Doris Salcedo concluded her fine arts studies at Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Colombia), in 1980, and obtained a master’s degree in sculpture from New York University. Her production pivots on accounts of violence, especially in political terms, and its unfoldings, such as disappearance, oblivion, mourning, and memory. Her works depart from collective or … Continued

Jarbas Lopes finished his studies in sculpture in 1992, at the Escola de Belas Artes da Universidade Federal do Rio Janeiro. His production puts together sculptures, drawings, installations, and performances. He also develops conceptual projects operating at the margins of capitalist logic, thus valuing artisanal thinking and audience participation. In the series A paisano, for … Continued

Jorge Macchi estudou artes na Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires. Desde o final dos anos de 1980, trabalha com diversas mídias, do desenho à instalação, da pintura ao livro de artista.  Em seus trabalhos, a memória é resgatada e histórias que foram, com o tempo, invisibilizadas são recontadas. Para isso, o artista … Continued

Back in the 1980s, Doug Aitken studied fine arts and illustration at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California (USA). His productions pass through films, sculptures, photographs, installations, sound pieces, and architecture, often calling attention to the way we relate with the world surrounding us. In 2016, Doug Aitken presented the Underwater Pavilions, … Continued

Elisa Bracher graduated in fine arts at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (São Paulo), and her work moves about the fields of sculpture, drawing, and engraving. Since the early 1990s, she produces her pieces by testing the limits and tensions of the materials she works with. At the same time she produces abstract engravings, metal also … Continued

Edgard de Souza studied fine arts at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (São Paulo), where he got in touch with conceptual art. His production is pervaded by issues related to the body and its representation, whether through sculpture, painting, engraving, or photography. His works often challenge the notions of portrait and self-portrait. Transfiguration is also a … Continued

Matthew Barney started his art education at the University of Yale, in New Haven (USA), back in the 1980s. His audiovisual performances and installations approach issues regarding science and mythology, body and sexuality, conflict and failure. A contact with the field of medicine is summoned in many of his works. In 1993, he presented Drawing … Continued

Giuseppe Penone initiated his education in sculpture at Accademia Albertina (Italy), and is considered one of the most important names of Arte Povera. Dated of the late 1960s, the Italian movement focused on some principles that orient the artist’s production yet today: the idea of work as a process, as well as the use of … Continued

Marilá Dardot first graduated in social communication at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, and then in fine arts at Escola Guignard (Belo Horizonte), between 1997 and 1999. Her production constantly deals with language and literature, gathering videos, photographs, prints, sculptures, paintings, actions, installations, and site-specific pieces. Some of them bear references to literary and philosophical … Continued

In 1954, Hélio Oiticica started his education at MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro as a student of artist Ivan Serpa, who introduced him to geometric abstraction. One of Oiticica’s main legacies was his participation in the Neoconcrete movement (1959), that redefined the relationship between art and the spectator. In 26 … Continued