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Luís Levy Lima was born in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1986. As a child of the cape verdean Diaspora and heir of the 80’s technological revolution, he is naturally a restless and unsatisfied individual, living in a relentless search for identity, meaning, and belonging. His painting is a temporal and spatial conflict of fragmented and divergent memories, experiences, and life events. His own and his ancestors. Perhaps that’s why memory is so important in his work. Painting is about preserving, immortalising, and honouring people, tradition, stories, moments, emotions, and values.
Luís is a contemporary figurative visual artist known for his multitude of layers with bold and vibrant colours, strong brush strokes and unique transparencies. He is featured in renown museums, institutions and hotels, e.g., Trinity College (Hartford, Connecticut; EUA), Museu do Oriente (Lisbon), the Embassy of Cape Verde in Portugal (Lisbon), Robinson Club Cabo Verde (Sal Island) and his collection of 16 portraits of Cape Verdean Musicians is part of the Cape Verde State Art Collection (CVSAC). He has debuted several exhibitions at Hilton Hotel, the National Assembly of Cape Verde, Bienal de Cerveira, Palácio da Cultura Ildo Lobo, Fábrica Braço de Prata and various other galleries and institutions in Portugal and abroad. He also portrayed several famous figures and his works are part of the private collection of personalities such as Madonna, Dino d’Santiago, Valete and Luís Represas.
His inspiration and cultural insight comes from charity events and activities that Luis does regularly and that are specially dedicated to children. He does so because he believes everyone should focus on children. Recently he became ambassador of Sharing Love, a ONG that connects Cape Vert and Portugal, and thus honouring his family and heritage.
Luis lives in Lisbon and Seville and works worldwide.