(this page was last updated in July 2018)
Niterói, Brazil, 1983.
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PIPA Prize 2018 nominee.
He has a BFA in Painting and is currently pursuing a PhD in Visual Languages at the School of Fine Arts of UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In his works, he proposes negotiations between his daily life and his artistic practice – investigates the possibilities of articulation between day-to-day experience and painting. Alonso experience fields of action for colour, shape and gesture at the same time in which he does not remove the painting from his critical model of reflecting on his time and place.
Site: rafaelalonso.net
Video produced by Do Rio Filmes exclusively for PIPA 2018:
Education
2016
– PhD student in Visual Languages from EBA-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013
– Master in Visual Languages from EBA-UFRJ, under the guidance of Professor Paulo Venâncio Filho
2010
– Programa de Aprofundamento, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2006
– Bachelor in Fine Arts – Painting, EBA-UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Solo exhibitions
2017
– “Don´t you (forget about me)”, MAC, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016
– “Torto”, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015
– “Calça de Ginástica”, SIM Galeria, Curitiba, Brazil
2014
– “O Sol de Ezequiel”, Luciana Caravello Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013
– “Panorama”, curated by Alberto Saraiva, Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2012
– “Repetidor”, SIM Galeria, Curitiba, Brazil
– “A origem mística de Portugal vista do Brasil”, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Quase tudo original”, Galeria Cosmocopa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011
– “Espólio”, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
2008
– Rafael Alonso, Amarelonegro Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2006
– Rafael Alonso, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2005
– Rafael Alonso, Galeria de Arte do SESC, Niterói, Brazil
2004
– Rafael Alonso, Centro Cultural Paschoal Carlos Magno, Niterói, Brazil
Group exhibitions
2017
– “Escola em transe”, curated by Lisette Lagnado and Ulisses Carrilho, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Experimentação e método”, curated by Marcus Lontra and Viviane Matesco, Museu do Ingá, Niterói, Brazil
– “Enlace”, organized by Fernanda Restom and João Azinheiro, Central Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Grid”, curated by Felipe Scovino, Arte Clube Jacarandá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Swype, baby Swype”, organized by Gabriela Maciel, Tech Art Lab, Cascais, Portugal
– “Trienal Frestas – Entre pós-verdades e acontecimentos”, curated by Daniela Labra, SESC Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Brazil
– “Sorria!”, curated by Fernanda Lopes, Arte Clube Jacarandá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Mundos reinventados”, organized by BobN, C.Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Pintura – Diálogo de artistas”, organized by Cláudio Rosado Torres, Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “A luz que vela o corpo e a mesma que revela a tela”, curated by Bruno Miguel, Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016
– “Pinturas da pintura”, organized by Alberto Saraiva, Galeria habitável, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Atlas Abstrato”, curated by Juliana Monachesi, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Alster Kunst Salon”, curated by Andrea Von Goetz, Merck Fink & Co, Hamburg, Germany
– “Rio – Hamburg”, curated bye Karla Koster, Oberhafen, Hamburg, Germany
– “Soma”, Fábrica Bhering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Artes visuais em Revista”, curated by Guilherme Bueno, Espaço Cultural BNDES, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Compasso Binário”, curated by Analu Cunha, Atelier Mesa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015
– “X Bienal do Mercosul – Mensagens para uma nova América”, curated by Gaudêncio Fidelis, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Cariocas”, curated by Justine Weulersse, Maison Folie Wazemmes, Lille, France
2014
– “A teoria do desvio dos raios luminosos e outras histórias”, curated by Jacopo Crivelli, SIM Galeria, Curitiba, Brazil
– “Entre #2”, Galeria Portas Vilaseca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Únicos”, curated by Paulo Venancio Filho, Galeria Carbono, São Paulo, Brazil
2013
– “Ornamentos”, curated by Felipe Scovino, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Lugares, Ações, Processos”, 19° Encontro do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Artes Visuais-EBA/UFRJ, Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2012
– “Palácio”, with Alvaro Seixas, Hugo Houayek and Rafael Alonso, Galeria da Funarte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011
– “Caos e Efeito”, curated by Lauro Cavalcanti and Felipe Scovino, Itau Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Pintura Ampliada”, curated by Felipe Scovino, Centro Cultural Banco do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil
– Mostra de Inauguração, curated by Fernando Cochiarale, SIM Galeria, Curitiba, Brazil
– “Pintura Reprojetada”, curated by Marcus Lontra, Centro cultural Marcantônio Vilaça, Brasília, Brazil
2010
– “Entre-vistas”, curated by Glória Ferreira, Luiz Ernesto and Lívia Flores, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Além do Horizonte”, curated by Daniela Name, Galeria Amarelonegro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Converging Trajectories”, Modified Arts, Phoenix, USA
– Alvaro Seixas e Rafael Alonso, Atelier Subterrânea, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Arsenal”, Galeria Emma Thomas + Baro, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Entre”, curated by Ivair Reinaldim, Galeria IBEU, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009
– “De passagem”, curated by Fernanda Lopes, Galeria Rhys-Mendes, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Trilhas do Desejo”, Itaú Rumos artes visuais, curated by Paulo Sergio Duarte, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Co.Labor”, Galeria AmareloNegro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Obsolescências”, Itaú Rumos artes visuais, curated by Marília Panitz, Curitiba, Brazil
– “Mirantes”, Itaú Rumos artes visuais, curated by Alexandre Sequeira, Rio Branco, Brazil
– “Trilhas do Desejo”, Itaú Rumos artes visuais, curated by Paulo Sergio Duarte, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
2008
– Prêmio SIM Artes Visuais, Alvaro Seixas, Bianca Tomaselli, Gisele Camargo, Hugo Houayek, Rafael Alonso, curated bye Marisa Florido César, Casa das Onze Janelas, Belém, Brazil
– Festival América do Sul, curated by Rafael Maldonado, Corumbá, Brazil
– “Arquivo Geral”, curated byFernando Cochiaralle, CCJE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2006
– “Novas tecnologias”, Centro Cultural Paschoal Carlos Magno, Niterói, Brazil
2005
– “Imaginário periférico”, Galeria 90, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Alvaro Seixas, Hugo Houayek, Rafael Alonso, Espaço Bananeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Assentamento”, Centro Cultural Paschoal Carlos Magno, Niterói, Brazil
2004
– “XIV Salão da Escola de Belas Artes, Seleção 2004”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Novíssimos 2004”, Galeria IBEU, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Diálogos plurais”, Centro de Arte Calouste Gulbenkian, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “XII UniversidArte”, Universidade Estácio de Sá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2003
– Galeria da Universidade Salgado de Oliveira, Niterói, Brazil
– “XIII Salão da Escola de Belas Artes, Seleção 2003”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2001
– “Silêncio na cidade”, Galeria Arteamais, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Awrads and Selections
2011
– Prêmio Funarte de Arte Contemporânea, Funarte
– Temporada de Projetos do Paço das Artes
2008
– Prêmio SIM de artes visuais, Secretaria de Cultura do Pará
– Itaú Rumos artes visuais 2008/2009
2006
– Mostra do programa de exposições do Centro Cultural São Paulo
2005
– Bolsa Iberê Camargo, Finalist
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