(this page was last updated in June 2019)
Niterói, Brazil, 1983.
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
Represented by Galeria Cavalo.
PIPA Prize 2015 and 2017 nominee.
“In 2017, the exhibition “od danas do sjutra” was realized. Based on two texts – “the stagnated narrator” and “cheap repentance does not change direction”, both texts inhabited the gallery space in different formats. At times mirroring each other, in other times coming together as one. Two of the works were executed in 2015, when I was preselected for the PIPA prize. Back then, I sent the text “the stagnated narrator” in the form of a photo-novel that was inserted on PIPA’s website in the artist portfolio page. For PIPA’s catalogue, I edited both texts in to another version of the photo-novel, which was printed as the artist page”.
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Education
2014-2015
Master of Research in Arts and Design, St Lucas University College of Art and Design, Antwerp, Belgium.
2013-2014
Researcher at Jan van Eyck Post-Academic Institute, Maastricht, Netherlands.
2009 – 2011
MFA Experience Design, Konstfack University College of Arts Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Sweden.
2002 – 2007
BA Industrial Design, School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2017
– “od danas do sjutra”, Cavalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2015
-“Arte e a sofisticação da linguagem ao poder”, Cultural Centre São Paulo, Brazil.
-“Resistir ao passado, ignorar o futuro e a incapacidade de conter o presente”, Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2014
-“Aquilo que passa não te pertence, o que fica e não é nada”, Workshop Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon.
2013
-“Wild Attacks of Cynicism”, Ignacio Liprandi Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
-“Cut Corner”, Seven Art Ltd, New Delhi, India.
2010
-“A Pair of Lungs | A Lack of Faith”, Seven Art Ltd, New Delhi, India.
2008
-“Frame Series”, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai, India.
2016
– “Gentrify Everything!”, BORG 2016, Antwerp, Belgium.
– “Diagonal Noise”, Castelfield Gallery, Manchester, UK.
– Exposição inaugural, Galeria Cavalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2015
– “Have you seen our house?”, Mo.ë Vienna, Austria.
– “Transcultural Emancipation”, Fluc, Vienna, Austria.
– “Sudden Shifts met Karl Mascara”, Paris-Texas, Antuérpia, Belgium
-“Poppositions”, Brussels, Belgium.
-“Love will tear us apart”, Hal Antwerp, Belgium.
2014
-“Konst i Industrilandskapet”, Museum of Forgetting, Kultur Natten, Norrköping, Sweden.
-Screening, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Sweden.
-“Open Studios”, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands.
-“Boletim”, curated by Paulo Miyada, Sesc São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
-“Some Profound Misunderstanding at the Heart of What Is”, HEDAH, Maastricht, Netherlands.
2013
-Siart Selection IIIV, Foundation Simón I. Patiño, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
-18th Internationl Festival of Contemporary Art Sesc, Videobrasil, São Paulo, Brazil.
-“Territorios inestables”, curated by Sandra De Berduccy and José Bedoya, IIIV International Biennial Siart, La Paz, Bolivia.
-“Deus Não Surfa”, curated by Marta Mestre and Santiago Garcia Navarro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
-“Convite à Viagem – Rumos Artes Visuais”, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
-“Boletim”, curated by Paulo Miyada, Gallery Millan, São Paulo, Brazil.
2012
-“Sarai Reader 09: The Exhibition (Episodes 1 and 2)”, curated by RAQs Media Collective, Devi Art Foundation, New Delhi, India.
-“À Deriva – Rumos Artes Visuais”, curated by Felipe Scovino, Sanzia Pinheiro, and Júlio Martins, MAH, Joinville, Brazil.
-“É preciso confrontar as imagens vagas com os gestos claros”, curated by Paulo Miyada, Oficina Cultural Oswaldo de Andrade, São Paulo, Brazil.
-“Cinema Aterrado”, JA.CA Art and Technology Center, Jardim Canadá, Brazil.
-“A Casa Visita”, curated by Galciani Neves, Intermeios – house of art and books, São Paulo, Brazil.
-“Tormentaa”, Plano B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
-“Convite à Viagem – Rumos Artes Visuais”, curated by Agnaldo Farias, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil.
2011
-“Brev(e)”, curated by Marina Noronha, Casa Ramalhete, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
-“Konstfack Vårutställning”, curated by Gustaf Nordenskiöld, Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Arts, Stockholm, Sweden.
-“Unfinished Analogies”, curated by Jacquelyn Davis, Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sweden.
-“Convivências”, curated by Jailton Moreira, Foundation Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
-“Latidos Urbanos”, Museum of Contemporary Art of Santiago, Chile.
2010
-“Scratch”, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India.
-“Ovdje Se Slovom Nitko Ne Bavi”, AKC Medika, Zagreb, Croatia.
-“Abre Alas 6”, curated by Beatriz Lemos, Felipe Scovino, and Guga Ferraz. A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2009
-“Moment as Monument”, Travancore Palace, New Delhi, India.
-“Trajetórias em Processo”, curated by Guilherme Bueno, Gallery Anita Schwartz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
-“Back, Forth and Round About”, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, USA.
2008
-“Zoation Painting”, National Museum of Art, La Paz, Bolivia.
2007
-V International Biennial Siart, La Paz, Bolivia.
2015
-KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria.
2014
-Norrköping Air, Norrköping, Sweden.
2013
-Travel grant, Program of Exchange and Cultural Diffusion, Ministry of Culture, Brasilia, Brazil.
-Curatorial School, Jelena Vesić, 54o October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia.
2012
-A.CA Art and Technology Center, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
2011
-Rumos Artes Visuais, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil.
-Program of Exchange and Cultural Diffusion, Ministry of Culture, Brasilia, Brazil.
