Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1985.
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Almeida graduated in printmaking from the School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He studied screenprinting with Evany Cardoso at the School of the Visual Arts of Parque Lage and Art History with Jailton Moreira at Rede Maré (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). In 2007, he earned an Artistic Talents scholarship from the Furnas Sociocultural Incubator Programme, and in 2008, he won the Graffiti Category Award at the 47th Salon of Visual Arts of Pernambuco. In 2009, he participated in the VI International Art Biennial Siart, in La Paz, Bolivia, and participated in the following exhibitions in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: “Iluminando o Novo” at Largo das Artes and Cultural Space Furnas, and “Vem Na Mão” at the Federal Justice Cultural Centre. In 2010, Almeida had his first solo exhibition, “Uma Cidade de Xapisco Dividida por um Muro de Cau”, at Amarelonegro Gallery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has participated in the following group exhibitions: “Abre Alas 6” at A Gentil Carioca (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), “Arquivo Geral” at Carioca Centre of Design (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and “Reality Reimagined” at Modified Arts (Phoenix, USA). In 2011, he earned the scholarship Forest Interactions from Terra UNA. In 2015, Almeida participated in the group exhibition “MANIFESTO” at Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Education
2013
– Degree in printmaking, School of Fine Arts at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011
– Screenprinting course with Evany Cardoso, School of the Visual Arts of Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Encounters about the History of Art, from Contemporary Art to Modern Art” course with the professor, artist, and curator Jailton Moreira, Redes Maré, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2008
– Extension course on toy design, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2007
– Cultural Engineering course, Furnas Sociocultural Incubator Programme, managed by Fernando Portela, Brazil
– Formatting cultural projects within the state law of Rio de Janeiro course, Furnas Sociocultural Incubator Programme, managed by Pedro Genescá, Brazil
– Business Management of Cultural Projects course, Furnas Sociocultural Incubator Programme, managed by Francis Misputen, Brazil
Solo Exhibitions
2019
– “Estrada nebulosa sem olhos de gato”, Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2018
– “Revelação durante o nascimento de uma gota”, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– Galeria dotART, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2017
– “Ponta Seca Torta / Faca Cega”, Galpão Fortes D’Loia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil
– “O cotidiano das estruturas familiares”, Projeto Tech_Nô, Oi Futuro Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016
– “Certezas para dobrar”, Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2010
– “Uma cidade de xapisco dividida por um muro de cau”, Gallery Amarelonegro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Group Exhibitions
2017
– 20º Festival de Arte Contemporânea Sesc_Videobrasil, Sesc Pompeia, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Pintura”, Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016
– “Um Desassossego”, Galeria Estação, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Oito Artistas”, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2015
– “Manifesto”, Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Garagem, Casamata”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Atemporal”, Graphos Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014
– “#ObaOba”, La Paz Club, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Short cut / Long road (ou amor x pizza)”, Cultural Space Sérgio Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Atemporal”, Apis Space, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013
– “Connection Prishtine Rio de Janeiro”, Baraka Multimediale, Albania
2012
– “Gramática Urbana”, Art Centre Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “6B – Desenho Brasileiro Contemporâneo”, Federal Justice Cultural Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011
– Arte Pará 2011, Belém, Brazil
– 1st Londrina Contemporary Art Prize, Paraná, Brazil
2010
– “Abre Alas VI”, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Reality Reimagined”, Modified Arts, Phoenix, USA
– “Arquivo Geral”, Carioca Centre of Design, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009
– “Iluminando o Novo”, Largo das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Iluminando o Novo”, Cultural Space Furnas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Iluminando o Novo”, Cultural Space Furnas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Signos”, Largo das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Coletiva”, Amarelonegro Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Vertigens e desdobramentos da imagem”, Bonito, Brazil
– “Vem Na Mão”, Federal Justice Cultural Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Vida Longa ao Vila Longuinhos”, Museum Murilo La Greca, Recife, Brazil
– VI International Biennial of Art Siart, La Paz, Bolívia
Awards and Residences
2011
– Selected for the scholarship Forest Interactions, Terra Una, Serra da Mantiqueira, Liberdade, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2007
– Selected for the first class of the Furnas Sociocultural Incubator Programme in the individual talents category
– Graffiti Project Award, 47th Fine Arts Salon of Pernambuco, Brazil
