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Francisco José Ribeiro Lopes dos Santos, known mainly as Francisco Santos (born May 17, 1962, in Luanda, Angola) is an Angolan/Portuguese multi-talent artist with many names and faces. As Francisco Lopes Santos he is likely to be known as a swimmer. Art enthusiasts may know him as the visual artist Xesko, lovers of poetry as Elias Karipande, fantasy and science fiction fans as Alan J. Banta. As a writer, published in English and Portuguese.〔(German) (Ein wahres Bild von Angola? )〕 As a sportsman represented Angola in swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics (Men's 100 m Breaststroke〔(Men's 100 m Breaststroke, XXII Summer Olympics, Results )〕 and Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay〔(Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay, XXII Summer Olympics, Results )〕). He also represented his country in other international games, including the Algiers 1978 All-Africa Games, the Moscow 1979 Seventh USSR Summer Spartakiade and the Mexico 1979 Summer Universiade. ==Biography== Xesko's parents (who were Portuguese) had immigrated to Angola in 1959, and he grew up immersed in the African quarters (''musseques'') of Luanda.〔CARMO, Fernando Infante do, (2003). Anuário Internacional de Arte 2003, Lisboa: F.I. Carmo.〕 Since very young, he was dedicated to the arts and sports. He began writing at 14 years old and painting at 16 (watercolours and Chinese Ink). In that time, he had published some short stories and poems in several magazines and newspapers.〔(African Success, Online Magazine )〕 In the secondary School, were a Founder and Publisher of the Magazine "The Bantalas" entirely dedicated to the arts (Fine Art Painting, Photograph, Prose and Poetry) and participated in a contest of Art Painting whose objective was the creation of a poster commemorative of the anniversary of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) obtaining the 1st place.〔 He detached himself widely in sports, obtaining several titles of National Champion, in Swimming (consecutively from 1972 to 1980) and Chess (1977 and 1979). He also represented is nation abroad several times, being the last time in the 1980 Summer Olympics (Moscow).〔DIÁRIO DE LUANDA, Luanda, Angola, (1968 to 1974), Newspaper〕〔PROVÍNCIA DE ANGOLA/JORNAL DE ANGOLA, Luanda, Angola, (1968 to 1981), Newspaper〕〔RECORD, Lisboa, Portugal, (1982 to 1990), Newspaper〕 He loves experiencing new techniques and ideas in Art Painting, being strongly influenced by the African art and by the work of Salvador Dalí. His interest by the painting avenged until 1986, time in that personal problems caused to stop having started again painting in the year of 2002.〔 Noticeable Militant of the Youth of the Party (JMPLA) abandoned the politics when he moved to Portugal in 1986.〔 In Portugal, began a career as a musician under the name of Francis Riba, having created several musical groups, being the better known, the psychedelic rock band ZEM.〔''Discossete'', (1992). Relação de Grupos dos Anos 80, Lisboa: Discossete〕 From 1982 to 1999 he was involved in several musical and theatrical projects as a technician, musician, producer and director, writing several adaptations and two original pieces.〔 Graduated in the Soviet Union, in 1986, in Chemical Engineering, where he frequented also the courses of "Scientific Drawing" and "Creative Thought in Post-modernism". In Portugal, graduated in Data Processing, Systems Engineering and Programming. He frequented also the Courses of “Improvement in Painting Techniques for Oil Portraits”, promoted by the Fine Art-Painter ''Master Almaia'', “Photograph and Graphic Design”, from IADE (Institute of Visual Arts, Design and Marketing), “Aesthetics and Theories of the Contemporary Art" and "Art Painting and Visual intervention”, from SNBA (National Society of Fine Arts).〔 He has an MA of Contemporary Fine Arts from the Sheffield Institute of Arts (Sheffield Hallam University), Sheffield, England, and has several works displayed in public places and he is represented in several private and official collections in Portugal, Russia, France, Spain, Brazil, UK and Angola. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francisco Santos (swimmer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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