(this page was last updated in February 2024)
Santos, Brazil, 1995
Lives and works in between London, UK and São Paulo, Brazil
PIPA 2021 nominee
PIPA 2021 Selected Artist
Works in the PIPA Institute Collection
Ilê Sartuzi is an artist graduated from the University of São Paulo (USP) and now pursues his MFA at Goldsmiths, University of London. He received the PIPA Award (Brazil, 2021), the prize at the Bienal de Artes Mediales (Chile, 2022), and has been nominated twice for the CIFO-Ars Electronica award (USA-Austria, 2022-2023).
Website: www.ilesartuzi.com
Video produced by Do Rio Filmes exclusively for PIPA 2021:
“Night and Day”, 2020. Duration: 4’45”
“sete exercícios para um olho e língua”, 2019. Duration: 9’11”
“Wostward Ho!”, 2020. Duration: 7’9″
“cabeça oca espuma de boneca (teaser)”, 2020. Duration: 4’19”
“Dollhouse Gallery Intro”, 2020. Duration: 1’4″
“Sinal”, 2021. Duration: 1’57”
His research involves sculptural objects, mapped video projections, mechatronic installations and theatrical plays toying with the idea of animating objects. Speculating about a possible post-anthropocenic scenario, the work brings together technological apparatus – from simple motors and electronical circuits to machine learning and AI – and a theatrical atmosphere to create mechanisms that follow different internal logics. The instability and flaws in these fragile machines add some kind of personality to their performances.
With the recurrent absence of a main character or a narrative element, from this empty centre, attention gets dispersed into infrastructural elements of the works. The interest in the dramatic arts in recent years has given a theatricality to his objects and installations which are animated by mechanical movements and interpret dramaturgy and choreographies; often in an exercise of repetition that leads to no catharsis but, instead, begin to reveal the functioning of the machines themselves.
Some of his recent solo exhibitions and projects include “Vaudeville” at Pedro Cera (Lisbon, 2023); “hollow head doll’s foam” at SESC Pompéia (São Paulo, 2022) and “A. And A again.” at auroras (São Paulo, 2021). He has participated in exhibitions at some of the most important institutions in Brazil, such as Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (2021, 2023); Videobrasil (2021); Museu Oscar Niemeyer (2022); Bienal SUR (2021); Instituto Moreira Salles (2020); SESC (Pompéia, 2022; Pinheiros, 2022; Ribeirão Preto, 2019; Distrito Federal, 2018); CCSP – Centro Cultural São Paulo (2018); MAC-USP Museu de Arte Contemporânea (2017); Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto (2020; 2017; 2015); Galeria Vermelho (2017; 2018, 2019); all three in collaboration with the research group After the End of Art, which he has been part of from 2015 to 2021. He presented theatrical plays in spaces such as Oficina Oswald de Andrade (2018, 2020); Itaú Cultural (2019); Container Theater (2019) and at TUSP (2019). Working for more than a year on a specific project, he presented his play with absent actors “hollow head doll’s foam” at Firma (São Paulo, 2019) and later premiered the play at SESC Pompéia (São Paulo, 2022). His work is in public and private collections including that of Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Instituto PIPA and Videobrasil.
EDUCATION
(2022 – 2024) GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Master in Fine Arts
(2014 – 2019) UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO (ECA/USP)
Bachelor in Fine Arts
(2015 – 2021) Research group – After the End of Art
with Prof. Dr. Dora Longo Bahia
(2018 – 2019) RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP FAPESP
“Images of otherness in the work of Henri Matisse”
thesis advisor Prof. Dr. Sônia Salzstein
(2019) INSTITUTO TOMIE OHTAKE | Escola Entrópica
with Paulo Miyada and Pedro França
(2020) GAIA – Grupo de Arte e Inteligência Artificial
Group of Art and Artificial Intelligence
GAIA/C4AI/Inova USP
(2013) RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF ART (Florence, Italy)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
– “vaudeville”, Pedro Cera, Lisbon, Portugal
2022
– “cabeça oca espuma de boneca”, SESC Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil
2021
– “A. E A de novo”. auroras, São Paulo, Brazil
2020
– “Dollhouse Gallery”, Dollhouse Gallery
2019
– “cabeça oca espuma de boneca”, firma, São Paulo, Brazil
DUO EXHIBITIONS
2024
– “in the coulisse”, Night Café Gallery, London, UK
– “GIRLS AND BOYS”, Wild Trumpets, London, UK
2021
– “Nhonhô”, Videobrasil, São Paulo, Brazil
2018
– “Faço pé e mão”, arte_passagem, São Paulo, Brazil
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
– “Chão da Praça”, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Hybrid Mirrors”, The Wrong Biennale (Embassy)
– “Spectral”, The Cookhouse Gallery, London, UK
– “Taste the difference”, Hypha Studios, London, UK
– “Spinning Yarns”, ArtHub, London, UK
2022
– “Desvairar 22”, SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Ópera citoplasmática”, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil
– “Por detrás da retina”, Instituto Inclusartiz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Apocalypse Now”, Projeto Vênus, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Setas e turmalinas”, Casa de Cultura do Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
