EXHIBITIONS AWARDS & RECOGNITION MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS


Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA- 2007-2008

Negro Ensemble Company, Exhibit, New York 2008

Artist Showcase of Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, Fl. 2008

Masterpiece Gallery, NYC 2008

Art Jazz Gallery, Phila., PA 2007, 2008, 2010

Newark Airport “Latin Heritage Month” 2007

Breast Cancer Society LI, New York-2007

Savacou Gallery, New York, “Global Vision” 2006

Tina’s Gallery, “Oh, Brazil” 2004

Brazil Arts Gallery, Florida 2004

Tanya’s Gallery: “Brazilian Mood”, Atlanta, Georgia 2003

Mc Studio: “Mystical”, New York – 2003



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

American Crafts Festival - Lincoln Center, NY, NY 2010

St Stephen Art Show, Coconut Grove, FL 2010

Mount Dora Art Festival, FL 2010

Beaux Arts Festival of Arts, Miami 2009

Miami Beach Festival of the Arts, Miami 2009

Clinton Hill Art Festival, Brooklyn, New York, 2008

Jazz & Heritage Festival, New Orleans, LA 2008, 2009, 2010

Embrace, Mason Murer Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia- 2006, 2007, 2008

National Black Fine Art, NYC, Puck Building, New York 2008

Gallery Guichard, “Canvas of Soul” &“Art Di Gras” Chicago, Ill. 2008, 2009

Chicago Jazz Festival, Chicago, Ill. 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010

South Hampton Arts Festival, LI, New York 2008

Pier 57, Group Show, NYC-2007

“Off the Main”, Show, New York 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

“Global Vision”, Lambert Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 2006, 2005

Erotica Group, Matthew’s Gallery, Tampa, Florida 2005

Brazil Arts Gallery, Tampa, Florida 2004

Christie's Fine Art Auction House, New York City - 1997



AWARDS & RECOGNITION

SEVAA- Southeastern Virginia Arts Association “Fine Art -1st Prize * Grand Prize Afram Festival * Official Artist for 2005 Chicago Jazz Festival * Nubian Women’s Circle of Art Award * Women Against the Wind, has been adopted by the Breast Cancer Society of Long Island, N.Y. * Work selected by the City Hall of Tampa, Fl. to represent Brazil Celebration * Personally, acknowledged by the Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor of New York for artistic contribution to The New American Art Show. The Dedicators, Inc., NY. Primary supporter of MoCADA during its inception through donations of art.



MUSICAL PERFORMANCES

Café Brazil, New Orleans, Blue Note, West Village NY, St Nicks Pub, Harlem NY, Lincoln Center



PUBLICATIONS / INTERVIEWS

Journal Do Brazil, LA News, The New York Link, Amsterdam News, Kansas City Herald, Lawrence Journal World. Sony, UpScale, InStyle, Homes of Color, UnFold, Fox News, Jump Up TV, Mahogany TV.



SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Edward Kennedy, Ruby Dee, Tina Knowles, Andy Garcia, Elza Soares, Cassandra Wilson, Tampa City Hall and groups like Steps Ahead & Hot Chili Peppers.



TEACHING & OTHER ART-RELATED EXPERIENCE

Taught ongoing courses and “Art to Heal” workshops for the mentally challenged and underprivileged in Rio De Janeiro, Georgia, South Beach Psychiatric Center (NY), at Family Life Center/Domestic Violence Center for Abused Women & Children (FL.), and Children of Karina, in New Orleans. Ernani continued his education and professional development in sculpture, music and writing, Pratt Institute, New York.