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Attracted by the power of image and, in particular, by sensations that stem from the sense of vision, Luiz Roque’s work crosses different territories, such as the genre of science fiction, the legacy of Modernism, pop-culture and queer bio-politics, in order to understand the propose ingenious and visually sensual narratives. The plasticity of the allegories he uses in his films takes us through the current conflict between technological advancement and contemporary micro and macro power relations.
Roque’s works inhabit a space between cinema, art and critical theory; all within the scope of political dispute that is both real and imaginary. Furthermore, his works comment on the dissociative conditions of being: between the latency of life and respective bureaucratic definitions. In this sense, his works combine the splendour of science fiction - as a device for the dissemination of hypotheses - with resources from the language of cinema in order to present us with scenarios of social tension and complex public debates.
Luiz Roque (1979, Cachoeira do Sul, Brazil) lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
He has had solo exhibitions at PROA21, Buenos Aires (2022); VAC, Austin (2021); Pivô, São Paulo (2020); CAC Passerelle, Brest (2020); New Museum, New York (2019); MAC Niterói, Rio de Janeiro (2018); Tramway, Glasgow (2017); amongst others. His work has been included in group exhibitions at Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Gothenburg (2023); 59th International Biennale di Venezia, Venice (2022); Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo (2019); Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito (2018); Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan (2018); 1st Riga Biennial, MASP, São Paulo (2017); the 32nd São Paulo Biennial (2016); MoMA PS1, New York (2016); DRAF, London (2015); Kunsthalle, Vienna (2014); 9th Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre (2013); and Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw (2013); amongst others.
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Solo exhibitions
2023
X, Mendes Wood DM Brussels, Belgium
2022
XXI, PROA21, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2021
República, Visual Arts Center (VAC), The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, EUA
Noite, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2020
República, CAC Passerelle, Brest, France
República, Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil
2019
Screens Series: Luiz Roque, New Museum, New York, USA
2018
Televisão, MAC Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(Luiz Roque and Valentina Liernur), Humanas, Galería Isla Flotante, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2017
Hall, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
Modern Years, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
HEAVEN, Tramway, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2016
Ancestral, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2015
Atração Fantasma, Sé Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
Modern, White Cubicle Toilet Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2014
Canto Escuro: Dois Filmes de Luiz Roque, Museu do Trabalho, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013
PROJEÇÃO 0 e 1, Bolsa de Arte de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
The New Monument, Envoyenterprises, New York, USA
O Último Dia, Phosphorus, São Paulo, Brazil
2011
ANYANG, Seoksu Market / Seoksu Art Project, Anyang, South Korea
2009
Luiz Roque Filmes, Ateliê Subterrânea, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2008
Temporada de Projetos, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
2004
Amor, Intervenção Urbana, Spa das Artes, Recife, Brazil
Group Exhibitions
2023
Tono Festival, Mexico City, Mexico
Esfíngico Frontal, Mendes Wood DM São Paulo, Brazil
2022
The Milk of Dreams, 59th International Biennale di Venezia, Italy
Por de trás da retina, Centro Cultural Inclusartiz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ópera Citoplasmatica, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil
Animalia ou la vie fantasmée des animaux, CAC 40mcube, Rennes, France
Notes for Tomorrow, TheCube Project Space, Taiwan / Humber Galleries, Canada / Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, New Zealand / Blue Galleries, USA / Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, USA / Pera Museum, Turkey
2021
Ninguém teria acreditado, Pinacoteca, São Paulo, Brazil
Réquiem e vertigem, Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo, Brazil
Notes for Tomorrow, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, USA / Contemporary Calgary, Canada / Sifang Art Museum, China
Glasgow Short Film Festival, Glasgow, UK
Male Nudes: a salon from 1800 to 2021, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
Crossing Current, Galerie Nordenhanke, Mexico City, Mexico
2020
I’m from nowhere good, Maison Populaire, Paris, France
O Brasil que eu quero, curated with Andrea Bellini, CAC Geneve –5th floor, Switzerland
Viaje hacia la luz, Aninat Galería, Santiago, Chile
