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Yes, and I’m not alone. I am my people. I don’t know exactly how to speak about it, but there is the person the individual and then there is the collective the people. Everything is both, together and separated. I can talk about this place, just as other people can talk about other things. So, yes, I share responsibility with my people: My parents, brothers, community, and ancestors. – Paulo Nazareth

Paulo Nazareth's work often embodies simple gestures that bring about larger ramifications, conveying an awareness of often ignored issues of immigration, racism, and colonialism in his native Brazil and beyond to the international art world. While his work may manifest in video, photography, and found objects, his strongest medium may be in cultivating relationships with people he encounters on the road - particularly those who must remain invisible due to their legal status or those who are repressed by governmental authorities. In certain aspects, Nazareth uses the romantic ideal of the wandering artist seeking universal truths to usurp facile assumptions about national identity, cultural history, and human value. In our time of unprecedented exposure, where systematic oppression can be documented and broadcasted by anyone with a smartphone, Nazareth's mission to represent the unrepresented is more relevant and persuasive than ever before.

Paulo Nazareth (b. Old man from Borun Nak [Vale do Rio Doce], Brazil / South America) lives and works throughout the world. 

 

His recent exhibitions include LUZIA, Museo Tamayo, Cidade do México (2024); Esconjuro, Inhotim, Brumadinho (2024); En la casa de mi hermano, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Ciudad Guatemala (2023); Paulo Nazareth, Archipelago, Hudson Valley (2022); BIRDMAN, Stevenson, Amsterdam (2022); Stroke, The Power Plant, Toronto (2022); Vuadora, Pivô, São Paulo (2022); Melee, ICA Miami, Miami (2019); Faca Cega, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte (2018); The Journal, Institute for Contemporary Arts, Londres (2014); Premium Bananas, MASP, São Paulo (2012); News from Americas, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo. 

Recent group exhibitions include Anozero'24 Bienal de Coimbra, Coimbra (2024); Chosen MemoriesMoMA, New York (2023); BRASIL FUTURO: AS FORMAS DA DEMOCRACIAMuseu Nacional da República, Brasilia (2023); Histórias BrasileirasMASP, São Paulo (2022); Afro-Atlantic HistoriesNational Gallery of Art, Washington DC (2022); 34th São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo (2021); Beyond the Black AtlanticKunstverein Hannover, Hannover (2020); 22nd Sydney Biennial, Sydney (2020); How to talk with birds, trees, fish, shells, snakes, bulls and lions, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin (2018); EXTREME. NOMADS, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main (2018); The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, Prospect.4 Triennial, New Orleans (2017); Field Gate, Remai Modern, Saskatoon (2017); Soft Power. Arte Brasil, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort (2016); New Shamans/Novos Xamãs: Brazilian Artists, Rubell Family Collection, Miami (2016); Indigenous Voices, Latin American Pavilion 56th Venice Biennale, Venice (2015).

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  • 34ª Bienal de São Paulo

    Paulo Nazareth Aug 2, 2023
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  • 49 Medals, 2019

    Paulo Nazareth Aug 2, 2023
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Paulo Nazareth, sculpture garden, 2019. ICA Miami