Mano Penalva’s production comes from the displacement of everyday objects, reflecting the artist’s interest in Anthropology and Material Culture. Through mediums such as sculpture, installation, painting, photography and video, Penalva proposes new aesthetic arrangements based on retail sales strategies, his own experience of collecting stories and the observation of the field between the Home and the Street. With his artworks, Penalva emphasizes the idea that the exponential proliferation of objects and images is not intended to train our perception or consciousness, but rather invite us to merge with them.
Penalva holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (2008). He attended art courses at Parque Lage for 7 years (2005-2011). He founded the artist-run space and studio Massapê Projetos that focuses on critical art thinking and production. In recent years he has participated in several artistic residencies such as Casa Wabi – Puerto Escondido (Mexico) 2021, Fountainhead Residency – Miami (USA) 2020, LE26by/ Felix Frachon Gallery – Brussels (Belgium) 2019, AnnexB – New York (USA) 2018, Penthouse Art Residence – Brussels (Belgium) 2018, RAT – Artistic Residence for Exchange – Mexico City (Mexico) 2017, Pop Center – Camelódromo Porto Alegre (Brazil) 2017.
Formation
2018
– “Descolonizar o Inconsciente” with Suely Rolnik – Subjectivity Nucleus (PUC-SP)
– “Ready-made e imagens prontas como alegorias Neobarrocas” with Sergio Romagnolo (UNESP)
2014-2018
– Project Monitoring at Jardim do Hermes with Nino Cais, Carla Chaim and Marcelo Amorim
2017
– “Megamorfosis” with Eduardo Abaros in Soma Mexico
2012
– Extension course in Art History, Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo, Brazil
2011
– Extension course in Art History, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
2005 – 2008
– Bachelor’s Degree in Social Communication, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2005 – 2010
– Free art courses of EAV – Escola de Arte do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Solo exhibitions
2023
– “Cumeeira”, Simões de Assis Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil, Text: Marcelo Campos
2022
– “Cama de Gato”, Llano Galeria, Mexico City, Mexico, Text: Pollyana Quintella
– “Alpendre”, Galeria Portas Vilaseca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Text: Tiago de Abreu Pinto
– “Entre les Plis”, Felix Frachon Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, Text: Mariana Leme
2021
– “Ode ao vento”, Llano Galeria, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, Text: Julia Lima
2020
– “Um tanto de espaço, um tanto de tempo”, Central Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil – virtual exhibition
– “Pindorama”, Central Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil – virtual exhibition
2019
– “Casa de Andar”, Portas Vilaseca Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil, Text: Pollyana Quintella
– “Acordo”, Central Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil, Text: Juliana Monachesi
2018
– “Hasta Tepito”, b[X] Gallery – New York, USA, Curatorship: Julie Dumont
– “ReQuebra”, Frédéric de Goldschmidt Collection – Brussels, Belgium, Curatorship: Julie Dumont
– “Truk(ə)”, Soma Galeria – Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil, Curatorship: Josué Mattos
2017
– “Proyecto para Monumento”, Passaporte Cultural, Mexico City, Mexico, Curatorship: Yunuen Sariego
– “Estado Sul”, Camelódromo POP Center – Porto Alegre, Brazil, Curatorship: Franck Marlot
– Andejos, Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto – São Paulo, Brazil, Text: Olivia Ardui
2016
– “Balneário, Central Galeria – São Paulo, Brazil, Text: Bernardo Mosqueira
2015
– “Deslocamento”, Qual Casa – São Paulo, Brazil, as part of the Mesmo Lugar Project – Jardim do Hermes – Text: Tarcisio Almeida
Group shows
2023
– “Mar”, Rio, Fonte, Galeria Karla Osório, Brasília, Brazil, Curatorship: Marcelo Amorim and Nino Cais, Text: Paula Borghi
– “Coração na mão”, Galerie Salon/H, Curatorship: Shannon Botelho
2022
– “Terzo Paradizo”, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Paraná, Brazil, Curatorship: Marc Pottier
– “A Abstração é uma Invenção”, Simões de Assis, Balneário Camboriú, Brazil
– “Insólitos”, MAC Paraná, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil, Curatorship: Pollyana Quintella
– “Alegria, uma invenção”, Central Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil, Curatorship: Patrícia Wagner
– “Diálogos a partir de obras do acervo”, MARP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, Curatorship: Daniella Domingues e Taygoara Schiavinoto
– “Fotografia no acervo do Mapa”, Museu Mapa, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil, Curatorship: Paulo Henrique Silva
2021
– “Inaspettatamente (unespectedly)”, Cloud Seven, Brussels, Curatorship: Frédéric de Goldschmidt and Grégory Lang
– “Polígonos, pórticos, matéria e desejo”, Janaina Torres Galeria, Curatorship: Cadu Gonçalves
– “Oceano de Incertezas”, Soma Galeria, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, Curatorship: Julia Souza
– “Janelas para dentro”, (Central galeria/ Galeria Leme), São Paulo, Brazil, Curatorship: Guilherme Wisnik
– “Ocupação Refúgio”, Sesc Quitandinha, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Al pie de un volcán”, Llano Galeria, Mexico City, Mexico, Text: Fátima González
