CV
Pedro Victor Brandão is a Brazilian artist that develops series of works in photography, painting, video and social experimentation that confront artistic traditions in assessments of the present and future of capitalism through research in economics, the right to the city, cybernetics and the current manipulative nature of the technical image. Graduated in Photography at UNESA (2009), he attended free courses at EAV Parque Lage (2006-2010 and 2015), at Capacete’s Universidade de Verão (2012), and at Colégio Brasileiro de Altos Estudos (2019), all in Rio de Janeiro. He was awarded at the 11th Prêmio Funarte Marc Ferrez de Fotografia, in 2010, and nominated to the 11th PIPA Prize in 2020.
As artist-in-residency, he took part in the programs of Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris, 2012), Terra UNA (Liberdade, 2013), Z/KU – Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik (Berlin, 2014), Lastro Centroamérica (Panama City, 2015), FAAP (São Paulo, 2017), Pivô Arte e Pesquisa (São Paulo, 2018), and Ybytu (São Paulo, 2022). Among the individual exhibitions are Pintura Antifurto (Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, 2011), Tela Preparada (Sé, São Paulo, 2016), Forjada e Outras Formas, and Mais Abstratas (Portas Vilaseca Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, 2019 and 2023). He participated in many group shows, such as DURA LEX, SED LEX (UNASUR Biennial, CCPE, 2017), Take Me (I’m Yours) (Villa Medici, Rome, 2018), O Rio é uma Serpente – III Frestas Triennial (SESC, Sorocaba, 2021), Atos de revolta: outros imaginários sobre independência (MAM, Rio de Janeiro, 2022), Histórias Brasileiras (MASP, São Paulo, 2022), and Non-Fungible Castle (Lobkowicz Palace, Prague, 2022).
In 2019 he minted the series Returnable on the Ethereum blockchain, and in 2021 he created the Acerola Fund, an experiment of distributed governance and indirect coordination focused on the acquisition of works made by artists from the Global South. Pedro’s works are part of public collections in Brazil (MAM-Rio, Moreira Salles Institute, FUNARTE, MAR, and MASP), in cryptomedia collections (M4T, Lander, and Studio137), and in national and international private collections as well. His works are represented by the Portas Vilaseca Galeria (Rio de Janeiro). He lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.
Public Collections
• MASP – Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Brazil. |
Solo Shows
2023 |
• Mais Abstratas – Portas Vilaseca Galeria. Critical essay by Natália Quinderé. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2019 |
• Forjada e Outras Formas – Portas Vilaseca Galeria. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2016 |
• Tela Preparada – Sé. Curated by Fernando Ticoulat. São Paulo, Brazil. |
2014 |
• Depois da Fonte – in partnership with Maíra das Neves. Portas Vilaseca Galeria. ArtRio 2014. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2013 |
• Monochrome and other views – Cité Internationale des Arts. Paris, France. |
2012 |
• Desvios na Paisagem – Portas Vilaseca Galeria. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2011 |
• Pintura Antifurto – Ocupação Cofre, Casa França-Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
Group Shows
2023 |
• Refundação – Galeria ReOcupa, Ocupação 9 de Julho. Organized by Alan Oju, Ana Candida Avelar, André Komatsu, Carla Cruz, Carmen Silva, Débora Bolszoni, Diana Vaz, Ding Musa, Kellen Silva, Lucas Bambozzi, Lourival Cuquinha, Marcelo Zocchio, Marcius Galan, and Tomaz Fujita Klotzel. São Paulo, Brazil. |
2022 |
• Non-fungible Castle – Preserving Cultures on the Blockchain – Lobkowicz Palace. Curated by Jake Al-Haffar. Prague, Czech Republic. |
2021 |
• Untitled Art Fair – Portas Vilaseca Galeria. Miami, USA. |
2020 |
• corpo gesto palavra sangue brasil abismo – Sé. Curated by Maria Montero. São Paulo, Brazil. |
2019 |
• Leilão Anual de Parede – Pivô Arte e Pesquisa. São Paulo, Brazil. |
2018 |
• Leilão Anual de Parede – Pivô Arte e Pesquisa. São Paulo, Brazil. |
2017 |
• Luxe Deluxe – Portas Vilaseca Galeria. Curated by Guilherme Gutman. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2016 |
