(this page was last updated in August 2023)
Curitiba, Brazil, 1979
Lives and works in Curitiba, Brazil
Represented by Zilda Fraletti – Brazil
Aura – Brazil
The House of Arts – Miami
Taksu Gallery – Cingapura
PIPA Prize 2023 nominee
PIPA Online 2023 winner
André Mendes holds a degree in Graphic Design from PUC-PR. His research and production are focused on drawing, painting, sculpture, installations, and spatial interventions. He is interested in the materiality of color and its behavior as a fluid, and his work overflows and also flirts with other surfaces of the world around him – sculptural and architectural. André embraces the imprecision that permeates practices and promotes encounters and experiences between techniques and languages. Among his main solo exhibitions are “LADOS LADOS,” 2022, at the Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba, Brazil, where he not only exhibited but also conducted more than 10 workshops open to the public and guided tours. “Ainda não,” 2019, Matèria Gallery, Rome, Italy, “ESTADO,” 2018, Zilda Fraletti Gallery, Curitiba, Brazil, “Antes do Fim,” 2018, Cloitre des Billettes, Paris, France, Solo Project Art Basel 2016, Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Basel, Switzerland.
André Mendes is a specialist in murals and works on projects as an artist, muralist, and art educator.
Website: www.andremendes.work & @Andremendesart
Video produced by Do Rio Filmes exclusively for PIPA 2023:
LADOS LADOS – 2021-2022
LUGAR – 2021
Ainda não – 2019
ESTADO – 2018
Antes do Fim III – 2018
Antes do Fim – 2016
Infláveis – 2016
Pinturas – 2012
Murais – 2011-2023
“ Wander Art | Face to Face ”, 2021. Duration 0’16”
“ Andre_4K_Sami_Korhonen ”, 2018. Duration 0’59”
“ The World Traveller – Singapore/ André Mendes ”, 2017. Duration 1’13”
“ André Mendes – Nasi Campur – Taksu Gallery Singapore ”, 2016. Duration 1’23”
“ Processo André Mendes ”, 2016. Duração 1’48”
“ Andre Mendes – Urban Gallery ”, 2016. Duration 1’47”
Outros Vídeos
Education
2011 – Advanced Painting III, isolated discipline, UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil
2008 – Metal Engraving, Solar do Barão, Curitiba, Brazil
2004 – Specialization in Drawing, IDEP, Barcelona, Spain
2003 – Graduated in Industrial Design, Visual Programming, PUC PR, Curitiba, Brazil
Solo Shows
2022
– “LADOS LADOS”, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil
2021
– “L U G A R”, Galeria Zilda Fraletti, Curitiba, Brazil
2019
– “Ainda não”, Matèria Gallery, Rome, Italy
2018
– “ESTADO”, Galeria Zilda Fraletti, Curitiba, Brazil
2018
– “Antes do Fim III”, Cloitre des Billettes, Paris, France
2018
– “Antes do Fim”, Galeria Ponto de Fulga, Curitiba, Brazil
2016
– “Solo Project Art Basel 2016”, Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Switzerland
2014
– “Espacial”, Exposição de Atelier, Curitiba, Brazil
2013
– “André Mendes”, Galeria Zilda Fraletti, Curitiba, Brazil
2012
– “Falando de Arte”, Museu Guido Viaro, Curitiba, Brazil
2009
– “Desconstrução”, Espaço Cultural BRDE, Curitiba, Brazil
Group Exhibitions
2021
– “Extraperlo ‘Curating Curators’”, Anne Pingreoun, Madrid, Spain
– “Wander Art”, Alter Project, Belgravia- London – UK
2020
– “André Mendes, Marcelo Sola e Lula Ricardi”, Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France
2019
– “This is DOPE”, Taksu Gallery, Singapore
2017
– “aestival 07”, Ricardo Fernandes Gallery @ Centre Cultural Cloître des Billettes, Paris, France
– “Antes do Fim I”, Tijucão Cultural, Curitiba, Brazil
2016
– “M3ND3S”, Memorial da Cidade de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil
– “(Over)Laid”, Galeria InterArtividade / Curitiba, Brazil
– Nasi Campur, TAKSU Gallery Singapore, Singapore
– “aestival 06”, Galeria Ricardo Fernandes no Centro Cultural Cloître des Billettes, Paris, France
2015
– “Tropikos”, Hof Art Space, Bangkok, Tailândia
– “Total”, Farol Galeria, Circuito Bienal Vento Sul, Curitiba, Brazil
– “Total”, Galeria Zilda Fraletti, Circuito Bienal Vento Sul, Curitiba, Brazil
2013
– “1º Salão de Arte Contemporânea de Ponta Grossa”, Centro de Cultura Cidade de Ponta Grossa, Brazil
– “13º National Salon of Itajaí”, Brazil
2012
– “Elementares”, André Mendes e Fernando Franciosi, MAC-PR, Curitiba, Brazil
– “ColorFlow”, André Mendes e Rimon Guimarães, Galeria RAS, Barcelona, Spain
2011
– “Águas do Amanhã”, MON – Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil
2010
– “Estado da Arte”, 40 Years of Contemporary Art on the State of Paraná, Coletivo Interlux Arte Livre, MON – Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil
2009
– “V Bienal Vento Sul”, Projeto Grade Sobre Grade, Coletivo Interlux Arte Livre, Memorial de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil
Main Artistic Residencies
2015
– Tropikos, Hof Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand
2012
– Kakiseni International Art Residency, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2008
– Jarbas Lopes, Maricá, Brasil
Main Institutional Collections
– MON – Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba – Paraná – Brazil
– EMBAP – Escola de Música e Belas Artes do Paraná
– Secretaria da Cultura de Ponta Grossa
Main Awards
2013
– Salão Nacional de Artes de Ponta Grossa, Brasil – Primeiro Prêmio
Main Murals
– Cidade Viva – Curitiba, Brazil
– Face to Face 2020 – Wander Art, Belgravia, Londres, UK
– UNIMED – PR 2020 – Curitiba, Brazil
– Laços, 2019 – Hospital Pequeno Principe, Curitiba, Brazil
– Colégio Anjo da Guarda, 2018 – Curitiba, Brazil
– World Traveller, 2017, Andaz Hotel, Hyatt, Cingapura
– Jornal Gazeta do Povo, 2015 – Curitiba, Brazil
– Uma breve História do Brasil, 2015 – Auvernier, Switzerland
– Instituto de Oncologia do Paraná, 2014 – Curitiba, Brazil
– A grande Parede, 2011 – INK, Curitiba, Brazil
– Hospital Santa Cruz, 2007 – Curitiba, Brazil
– Água é Vida, Sanepar, 2007 – Curitiba, Brazil
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