Biography
Since very early was motivated towards drawing from an early age, when his ability won him 1st prize in a national drawing contest at the age of six. Although he is a private person, shy of media attention, he has been awarded prizes in the few contests and exhibitions he has decided to participated in.
Artistic path
Although drawing is his real passion, he also enjoys photography, to write short stories and poetry, having already some poems published in several anthologies.
He also likes to compose and play music as well making videoclips of his music.
His basic stimulation towards creating a work of art, stems from the surreal and the fantastic where he utilises pencil, water colour, pen and ink, together with computer graphics to distort human features of everyday life. His work is not preoccupied with formality or style, but always seeks to be original.
Awards
- 1st. prize (Group 1) at the Gerifalto Theatre Drawing Contest (1970-1971);
- 5th. prize at a national level, in a contest promoted by the bookstore chain “Livraria Bertrand SARL” and Tintin Comics Magazine (April 1982);
- 2nd. place, at a national level, in the U2 illustration contest for the musical magazine Blitz – number 58, year II. The illustration was published in an article about the rock band U2 (10th. December 1985);
- 2nd. prize in a drawing and essay contest promoted by the Social Security Regional Centre – Coimbra. This contest was part of the commemorating programme of the National Day of Social Security (June 1988);
- 2nd. place in the 1st. Coimbra Comics Contest promoted by “Dr. Kartoon Bookstore”(original text by Pedro Araújo). The two stories entered were later published in a commemorative edition of the event. He was also responsible for the back cover, logo, graphic design and pagination of that edition, which was published in December 1999.
– others…
Exhibitions
- Solo exhibition of Comics at the TAGV (Teatro Académico Gil Vicente 1970-1971);
- Collective exhibition at the Noble Parlour of ACIC – Commercial Association of Coimbra (1987);
- Collective exhibition at the Town Hall of Lousã (April 1988);
- Solo exhibition at the “De Sjoelbak Bar”, Coimbra (November 1988);
- Solo exhibition at the “Atelier Alambique” – Semide (December 1998).
- Collective exhibition "A Foot in The Grave" at the Icosahedron Gallery in New York (2011, April).
- other…
Literature
Author selected by various literary juries, published in the following poetry anthologies edited by Edições Vieira da Silva.
- Sentidos Despertos (March 2020)
- Água-pé, Castanhas e Letras (November 2019);
- Alma in Versos (March 2019);
- 2º Concurso Literário de Edições Vieira da Silva (Mach 2018).
https://www.edicoesvieiradasilva.pt/autores/augustoalvimpinho
Music
He enjoys song writting and playing his own music and has already created 121 tracks, some of which have music videos on YouTube.
- Music: 25 tracks can be heard here: SoundCloud Augusto Alvim Pinho
Music videos
my music videoclips
Clickart - Publicidade e Artes Gráficas, Lda
On August 13, 1999 he founded the company Clickart - Publicidade e Artes Gráficas Lda, where he served has as CEO managing partner and employee.
In addition to management duties, he performed work in the following areas; Graphic Design, Planning, execution and assembly of interior and exterior advertising materials, and Image Consulting. He left the company on February 3, 2003.
Professional activity
Graphic and editorial designer
Radio
Oy Flow Bart was the name of a radio program I broadcast near the end of the 1980s on one of the first pirate radio stations in my town, Rádio Livre Internacional, a project by Américo Mascarenhas. Oy Flow Bart aired once a week from midnight to 2:00 AM. Heavily influenced by António Sérgio's program, Som da Frente, indie music also shaped the spirit of my program.
In my Oy Flow Bart playlist, the spirit of Indie music that seduces me is evident.
Rádio Livre Internacional (RLI) was one of the landmarks of the "pirate radio" movement in Portugal, originally born in Lisbon in 1981 and later transferred to Coimbra. However, its peak and activity as a free/pirate radio station occurred essentially in the 1980s, since the legal landscape and legislation changed drastically in the 1990s.
Copyright
1. All creative content on the website www.augustopinho.com,youtube® and Soundcloud®, are protected by copyright and by the Trade Mark Augusto Alvim Pinho®.
2. All pictures are provided for your viewing and purchased only. They are not intended for reproduction either in part or in whole in this or any other medium, downloaded, copied, used to create any derivative work.
3. The commercial use, publishing, reproduction, copy, alteration or distribution by any means, is forbidden, unless with written permission of Augusto Alvim Pinho® (under article 47 of Portuguese Decrete-Law no. 303/38, of June 29).
4. Creative contents include: music, videos, drawings, illustrations, photographs, poems, aphorisms, logos, signatures, etc.