• Manjar: Insurreição RJ – Solar dos Abacaxis. Organized by Bernardo Mosqueira. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
2015 |
• Fotos Contam Fatos – Galeria Vermelho. Curated by Denise Gadelha. São Paulo, Brazil. |
2014 |
• Novas Aquisições 2012/2014 – Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand – Museu de Arte Moderna. Curated by Luiz Camillo Osório and Marta Mestre. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2013
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• Primeiro Ensaio – Portas Vilaseca Galeria. Curated by Jaime Portas Vilaseca. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2012 |
• Novíssimos – Galeria IBEU. Curated by Bernardo Mosqueira. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2011 |
• 10 X USO – Inhame. Curated by Luiza Machado and Fabrício Belsoff. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2010 |
• entre-vistas – Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage. Organized by Glória Ferreira, Lívia Flores, and Luis Ernesto. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2009 |
• Por um lugar para viver – Barracão Maravilha Arte Contemporânea. Curated by Ivana Grehs and Nadja Fonseca Peregrino. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2008 |
• Montanhas, Marinhas e outras Miragens – Galeria Entre-Tanto. Curated by Alexandre Hypólito and Renato de Cara. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2007 |
• UniversidArte XV – Universidade Estácio de Sá. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2006 |
• Luz Própria – EAV Parque Lage. Curated by Denise Cathilina. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2004 |
• Geringonça | Redemoinho Artístico – SESC Tijuca. Organized by Fábio Maleronka. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2003 |
• Movimento Arte | M.ARTE – Buraco da Lacraia. Organized by Guilherme Stutz. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
Awards and Residencies
2022 |
• Ybytu – São Paulo, Brazil. |
2020 |
• 11th Prêmio PIPA (nomination) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2018 |
• Pivô Arte e Pesquisa – São Paulo, Brazil. |
2017 |
• Residência Artística FAAP – São Paulo, Brazil. |
2015 |
• Lastro Centroamerica – Panama City. Panamá. |
2014 |
• Z/KU (Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik) – Berlin, Germany. |
2013 |
• Halfmannshof – Gelsenkirchen, Germany. |
2012 |
• Cité Internationale des Arts – Paris, France. |
2010 |
• XI Prêmio de Fotografia Marc Ferrez – O Transitório Fóssil – FUNARTE. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2008 |
• 1º Salão de Artes Plásticas de Petrópolis – 3rd Prize – Centro Cultural Municipal Raul de Leoni. Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
Education
2019 |
• Desastres e mudanças climáticas: construindo uma agenda (extension course) – Coordinated by Alyne Costa and Tatiana Roque. Colégio Brasileiro de Altos Estudos. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2015 |
• EAVERÃO – Coordinated by Lisette Lagnado. EAV Parque Lage. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2012 |
• Programa Aula – CAPACETE entretenimentos – Coordinated by Carla Zaccagnini, Suely Rolnik, Renata Lucas, Jorge Menna Barreto, Amilcar Packer, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, and Helmut Batista. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2011 |
• Colaboratório Errorista – Composições Políticas. With Grupo ETCETERA. Organized by Isabel Ferreira, Cristina Ribas, and Laura Burocco. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2010 |
• Programa Aprofundamento – EAV Parque Lage. Organized by Glória Ferreira, Lívia Flores, and Luiz Ernesto. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2009 |
• BA Photography– Universidade Estácio de Sá (UNESA). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2008 |
• Desenvolvimento de Projetos – Franz Manata. EAV Parque Lage. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2007 |
• Fotografia Expandida – Denise Cathilina. EAV Parque Lage. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2006 |
