» André Komatsu

André Komatsu Brazil, 1978

: André Komatsu, “Disseminação Concreta”, 2006, clothes worn by the artist and stones, Variable dimensions. Lodeveans Collection, London, UK.. Photo credit: Ding Musa.

: André Komatsu, “AK-47”, 2008, Bricks, cement, paint, 400 x 350 x 120 cm. Private Collection São Paulo, Brazil. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: André Komatsu, “Untitled (Tumor)”, 2010, Bricks, cement, latex paint, 315 x 315 x 25 cm. Private Collection São Paulo, Brazil. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: André Komatsu, “Concreto periódico #1”, 2009, Watercolor, 125 x 183 cm. Private Collection Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: André Komatsu, “Untitled 3 “, 2011, Series: Acabamentos, Inkjet on paper , 85 x 122,5 x 7 cm. Lodeveans Collection, London, UK.. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: André Komatsu, “Untitled (Hammer)”, 2011, Hammer, Variable dimensions. Private Collections, São Paulo, Brazil; London, UK. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: André Komatsu, “O Estado das coisas 1 (3 poderes)”, 2011, Conncrete, bricks, cement, iron, hydraulic jack, and latex paint, 450 x 635 x 30 cm. Site-specific project. Location: Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Artist. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: André Komatsu, “Construção de valores”, 2012, Industrial fans and photocopies, Variable dimensions. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: André Komatsu, “Indivíduo qualquer”, 2013, Fans and paper on wall, Variable dimensions. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: André Komatsu, “Febre do ouro”, 2014, Iron cages and incandescent lamps, 300 x 700 x 14000 cm. Galleria Continua. Photo credit: Photo Ela Bialkowska, OKNO STUDIO.

: André Komatsu, “Educação básica 1”, 2015, 3 plastic bags and nails, Variable dimensions. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: André Komatsu, “Status quo”, 2015, Mixed midias, Variable dimensions. Site-specific project. Location: Pavillion of Brazil – Giardini, Venice, Italy. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: André Komatsu, “Movimento invisível”, 2015, Clay bricks, concrete, plaster, epoxi glue, acrilic matte paint, Variable dimensions. Site-specific project. Location: Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, USA. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: André Komatsu, “Fantasma # 2”, 2015, Steel bracket, galvanized steel fence, electric wire, transformer and lamp, 160 x 158 x 22 cm. Private Collection, Miami, USA. Photo credit: Edouard Fraipont.

: André Komatsu, “Base hierárquica (Chile)”, 2015, Glasses and bricks, 31 x 28 x 29 cm. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

Selected Biographical Information

Education / Training

1998-2001: Visual Arts, Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, São Paulo, Brazil.

Prizes / Fellowships

2011: Prêmio CNI-SESI Marcantonio Vilaça para Artes Plásticas, Prêmio CNI-SESI Marcantonio Vilaça para Artes Plásticas, São Paulo, Brazil.
2011: ARCO 2011 – Illy SustainArt Award, ARCO, Madrid, Spain.
2010: El Ranchito, Matadero, Madrid, Spain.
2009: Bronx Museu (residence programm), Bronx Museum, New York, USA.
2005: Prêmio Bolsa Pampulha, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Solo Exhibitions

2015: “White Noise“, Palazzo Pamphilj – Galleria Cândido Portinari, Rome, Italy.
2014: “Insustentável Paraíso“, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2014: “André Komatsu“, Galleria Continua, San Gimigniano, Italy.
2010: “Acaso por intenção“, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2010: “Concreto/Periódico“, Natalie Seroussi, Paris, France.
2009: “Soma Neutra”, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2007: “Quando ramos são subtraídos“, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.

Group Exhibitions

2015: “Singularidades/Anotações: Rumos Artes Visuais 1998 – 2013“, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2015: “Follia Continua!“, Le CENTQUATRE, Paris, France.
2015: “Now? NOW! Biennial of the Americas“, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Denver, USA.
2015: “Aprendendo a Viver com a Sujeira“, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2015: “So much that it doesn’t fit here – 56th Venice Biennale“, La BIennale de Venezia, Venice, Italy.
2015: “O Museu que há de vir”, Fórum Eugénio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal.
2014: “Do Valongo à Favela”, Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2014: “Beyond the Superquare“, Bronx Museum, New York, USA.
2013: “Future Generation Art Prize @Venice“, Pallazzo Contarini Polignac, Venice, Italy.
2013: “Prêmio CNI/SESI Marcantonio Vilaça para Artes Plásticas“, Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
2013: “El Arte Contemporaneo de la X Bienal Monterrey FEMSA“, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico.
2013: “Blind Field“, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, USA.
2013: “Future Generation Art Prize 2012 [21 Shortlisted Artists]“, Pinchukartcentre , Kiev, Ukraine.
2012: “Trienal Poli/Gráfica de San Juan: América Latina y el Caribe“, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena , San Juan, Porto Rico.
2012: “Sextanisqatsi: desordem habitável“, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey , Monterrey , Mexico.
2011: “An Other Place“, Galerie Lelong, New York, USA.
2011: “Contra a Parede“, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2011: “The Peripatetic School: Itinerant Drawing from Latin America“, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art [MIMA], Middlesbrough , UK.
2011: “The Peripatetic School: itinerant drawing from Latin America“, Drawing Room, London, UK.
2011: “8ª Bienal do Mercosul: Ensaios de Geopoéticas“, Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2010: “To be built“, Museu de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y Léon [MUSAC], Castilla y Léon, Spain.
2009: “After Utopia”, Centro per la Arte Contemporanea LuigiCentro Pecci, Prato, Italy.
2009: “When Lives Become Form: Creative Power from Brasil”, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima , Japan.

Publications

Eurograficas, Dardo Magazine (Santiago de Compostela: Dardo), D192.
Antonio Sergio Bessa, Brazilian Art in the Museuns of New York City (Brasilia), 188-189.

Collections

Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Sâo Paulo, Brazil.
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA), Middlesbrough, UK.
Bronx Museum, New York, USA.
CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain.
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (MAM RJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Museum of Modern Art [MOMA], New York City, USA.
TATE Modern, London, UK.
Fundação Serralves, Porto, Portugal.

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