– “O cru e o cozido”, Galeria Athena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Uma mão lava a outra”, OLHÃO, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Aquisições recentes: Coleção Instituto PIPA, Paço Imperial”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2021
– “Ninguém teria acreditado”, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil
– “Notes on some dysfunctionality”, Homeostasis.lab
– “Tropic 23º 26’14’’ S – Visualizing Spatial Data”, Homeostasis.lab
– “SUPER-NATURAL”, Olhão, São Paulo, Brazil
– “SUPER-NATURAL”, MASSIMO, Milan, Italy
– “SUPER-NATURAL”, BPA, Colônia, Germany
– “Factors 8”, Bienal SUR / Labart UFSM
– “Arte e Tecnologia: uma revolução em curso”, State, São Paulo, Brazil
2020
– “IMS Convida”, IMS – Instituto Moreira Salles
– “Ao Ar”, Livre, Tiago de Abreu Pinto, Brazil
– “SARP”, Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
– “Tá me vendo? Tá me ouvindo?”, Casa Niemeyer, Brasília, Brazil
2019
– “Mostra de Arte da Juventude”, SESC Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
– “os dois a 80km/h…”, Caixa Preta, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Precipitações: ArteLondrina7”, UEL – Universidade Estadual de Londrina
– “Nascente”, Centro Universitário Maria Antonia, São Paulo, Brazil
– “DESFILÃO de_passagem”, arte_passagem, São Paulo, Brazil
– “O Grande Susto”, cc espaço, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Amarradona”, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
– “migalhas”, galeria o quarto, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Ocupação 9 de Julho”, São Paulo, Brazil
2018
– “PAREDÃO”, CCSP – Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
– “VERBO”, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Ruído e ausência contínuos”, Galeria Sancovsky, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Bienal das Artes”, SESC-DF, Brasília, Brazil
– “Aonde Vamos?”, Galeria Lume, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Interface2”, Interface, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017
– “Ainda não”, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Subsessões: Avenida Paulista”, MASP – Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Programa de Exposições 2017”, MARP – Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
– “Novas Poéticas 2017”, Galeria Cañizares, Salvador, Brazil
– “25ª Programa Nascente”, MAC-USP – Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
– “24º Salão de Artes Plásticas de Praia Grande”, Palácio das Artes, Praia Grande, Brazil
2015
– “Transformandos”, MAC-USP – Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (Cid. Universitária), São Paulo, Brazil
– “Programa de Exposições 2015”, MARP – Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
– “40º Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto (SARP)”, MARP – Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
– “Salão de Artes Visuais de Vinhedo”, Vinhedo (Menção Honrosa do Júri), Brazil
2014
– “I Salão de Artes Plásticas Solar dos Andradas”, São Paulo, Brazil (Troféu Solar dos Andradas)
– “23º Salão Curitibano”, Curitiba , Brazil
– “22º Salão de Artes de Mococa”, Mococa, Brazil
THEATRICAL PLAYS
2020
– Terra Tu Pátria, MIToff, São Paulo, Brazil (Festival)
2019
– Terra Tu Pátria, TUSP, São Paulo, Brazil (Temporada)
– Terra Tu Pátria, Teatro de Contêiner, São Paulo, Brazil (Temporada)
– Terra Tu Pátria, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil (Festival)
2018
– Terra Tu Pátria, Oficina Oswald de Andrade, São Paulo, Brazil (Temporada)
SCREENINGS
2023
– Semana del Cine Latinoamericano, El Cultral San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
– Festival PLAY, Corrientes, Argentina
– 14 Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo Ch.ACO, Santiago, Chile
– 16 Bienal de Artes Mediales TRUENO, Cineteca Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile
2022
– Juan Downey International Contest, Bienal De Artes Mediales, Santiago, Chile
– 9no Corriente, Encuentro Latinoamericano de Cine de no ficcíon, Arequipa, Peru
2021
– Juan Downey Prize Finalists, Onda Media, ARTV, Santiago, Chile
– NaVaranda, Casa de Cultura do Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
– Imersões: arte e arquitetura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2020
– Night and Day, Olhão, São Paulo, Brazil
– Arte como Respiro, Itaú Cultural
– Audiovisual sem destino, Galeria A Sala
RESIDENCIES
2022 – Pivô Arte Pesquisa, São Paulo, Brazil
2020 – Olhão, São Paulo, Brazil
PRIZES AND AWARDS
2022 – XV Prêmio Juan Downey, Bienal de Artes Mediales, Chile
2021 – Prêmio PIPA, Brazil
2018-2019 – Bolsa de Pesquisa da FAPESP, Brazil
PROJECTS
Co-creator and organizer of arte_passagem: an artistic occupation of a showcase in downtown São Paulo, where, periodically, an artist is invited to intervene through proposals that dialogue with the surroundings of the city center, its stores and its passersby. The project, which began in June 2018, seeks to create a program that expands traditional ways of thinking about art in contemporary times, and proposes a specific challenge for artists or groups of artists. Therefore, thinking about the conditions of the shop window as a display device, of any type of product, is one of the reflections that artists inevitably go through.
“Mostra de Arte da Juventude 30 anos – Interview with the artist Ilê Sartuzi”, 2020. Duration: 1′
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