• Filosofia da Arte – Fernando Cocchiarale and Anna Bella Geiger. EAV Parque Lage. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2005 |
• (Incomplete) Escola de Belas Artes, BA Painting – Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
Conferences and Seminars
2022 |
• Arte, protagonismo e capitalismo – Tupinicópolis é aqui? – Conversation with Rafael Bqueer, Maxwell Alexandre, Clarissa Diniz, and Thais Rivitti. Organized by Leonardo Antan. Online. |
2021 |
• Acerola Autônoma Descentralizada – Homeostasis Lab. Conversation with Guilherme Teixeira. Online. |
2019 |
• Trajetórias ambientais e artísticas: recuperando mundos – Lecturer. Organized by Tanja Baudoin. EAV Parque Lage. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2018 |
• I’m Not Who You Think I’m Not – Lecturer. Akademie der Künste. Public Program of the X Berlin Biennale. Berlin, Germany. |
2017 |
• ECSA no Rio de Janeiro – Mediator. Saracura. Debate with Ana Fradique and Erik Bordeleau. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2016 |
• I Encontro de Economias Subversivas – Lecturer. Nuvem Estação Rural de Arte e Tecnologia. Organized by Bruno Vianna. Visconde de Mauá, Brazil. |
2015 |
• Quintas de Dissidências | Moedas Alternativas e Novos Valores – Lecturer. Casa Nuvem. Organized by Laura Burocco. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2014 |
• Fórum Mundial de Bienais – Civil society representative. Organized by Biennial Foundation. São Paulo, Brazil. |
2013 |
• Offene Werkstatt des Archipel in√est – Palestrante. Organized by KUNSTrePUBLIK and Urbane Künste Ruhr. Gelsenkirchen, Germany. |
2012 |
• DES-INCUBANDO A CRIATIVIDADE DA METRÓPOLE! – Lecturer. Casa de Rui Barbosa. Organized by UniNômade. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
Texts and Publications
2023 |
• Learn more – Essay by Natália Quinderé. Portas Vilaseca Galeria. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2022 |
• Photography with an edge – Interview toWanda Oliver. Published on the portal undrgrnd.io. Online. |
2020 |
• A precariedade que vem (que veio) – Essay. Published in Teteia #1. Organized by Luisa Marques and Natália Quinderé. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2019 |
• Adentrar a escola do valor – Essay by Leonardo Araujo Beserra. Portas Vilaseca Galeria. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2018 |
• Screening Brazil: Footnotes on a Wall. Essay co-written with Andrea Pavoni. Edited by Andrea Mubi Brighenti and Mattias Kärrholm. Published in the book Urban Walls: Political and Cultural Meanings of Vertical Structures and Surfaces. Routledge. Abingdon, United Kingdom. |
2017 |
• Redistribute the Crisis – Interview to Marília Loureiro. Published in the issue After Brazil of Terremoto magazine. Mexico City, Mexico. |
2016 |
• Prepared Screen – Text by Fernando Ticoulat. Published on the site of Terremoto magazine. Cidade do México, México. |
2015 |
• Soft Power or The undelayble will to do good – Essay co-written with Agência Transitiva, as part of the installation Entity by Antje Majewski, at the exhibition Future Perfect. Porto Alegre, Brazil. |
2014 |
• Archipel in√est – Project catalog. Organized by KUNSTrePUBLIK. Z/KU Press. Berlin, Germany. |
2013 |
• Revista Elástica #3 – Visual essay. Organized by Beatriz Lemos, Rafael Adorján, and Thais Medeiros. Multifoco. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2012 |
• Civilização como barbárie – Global Brasil. Article by Eduardo Baker and Julia Baker. Edited by UniNômade. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2011 |
• O cotidiano efêmero – ffwmag issue #25. Essay by Silas Martí. São Paulo, Brazil. |
2010 |
• entrevistas – Exhibition catalog. Text by Bernardo Mosqueira. EAV Parque Lage. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
2007 |
• Dois que não o amor – Cover for the book by Diana de Hollanda. 7Letras. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
Collective Action
2022 – current |
• The Sphere |
2017 – 2018 |
• Economic Space Agency |
2013 – 2016 |
• Agência Transitiva |
2011 |
• Epistomancia |
2007 – 2012 |
• OPAVIVARÁ! |
2007 – 2009 |
• Laboratório Tupinagô |