BIOGRAPHY AND EXHIBITIONS Hely Lima was born in Salvador, state of Bahia, Brazil's oldest city. He moved to Rio de Janeiro to attend university. Then he began working for Paramount Films as an ad and poster designer. Soon he established his own studio, working for clients like J. Arthur Rank, Varig Airlines and British United Airways. He created posters for Argentinean film director Carlos Hugo Christensen, with whom he learned the craft of movie making. Mr Lima made a short experimental film which won first prize at a university-sponsored film festival. He quickly became an expert at creating trailers for the Brazilian market for J. Arthur Rank Films. His bold style created some friction with the repressive, conservative military government, and he moved to Paris briefly before coming to New York in 1972. Image:  EXHIBITIONS 1974-Fabian Gallery- NYC 1976-Fabian Gallery- NYC 1978-Fabian Gallery- NYC 1980-Fabian Gallery-NYC 1980-Zoma Gallery-NYC 1980-Galerie Jean-Pierre Lavignes-PARIS 1981-Zoma Gallery-NYC 1982-Galerie Jean-Pierre Lavignes-PARIS 1982-Futura Gallery- Stockholm- SWEDEN 1982-Zoma Gallery -NYC 1983-Zoma Gallery-NYC 1984-Seibu Gallery- TOKYO 1984-Duke University-N.CAROLINA 1985-Municipal Art Society-NYC 1986-Uptown Gallery-NYC 1988-Uptown Gallery-NYC 1990-Uptown Gallery-NYC 1992-Uptown Gallery-NYC 1995-Galerie Jerome de Noirmont- Paris 1996-Uptown Gallery-NYC 1998-Uptown Gallery-NYC 1999-The New-York Historical Society 2000-The New-York Historical Society 2001-Uptown Gallery- NYC 2002-Uptown Gallery- NYC 2003- Uptown Gallery-NYC 2004-Uptown Gallery-NYC 2005-Uptown Gallery-NYC 2006-Uptown Gallery-NYC 2007-Uptown Gallery- NYC 2008-Uptown Gallery-NYC 2009- Summa Gallery-NYC 2010- Gallery 71- NYC In addition to shows at the above galleries, art dealers from Japan, Venezulea, Spain, Sweden and Italy have sold his works. Hester Street (Detail) All About King Image: