A slow studio in the hills.
Alexandre Bilous is a contemporary Brazilian painter, born in Porto Alegre. He graduated in Social Communication and Public Relations from PUC-RS before turning fully to painting, building, over more than three decades, a continuous studio practice in oil on canvas.
His work brings together still lifes, Mediterranean landscapes, clay pots, flowers and pointillist studies. From a delicate and intimate universe, he explores colour, texture and the poetics of the everyday, turning simple elements — such as the clay pot — into images of great visual richness.
His training includes courses with masters from southern Brazil such as Simão Goldmann, Patrício de Farias, Maristela Salvatori, Plínio Bernhardt, Vera Wildner, Danúbio Gonçalves, Alice Brueggmann, Xico Stockinger and Fernando Baril. He has held group and solo exhibitions in Brazil, Uruguay, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United States, Canada and Switzerland.
Explore the gallery of works — Recent production, Mediterranean landscapes, Clay pots and Pointillism — or get in touch about available paintings.
Art, surface design and creation
Beyond painting and sculpture, Alexandre built a solid career in surface design, creating prints, graphics and visual identities for porcelain, textiles, glass and decorative objects. His visual languages have been applied both to works of art and to products that have reached thousands of people in Brazil and abroad.
The Cities collection
The Cities collection, created for Tok&Stok, began as a black-and-white graphic inspired by cities around the world. First applied to porcelain, it quickly expanded into porcelain, bed linen, textiles, bedspreads, placemats, cookware, decorative objects and office accessories.
It remained in production for around 20 years, becoming one of the greatest commercial successes in the brand's history. Even when evaluated for discontinuation in launch committees, it remained Tok&Stok's best-selling collection, establishing itself as a true classic.
United Ceramics (China)
Through a partnership with Alimport, Alexandre developed collections for United Ceramics, one of the large Chinese porcelain manufacturers. He broke with the tradition that every piece in a dinner set should carry the same decoration, creating plates, cups and saucers with distinct drawings united by a single visual language, colour palette and graphic identity.
Awards and collaborations
His work received two awards at ABUP, Latin America's leading housewares and decoration fair, for the development of porcelain collections. He also created prints and decorations for Porto Brasil, Porcelana Renner (with his sister, Elídia), DecorGlass and companies in Portugal. Several collections remained in production for many years, including a line for Porcelana Renner based on the concept of positive and negative.
Art applied to everyday life
Whether in a painting, a sculpture or the decoration of an everyday object, Alexandre seeks to turn surfaces into striking visual experiences. His work unites artistic expression, technical mastery and aesthetic sensibility, creating pieces that endure and connect art, design and function.
“In the painting of Alexandre Bilous, the concern with building plastic values gives us a scenic structure of wise visual effect. Pots, vases and fruits are cast onto backgrounds — sometimes smooth, sometimes textured — forming a surprising play of good painting. Added to all this is a refined technique of colour and matter, glimpsing the importance of the work now emerging in the proposal of this young artist.”
“Throughout the years I have known Alexandre Bilous, he has shown a real commitment to his artistic practice. His still lifes carry a striking presence. It is a solid foundation for the future. I believe he will become a value.”