Born: 1968, Belém, PA, Brazil
Lives and works in London, UK
Education
2000 Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
1997 Graduate in Urban Architecture FAU-USP, São Paulo, Brazil
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2022
Unknown to the world, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
2021
Unknown to the world, Cample Line, Nithsdale, Scotland, UK
2018
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
2016
De La Warr Pavilion, East Sussex, UK
Library, CRG Gallery, New York, USA
2015
That Which Cannot Be Repaired, curated by Kiki Mazzuchelli, PIVÔ, São Paulo, Brazil
2013
Paisagem Noturna, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Special project, PINTA – The Modern & Contemporary Latin American Art Show, London, UK
2012
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Figa, CRG Gallery, New York, USA
2011
Carrancas and Reflected Archaeology, Special commission, The Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone, UK
Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2009
Mouth, Ears, Eyes…Just like us, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
2008
Four Winds, Arco Solo Presentations, Madrid, Spain
Silent Singing, CRG Gallery, New York, USA
2007
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
2005
Project Kabinett, Art Basel, Miami Beach, USA
2003
Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Project Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2002
Galerie Wieland, Berlin
Lyric Underground, Gasworks Gallery, London, UK
1997
Idea Without Legs/Idea Without Arms, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo de São Paulo, Brazil
Meteoros, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
1996
Gardens, Galeria Sergio Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2025
Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles, Hayward Gallery Touring, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham, UK; The Wilson Gallery, Cheltenham, UK (touring)
2024
Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles, Hayward Gallery Touring, Mead Gallery, Warwick, UK (touring)
2023
The Place I Am, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Banana Branches, LAMB Gallery, London, UK
2022
The Immortal, Gallery Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Fuel Tank, London, UK
Sound as Sculpture, The Warehouse, Dallas, Texas, USA
2021
O Canto do Bode Comporta, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, Luisa Strina, and Sé, São Paulo, Casa da Cultura da Comporta, Portugal
The Missing Majority, Galleria Doris Ghetta Ortisei, South Tyrol, Italy
Stephen Friedman Gallery at The London House of Modernity, London, UK (collaboration with Modernity, Stockholm, Sweden)
2020
25 Years, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Biennale Gherdëina VII, Ortisei, South Tyrol, Italy (curated by Adam Budack)
Into the Labyrinth, Dalby Forest, Pickering, England with Large Glass, London, UK (online)
2019
Where Were You at Night, S|2 Gallery, Sotheby’s, London, UK
In the Labyrinth, Large Glass, London, UK
2018
New Materialism, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Enchanted Bodies/Fetish for Freedom, GAMeC Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy Textile Abstraction, Casas Riegner Gallery, Bogota, Colombia
2017
Sharjah Biennal, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Drawing Biennial 2017, Drawing Room, London, UK
Loose Threads, De Leon, Bath, UK
2016
Soft Power, Arte Brasil, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Netherlands
All Heritage is Poetry, Fundação Eugénio de Almeida, Evora, Portugal
What Separates Us, HS Projects, The Embassy of Brazil in the UK, London, UK
2015
Another Part of the New World, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia
Clairvoyant, Glory Hole project, Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo, Brazil
Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London, UK
2014
3am: Wonder, Paranoia and the Restless Night, Chapter, Cardiff, Wales; The Exchange, Penzance, Cornwall, UK and Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK (touring)
Pizzuti Collection, Sculpture Garden, Columbus, Ohio
Ouro, The Cultural Center Bank of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
On beauty, Large Glass, London, UK
A Sense of Things, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
Eu represento os artistas, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Warp and woof, The Hole, New York, USA
2013
Bordallianos do Brasil, Museu de Artes e Ofícios, Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Labour and Wait, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
Textiles: Open Letter, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Site: Place of Memories, Spaces with Potential, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
Threaded Stories, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
3am: Wonder, Paranoia and the Restless Night, The Bluecoat, Liverpool, UK (touring)
2012
Além da Vanguarda' Bienal Naifs do Brasil, SESC Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
House of Cards: An Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, Waddesdon Manor; in collaboration with Christie’s, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, UK
2011
All that Glisters, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon, Portugal
Wishing and Praying, CRG Gallery, New York, USA
Mythologies, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Folkstone Triennial, UK
Vestígios de Brasilidade, Santander Cultural, Recife, Brazil
2010
Epílogo, Museo de Arte Zapopan. Guadalajara, Mexico
Undone. Making and Unmaking in Contemporary Sculpture, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK
Inaugural Show, CRG Gallery, New York, USA
Going International, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, USA
The Contemplation of the World, Paralela 2010. Curated by Paulo Reis, São Paulo, Brazil
Primeira e Última, Notas sobre o Monumento, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
89km, MARCO - Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Spain
The Language of Flowers, CRG Gallery, New York, USA
2009
Textiles Art and the Social Fabric, MUHKA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp
The Summer Show, CRG Gallery, New York, USA
The Subject IS you, Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina
Grau Zero, Paço das Artes São Paulo, Brazil
Nudes, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil
Bijoux de Famille/Family Jewels, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Wall Rockets: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, USA
