Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1981.
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
His practice of artistic research dates back moments in time that influenced the aesthetics of the world as we perceive it today. The artist builds a collection of facts, found objects, gifts and places where he travelled. Then he re-works these elements through drawing, painting, bronze casting, charcoal strokes, video editing and arranging/re-arranging them in space in order to put these moments or situations in evidence by throwing a new light on them.
Born in 1981, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He holds a Master Fine Arts degree from the Central Saint Martin of Art and Design, London, UK (2009) with a Lismore Castle Scholarship and a Master’s degree in Sculpture at the Royal College of Arts in London, UK (2014). He received a prize from the São Paulo Biennial Foundation, SP, Brazil Contemporary Art Program and participated in the following exhibitions: “Tomorrow: London”, at South London Gallery, London, UK, “Mestizo Stories” at Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo, SP, 18th Sesc_Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival: 30th Anniversary, São Paulo, SP and “Open Cube” at White Cube, London, UK. His works were acquired by public collections such as the British Government Art Collection, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand – MASP, Museu de Arte do Rio – MAR, Museu Nacional da República de Brasília and Casa da Cultura da América Latina da Universidade de Brasília – CAL/UNB and Coleção Andrea e José Olympio Pereira. He was a resident artist at the Red Bull House of Art, São Paulo, SP, 2009 and Phosphorus, São Paulo, SP, 2015. He participated in the program Pivô Pesquisa, São Paulo, SP, 2014, Capacete Universidade de Verão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2012, Flusserian Fridays, Vilém Flusser Archive, Berlin, Germany, 2011, Capacete Máquina de Responder/29th São Paulo Biennial, SP, 2010 and Art + Architecture with Lucia Koch at Centro Cultural Oswald de Andrade, São Paulo, SP, 2010. He was nominated for three years in a row to PIPA Prize (2015, 2016 and 2017). Recently he participated in the exhibitions: “Un cuore due capanne” (online show), Gallery Madragoa, Lisbon, Portugal and “Four Flags”, Zé dos Bois Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal, the Drawing Tube website, Japan and Supersonic, Portugal. He was an artist supported by Residência Ybytu, São Paulo during the Pandemia and awarded a Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Bursary as an Artist in residency at Air351, Portugal in 2021.
His practice of artistic research dates back moments in time that influenced the aesthetics of the world as we perceive it today. The artist builds a collection of facts, found objects, gifts and places where he travelled. Then he re-works these elements through drawing, painting, bronze casting, charcoal strokes, video editing and arranging/re-arranging them in space in order to put these moments or situations in evidence by throwing a new light on them.
Education
2012-2014
MA Sculpture – Royal College of Arts, London, UK.
2008-2009
MA Fine Art – Central Saint Martins, Byam Shaw. University of The Arts, London, UK with full support from the Lismore Castle Arts Scholarship
Exhibitions
2015
-’10ª Bienal do Mercosul: Mensagens de Uma Nova América’, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
-‘Austeridade das Formas’ Solo show at Galeria Superfície, São Paulo, Brazil.
-Solo show at Phosphorus, São Paulo, Brazil.
-‘Drawing Biennial’ Group show at the Drawing Room, London, UK.
-‘Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense’ Solo show at Boatos Fine Arts. São Paulo, Brazil.
-‘Abre Alas’ Group show at Galeria A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2014
-‘Tomorrow: London’ Group show at South London Gallery, London, UK.
-‘Histórias Mestiças’ Group show at Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil.
-‘Degree Show’ Royal College of Art, London, UK.
-‘Lingua Franca” Group show at The Place Downstairs, London, UK.
-‘7 Raumthesen’ (‘7 Propositions on Space’) Group show at Rotwand Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland.
-‘Abstract Ground’ Solo show show at Marian Cramer Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2013
-’18th International Contemporary Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil: 30th Anniversary São Paulo, Brazil.
-‘Open Cube’, White Cube, London, UK.
-‘Notes to Self’, Royal College of Art. London, UK.
-Fine Art WIP Show. Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2012
– “Outras coisas visíveis sobre papel”, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil.
-“Summer Show”, Royal College of Art, London, UK.
2011
-“Theory of a City or the Possibilities of an A4”, ISCP, New York, USA.
2010
-“20 e poucos anos” Baró Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil.
-“Through the Back door”, Kunstraum Liechenstein. Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
-“The Standard Projection: 24/7”, The Standard, Downtown LA, USA.
-“Estados de Performação”, CCSP, São Paulo, Brazil.
-“This is Julio”, São Paulo, Brazil.
2009
-“Gamerz 05”, Aix-en-Provence, France.
-“Hotel Central”, São Paulo, Brazil.
-“(RE) Organized Delirium”, The City Music and Arts Project, London, UK.
-“17 Ingredients: Measures of Autonomy”, BASH Studios. Curated by Blanche Craig and Shama Khanna. London, UK.
-“BYAM SHAW DEGREE SHOW MA 2009”, Central Saint Martins. London, UK.
-“Zirkus Minimus”, Walden Kunstausstellungen, Video Gosmica, Berlin, Germany
-“Digital Garden”, Fresh Air 2009 Sculpture Show, Quenington, Gloucestershire, UK.
2008
-“Cover,” Museum of Modern Art São Paulo (MAM SP), São Paulo, Brazil.
Awards
2010
Fundação Bienal de São Paulo. Programa Brasil Arte Contemporânea, Mostras de Artistas no Exterior.
2008
Lismore Castle Arts Scholarship.
Residencies
2015
-Phosphorus Artist in Residency, São Paulo, Brazil.
2014
-Pivô Pesquisa, São Paulo, Brazil
2012
-Universidade de Verão, Capacete Entretenimentos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011
-Flusserian Fridays, Vilém Flusser Archive, Universität der Kunst Berlin, Germany.
2010
-Workshop Máquina de Responde, Capacete/29º Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil.
-Workshop Art + Architecture. Lucia Koch at Centro Cultural Oswald de Andrade
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