Santo Ângelo, Brazil, 1982.
Lives and works in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Daniel Escobar’s artistic repertoire explores questions related to publicity and visual communications devices. In the context of his work, elements such as posters, billboard signs, pamphlets, maps, travel guides, painted signs, banners, and illuminated signs represent the urban landscape in varied ways; Escobar considers not only what they express about the physical conditions of urban spaces, but also the eloquent ways in which they reveal a landscape driven by desires and inhabited by dreams of consuming.
His works are produced from the appropriation of materials themselves filled with meaning; his interferences and dislocations modify these meanings or generate new ones. The artist creates situations that test the limits of these materials. By exploring the extent to which these materials resist the tests, the artist is able to establish new ways of viewing and understanding these materials.
Education
– Bachelor in Visual Arts by Instituto de Artes da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, UFRGS
Solo Exihibitions
2016
– “Coleção Particular”, Galeria Gestual, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2015
– “A História mais Curta”, Celma Albuquerque Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “The World obra do mês”, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil
2014
– “A Nova Promessa”, curated by Daniela Labra, Zipper Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Seu Lugar é aqui, seu momento é agora”, curated by Daniela Labra, Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013
– “Paredes Falsas”, 2013 Exhibition Program – Centro Cultural São Paulo (CCSP), São Paulo, Brazil
– “Você está aqui”, curated by Bernardo José de Souza, Estúdio Galeria Mamute, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2012
– “Fictitious Topographies”, RH Gallery, Nova York, US
– “Campos Migratórios”, Funarte MG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2010
– “Plano Diretor”, Galeria Mendes Wood, São Paulo, Brazil
2009
– “Verdades Laterais”, Rhys Mendes Gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2005
– “Perto Demais”, VI Concurso de Artes Plásticas Contemporâneas, Goethe-Institut, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Group Exhibitions
2017
– “São Paulo Não é Uma Cidade,” curated by Paulo Herkenhoff, Sesc 24 Julho, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Frestas Trienal de Artes Entre Pós-Verdades e Acontecimentos”, curated by Daniela Labra, SESC Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Brazil
– “Hecha la ley, Hecha la trampa”, curated by Maykson Cardoso and Olivia Ardui, Angar.org, Bracelona, Spain
– “A Fonte de Duchamp 100 anos da Arte Contemporânea”, curated by José Francisco Alves, MARGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2016
– “A Cidade, As Ruínas e Depois”, curated by Márcio Harum, Torre Malakoff, Recife, Brazil
– “Depois do Futuro”, curated by Daniela Labra, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014
– “Decifrações”, curated by Mario Gioia, Espaço Cultural Contemporâneo (ECCO), Brasília, Brazil
– “O Cânone Pobre”, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul (MARGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013
– 13º Itajaí’s Nacional Arts Salon, curated by Josué Mattos, Itajaí, Brazil
– “A Geodésia Museológica”, curated by José Francisco Alves, MAC Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
– X Bienal de Arquitetura de São Paulo, curated by Guilherme Wisnik, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brazil
– “Beyond the Library”, Frankfurt Buchmesse – Hall 4.1, Frankfurt, Germany
– 18th SESC Contemporary Art Festival, “VideoBrasil: Panoramas do Sul”, curated by Solange Farkas, SESC Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Bem-vindos”, Zipper Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Entre: Curadoria A-Z”, Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Únicos e Múltiplos: O livro de Artista no RS”, Paço Municipal, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Beyond the Library”, Itochu Aoyama Art Square, Tokyo, Japan
– “Cromomuseu”, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul – MARGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2012
– “The Third Meaning II”, RH Gallery, Nova York, US
– “Economia da Montagem”, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Além da Biblioteca”, curated by Ana Luiza Fonseca, SP-ARTE, São Paulo, Brazil
– “O Triunfo do Contemporâneo”, curated by Gaudêncio Fidelis, Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Re-projetando (Belo Horizonte)”, artwork in collaboration with Ricardo Basbaum, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2011
– “Além da Biblioteca”, curated by Ana Luiza Fonseca, Museu Lasar Segall, São Paulo, Brazil
– XIV “Pratos para Arte” Auction, Museu Lasar Segall, São Paulo, SP
– “Labirintos da Iconografia”, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul (MARGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Lugares/Representações”, Funarte SP, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Página Inicial”, curated by Renan Araújo, SESC Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
2010
– “The Third Meaning”, RH Gallery, Nova York, US
– SP-Arte, Feira Intenacional de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
– ArteBA’10, Feira de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009
– “De Passagem”, curated by Fernanda Lopes, Rhys Mendes Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
– “A Rua como Lugar de Convívio”, curated by Janaina Melo, Funarte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Livrobjeto”, Editora C/Arte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2008
– “Preparatória”, Bolsa Pampulha 2008, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Trânsitos e Irradiações”, Arte Pará 2008, Museu Histórico do Estado do Pará (MHEP), Belém, Brazil
2007
– 62th Paranaense Salon, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Curitiba, Brazil
– “Associações Livres/ Ler é Acreditar”, curated by Gaudêncio Fidelis, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Porto Alegre, Brazil
– I Açorianos Prize of Plastic Arts, Paço Municipal, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– 6th National Art Salon of Jataí, Museu de Arte contemporânea de Jataí, Jataí, Brazil
2006
– “Fiat Mostra Brasil”, Porão das Artes/ Fundação Bienal, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Paisagem Provisória”, Galeria Iberê Camargo/ Usina do Gasômetro, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– 17th Municipal Chambers Salon of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– 19th Young Artist Salon, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul (MARGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
Awards and Residencies
2016
– X Açorianos Prize of Plastic Arts, Highlight in Instalations
2015
– Funarte Prize of Contemporary Art, in collaboration with Marina Camargo and Andrei Thomaz, Recife Brazil
2014
– Iberê Camargo Grantship, Casa de Velázquez, Madrid, Spain
– Nominee to PIPA – Prêmio Investidor Profissional de Arte, MAM-RJ and finalist of PIPA on-line
2013
– CCSP Acquisition Prize, São Paulo, Brazil
2011
– Prêmio Funarte de Arte Contemporânea, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– Artista Convidado no Atelier de Gravura da Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2010
– Funarte Prize of Contemporary Art, São Paulo, Brazil
2009
– Nominee of CNI/SESI Marcantônio Vilaça Prize for Plastic Arts
2008
– Pampulha Grantship, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2007
– Acquisition Prize of 6th National Art Salon of Jataí, Jataí, Brazil
2006
– Fiat Mostra Brasil Prize, São Paulo, Brazil
– Artista Revelação do Prêmio Açorianos de Artes Plásticas, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– Creativity Incentive Prize of 17th Municipal Chambers Salon of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Collections
– Casa de Velázquez, Madrid, Spain
– City of São Paulo Art Collection, São Paulo, Brazil
– Crowell and Moring, New York, US
– Devry Smith Frank LLP, Toronto, Canada
– Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP), São Paulo, Brazil
– Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Paraná (MAC-PR, Curitiba, Brazil
– Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul (MARGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
– Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Jataí, Jataí, Brazil
– Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio Grande do Sul (MAC-RS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