2008
This is not a Void (curated by Jens Hoffman), Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
De Perto o de Longe, 4a Mostra Paralela 08, São Paulo, Brazil
Blooming: Brazil-Japan Where you are, Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Japan
2007
It Starts From Here, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, UK
III Bienal de Jafre, Girona, Spain
Isobar, Fieldsgate Gallery, London, UK
Intimidades/ Jogos Perigosos, Galeria Marília Razuk, São Paulo, Brazil
2006
The British Art Show 06, Hayward Gallery touring exhibition, London, UK
Villa Jelmini-the Complex of Respect, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
Skirting the Line, Conceptual Drawing, Richard E. Peeler Art Center, Greencastle, Indiana
You Don't Live Here Anymore, Bard College, New York, USA
Trial Ballons / Globos Sonda, MUSAC, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y Leon, Spain
Contrabando, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
10 + 1, Arte Contemporânea Brazileira, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
2005
Material Matters, Hayward Gallery touring exhibition, London, UK
EV+A, Limerick City Gallery, Ireland
Think & Wonder, Wonder & Think, V&A Museum of Childhood, London, UK
The British Art Show 05, Hayward Gallery touring exhibition, London, UK
Art Circus (Jumping from the Ordinary), International Triennale of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan
2004
Beck's Futures, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Adaptive Behavior, New Museum, New York, USA
Fluxo de Arte Belém Contemporanea, Museu de Arte de Belém, Brazil
Draught / Trekkur, Klink & Bank Project Space, Reykjavik, Iceland
Instinctive, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, USA
2003
White Meat & Sunlite, Galerie Wiensowki & Harbord, Germany; Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil
2002
Magik, VTO Gallery, London, UK
PoT, The Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art-The Independent, Commercial Unit 6, Square, Liverpool, UK
Paralela, São Paulo, Brazil
Desenhistas e Coloristas, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Primeiro de Abril/ April Fools Day, 2ª edição, Vila Mariana, São Paulo, Brazil
Coleções 3, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Tonico Lemos Auad / B Pruskin, Galerie Wieland, Berlin, Germany
Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, London, UK
Prospects Drawing Prize, Essor Gallery Project Space, London, UK
Tonico Lemos Auad / B Pruskin, VTO Gallery, London, UK
Rumos-Vertentes da Arte Comtemporânea, Instituto Cultural Itaú, São Paulo, Brazil
2001
Primeiro de Abril/ April Fools Day, Vila Romana, São Paulo, Brazil
Insider Trading, Mandeville Hotel, London, UK
Miniature Madness, Winkley Studios, London, UK
The Poster/ The Show, Hoxton Distillery, London, UK
Gasworks Open Studios Show, Gasworks Gallery, London, UK
6,000 sq. ft. project, Unit 8, Wilmer Place, London, UK
2000
Zig Zag, Galeria Thomas Cohn, São Paulo, Brazil
Artfutures 2000, Barbican Center, London, UK
Assembly, Stepney 1, London, UK
Living With The Dutch, 89A Erlanger Road, London, UK
Domestic Bliss, South London Gallery, London, UK
VTO Gallery, London, UK
It’s a Little Bit Funny, 15C ST. Charles Square, London, UK
Goldsmiths College Degree Show, London, UK
1999
Spent, Lord Palmers on PUB, London, UK
Non Stop Opening, Central Point Gallery, London, UK
Goldsmiths College Degree Show, London, UK
1998
Beyond The Rainbow, Fundação Armando Álvarez Penteado, São Paulo, Brazil
Antartica Artes com a Folha, Galeria Casa Triângulo e Pavilhão Manuel da Nóbrega, São Paulo, Brazil
1996
Antartica Artes com a Folha, Pavilhão Manuel da Nóbrega, São Paulo, Brazil
Projects
2019–2020
Barefoot, curatorial project, Large Glass, London, UK
2013
Mythologies By Proxy, curatorial project, Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, Brazil
Catalogues and Publications (selected)
2023
Latin American Artists: From 1785 to Now, Phaidon Press, New York, USA
2020
25 Years, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK (catalogue)
2015
20 Years, essays by Stephen Friedman and Sarah Thornton, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK (catalogue)
2014
Pedrosa, Adriano and Duarte, Luisa, ABC- Arte Brasileira Contemporânea, published by Cosac Naify
2013
Labour and Wait, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (2013), detail illustrated p.31 and full installation view illustrate p.93 (exhibition catalogue)
2012
House of Cards: An exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture in Response to Chardin Christie's at the Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Christie's, October 2012, pp. 198 – 201
2011
Schlieker, Andrea, Folkestone Triennial: A Million Miles From Home, Folkestone Triennial, September 2011, pp.40 – 47
Petitgas, Catherine, A Collector's View: Tonico Lemos Auad & Alexandre da Cunha, Phillips de Pury & Company, Latin America Sale catalogue, New York 14-15 November 2011, pp. 38-43
2010
Undone. Making and Unmaking in Contemporary Sculpture, Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds, UK
Creamier, 10 Curators/100 Contemporary Artists, Phaidon, London, UK
2009
Grau Zero, Paco Das Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2008
Blooming: Brazil - Japan Where you are, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, FOIL Co, Japan
2007
Tonico Lemos Auad, Aspen Art Museum and Luisa Strina, Aspen, Colorado, USA
2004
Adaptative Behaviour, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Becks Futures 2004, ICA, London, UK
2003
Tonico Lemos Auad, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
White Meat & Sunlite, Galerie Wiensowik & Harbord, Berlin, Germany
2002
Pot, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Galleria Fortes Vilaca, São Paulo, Brazil
ZigZag, Galeria Thomas Cohn, São Paulo, Brazil
Public Collections
FLAG Art Foundation, New York, USA
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, New York, USA
Instituto Cultural Inhotim, Brumadinho, MG, Brazil
British Friends of the Arts Museums of Israel, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Museum of Contemporary Art, Vigo, Spain
National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, Athens, Greece
Pinacoteca de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Pizzuti Collection, Columbia, Ohio, USA
San Diego Museum of Art, California, USA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California, USA
Tate, UK
The West Collection, Pennsylvania, USA
Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK