Bio
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, 1975
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil
Education
BA, ECA-Universidade São Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2018
We Chose Life. What Now, Georg? Tshirts?, Mendes Wood, São Paulo / East and North Rooms, São Paulo, BR
wetANDsomeOLDstuffVANDALIZEDbyTHEartist, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
2017
ChapéuFilosófico – a show about LOVE LOST LET IT GO OR AS U WISH, Galeria Múrias Centeno, Lisbon, PT
2016
WhatIfWeTryToUnderstandAllThisShitTogether???/CHICKENTODAY!!!, Viva Projects, Paris, FR
DearMeatCutsDevilMayCry, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, US
STORYTELLINGCAIPIRA, Supportico Lopez, Berlin, DE
2015
Every camel tells a story, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, BR
2014
La Commedia dell'Arte, Peep-Hole, Milan, IT
Touch me I am geometrically sensitive, Sadies Coles HQ, London, UK
From My Body Comes, Through Your Body Goes, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
S Título C Amor From Me To U, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, BR
2013
Mar Morto Provisório, Galerie Krinzinger, Wien, AU
2012
Crisis Doesn’t Matter If You Love Me, Galeria Nuno Centeno, Porto, PT
Plantation, Mendes Wood, Sao Paulo, BR
2010
Programa Anual de Exposições, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR
2009
Black Barroco, galeria polinesia, Sao Paulo, BR
Group Exhibitions
2018
Here Here. Das Ich und alles andere, curated by Tenzing Barshee, Braunsfelder, Cologne, DE
Fratura, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, BR
2017
UMWELT MODE, curated by Thomas Jeppe and Benedikt Wyss, Clarastrasse 13, Basel, CH
Alluring shapes, tempting spaces, curated by Domenico de Chirico, Galerie Eva Meyer, Paris, FR
TISCH, Kiefholzstrasse 401, Berlin, DE
Neither, Mendes Wood DM, Bruxelles, Belgium
2016
Tudo Joia, Bergamin & Gomide, São Paulo, BR
Vivemos na melhor cidade da América do Sul, Átomos, Rio de Janeiro, BR
Let There Be (More) Light, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Prediction, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, BR
Under the Same Sun, curated by Pablo León de la Barra, South London Gallery, London, UK
What Separates Us, Embassy of Brazil in London London, UK
2015
TIA DETH, Emalin, London, UK
Under The Same Sun: Art From Latin America Today, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, MX
Kiti Ka' Aeté, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, UK
Draw Flying Penis/Pussy Against Gentrification, White Cubicle Toilet Gallery, London, UK
Imagine Brazil, DHC/Art Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal, CA
Poem Nº 00000000000000000000000000000, 9, Mendes Wood DM, BR
10th Mercosur Biennial - Messages From A New America, Porto Alegre, BR
Quarta-Feira De Cinzas, EAV Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, BR
Imagine Brazil, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, BR
Favour of a Total Eclipse, Fiorucci Art Trust, Stromboli, IT
Emalin, TwoHotel, Piracanga Beach (Bahia), BR
Jac Leirner, Albert Baronian, Brussels, BE
Here There (Huna Hunak), QM Gallery Al Riwaq, Doha, QA
2014
A two-dimensional surface without any articulation is a dead experience, BeatTricks, Milan, IT
Swings & Roundabouts, Kinman Gallery, New York, USA
Bunkering in Paradise / The Rest Of Us Just Live in It, ARTUNER, Torino, IT
The Cook, DASH, Kortrijk, BE
UNION, UNION PACIFIC, London, UK
Attitudes: Now and Here, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, GE
Under the Same Sun, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
2013
Postcodes, Casa do Povo, Sao Paulo, BR
Ornamentos, Galeria A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, BR
From morn til midnight, Supportico Lopez, Berlin, GE
Imagine Brazil, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, NO
Bienal Internacional de Curitiba, Curitiba, BR
Betão à Vista, Museu Brasileiro de Escultura, Sao Paulo, BR
Fisicismos, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires, AR
Convite à Viagem - Rumos Artes Visuais, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, BR
Correspondências, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, BR
Del Buen Salvaje al Conceptual Revolucionario, Travesía Cuatro, Madrid, ES
APRIL, Sadie Coles Gallery, London, UK
Time Space Poker Face, Be-Part, Waregem, BE
In lines and Realignments, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
2012
Repeat To Fade, Mendes Wood, Sao Paulo, BR
Da próxima vez eu fazia tudo diferente, Pivô, Edifício Copan, Sao Paulo, BR
Abre Alas 8, Galeria A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, BR
Rumos Artes Visuais, Itaú Cultural, Sao Paulo, BR (itinerancy to Goiania, Belém, Recife, Brazil)
23°33’42′′_46°40’09′′, Galerie TORRI, Paris, FR
2011
Estou aqui, Galeria Marília Razuk, Sao Paulo, BR
MYTHOLOGIES, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, FR
Rumos Itaú Cultural 2011/2013, Sao Paulo, BR
Meditação, Transe, Mendes Wood DM, Sao Paulo, BR
17o Festival Internacional de Arte Contemporânea – Sesc VideoBrasil, SESC Belenzinho, Sao Paulo, BR
O Desvio é o Alvo, Sao Paulo, BR
2010
Red Bull House Of Art, Edifício Sampaio Moreira, Sao Paulo, BR
Sempre à Vista (Miragem), Mendes Wood DM, Sao Paulo, BR
2009
LO-FI KIBUTZ, galeria pelonesia, Sao Paulo, BR
2008
Colônia Selvagem, galeria polinesia, Sao Paulo, BR
2007
TATI, Pandangle House/Favela Erótica, London, UK
2006
Viés, Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paulo, BR
2003
Vizinhos, Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paulo, BR
poT, Galeria Camargo Vilaça, Sao Paulo, BR
Awards, Grants, & Scholarships
Kiosko Artistic Residence, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
Collections
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, US
Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR
Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection, Turin, IT
Bibliography
Selected Publications
2014
Kiki Mazzucchelli, Paul Luckraft, "Adriano Costa", Zabludowicz Collection pub., London, UK
2013
Byrd Antawan I., Shier Reid, Art Cities of the Future: 21st Century Avant-Gardes, PHAIDON Press, London, UK
Isabel Diegues, Frederico Coelho, Desdobramentos da Pintura do séc. XXI, COBOGÓ ed., BR