João de Brito

João de Brito, commonly written as Joao De Brito (born 1958), is a Portuguese and American painter. He has lived in Northern California since 1978, and travels extensively throughout the United States and Europe to paint in oils en plein air. Thanassi Gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts; Monique Arnon Fine Arts Gallery in San Francisco; the Hauk Fine Art Gallery in Pacific Grove, California; and the Santa Cruz Art Center Gallery, in Santa Cruz, the Foundry Gallery, Berkeley and the Woodside Gallery, Woodside, California..

De Brito was part of the group exhibition, Ashes to Life: A Portuguese American Story in Art (2008), at the Sanchez Art Center in Pacifica, California, the other artists included Nathan Oliveira, Mel Ramos, and John Mattos. A separate book by the same name was published for the exhibit with interviews with all four artist.

Memberships The Beachcombers Provincetown, Santa Cruz Art League, Provincetown Art Association and Museum

Publications

Brito, Joao (2003). "Colors of Life", 24.