Osni Branco

Trajectory

Explore the rich trajectory of Osni Branco, a visionary who left an indelible mark in the spheres of art and culture.

Created the Cultural Movement Art Meeting in Nagoya, in 1995 with the intention of offering young Brazilian workers living in Japan an opportunity to invest in themselves through art workshops held in Portuguese, but open to everyone. The workshops were available for 10 years, generating more than 1000 works and 15 exhibitions held in Brazil and Japan in the segments of sculpture, jewelry, ceramics, painting and photography. Through the exhibitions held by the Art Meeting, the international community, residing in Japan, began to request workshops to be held with international schools:

American School in Japan
Musashino Higashi Gakuen• International School of Sacred Heart
Saint Mary's International School
Yokohama International School

Workshops held in Japan:

The International School of Sacred Heart-Tokyo, autumn 1997, jewelry modeling workshops and cast sculptures, by the process of lost wax and evaporative models.
Workshops for parents of students, ISSH, modeling and casting.• Workshops for Art teachers, ISSH, Metal/Ceramics - jewelry and objects.
Art Scape, Tokyo, 1997 - artist in residence - annual event featuring 500 works created by students from international schools in Japan.
Kids Art Fever, event commemorating the Football World Cup in Japan/Korea in 2002, (Sponsored by Adidas / Kids Hearth Fund) March/June, 2002 - Tokyo, Nagoya, Kobe, Yokohama, traveling Art Meeting workshops for students (primary) Japanese.

Workshops held in Brazil:

2004/2006 - Social Inclusion Through Art - São Paulo City Hall, Capão Redondo, São Paulo - Brazil.
2005- SENAI, Osasco, São Paulo - Brazil.• 2006- Materials Engineering Students, Mackenzie University, São Paulo - Brazil.
Materials Engineering teachers, studio in Itapecerica da Serra, São Paulo - Brazil. Lost Wax for Designers, Jewelers and Advertisers, Atêlier in Itapecerica da Serra, São Paulo - Brazil.• 2006/2009 - Students from the Municipal Network.

Osni Branco is invited by Nippon Television Net Work Corp. to participate as a member of the judging panel at the International Children, Art Exhibition, 2000 and 2001 – Tokyo. 274,058 works by children from 76 countries, a global competition for children's drawings promoted, for thirty years, by that television network. In 2000, Brazil participated with 302 works, Sri-Lanka 20,323, USA 3,476. This contest was won by the Brazilian Gabriela Junqueira de Presidente Prudente.

Exhibitions held by the art meeting, with the collection created during the workshops, exhibitions were held throughout Japan and Brazil:

Oizumi, May, 1997, Gunma Prefecture (northern Japan) at the Oizumi Cultural Center (Oizumi Bunka Mura);
Nagoya, October, 1997, at Atrium Nadya Park;
Hamamatsu, March, 1999, at Fort Garden Hall;
Tokyo, September, 1999, Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo, (Manabu Mabe Cultural Space);
São Paulo, SP, June 2000, Club Homs;
São Paulo, SP, July 2001, National Joint Cultural Space;
Maringá, PR, August 2001, Teatro Calil Haddad;
Nagoya, September 2001, Atrium Nadya Park;
Yokohama, November 2001, World Porters;
São Paulo, SP, July 2002, National Joint Cultural Space;
Maringá, PR, August 2002, Teatro Calil Haddad;
Tokyo, November 2002, Embassy of Brazil in Tokyo (Espaco Cultural Manabu Mabe).

Sculptures created for awards:

1983 O Equilibrista - Finance Executive of the Year, IBEF - Brazilian Institute of Finance Executives
1984 Vat 69 - International Tennis Tournament, Brazil
1995 Melitta Tennis Open, São Paulo.
1989 Paulista Football Championship.
1989 Martellus- New Bovespa trading session
2003 Navegante - ABIFA Award - Foundry Industrial Entrepreneur.
2003 Chama - ABIFA Award for Technical Research in the Foundry Industry.
2005 Harmony and Fluidity - Cast panel, commemorating ABIFA's 40th anniversary - São Paulo
2006- Ipê - Aluminum sculpture/ABAL Tribute to Dr Antonio Ermírio de Moraes
2006 Ipê Amarelo – Sculpture collection in homage to the 12 former ABAL presidents.
2008 Audácia – Financial Revelation of the Year Award from IBEF Jovem – São Paulo.
2008 Golf Day - Golf Life Magazine, São Paulo
2009 Tribute- Monument 40 years ABIFA- São Paulo.
2010 Polo Day - Polo Life Magazine, São Paulo.
2010 Golf Day, Golf Life Magazine, São Paulo.
2011 Award - Women of Foundry - TECBRAF, SP.
2012 World Fan Cup, FIFA Trophy, Rio de Janeiro.
2012 Tribute Sculpture MALWEE, SC, Brazil.
2016 Golden Tombstone - IBEF Award for the Largest Financial Transactions of the Year, São Paulo.
3rd World Ceramic Educators' in Mashiko, Japan, October 2002, metal-ceramic workshops for international educators in Asia.
AGORA Magazine – July 1996, special issue of the Japan Air Lines in-flight magazine about Brazil, publishes four pages about Osni's work in Japan. Tokyo, March 2003, the magazine (Educational Magazine) of NHK radio and Japanese state television , publishes an article about the Art Meeting, its proposal and activity in Japan.

Projects carried out:

2008 - Event 100 years of Japanese immigration in Brazil – project development and ceremony, Teatro Municipal de Barueri, SP - Brazil.
2009 - ABIFA – Brazilian Foundry Association - 40 years, creation and development of the foundry ceremony by the presidents of invited international associations.