Awards and
Events
Machado de Assis Award
Brazilian Academy of Letters
ABL awarded the artist Ciro Fernandes for the ilustrações of the book Cordelinho, together with its writer Chico Salles, in the Children's and Youth Literature category. It was the first and only ABL award for an illustrator.
Carlos Drummond de Andrade
From poet to o artist
The message of one of the major poets of Brazil is old but priceless and very affectionate.
by a friend.
well-illustrated literature
Ciro Luthier
Books make part of the story of Cyrus
Approved by Turibio Santos
Ciro has a special involvement with books.
Own works have already been released as "Os Bichos que sei Fazer"; and ;"Sonho de Papel";. Ciro also produces all the visual programming, cover art and illustrations for well-known writers such as Gilberto Freire, Raquel de Queiroz, Autran Dourado, Ivan Bichara, José Candido de Carvalho, Ana Maria Machado, Assis Ângelo, among others,
Turibio Santos, internationally renowned guitarist, approved the guitar produced eng
Ciro in his visit to the artist's studio.
Ciro creates the symbol BMOL
Orígenes Lessa Municipal Library
in Lençois Paulistas
Cathedral of the Birds
city of Uirauna na Paraíba
After creating countless book covers for the writer and friend
Orígenes Lessa, Ciro presents the city of Lençois with a creation da logo BMOL. Cidade do Livro, as it is known, has the largest Public Library in the interior of Brazil with 120,000 volumes. Número greater than its population.
Inauguration of the Catedral dos Passaros monument in Uirauna, which was attended by local entities and especially by Antônio Ramos, musician of the Orquestra Municipal de Recife.
ABZ do Ziraldo
Ciro with friend Ziraldo
Ciro participates in ABZ do Ziraldo, a program on Sunday da TV Brasil, in which cartoonist Ziraldo encourages the habit of reading by interviewing Brazilian writers. Ciro showed his illustrations in a very special episode.
twine
From the northeast to the cords
Ciro illustrated several cordel covers with stories that are always remarkable in our daily lives. Some controversial themes were portrayed by his writer friends, such as the emergence of topless on the beach.
Ciro and 20 years of Zé Ramalho
Fellow countrymen
Ciro present with his art in the 20-year work of singer Zé Ramalho, called Antologia Acústica.
A fantastic work of the singer presented with illustrations by Ciro.
In the Atelier
The artist
The artist's studio located in the city center of Rio de Janeiro always welcomes visitors interested in discovering his beautiful works of art.
Monica Xexeo
Curator of the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes (National Museum
of Fine Arts)
"Ciro is one of those joys that we have in the life of being able to share and frequent both in the Museu as in his Atelier."
Attending to schools
New generation
Ciro in the classroom, teaching and learning with the new generation. Classes and lectures are perfect for learning plastic art. Several techniques can be approached, such as woodcut.
Ferreira Gullar
Song lyrics written by the poet
With cover and illustrations by Ciro no livro de Ferreira Gullar gains musical brilliance from compositions created by the poet for renowned composers and singers, such as Villa-Lobos, Caetano Veloso, Paulinho da Viola, Milton Nascimento, among others.
Exposure
National Museum of Fine Arts
The artist's solo exhibition took place at the MNBA
Ciro Fernandes. The museum received visitors from all regions of Brazil to appreciate the artist's engravings.