“Anywhere Is My Land (Para Antônio)” | 2018 | Metal and mirrors | 41 x 51 x 30 cm
Biography
(São Paulo, 1981)
The work of Gustavo Prado employs sculpture, drawing, performance, photography and video to explore the manifold aspects of space. In the Perceptible series (2002-2011) the phenomenological experience becomes the crux of an investigation pursued within environments constructed with fluorescent lamps, fabric, metal structures and motion sensors, together forming a system which invites multiple responses to the encounter between body and place. In Trespass (2009), the artist uses a handheld rectangular mirror to project the intense summer light into the interiors of several apartments, a game which becomes a means of illuminating the boundaries of private space.
In the Measure of Dispersion series (2014-2016), industrial metal structures with concave mirrors typically used to expand a driver’s field of vision create something akin to an “anti-camera,” which rather than fixing a moment or image of that which stands before it, reflects a fragmented body simultaneously located within different points in space, obfuscating the viewer’s perception of themselves and their surroundings as an integral and idealized whole.
Gustavo Prado was born in São Paulo in 1981. He studied Philosophy and Industrial Design, and received his artistic training at the School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage in Rio de Janeiro. His work has been shown at "The Year of Brazil in France" at the Le Carreau du Temple, Paris; the “Rumos Visual Arts Program” at São Paulo’s Itaú Cultural Foundation; the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro (MAM-Rio); the Paço Imperial Cultural Institute, Rio de Janeiro; and the Sergio Porto Cultural Space, Rio de Janeiro. He is a recipient of the “Projéteis” Contemporary Art Award by the Brazil’s National Foundation for the Arts (Funarte). His work has been acquired by the collections of Gilberto Chateaubriand and Ricardo Rego.
The artist has been a participant in various residencies, including Aprofundamento Program at the School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage; and the Sculpture Installation and New Media Art Residency at New York’s School of Visual Arts. Prado has published critical essays in several of Brazil’s top art publications, and is an editor and co-founder of Jacaranda Magazine. He lives and works in New York.
Curriculum
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Assembly. Galerie Richard, New York, USA
2018
Collision Collusion Collision. LURIXS: Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro
2017
The Opposition. Gilter Gallery, New York, USA
Group Exhibitions
2019
Bric Biennial Volume III. New York, USA
O que emana da água. Galeria Carbono, São Paulo, Brazil
2018
Pequenos formatos e múltiplos. LURIXS: Arte Contemporânea. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Trio Biennial. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Positions Matter. Galerie Richard, New York, USA
Reflector. Luciana Brito Gallery, New York, USA
2017
Monumental. Marina da Glória. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Intervenções Urbanas Bradesco ArtRio. MAM, Rio de Janeiro
Em Casa. LURIXS: Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro
Bronx Calling. The Fourth AIM Bronx Museum Biennial, New York
Summer Night Wishes. Elizabeth Street Garden, Soho New York
Lamp beside the golden door. Coachella Music Festival, California
Spring Break Art Show, Curated by Marc Azoulay, New York
Spring Break Art Show, Curated by Chris Bors and Nicolas Touron, New York
2016
Drake Devonshire Residency, Toronto
Procession. Foley Gallery, New York
Beneath Our Feet on and the Surface of Things. Residency Unlimited, New York
Art In Buildings. West 10th Street Window, New York
Heliotrope. Geary Contemporary Gallery, New York
Drake Devonshire, Toronto
Spring Break Art Show, New York
2015
SVA Sculpture Installation and New Media Residency Open Studios, New York
Harlem 149th. Pop Up Show at 601 West Harlem, New York
Transplantados. Casa Samambaia Gallery, São Paulo
2014
Polysemy. Java Studios Gallery, New York
2012
On Going. FB Gallery, New York
2010
Entre-Vistas. EAV Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro
Kaixa Preta. Espaço Apis, Rio de Janeiro
Novas Aquisições na Coleção Gilberto Chateubriand. MAM, Rio de Janeiro
2007
Novas Aquisições na Coleção Gilberto Chateubriand. MAM, Rio de Janeiro
2006
Furta-Cor. Espaço Sergio Porto, Rio de Janeiro
Rumos Itaú Cultural. Belém
Rumos Itaú Cultural. Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro
Prêmio Projéteis de Arte Contemporânea. Funarte, Rio de Janeiro
Rumos Itaú Cultural. São Paulo
2005
Projéteis, Ano do Brasil na França (Year of Brazil in France), Paris
2004
Salão Nacional de Goiás - Prize Flamboyant, Brasília
Posição 2004, School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro
Novíssimos at IBEU (Institute Brazil United States), Rio de Janeiro
Universidarte Prize, Rio de Janeiro
2003
Projéteis, Funarte (National Fundations for the Arts), Rio de Janeiro
Projeto 8:7, School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage Rio de Janeiro
Universidarte, Rio de Janeiro
Grande Orlândia, Rio de Janeiro
Inclassificados, Rio de Janeiro
2002
Programa 10 de 2002, at the School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro
Collections
Casa Firjan. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ricardo Rego Collection. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Not Vital Collection. Sent, Switzerland
Alex Friedman Collection. New York, USA