the artist

In Leonel Santos sculpture predominates a neo-realist conception, predominantly anthopocentric where body and soul are fused into a whole of relations and proportions, such as reminding the viewer the great Renaissance masters, where volumes more than physical spaces, are states of soul.

His creation recovers and renews the sense of harmony by giving it a touch when, on a voluntary basis, interrupts the current of the visible to transmit to his creations a distortion or subversive penetration, where reveals his creative intuition and simultaneously his soul.

His works are of a splendid realism and simultaneously of a high spirituality that reflect the complexity of the being.

2021

winner of the competition for the construction of the monument to King D. João I,  Mestre de Avis/ Portugal

Monument to Combatants; Salvaterra de Magos/ Portugal

Sculpture group in tribute to the Woman of Glória do Ribatejo; Glória do Ribatejo e Granho/ Portugal

2020

Participation in the Luxembourg Art Prize Contest

Artist selected for the Florence Biennale/ Italy

Sculpture group in homage to rural workers; Camusca Municipality/ Portugal

2019

participation in 80. Exposición Internacional Valdepeñas/ Spain

2018

painting and sculpture exhibition at the Galeria Baag, Lisbon/ Portugal

2017

sculpture exhibition at Galerie Sonia Monti – Paris/ France

Carrousel du Louvre – Paris/ France

Artexpo – New York/ USA

2016

VERA – world fine art festival – wwb fundation, Moscovo;

sculpture award – Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon/Portugal

2015

VERA – world fine art festival – wwb fundation, Moscovo;

award installation – Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon/ Portugal

2014

group exhibition of painting/ sculpture; Expression Gallery Project; Setúbal/Portugal

group exhibition of painting/ sculpture; AP – Arte Portuguesa; Lisbon/ Portugal

2013

painting and sculpture exhibition at the Galeria São Francisco; Lisbon/ Portugal

painting and sculpture exhibition at the LXFactory; Lisbon/ Portugal

2012

painting and sculpture exhibition at Galeria São Francisco; Lisbon/ Portugal

sculpture exhibition at the contest “Arte Laguna”, Arsenal de Veneza, Italy

“Kunst” – painting and sculpture exhibition at the LXFactory in Lisbon/ Portugal

participated in the Prémio Internacional Ciudad de Badajoz/ Spain; sculpture

2011

contributed to the book “Paradigmas da Arte Contemporânea”(+name of editor/publisher)

painting and sculpture exhibition at the Paradigma Art Gallery, Covilhã; Portugal

Inauguration of “Raphaël e o sonho” at Palmela town library, Portugal

2010

painting and sculpture exhibition at Galeria Galveias, Lisbon; Portugal;

participated in the Concurso Internacional de Escultura figurativa-Fundació de les Artes e les Artistes (Museo Europeu de Arte Contemporânea) Barcelona; Spain

2009

painting and sculpture exhibition at Galeria de Arte Paleta, Lisboa; Portugal

2008

participated in the Exposições Nacionais de Pintura e Escultura, Gouveia, Serpa; Portugal

2007

painting and sculpture exhibition at Passepartout art gallery in Lisbon; Portugal

2006

painting and sculpture exhibition at Galeria de Arte in Café Majestic, Porto; Portugal

painting and sculpture exhibition at the Beloura Shopping Centre in Cascais; Portugal

2005

painting exhibition at the Beloura Shopping Centre in Cascais; Portugal

2004

participated as painter and sculptor at the Portugal Designers venue at Beloura Shopping Centre in Cascais; Portugal

2003

Pro-Art painting exhibition in Setúbal; Portugal

sculpture exhibition at the Michel Giacometti Museum in Setúbal; Portugal

2000

painting exhibition at the Cultural Centre in Berlin-Johannisthal; Germany

sculpture exhibition at the Borough Museum in Berlin-Treptow; Germany

1995

painting exhibition at the Santa Iría de Azóia´s Cultural Centre, Municipality of Loures; Portugal

1990

painting exhibition at the Bar da Graça, Lisbon; Portugal

1987

painting exhibition at the Town Museum in Benavente; Portugal

1986

painting exhibition at the National Agriculture Fair in Santarém; Portugal

painting exhibition in the Town Square in Abrantes; Portugal