-DAAR Stockholm Architectural Rehab Camp – IASPIS, Väddö, Sweden.
2010
-ACK Medika Art Residency, Zagreb, Croatia.
2008
-Iberê Camargo Foundation Grant, residency at Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, USA.
-Kashi Art Residency, Kochi, India.
2007
-Latin Union Award, V International Biennial Siart, La Paz, Bolivia.
2006
Kanoria Centre for Arts, Residency, Ahmedabad, India.
2014
-Torsdagsseminariet, ISAK; Department for Studies of Social Change and Culture, Linköping University, Sweden.
-Sessão 6, Apt 557, organized by Tobi Maier, São Paulo, Brazil.
-Artist talk, Cultural Centre Paschoal Carlos Magno, Niterói, Brazil.
-Transdisciplinary dialogues with artist Gustavo Speridião, Museum of Art of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2012
-Workshop Casa da Ivete, JA.CA Jardim Canadá Centre of Art and Technology, EAUFMG and DESEJA.CA, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
-Rumos Artes Visuais 2011-2013, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil.
2008
-Artist Talk, Creative Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
-Lecture: “Emerging Artists and Artistic Expression in Brazil”, the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
-Art Fix: “Meaning of Time”, The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, USA.
-Workshop of Photography and Design, National Museum of Arts, La Paz, Bolivia.
2007
-Lecture: “Arte Contemporânea: A Busca por um ‘novo olhar’”, XI ENEART, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2015
–Artista relaciona crise europeia e ditadura no país em mostra no Rio, Silas Martí, A Folha, São Paulo. Link: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2015/01/1574388-artista-relaciona-crise-europeia-e-ditadura-no-pais-em-mostra-no-rio.shtml.
2014
–Liberation Through Laziness: Chronopolitical remarks, Sven Lutticken.
–À Deriva, Felipe Scovino. “Convite à Viagem”, Rumos Itaú Cultural, Catalog.
2013
-Hemant Sareen, “Two grand pianos and their stools”, Art India Magazine, Vol. XVII, Issue IV, New Delhi, India.
-Elisa Maia, “Garimpo”, Revista Dasartes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
–A Conversation About Sculpture, ed. Diana Campbell, Frieze Blog, February. Link: http://blog.frieze.com/a-conversation-about-sculpture/.
2012
-Maya Kóvskaya, “Traversing Thresholds — A Showcase of Contemporary Art from Across Asia”, Positions Asia Critique, Vol. 20.1, Winter, Duke Press, USA.
2011
-Maya Kóvskaya, “Infinite Possibility in Vijai Patchineelam’s ‘Small Mistakes’ and ‘Little Accidents’”, Art Etc., Vol. 2 No. 3, New Delhi, India.
–Convivências: Dez anos da Bolsa Iberê Camargo, catalog, Foundation Iberê Camargo. Porto Alegre,
Brazil.
2010
-Evelyn Pyschek, Leidenschaft, Die Kunst Schafft, Art Investor Magazine, Issue 01, Germany.
-Evelyn Pyschek, Annual Art Magazine, 8th edition, France.
2009
-Zehra Jumabhoy, “Once in a Blue Moon”, Art India Magazine, Vol. XIV, Issue I, New Delhi, India.
-David Rothenberg, ”Back, Forth and Round About”, Evil Monito Magazine, March, USA. Link: http://evilmonito.com/2009/03/02/back-forth-and-round-about/.
-Claire Ruud, “Interview: On Residencies: Sterling Allen, Harrell Fletcher & Vijai Patchineelam”, …might be good, September, Austin, USA. Link: http://www.fluentcollab.org/mbg/index.php/interview/index/129/57.
2008
-Kanitra Fletcher, “Vijai Patchineelam: A Work in Process”, Portal, LLILAS, Issue 4, 2008-2009, the University of Texas at Austin, USA. Link: http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/etext/llilas/portal/portal099/vijai.pdf.
-Claire Ruud, “Project Space: Vijai Patchineelam”, …might be good, November, Austin, USA. Link: http://www.fluentcollab.org/mbg/index.php/artistsspace/index/111.
-Eva Menezes, “Art Turns Trash”, ABC.com on Campus, December, USA. Link: http://abcnews.go.com/OnCampus/story?id=6464931&page=1.
2012
-Workshop Casa da Ivete, JA.CA Jardim Canadá Centre of Art and Technology, EAUFMG e DESEJA.CA. Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
-Rumos Artes Visuais 2011-2013, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil.
2008
-Artist Talk, Creative Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
-“Emerging Artists and Artistic Expression in Brazil”, the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
-Art Fix: “Meaning of Time”, The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, USA.
-Workshop of Photography and Design, National Museum of Arts, La Paz, Bolivia.
2007
“Arte Contemporânea: A Busca por um ‘novo olhar'”, XI ENEART, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2014
-Photo essay, The Living Archive: Curating Feminist Knowledge, 54th October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia.
-“If you don’t know the city you dreamed of”, co-written with Adrijana Gvozdenovic, WAYWO, Stockholm, Sweden.
-“Classifieds”, co-written with Adrijana Gvozdenovic, Revista Plataforma, New York, USA.
-“Souvenirs, About Space”. Filip van Dingenen. A series of artist’s interviews.
2012
-“Design and the Politics of Fear: an auto-ethnography on design education”, co-written with Mahmoud Keshavarz, Zoontechnica: The Journal of Redirective Design, Issue 2, June. Link:
http://www.zoontechnica.com/occ_web/issue_02/issue_02_essay.Design_and_the_Politics_of_Fear.html#pg_issue_02_essay.Design_and_the_Politics_of_Fear.html.
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