Henrique Gabriel


Henrique Gabriel was a Portuguese artist. His artistic career covered a range of artistic expressions such as glazed tiles, painting, sculpture and graphic design.

Life and work

Henrique Gabriel was born 12 May 1960, in Vila Cova de Alva, Arganil, Portugal. Upon conclusion of his high school degree, he became a student in the ARCA Plastic Arts course, in Coimbra, and later, in the ARCO Graphic Design course, in Lisbon.
He became a professional artist in 1978 as a resident artist of ARCA and exhibited his first show in 1981 as part of a collective showcase of the Coimbra Artists Movement. He had several individual and collective displays in the Madeira islands, around Portugal, as in Galiza, and in Barcelona and New York City.
His works were influenced by his many travels to Santiago de Compostela as a pilgrim since 1997. Since then, he dedicanted himself mainly to painting and glazed tile painting. On 18 April 2012 he presented his dissertation O Estranho Caminho de Santiago in the context of the conference Conversas de Peregrinos, which took place inside the Convent of Christ, in Tomar.
Among others, one should point out the exhibition Caminho de Santiago, organised 2001 in Casa da Xuventude de Galícia, in Lisbon, and Salut a Carlos Lança, which took place in 2008 in the Municipal Library of Ovar, together with Carlos Alcobia, Luz Henriques, Carlos Lança, Licínio Saraiva and Bruno Varatojo.
On the same year, in April, he showcased the solo collection Rostos de Abril in First Gallery, in Lisbon, where he depicted various prominent personalities of the Portuguese culture connected to the Carnation Revolution, as Adriano Correia de Oliveira, Carlos Paredes, José Carlos Ary dos Santos, Manuel Alegre, Mário Viegas and José Afonso.
In 2014, he presented the showcase Rostos das Palavras de Abril, in the town Aljezur, which was again exhibited in 2017, in the town Moita.
In 2015, he was an invited artist to the show in Espaço Arte da Livraria Europa-América, together with the painters Alfredo Luz e Gustavo Fernandes, the sculptor João Limpinho and the photographer.
He also published several educational comic book strips dedicated to children. Henrique was the author of the frontpage of the magazines Nova Águia, and the literary works of the contemporary philosopher Agostinho da Silva and Livro de Cavalaria. His digital works should also be referenced.
In 2016 he published his book Arte Digital. Shortly before his death, he was preparing to publish his book H.GABRIEL - Images of the Ultimum Thinking and Objective Painting, which would feature a critical essay by José Luís Ferreira.
Gabriel died in Lisbon on 11 September 2023 in Lisbon, due to pulmonary disease.

Works

  • "Fiat Lux"
  • "Em Cima Como Em Baixo"
  • "Dualidade I"
  • "Dualidade II"
  • "Nascimento"
  • "Conhecimento"
  • "Caminho de Santiago"
  • "Hormonas de Sisifo"
  • "Covid Stop III"

    Books

  • Utopia Zero ou a Vestigialidade Reminiscente-Emersa na Mensagem duma Remota Era dos Atlantes

  • Mestres da Língua Portuguesa

Frontpages and illustrations of the collection Mestres da Língua Portuguesa :
  1. Da pátria à frátria da língua / Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues ; il. Henrique Gabriel. - 1ª ed. - Lisboa : MIL - Movimento Internacional Lusófono ; Linda-a-Velha : DG, 2022. - 264, p. : il. ; 15 cm. -.
  2. Luís de Camões / Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues ; il. Henrique Gabriel. - 2ª ed. - Lisboa : MIL - Movimento Internacional Lusófono ; Linda-a-Velha : DG, 2022. - 81, p. : il. ; 15 cm. -.
  3. Teixeira de Pascoaes / Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues ; il. Henrique Gabriel. - 1ª ed. - Lisboa : MIL - Movimento Internacional Lusófono ; Linda-a-Velha : DG, 2022. - 201, p. : il. ; 15 cm. -.
  4. Jorge Amado, narrativa poética / Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues ; il. Henrique Gabriel. - 1ª ed. - Lisboa : MIL - Movimento Internacional Lusófono ; Linda-a-Velha : DG, 2022. - 233, p. : il. ; 15 cm. -.
  5. Eça de Queiroz / Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues ; il. Henrique Gabriel. - 2ª ed. - Lisboa : MIL - Movimento Internacional Lusófono ; Linda-a-Velha : DG Edições, 2021. - 71, p. : il. ; 15 cm. -.
  6. Carolina Maria de Jesus / Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues ; il. Henrique Gabriel. - 1ª ed. - Lisboa : MIL - Movimento Internacional Lusófono ; Linda-a-Velha : DG Edições, 2021. - 144, p. : il. ; 15 cm. -.
  7. Francisco José Tenreiro / Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues ; il. Henrique Gabriel. - 1ª ed. - Lisboa : MIL - Movimento Internacional Lusófono ; Linda-a-Velha : DG Edições, 2021. - 102, p. : il. ; 15 cm. -.
  8. Cecília Meireles / Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues ; il. Henrique Gabriel. - 2ª ed. - Lisboa : MIL - Movimento Internacional Lusófono ; Linda-a-Velha : DG Edições, 2021. - 70, p. : il. ; 15 cm. -.
  9. José Craveirinha / Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues ; il. Henrique Gabriel. - 2ª ed. - Lisboa : MIL - Movimento Internacional Lusófono ; Linda-a-Velha : DG Edições, 2021. - 55, p. : il. ; 15 cm. -.
  10. Camilo Castelo Branco / Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues ; il. Henrique Gabriel. - 1ª ed. - Lisboa : MIL - Movimento Internacional Lusófono ; Linda-a-Velha : DG Edições, 2021. - 177, p. : il. ; 15 cm. -.
  11. Antero de Quental / Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues ; il. Henrique Gabriel. - 1ª ed. - Lisboa : MIL - Movimento Internacional Lusófono ; Linda-a-Velha : DG Edições, 2021. - 77, p. : il. ; 15 cm. -.
  12. Fernando Sylvan / Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues ; il. Henrique Gabriel. - 1ª ed. - Lisboa : MIL - Movimento Internacional Lusófono ; Linda-a-Velha : DG Edições, 2020. - 140, p. : il. ; 15 cm. -.
  13. Era uma vez... Fernão Lopes / Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues. - 1ª ed. - Lisboa : MIL - Movimento Internacional Lusófono ; Linda-a-Velha : DG Edições, 2020. - 106, p. : il. ; 15 cm. -.
  14. Fernão Mendes Pinto / Jorge Chichorro Rodrigues ; il. Henrique Gabriel. - 1ª ed. - Lisboa : MIL - Movimento Internacional Lusófono ; Linda-a-Velha : DG Edições, 2021. - 161, p. : il. ; 15 cm. -.