Dance of Urgency, HET HEM, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Three’s a crowd X in X, BWA Galleries of Contemporary Art, Wroclaw, Poland
2019
Screen City Biennial, Stavanger, Norway
Figures de l’animal, CAC Meymac, Meymac, France
Perdona que no te crea, Carpintaria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Novas Aquisições, MAM, São Paulo, Brazil
2018
Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More, 1st Riga Biennial, Latvia
Utopías, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, Ecuador
Brasile. Il coltello nella carne, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
MITOMOTIM, Galpão VB, São Paulo, Brazil
In The Reading Room of Hell, A plus A, Venice, Italy
Trans-forma, Universität für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Subversão da Forma, Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2017
Bestiário, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
NORA, Garage Rotterdam, Holland
WELT KOMPAKT?, MQ21, Vienna, Austria
Unanimous Night Vol2, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Neither., Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
A Bela e A Fera, Central Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
DEPOIS DO FIM, Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Avenida Paulista, MASP, São Paulo, Brazil
RESISTIR, REEXISTIR, Videobrasil, São Paulo, Brazil
2016
32a Bienal de São Paulo: Incerteza Viva, São Paulo, Brazil
The Dance Party, Fundação Ecarta, Porto Alegre, Brazil
E de novo montanha, rio, mar, selva, floresta, SESC Palladium, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
TOTALE 19: out of shape, Maschinenhaus, Essen, Germany
Mark Leckey: Containers and Their Drivers, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
2015
Set To Go, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
A Mão Negativa, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Violet Crab, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, United Kingdom
2014
Singularidades / Anotações, Instituto Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
The First and Last Freedom, MOT International, London, United Kingdom
The Brancusi Effect, Kunsthalle Karlplatz, Viena, Austria
Medos Modernos, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
VERTIGO, SIM Galeria, Curitiba, Brazil
La historia la escriben los vencedores, OTR, Madrid, Spain
2013
7a. Bienal de São Tomé & Príncipe, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe
9a. Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Amor e Ódio à Lygia Clark, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Varsóvia, Poland
VIDEOBRASIL, SESC. São Paulo, Brazil
Mutatis Mutandis, Largo das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Filmes e Vídeos de Artistas na Coleção Itaú Cultural, Museu Nacional, Brasília, Brazil
2012
Bienal de Imagen en Movimiento, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Intuição etc / Rumos Artes Visuais, MAMAM, Recife, Brazil
Da Próxima Vez Eu Fazia Tudo Diferente, Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil
O Fio do Abismo / Rumos Artes Visuais, Casa das Onze Janelas, Belém., Brazil
Performa Paço, Paço das Artes, São Paulo., Brazil
Rumos Artes Visuais, Instituto Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
Futuro do Pretérito, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2011
VIDEOBRASIL, SESC, São Paulo, Brazil
Vanishing Point, Fundação Ecarta, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Ano Novo, Galeria Sílvia Cintra+Box4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2010
Construction Views: Experimental Film and Video from Brazil, New Museum, New York, USA
Silêncios e Sussurros, Fundação Vera Chaves Barcellos, Viamão, Brazil
Presence | Absence, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, USA
Convivência Espacial, Fundação Ecarta, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Abre-Alas 6, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009
Desgaste, Ateliê397, São Paulo, Brazil
LÚCIDA. 27e Festival International du Film sur Lʼart, MAC, Montreal, Canada
2007
12e BIENNIALE DE LʼIMAGE EN MOUVEMENT, CIC, Genebra, Switzerland
Video Links Brasil: An Anthology of Brazilian Video Art, 1981–2005, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
LÚCIDA: un programa sobre el videoarte en latinoamerica, Canal (à) MAMBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007
9º Salão Victor Meirelles. MASC. Florianópolis, Brazil
Offside Image, 25FPS, Zagreb, Croatian
2005
Territórios, MAC -USP, São Paulo, Brazil
Mapeamento, MAC-RS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2004
Contemporão, Paço Municipal, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Cinema Digital, Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Recife, Brazil
18. Salão do Jovem Artista, MARGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2003
The Americas Society As A Satellite, The Americas Society, New York, USA
Collections
MASP
Museu de Arte de São Paulo – MAM
Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul – MARGS
Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio Grande do Sul – MACRS
KADIST
Exhibitions
Curated by Cecilia Alemani
Curated by Fernanda Brenner