– “Ninguém vai tombar nossa bandeira”, Centro Cultural da Diversidade e Massapê Projetos, São Paulo, Brazil, Curatorship: Julia Lima
– “En llamas”, Llano Galeria, Mexico City, Mexico, Text: Mario Ballesteros
2020
– “Casa Carioca”, MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Curatorship: Marcelo Campos and Joice Berth
– “Corpo Poético/Político”, Portas Vilaseca Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Curatorship: Fernando Mota
– “What I really want to tell you…”, MANA Contemporary, Chicago, USA, Curatorship: Jeniffer Inacio (the55project)
2019
– “Bifê”, Olhão, São Paulo, Brazil, Organization: Leandro Muniz and Cléo Dobberthin
– “Festivau de C4nn3$ – sem anos de história”, Lona Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil, Organization: Gabriel Pessoto
– “Tropical Gardens”, Felix Frachon Gallery, Bruxelas, Belgium, Curatorship: Julie Dumont (thebridgeproject)
– “What I really want to tell you…”, Atchugarry Art Center, Miami, USA, Curatorship: Jeniffer Inacio (the55project)
– 24º Salão Anapolino de Arte, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil, Selection: Vânia Leal, Ralph Gehre, Josué Mattos and Paulo Henrique Silva
– “Litro por Kilo”, Massapê Projetos, São Paulo, Brazil, Text: Leandro Muniz
– “Experimentos Expandidos”, Casa da Luz, São Paulo, Brazil, Organization: Jp Accacio
– “RECIPES FOR A B_R_Z_L_ ?”, Spring Break/UN Plaza, New York, USA, Curatorship: Tatiane Santa Rosa (AnnexB)
– “DEVANIR, HELENIRA, ZULEIKA, VLADIMIR”, Duas Galerias, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Curatorship: Wagner Nardy
2018
– “Molt Bé”, Galeria Portas Vilaseca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Curatorship: Raphael Fonseca
– Festival ZUM 2018 with the book “Páginas Amarillas”, Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paulo, Brazil
– Bienal das Artes, SESC Distrito Federal, Curatorship: Jacob Klintowitz, Enock Sacramento, César Romero, Rinaldo Morelli and Maurício da Silva Matta
– “Ser, Habitar e Imaginar”, Concrete Space, Miami, USA, Curatorship: Adriana Herrera
– “Blockchain/Alternative barter: a new method of exchange?”, B[x] Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA, Curatorship: Pia Coronel
– “O maravilhamento das coisas”, Galeria Sancovisky, São Paulo, Brazil, Curatorship: Julie Dumont
2017
– “A Bela e a Fera”, Central Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil, Curatorship: Leda Catunda
– “Library of love”, Contemporary Arts Center of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Organization: Sandra Cinto
– “Área”, Saracura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Curatorship: Omar Porto
– “As coisas se escoram tortas”, Universidade Federal de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, Curatorship: Danillo Villa and Ricardo Basbaum
– “Hecha la ley, hecha la trampa”, Calçada da Gloria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Curatorship: Maykson Cardoso
– “Hecha la ley, hecha la trampa”, Hangar, Barcelona, Spain, Curatorship: Maykson Cardoso
– 45º Salão Luiz Sacilotto, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
– 49º Salão de Piracicaba, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
– “UNS”, Espaço BREU, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Arranjos”, SAO Espaço de arte, São Paulo, Brazil, Text: Mariana Leme
2016
– “Comensais”, A MESA Project, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Curatorship: Maykson Cardoso
– Secretaria de Insegurança Pública, SAO Espaço de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil, Curatorship: Caroline Carrion
– 41º SARP, Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, MARP, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Arranjos”, SAO Espaço de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil, Text: Mariana Leme
2015
– “Simphony of Hunger: Digesting FLUXUS in five movements”, A PLUS A Gallery, Venice, Italy, Curatorship: September Collective
– “CONTRAPROVA”, Paço das Arte, São Paulo, Brazil
– 22º Salão de Praia Grande, São Paulo, Brazil
– 40º SARP, Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, MARP, São Paulo, Brazil
– “L’imaginaire de l’enfance”, Cité Internationale des Arts – Paris, France, Curatorship: Carlotta Montaldo
Residencies
2021
– Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido, Mexico
2020
– Fountainhead Residency, Miami, USA
2019
– LE26by / Felix Frachon Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2018
– AnnexB, New York, USA
– Penthouse Art Residence, Brussels, Belgium
– R.A.T – Residência Artística por Intercâmbio Cidade do México, Mexico
2017
– Pop Center – Camelódromo Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2014
– Conartist, New York, USA
Public collections
– CIFO – Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA
– Frédéric de Goldschmidt Collection, Brussels, Belgium
– GALILA’S P.O.C., Brussels, Belgium
– Fundação Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, Mexico
– PAT Art Lab, Augsburg, Germany
– Collection – MAR, Museu de Arte do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Collection – MAC Paraná, Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Paraná, Brazil
– Collection – MARP, Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
– Collection – MAPA, Museu de Artes Plásticas de Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
– Laje’s Collection, Bahia, Brazil
