on golden carving (Fase 2), at Nossa Senhora da Agonia Church, in Viana do Castelo.
Preservation and Restore of paintings on canvas, belonging to private collections.
2004
Collaboration with Ouro Brunido enterprise at Vale Flor Palacete (belongs to Paulo Murpuri, Air Luxor Manager). Work developed for decorative painting matter.
Preservation and Restore of paintings on canvas, belonging to private collections.
Staff Leader on the preservation and restore of two altars on golden carving (Fase 1), at Nossa Senhora da Agonia Church, in Viana do Castelo.
1992 - 2003
Preservation and Restore technician in Ocre enterprise (Preservation and restore workshop).
The working along these years was divided into paintings and sculptures in and outside the workshop. The most important of those works were:
2003
• Lawyers Association Building , in Rossio - Staff leader, preservation and restore of 3 rooms with mural paintings and adorned plaster.
• Tavira S. Sebastião Church - Preservation and Restore of the polychromatic-wooden –sculptoric- group, representing religious figures.
2001
• Pena National Palace - Preservation and restore of 3 paintings (oil on canvas).
• Congress Parliament - Staff leader to the preservation and restore of the ceiling (dip on plaster) wall-plate (artistic plaster) and walls of the upper-house-room.
• Lisbon Supreme Court - Staff leader, preservation and restore of 2 adorned painting rooms.
2000
• Ajuda National Palace - Staff leader to preservation and restore of the paintings, and the ceiling, wall-plate of the rosy and green-room.
• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - Preservation and restore of “ D. João V ” belonging to Torre do Tombo collection.
• Department of Foreign Affairs - Preservation and restore of 2 paintings “Acampamento ” and “ D. João V ” (oil on canvas).
• Congress Parliament - A preservation and restore work of 6 studies oil on canvas of which Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro is the author.
1999
• Casa do Alentejo - Staff Leader of the following works: Preservation and restore of the posts, together with bases and capitals of the Arabic - upper floor.
• Mafra National Palace - Staff Leader of the following works: Restore of the painting ” Alegoria do regresso do Brasil ”.
• Banco de Portugal Museum - treatment and preservation of the painting “Cena de caça”, oil on canvas.
• Congress Parliament - Staff Leader, preservation and restore of the following works:
- Two triptychs of Martins Barata in the staircase entrance onto the noble floor.
- 4 sculptoric elements representing an embossed lion (in bronzed mineral white) and it's bottom.
- Paintings on canvas of Benvindo Ceia and João Vaz which are adorning the rooms called "Passos Perdidos".
- Preservation and Restore of the ceiling, wall-plate and decorative painting alabaster wall’s D. Maria room.
• Teixeira Duarte, SA - Staff Leader - restore of painting decorative elements - works to EMEL, Av. De Berna, nº1.
• Ajuda National Palace (send by IPPAR) - Staff Leader to preservation and restore the ceiling paintings of the rosy-room. Preservation and restore of the paintings as well as plaster of the ceiling and wall-plate green-room.
1998
• Garcia Resende Theatre (Évora) - Staff Leader - Preservation and Restore of the exposition room ceiling (temper on canvas) as well as the inferior purlin imitating golden carving without chromo paper.
• S. Francisco Church - Staff Leader - Preservation and restore of the sculpture set belonging to Franciscan brotherhood. Representing 45 religious figures on golden carving and polychromatic from XVI and XVII Century.
1997
• IPPAR (Portuguese Institute Architectural Heritage) - Reinstatement of 4 paintings (oil on canvas), author: Bento Coelho, in order to be on exposition at D. Luís gallery - Ajuda Palace .
• Lisbon Town House - Staff leader of preservation and Restore decorative paintings of the 3 rooms dome noble floor.
• Cardeães Convent - Staff leader, the work was the following:
- Two altars in golden and silver carving, with decorative paintings in the passion room.
- One altar in golden carving with 6 oil paintings on canvas, on religious motives.
- A Coro Alto (upper choir) altar, with decorative paintings on wood and also a set of doors adorned on woodpaintings (imitation varnish).
• Agramonte Chapel ( Porto ) - Staff Leader - treatment, preservation and Restore of the Abside mural painting, as well as 3 sculptures of polychromatic wood.
• Cardeães Convent - 2 paintings reinstatement of Coro Alto (oil on canvas).
• Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - a sculpture treatment and restore, representing a piéta (oil painting on stone).
• S. João Theatre ( Porto ) - Staff leader - Preservation and Restore of theatre's canopy painting, authors: Acácio Lino and Manuel Brito.
• Congress Parliament - Treatment, preservation and restore of the wall painting's room of the parliamentary group (Partido Socialista Português).
• Mafra National Palace - Reinstatement of the A. Masucci's painting ”Anunciação” (oil on canvas)
• Mafra National Palace - D. João V collection, integrated in the exposition of D. Luís Gallery, ”Joanni V magnifico”, The “Holly Familly” reinstatement, Agostino Masucci and “The Baptism of Christ”.
• Congress Parliament - 2 rooms reinstatement of the parliament group (Partido Social Democrata) covered by Acácio Lino paintings.
1993
• Reinstatement of 42 panels of the Santa Maria Church grand altar, Celorico da Beira .
• Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation - preservation and restore of the painting “Cena Aberta”- António Dacosta- (oil on canvas).
• Centro Cultural de Belém - Reinstatement of 2 Almada's Negreiros paintings.
• Ajuda National Palace - An El Greco painting reinstatement, denominated “Santa Face”, (oil on canvas)
