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André Komatsu Brazil, 1978

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: 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.