Humberto Araújo was born in Belo Horizonte, in 1964, and from an early age watched his uncle Maurino sculpting. Like a sorcerer’s apprentice he soon got interested in woodcarving. While studying and working, in his spare time he worked with wood. “Within the family, I ended up following a different path. I studied and graduated as an engineer, but I never stopped sculpting. I think it was something inside me. Sometimes I thought I hadn’t genius enough, but I still wanted to create. That’s art to me. In July 1996 I stopped everything else I was doing to concentrate on sculpting. The articulated sculptures came along in 1999, when I was looking for large tree trunks but couldn’t find them. The only way was to put together different pieces of wood, to create volume. I think my pieces are quite lyrical.” Humberto says he’s been happier since he started working solely with art. “Maurino was very important to me. He told me to keep going. I believed him, and every day I enjoy what I do more.”
HUMBERTO ARAÚJO
BLOCK OF FIGURINES
Open and closed (on the right).
Painted wood, 60 cm tall
TWINS
Wood, 25 cm tall.
Unfinished work.
Private collection
 
Belo Horizonte
Ouro Preto
Diamantina
Berilo
Araçuaí
Campo Alegre
Santana de Araçuaí
Itinga
Caraí
Sete Lagoas
Divinópolis
Montes Claros
Paraopeba
Pirapora
São João Del-Rei
Prados
Bichinhos
Tiradentes
Cachoeira do Brumado
 
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