Marcelo Gandhi

Visual artist and educator, Marcelo Gandhi was born in 1975 in Natal, Brazil. He graduated in Art Education from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil. His work includes music, drawing, painting, and sculpture. He was selected for the EXO Scholarship EXO, from Itaú Cultural / Ed. Copam in São Paulo, Brazil.

Gandhi made his first solo show, ‘A mente do oceano segundo Deus ou a grande mentira’, at the Pinacoteca do Rio Grande do Norte, following the press conference, at the 58th Salão de Abril in Fortaleza, Brazil. Among the most significant exhibitions in its history, the following stand out: “à nordeste”, at SESC 24 maio [2019]; “que vai chover amanhã”, at Sobrado Dr José Lourenço [2019]; “shopchão, lixo de artista”, Ibirapuera [2018]; “presença permeável”, Praça das Artes [2017]; “videografias performáticas”, at Centro Cultural Dragão do Mar [2017]; “aparelhamento”, Funarte [2016]; “13 bienal naife”, Sesc Piracicaba [2016]; “5 lambe na laje”, RedBullStation [2016]; “corposub corpo”, SESC Santos [2015]; “2 acciones al margem”, Bucamaramaga [2014]; “5 extra”, Universidade Autônoma do México [2014]; “uniforplástica”, Espaço Cultural Unifor [2013]; mostra nordeste visual, Museu Murilo la Greca, Pinacoteca do Rio Grande do Norte, Centro Cultural Banco do Nordeste [2013]; “metrô de superfície”, Paço das Artes [2012]; “projeto mobile radio/projeto cacofonia”, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo [2012]; “circuito bodearte”, Insitituto Federal de Educação e Tecnologia [2012]; “jogos de guerra”, Galeria Marta Traba, Centro Cultural do Rio de Janeiro [2011]; 9 bienal deformes, Val Paraíso [2010]; projeto tripé, SESC Pompeia [2008]; “incisão”, Centro Cultural Banco do Nordeste [2007]; “paradoxos”, Rumos Itau Cultural, Paço Imperial [2006].

Gandhi participated in several performance festivals throughout Latin America. He also has artworks in collections such as Dragão do Mar Cultural Center in Ceará, Brazil; at the Banco do Nordeste Cultural Center and at Rio Grande do Norte Pinacoteca.