(this page was last updated in August 2023)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1996
Lives and works in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Represented by Galeria Celma Albuquerque
PIPA Prize 2023 nominee
Mateus holds a degree in Visual Arts from the School of Fine Arts at UFMG in Belo Horizonte, the city where he was born and currently resides. In his pictorial investigation, he builds images that unfold from the consequences of his own experience of existence in the world. Through iconophilic discoveries, the artist transforms the political, ecological and industrial threats that surround us into lessons to reimagine the future by living in the present. In a world of dystopian sensations and constant oppression, Painting is the place to resist, fight and create a place that makes you a stronger individual and one prepared for the challenges of tomorrow.
In 2023, he opens in Rio de Janeiro the solo exhibition “Nêmesis” at Carpintaria, and “Conselhos” at Galeria Celma Albuquerque, in Belo Horizonte (MG). In 2022, he participates in the 8th edition of the Bolsa Pampulha Residency Program, same year in which he holds the group exhibition “Tragédia!” at Galeria Fortes d’Aloia & Gabriel, in São Paulo. He presented the solo show “Desolação” at Casa Fiat de Cultura in Belo Horizonte, 2021. He was awarded at the 12th Salão Artistas Sem Galeria, in São Paulo, 2021. In 2020, he opened his first solo exhibition “Resiliências”, at Fundação de Arte de Ouro Preto, and was awarded at the 9th Salão de Itabirito (MG) in the same year, among other group exhibitions.
Website: instagram.com/pteus_/
Video produced by Do Rio Filmes exclusively for PIPA 2023:
- “Desolação”, de Mateus Moreira, propõe reflexões sobre as angústias da humanidade – Agenda Sou BH
- “Tragédia!”, desafia artistas a criarem nexos entre um terremoto, a Semana de 22 e as eleições no País
- 12º Salão dos Artistas sem Galeria realiza mostras em São Paulo – Site RG – Moda, Estilo, Festa, Beleza e mais
- Casa Fiat abre nesta terça (5) mostra virtual do mineiro Mateus Moreira – O TEMPO
- Coluna Hit, Helvecio Carlos, Jornal Estado de Minas
- Exposição “Nêmesis”, de Mateus Moreira – Artsoul
- Mateus Moreira – CASA FIAT DE CULTURA – Dasartes
Individual exhibitions
2023
– Nemesis, Carpintaria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Councils, Celma Albuquerque Gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2021
– Desolation, Piccola Galleria, Casa Fiat de Cultura, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2020
– Resiliences, Nello Nuno Gallery, Ouro Preto, Brazil
Group Exhibitions
2022
– Botar Fé, Museum of Arts and Crafts and Viaduct of Arts
– Tragedy!, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil
2021
– 12th Artists Without Gallery Salon, Lona Galeria and Zipper Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
– Artist Notebooks, Lona Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
2018
– Deriva XII, Youth Reference Center, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– Deriva XIII, Youth Reference Center, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2017
– Hours, Gallery of the School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
– Deriva XI, Youth Reference Center, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Awards
2021
– Awarded at the 12th Artists without Gallery Salon, São Paulo, Brazil
2020
– Honorable Mention, IX Art Salon of Itabirito, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Residences
2022
– Pampulha Fellowship, Brazil
“ Vídeo do Artista: Desolação por Mateus Moreira”, 2021. Duration 5’57”
“ Exposição Conselhos”, 2023. Duration 4’27”
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