Opera Gallery London is pleased to present ‘Orixás: Personal Tales on Portraiture’, the inaugural solo exhibition with São Paolo, Brazil-based artist Gustavo Nazareno. Curated by Samuele Visentin, Nazareno’s work is based upon fables that he writes, which draw inspiration from the pantheon of Orixás - a system of entities worshipped in religions in some parts of Africa and Latin America. Creating a new body of work for this exhibition, Nazareno’s 16 paintings and 25 charcoal drawings incorporate wide-ranging influences, from the characteristics and traditions of Afro-Latin religions such as Candomblé, Santería and Voodoo, to the aesthetics of fashion photography.