Mario Pedro Soares

Mario Pedro Soares (1982) is a Mozambican artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He moved from Mozambique to South Africa in 2008. Soares initially worked as an artist/embroiderer for Boitumelo in Hillbrow, however in 2010 he began his studies at Artist Proof Studio. Soares graduated in 2013 and proceeded to develop his skill in etching. Soares’ medium is printmaking, and he works primarily in etching on steel plates. In his body of work he divulges into the metaphor of the road to explore concepts concerning the processes of growing up, travel and migration. As an immigrant himself, Soares chooses to use faceless and generalised ‘identity-less’ subjects as he feels it gives a voice to the ways in which immigrants seek to make themselves invisible in their new home country, fearful of entrenched xenophobia. In 2014, he became an intern at APS at the Pro-Shop. Soares now works as an independent artist full time fro his studio on Johannesburg. He has been part of numerous group shows and art fairs both in Johannesburg and in Cape Town. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 Evolution - Gallery 2 (Parkwood, Johannesburg) 2018 Africa - Art Lovers Gallery (Waterkloof, Pretoria) 2020 Voyage – Gallery 2 (Parkwood Johannesburg) GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Street Art Exhibition - Artist Proof Studio (Newtown,Johannesburg) 2015 Urban Fused - Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Untitled - Gallery 2 (Parkwood, Johannesburg) A journey of reconciliation - Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Turbine Art Fair - Represented by Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) 2016 Nos encontramos casa longe de casa - Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Turbine Art Fair - Represented by Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Cape Town Art Fair Represented by Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) 2017 Rotary Arts Festival - Hyde Park Mall (Johannesburg) Turbine Art Fair - Represented by Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Cape Town Art Fair - Represented by Artist Proof Studio 2018 I see you - Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Intaglio: For the love of it - Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Turbine Art Fair - Represented by Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Cape Town Art Fair.Artist Proof Studio 2019 Cape Town Art Fair - Artist Proof Studio Africa Art Collective Autumn - Julie Miller Investment Art Institute (Mall of Africa,Midrand) Rosebank Rotary Arts Festival - Rosebank Mall (Johannesburg) A Journey in Co-Creation - University of Johannesburg -FADA Gallery - Artist Proof Studio RMB Turbine Art Fair - Represented by Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Spring Exhibition - INTOTO Gallery (Illovo, Johannesburg) South African Fine Print POP-UP Fair, GIBS Business School (Illovo, Johannesburg) POP UP EXHIBITION - Johann van Heerdan;s Art Gallery (Garsfontein,Pretoria) 2020 POP-UP EXHIBITION - Trent Gallery (Waterkloof, Pretoria) Lean Against Black- Art Lovers (Waterkloof, Pretoria) EDUCATION - Graduated (2013) NQ4 - Printmaking(Etching) : Artist Proof Studio (Newtown, Johannesburg) PUBLICATIONS 2017-https://issuu.com/gallery2/docs/gallery_2__mario_soares__evolution_ 2017- http://www.brainstormmag.co.za/brainstormcalendar_2017/index.php?view=featured-artist&name=Mario+Soares 2017- https://www.1stdibs.com/art/prints-works-on-paper/landscape-prints-works-on-paper/mario-soares-day-to-day-people-johannesburg-vol4-contemporary-etching-21st-century/id-a_5145882/ 2018-https://creativefeel.co.za/2018/10/artist-proof-studios-intaglio-for-the-love-of-it-is-not-to-be-missed/ 2019 - https://gunsandrain.com/artist/mario-soares-south-africa/ 2019 - Featured artist in The South African Artist Magazine, Issue 45. PAINTING MURALS 2011 - Hillbrow - Art My Jozi (The Trinity Session) 2013 - Braamfontein - Art My Jozi (The Trinity Session) 2020 - Paterson Park - Art My Jozi (The Trinity Session) COMMISSIONED WORK 2018 - Rea Vaya - JDA, Art My Jozi (The Trinity Session) 2019/2020 - Leonardo Apartments - Art My Jozi (The Trinity Session)

