Tadeu

Ricardo Tadeu de Mesquita Barros Born in Lourenço Marques on April 2, 1968. He graduated in Communication Design from IADE Creative University, Lisbon, in 1992. In 1994 he began a 3 years journey in the studio of master João Machado (Porto). As a designer, he developed the materials for expo 98 and worked in partnership with Estar Editora, Antígona, ASA, Prime Book and Kaleidoscope. Later developed inserts and illustrations for the leading newspapers in Portugal, such as “I", Expresso and the DN Magzine “NS", where he collaborated with the comedian Tiago Rodrigues. He opens his studio in 2004 and in 2009 he created an architectural publishing house True Team Publishing and Design. He redesigned Madeira's "JM" newspaper and currently works as a freelancer for various companies around the world. As a visual artist he created the concept around N.S.Q.Ri (Nossa Senhora Que Ri), he has been developing others over the years, Art by Design was created in 2004 and exhibited at Voyager 3 - Experimentadesign, where communication concepts such as designer, mix with the visual arts, having been a pioneer in Portugal with exhibitions of digital art and canvas printing. For NSQRi exhibitions, the works are produced taking into account the themes, environments, tales and fables related to the place where they are exhibited. The Linguarudos are its “Bside", more controversial, more immediate, more “graphic". At the moment it is the LOVE LETTERS that fill your imagination and those around you. He has exhibited regularly, individually and collectively, since 1989.