Africa-inspired exhibition to open today

The exhibition “Kiss Africa – Macau + Lusofonia: Recent works by Eugénio Novikoff Sales” will begin today at 6:30pm with a launch ceremony at Albergue SCM.

The exhibition is a showcase of 14 acrylic artworks filled with colors and expressions towards different cultures.

Sales was born in Macau in 1960 but moved to Mozambique, Africa, at the age of six. His father was from Macau and his mother from Belarus under the former Soviet Union. In his days in Mozambique, he grew fond of the black mahogany sculpture of Mozambique’s artists, and African art as a whole. He was an artistically inclined child and aspired to become a painter.

“Drawing and painting became my toys. My father was supportive since the beginning, bringing all the painting materials that were needed,” he stated in a press release from Albergue SCM.

“I always liked to paint, doesn’t matter if I’m happy or sad,” he added.

In 1975, Sales moved to Portugal for three years before returning to Macau.

His global travels have been part of his daily life and are a main source of inspiration and motifs for his paintings.

His first solo painting exhibition was held in 1980 at the now defunct Museum Luis de Camões, followed by the Hong Kong Arts Center in 1981. In 2008, he was invited to participate in the Beijing Olympics Fine Arts Exhibition, an art show that featured artists from more than 80 countries. In 2014, he participated in the 12th National Fine Arts Exhibition in Beijing and received an honorable mention for his art.

Sales is currently a member of the prestigious Olympia Fine Art Association (OFAA), a group comprising more than 100 professional artists, painters and sculptors from over 40 countries.

Sales’ works of art can be found in private collections as well as in museums across Macau, Hong Kong, Portugal and mainland China.

The exhibition will be open to the public at the A2 Gallery of Albergue SCM from August 2 to September 3. Admission is free.