About me

ARTFAIR
2025
ART BASEL - ART MIAMI , USA
2020
ART BASEL - RED DOT MIAMI , USA
2019
ART EXPO NEW YORK , USA
MUSEUM
2025
"Azulejos in Portugal. An ongoing history" ,Tavira Municipal Museum / Gallery Palace,Tavira, PORTUGAL.
2023
« Esperança alem do Horizonte » , Museu Nacional do azulejos, Lisbon ,PORTUGAL
SOLO SHOW
2024
ART CHIADO - Paris 75 Image - Armazens Chiado, Lisbon, PT
Art Book presentation FNAC "Azulejos VIVO" - Paris 75 Image - FNAC Chiado, Lisbon, PT
EMOTIONS - Galerie Ariel Jacob - Place des Vosges , PARIS , FR
Level ONE - La smart galerie - LXFactory, LISBON , PT
Entre dois mundos - Galeria Municipal de Ovar, OVAR , PT
A ciel ouvert - O Gringo X LXFactory - LXFactory, LISBON , PT
2023
« Esperança alem do Horizonte » , Museu Nacional do azulejos, Lisbon ,PT
« Azul - Blanco & Carvao », Luka Gallery , Sintra PT
« "De ontem para hoje… - Galeria M . de Montijo, Montijo , PT
« New sensation », KURT GALLERY , Louvain, BELGIQUE
2019
« O Gringo » , ELLIA ART GALLERY , PARIS, FR
GROUP SHOW
2024
Opening , galerie the Core, Los Angeles , USA
2023
« Sumer », artcatto Galery , Portugal - ALGARVE
« Opening », galerie Alaux , Valencia , ESPAGNE
2022
« Opening », galerie BARTOUX art & design , Paris , FR
« Conrad hotel », artcatto Galery , Portugal - ALGARVE
« Summer », Calcada -cem , Lisbon , PT
2021
« La factory », Ellia art gallérie , Paris , FR
2020
« David Bowie », Ellia art gallérie , Paris , FR
2019
« Collage urbain » , ellia art gallérie , urban ARTFAIR , Paris , FR
« The one » , ellia art gallery, Paris , FR
« Star UP », Chateau Meudon , FR
ARTFAIR
2025
ART BASEL - ART MIAMI , USA
2020
ART BASEL - RED DOT MIAMI , USA
2019
ART EXPO NEW YORK , USA
MUSEUM
2025
"Azulejos in Portugal. An ongoing history" ,Tavira Municipal Museum / Gallery Palace,Tavira, PORTUGAL.
2023
« Esperança alem do Horizonte » , Museu Nacional do azulejos, Lisbon ,PORTUGAL
SOLO SHOW
2024
ART CHIADO - Paris 75 Image - Armazens Chiado, Lisbon, PT
Art Book presentation FNAC "Azulejos VIVO" - Paris 75 Image - FNAC Chiado, Lisbon, PT
EMOTIONS - Galerie Ariel Jacob - Place des Vosges , PARIS , FR
Level ONE - La smart galerie - LXFactory, LISBON , PT
Entre dois mundos - Galeria Municipal de Ovar, OVAR , PT
A ciel ouvert - O Gringo X LXFactory - LXFactory, LISBON , PT
2023
« Esperança alem do Horizonte » , Museu Nacional do azulejos, Lisbon ,PT
« Azul - Blanco & Carvao », Luka Gallery , Sintra PT
« "De ontem para hoje… - Galeria M . de Montijo, Montijo , PT
« New sensation », KURT GALLERY , Louvain, BELGIQUE
2019
« O Gringo » , ELLIA ART GALLERY , PARIS, FR
GROUP SHOW
2024
Opening , galerie the Core, Los Angeles , USA
2023
« Sumer », artcatto Galery , Portugal - ALGARVE
« Opening », galerie Alaux , Valencia , ESPAGNE
2022
« Opening », galerie BARTOUX art & design , Paris , FR
« Conrad hotel », artcatto Galery , Portugal - ALGARVE
« Summer », Calcada -cem , Lisbon , PT
2021
« La factory », Ellia art gallérie , Paris , FR
2020
« David Bowie », Ellia art gallérie , Paris , FR
2019
« Collage urbain » , ellia art gallérie , urban ARTFAIR , Paris , FR
« The one » , ellia art gallery, Paris , FR
« Star UP », Chateau Meudon , FR

O Gringo, alias Bastien Tomasini, is a contemporary mixed-media artist born in 1988 in Nice, on the French Riviera. Through his travels, he developed a deep passion for preserving the memory of emblematic places, magnificent architecture, and historical fragments. His artistic universe is rooted in the ancestral tradition of Portuguese azulejos — hand-painted glazed tiles that adorn Mediterranean façades and interiors with rhythm and storytelling.
O Gringo reinterprets these ornamental motifs through a contemporary lens, integrating patterns encountered during his journeys across Portugal and beyond. His mosaics reveal fragments of lived experience, cultural memory, and emotional landscapes. The human body often becomes his canvas, a living surface where love, spirituality, history, and modern identity intertwine.
Each artwork begins with meticulous historical research. Titles are carefully chosen to convey layered narratives and meaningful emotion. Immersing himself in inspiring sites such as the Museu Nacional do Azulejo in Lisbon, he absorbs architectural details, symbolic language, and historical depth — transforming them into visual stories where heritage meets contemporary expression.
Through this fusion of tradition and modernity, O Gringo creates works that bridge cultures, generations, and emotional worlds.