× Mario Pedro Soares (1982) is a Mozambican artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He moved from Mozambique to South Africa in 2008. Soares initially worked as an artist/embroiderer for Boitumelo in Hillbrow, however in 2010 he began his studies at Artist Proof Studio. Soares graduated in 2013 and proceeded to develop his skill in etching. Soares’ medium is printmaking, and he works primarily in etching on steel plates. In his body of work he divulges into the metaphor of the road to explore concepts concerning the processes of growing up, travel and migration. As an immigrant himself, Soares chooses to use faceless and generalised ‘identity-less’ subjects as he feels it gives a voice to the ways in which immigrants seek to make themselves invisible in their new home country, fearful of entrenched xenophobia. In 2014, he became an intern at APS at the Pro-Shop. Soares now works as an independent artist full time fro his studio on Johannesburg. He has been part of numerous group shows and art fairs both in Johannesburg and in Cape Town. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 Evolution - Gallery 2 (Parkwood, Johannesburg) 2018 Africa - Art Lovers Gallery (Waterkloof, Pretoria) 2020 Voyage – Gallery 2 (Parkwood Johannesburg) GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2013 Street Art Exhibition - Artist Proof Studio (Newtown,Johannesburg) 2015 Urban Fused - Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Untitled - Gallery 2 (Parkwood, Johannesburg) A journey of reconciliation - Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Turbine Art Fair - Represented by Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) 2016 Nos encontramos casa longe de casa - Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Turbine Art Fair - Represented by Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Cape Town Art Fair Represented by Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) 2017 Rotary Arts Festival - Hyde Park Mall (Johannesburg) Turbine Art Fair - Represented by Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Cape Town Art Fair - Represented by Artist Proof Studio 2018 I see you - Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Intaglio: For the love of it - Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Turbine Art Fair - Represented by Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Cape Town Art Fair.Artist Proof Studio 2019 Cape Town Art Fair - Artist Proof Studio Africa Art Collective Autumn - Julie Miller Investment Art Institute (Mall of Africa,Midrand) Rosebank Rotary Arts Festival - Rosebank Mall (Johannesburg) A Journey in Co-Creation - University of Johannesburg -FADA Gallery - Artist Proof Studio RMB Turbine Art Fair - Represented by Artist Proof Studio (Johannesburg) Spring Exhibition - INTOTO Gallery (Illovo, Johannesburg) South African Fine Print POP-UP Fair, GIBS Business School (Illovo, Johannesburg) POP UP EXHIBITION - Johann van Heerdan;s Art Gallery (Garsfontein,Pretoria) 2020 POP-UP EXHIBITION - Trent Gallery (Waterkloof, Pretoria) Lean Against Black- Art Lovers (Waterkloof, Pretoria) EDUCATION - Graduated (2013) NQ4 - Printmaking(Etching) : Artist Proof Studio (Newtown, Johannesburg) PUBLICATIONS 2017-https://issuu.com/gallery2/docs/gallery_2__mario_soares__evolution_ 2017- http://www.brainstormmag.co.za/brainstormcalendar_2017/index.php?view=featured-artist&name=Mario+Soares 2017- https://www.1stdibs.com/art/prints-works-on-paper/landscape-prints-works-on-paper/mario-soares-day-to-day-people-johannesburg-vol4-contemporary-etching-21st-century/id-a_5145882/ 2018-https://creativefeel.co.za/2018/10/artist-proof-studios-intaglio-for-the-love-of-it-is-not-to-be-missed/ 2019 - https://gunsandrain.com/artist/mario-soares-south-africa/ 2019 - Featured artist in The South African Artist Magazine, Issue 45. PAINTING MURALS 2011 - Hillbrow - Art My Jozi (The Trinity Session) 2013 - Braamfontein - Art My Jozi (The Trinity Session) 2020 - Paterson Park - Art My Jozi (The Trinity Session) COMMISSIONED WORK 2018 - Rea Vaya - JDA, Art My Jozi (The Trinity Session) 2019/2020 - Leonardo Apartments - Art My Jozi (The Trinity Session)

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