Details: In 2014, WOOL was once again invited to go to Figueira da Foz and curate all actions around Urban Art at the Fusing Culture Experience. Again, we manage to take there some os the most recognized artists in Portugal, that worked for 10 days, in murals, installation, customizations, ...
The wall where Pantónio created his piece had as background the sea, which proved to be the biggest point of inspiration for his intervention. The human figures move towards the sea and they convey a tremendous sense of dynamism and movement.
Biography: Born in Azores, Ilha Terceira in1975.
As a teenager he attended the workshops of sculpture, modeling, drawing and painting at Instituto Açoriano de Cultura, and has exhibited regularly drawing and painting. Studied drawing at the School of Arts and Crafts of Cerveira Ville and Technologies of the Graphic Arts at Instituto Politécnico de Tomar. In 1993 he was part of the young artists group representatives of Portugal on the 50th anniversary of UNESCO, Romania. In 2005 he received the award for illustration of the Macaronésia for young artists. Attended between 2006 and 2008 in workshops Illustration by João Catarino; Editorial illustration by Richard Câmara and Comics by Zepe, of Fine Arts in Lisbon. In 2011 and 2012 he participated in the Urban Art Festival Walk & Talk Azores; in the residency ARTUR and urban artists collective exhibition, "Beyond Walls" António Prates Gallery. In 2013 exhibit a painting serie, in Lisbon, called "IR" and then "IRA". He integrated projects as Tour Paris (2013), which resulted in a solo exhibition at Galerie Itinerrance. In 2014 he has painted the biggest wall of Europe, and participated in Djerbahood project and Fusing Culture Experience, a festival in Figueira da Foz, Portugal.