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^{INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION SURREALISM NOW IN MAFRA, PORTUGAL}![PALAIS MAFRA - PORTUGAL](https://ottorapp.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/palais-mafra-portugal.jpg)

I am one of the participants in this Exhibition

![Exhibition Poster](https://ottorapp.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/45a1b-2210f2_98d7c5a3735246179bee6bf93f9559dcmv2.jpg)The international exhibition “Surrealism Now”, the largest exhibition of the surrealist movement of the 21st century, will be open to the public at Escola das Armas, in Mafra, between the 5th and 29th of February, with the support of the Municipality of Mafra. The opening is scheduled for February 5th, at 5 pm.
This exhibition includes works by 125 artists, from 52 countries, as well as a tribute to Isabel Meireles, one of the most recognized Portuguese surrealists.
The “Surrealism Now” project was created by Santiago Ribeiro, a Portuguese surrealist artist, having started in 2010, at the Bissaya Barreto Foundation, in Coimbra, and toured several cities in the country. Opening hours: every day, from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm. Entry can be made through the door of the Old Court (Escola das Armas), as well as through the South Cloister of the Royal Building of Mafra.My artwork![FOMORII POD - graphite on paper - 2009 - 30x22.5cm](https://ottorapp.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/fomorii-pod.jpg)![PARTHENOGENESIS II - acrylic on masonite, - 17x28.5cm - 1992](https://ottorapp.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/parthenogenesis-ii.jpg)![TRIPPING THROUGH BOGOMILS MIND - India ink on paper - 30 x 22.5 cm - 12 x 9 inches - 2008](https://ottorapp.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/tripping-through-bogomils-mind.jpg)

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

Achraf Baznani, Morocco / Adrian Boureanu, Romania / Agim Meta, Albania-Spain / Aissa Mammasse, Algeria / Alessio Serpetti, Italy / Alvaro Mejias, Venezuela / Ana Neamu, Romania / Ana Pilar Morales, Spain / Andrew Baines, Australia / Asier Guerrero Rico (Dio), Spain / Axel Blotevogel, Germany / Brigid Marlin, UK / Bien Banez, Philippines / Can Emed, Turkey / Carlos Sablón, Cuba / Carlota da Silva, Portugal / Cătălin Precup, Romania / Chuang Chih Hui, Taiwan / Cristiano Mangovo, Angola / Cristian Townsend, Australia / Conor Walton, Ireland / Cynthia Tom, China / USA / Daila Lupo, Italy / Dan Neamu, Romania / Daniel Chiriac, Romania / Daniel Hanequand, France / Canada / Daniele Gori, Italy / Delphine Cencig, France / Domen Lo, Slovenia / Edgar Invoker, Russia / Efrat Cybulkiewicz, Venezuela / Egill Eibsen, Iceland / Erik Heyninck, Belgium / Ettore Aldo Del Vigo, Italy / Farhad Jafari, Iran / France Garrido, USA / Francisco Urbano, Portugal / Gabriele Esau, Germany / Genesis Cabrera, USA / Graça Bordalo Pinheiro, Portugal / Graszka Paulska, Poland / Gromyko Semper, Philippines / Gyuri Lohmuller, Romania / Hector Pineda, Mexico / Hector Toro, Colombia / Henrietta Kozica, Sweden / Hugues Gillet, France / Isabel Meyrelles, Portugal / Iwasaki Nagi, Japan / James Skelton, UK / Jay Garfinkle, USA / Jay Paul Vonkoffler, American / Argentine / Jimah St, Nigeria / Joanna Budzyńska-Sycz, Poland / João Duarte, Portugal / Keith Wigdor, USA / Leo Wijnhoven, Netherlands / Leo Plaw, Germany / Liba WS, France / Lubomír Štícha, Republic Czech / Ludgero Rolo, Portugal / Lv Shang, China / Maarten Vet, Netherlands / Maciej Hoffman, Poland / Magi Calhoun, USA / Marnie Pitts, UK / Maria Aristova, Russia / Mario Devcic, Croatia / Martina Hoffman, Germany / Mathias Böhm, Germany / Mehriban Efendi, Azerbaijan / Mitchell Pluto, USA / Moisés Preto Paulo, Portugal / Naiker Roman, Cuba / Spain / Nazareno Stanislau, Brazil / Nikolina Petolas, Croatia / Octavian Florescu, Canada / Ofelia Hutul, Romania / Oleg Korolev, Russia / Olesya Novik, Russia / Olga Spiegel, USA / Otto Rapp, Austria / Paula Rosa, Portugal / Paulo Cunha, Canada / Pavlina Boroshova, Switzerland-Germany / Pedro Diaz Cartes, Chile / Penny Golledge, UK / Peter MC LANE, France / Philippe Pelletier, France / Radhika Menon, India / Richard Shannon, USA / Roch Fautch, USA / Rodica Miller, USA / Ruben Cukier, Argentine / Israeli / Rudolf Boelee, New Zealand / Russbelt Guerra, Peru / Sabina Nore, Austria / Sampo Kaikkonen, Finland / Santiago Ribeiro, Portugal / Sarah Zambiasi, Australia / Serge Sunne, Latvia / Sergey Tyukanov, Russia / Shahla Rosa, USA / Shoji Tanaka, Japan / Shan Zhulan, China / Shia Weltenmenge, Germany / Sio Shisio, Indonesia / Slavko Krunic, Serbia / Sônia Menna Barreto, Brazil / Steve Smith, USA / Stuart Griggs, UK / Svetlana Kislyachenko, Ukraine / Svetlana Ratova, Russia / Tatomir Pitariu, USA / Tersanszki Cornelia, Romania / Tim Roosen, Belgium / Victor Lages, Portugal / Vu Huyen Thuong, Vietnam / Yamal Din, Morocco / Spain / Yang Sumin, Taiwan / Yuliya Patotskaya, Belarus / Yuri Tsvetaev, Russia / Zoltan Ducsai, Hungary / Zoran Velimanovic, Serbia.

Some Images from the opening

![Opening at the Marfa Palace](https://ottorapp.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/426600955_10225870779058534_6264421092546894508_n.jpg)![Opening at the Marfa Palace](https://ottorapp.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/426635933_10225870779538546_2860415925039409592_n.jpg)![Opening at the Marfa Palace](https://ottorapp.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/426619206_10225870780378567_5336902363107775820_n.jpg)![Artwork by my friend Paula Rosa on the wall](https://ottorapp.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/428457747_10225870780018558_7913840636969104398_n.jpg) ---

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also published on [my wordpress blog](https://ottorapp.wordpress.com/2024/02/17/international-exhibition-surrealism-now-in-mafra-portugal/)
pictures from the opening, exhibition poster and the palace are courtesy of © [Santiago Ribeiro](https://www.facebook.com/santiagoribeiro) via Facebook postings. ---

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