Oscar Casares (December 8, 1977) is a painter and a costume and fashion designer.
He spent his childhood in the village of Santa Maria Távora. He began his academic career at Ponte da Barca. He graduated cum laude from the General Arts Course in Braga. He was taught and mentored by Maria de Lourdes Magalhães.
He started his painting career in 1990. In 1993, he was invited to be the official portrait artist for the Belo-Belo Gallery. He was asked to paint the last official portrait of Pope John Paul II, and the portrait received high regard from the Pope in 2004. In 2008, he painted a portrait of Nicole Kidman.
Oscar's work is represented in more than three hundred private collections all over the world, Australia, Angola, Belgium, Brazil, Spain, USA, France, Portugal, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Vatican.
Eve, 1994Self Portrait, 1995As Facing Fear, 1996The Viennese, 1997The Sunset, 1997The Kiss, 1998The Coronation of Inês de Castro; 1999Portrait of His Royal Highness Dona Isabel de Heredia, 2000The Duchess of Bragança, 2001Senhora da Oliveira, 2001The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit, 2002Pentecost, 2003Last Official Portrait of John Paul II, 2004Panel Salve Regina, 2005/2006Senhora do Carmo Protecting the Carmelites, 2007/2008Official Portrait of Nicole Kidman, 2008Virtues of the Soul eclipsed by Diva Madonna, 2009The Eucharist, 2009Eternal Meditation, 2010Santa Maria de Braga 2011Our Lady with the Pomegranate Boy, 2012Souplesse, 2013Portrait of His Holiness Pope Francis, 2013/20141996: European traveling exhibition - Brussels, Belgium1997: Exhibition at the Municipal Museum Gallery Vouzela Portugal1998: "Travel on the human figure" - Monastery of St. Martin of Tibães - Braga, Portugal1999: Nogueira da Silva Museum - Braga, Portugal2000/2001: AYIC - New York, United States of America2001: "In Memory of Women of the House of Braganza" - invited by the "European Heritage Days" - Palace of the Dukes of Braganza - Guimarães, Portugal2001/2002: Church of Frei Aleixo - Évora, Portugal2005/2006: Sameiro Sanctuary in Braga, Portugal2007/2008: International Centre of the Order of Carmelites - Fatima, Portugal2009: Oscar was invited to the Second International Contemporary Art Exhibition at the Museum of the Americas - Miami, United States of America2009: Biennale of Florence, Italy2010: The Association The Golden Triangle of Fine Arts, invited Oscar Casares to participate in the International Art Fair - Taza, Morocco2010: That Gallery (Unwrap Your Mind Art Exhibition) - Hong Kong, China2011: "The Story of the Nativity" - Monastery of St. Martin of Tibães - Braga, Portugal2012/2013: Painting Exhibition and couture entitled "Hands Given Arts" - Pius XII Museum - Braga, Portugal