Paulo Nazareth

* Old man born in Borun Nak Land [Vale do Rio Doce] / Pindorama [BR]
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Paulo Nazareth, DRY CUT [from BLACKS IN THE POOL - Tommie], Rockefeller Center, New York, 2019

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Old man born in the city of Borun Nak [Vale do Rio Doce] Minas Gerais, and living as a global nomad, Paulo Nazareth's work is often the result of precise and simple gestures, which bring about broader ramifications, raising awareness to press issues of immigration, racialization, globalization colonialism, and its effects in the production and consumption of art in his native Brazil and the Global South. While his work may manifest in video, photography, and found objects, his strongest medium may be 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 deliberately embodies the romantic ideal of the wandering artist in search of himself and universal truths, to unveil stereotyped assumptions about national identity, cultural history, and human value.

Paulo Nazareth (old man born in the city of Borun Nak [Vale do Rio Doce] Minas Gerais) lives and works throughout the world.

His most recent exhibitions include STROKE, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada (2022); VUADORA, Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil (2022); Paulo Nazareth, ICA Miami, Miami, USA (2019); Faca Cega, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2018); Journal, Institute for Contemporary Arts, London, UK (2014), Premium Bananas, MASP, São Paulo, Brazil (2013). Recent group exhibitions include BRASIL FUTURO: AS FORMAS DA DEMOCRACIA, Museu Nacional da República, Brasilia, Brazil (2023); Histórias Brasileiras, MASP, São Paulo, Brazil (2022); ; Afro-Atlantic Histories, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA (2022); 34ª Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (2021); Beyond the Black Atlantic, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany (2020); 22nd Sydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia (2020); EXTREME. NOMADS, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany (2018); The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, Prospect.4 Triennial, New Orleans, USA (2017); Soft Power Arte Brasil, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Netherlands (2016); Much wider than a line, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, USA (2016); New Shamans/Novos Xamãs: Brazilian Artists, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA (2016); Indigenous Voices, Latin American Pavilion 56th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (2015).

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Education
Studies in Linguistics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
BFA, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Mestre Orlando, famous artist from Bahia, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Solo Shows
2022
Paulo Nazareth, Archipelago, Hudson Valley, USA
BIRDMAN, Stevenson, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
STROKE, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
Nosotros los otros, Mendes Wood DM, New York, NY, USA
Vuadora, Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil
2021
ADVERTÊNCIA, CASA BORUN/POVO DE LUZIA, Palmital, Brazil
Garden Eden, Meyer Riegger, Berlin, Germany
2019
Melee, ICA Miami, Miami, USA
[A] LA FLEUR DE LA PEAU, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
PHAMBI KWENDLOVU, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2018
Faca Cega, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
TRECHERO, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2017
INNOMINATE, Mendes Wood DM, New York, USA
Old Hope, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2016
Aqui é Arte, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
2015
Genocide in Americas, Meyer Riegger, Berlin, Germany
2014
Che Cherera, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
The Journal, Institute for Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom
Banderas Rotas, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin, Italy
2013
Veneza Neves, Veneza, Ribeirão das Neves, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2012 – 2013
Premium Bananas, Museu de Arte de São Paulo – MASP, São Paulo, Brazil
2012
News from Americas, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2010
Na impossibilidade de nomear, Museu de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
2008
Paulo Nazareth LTDA, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2007
Museu de Arte de Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2004
Gambiarreiro, SESI-MINAS, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Group Shows
2023
Iconês, Palazzo Grassi - Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy
Chão da praça, Pina Contemporânea, São Paulo, Brazil
BRASIL FUTURO: AS FORMAS DA DEMOCRACIA, Museu Nacional da República, Brasília, Brazil
2022
Parada 7, Arte em Resistência, CCJF, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
On the Line: Documents of Risk and Faith, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA
Atos de revolta: outros imaginários sobre independência, MAM Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
TURNING PAIN INTO POWER, Kunst Meran, Merano, Italy
FAVELA-RAIZ, Museu das Favelas, São Paulo, Brazil
Ainda que tardia: Brasil Futuros, Museu Casa Padre Toledo, Tiradentes, Brazil
Histórias Brasileiras, MASP, São Paulo, Brazil
Desvairar 22, Sesc Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil
All season sanctuary, Mendes Wood DM at d'Ouwe Kerk, Retranchement, The Netherlands
Afro-Atlantic Histories, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA
REVIRAVOLTA, Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil
SCENORAMA, Javett-UP, Pretoria, South Africa
Jusque-là, Pinault Collection | Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing, France
Brasilidade: pós-modernismo, CCBB, Brazil
A casa é sua: migração e hospitalidade fora do lugar, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cartas ao mundo, Sesc Avenida Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
2021
Esperança, Museu de Arte Sacra de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Carolina Maria de Jesus, um Brasil para os brasileiros, IMS, São Paulo, Brazil
FEAR, NO FEAR, Times Art Center Berlin, Berlim, Alemanha
Língua Solta, Museu da Lingua Portuguesa, São Paulo, Brasil
Imagens que não se conformam, MAR, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Zona da Mata, MAC-USP/MAM, São Paulo, Brasil
Contra La Raza [Against Race], Matadero Madrid, Madri, Espanha
34ª Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
Male Nudes: a salon from 1800 to 2021, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2020
CONSTRUÇÃO, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
Transocean Express, Galeria Presença, Porto, Portugal
What I really want to tell you, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, USA
Beyond the Black Atlantic, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
22nd Sydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia
Mecarõ. Amazonia in the Petitgas Collection, Montpellier Contemporain, Montpellier, France
Global(e) Resistance, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2019
How we live, Hudson Valley Moca, New York, USA
Arte para uma cidade sensível, Centro Cultural TCU, Brasília, Brazil
O que não é floresta é prisão política, Galeria Reocupa, São Paulo, Brazil
O espaço dividido, Goethe Institut, Salvador, Brazil
Meta-Arquivo: 1964–1985, Sesc Belenzinho, São Paulo, Brazil
Our Selfie, MO Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
A queda do céu, Caixa Cultural, Brasília, Brazil
What I Really Want To Tell You, Atchugarry Art Foundation, Miami, USA
Vaievém, CCBB, São Paulo / Brasília, Brazil
The Warmth of Other Suns, Phillips Collection, Washington, USA
Affective Utopia, KADIST, Paris, France
A Decolonial Atlas: Strategies in Contemporary Art of the Americas, Mandeville Gallery, New York, USA
Darwin: Origens & Evolução, Museu do Meio Ambiente, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
MY BODY ≠ TA CHOSE, Maelle Galerie, Paris, France
2018
How to talk with birds, trees, fish, shells, snakes, bulls and lions, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
EXTREME. NOMADS, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
AI-5 50 anos, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
Arte democracia e Utopia, Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Collection Pinault Contemporary Art Exhibition in Rennes, Le Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes, France
This is Not a Prop, David Zwirner, New York, USA
Histórias Afro-Atlânticas, Tomie Ohtake, MASP, São Paulo, Brazil
Wanderlust, San Jose Museum of Art San José, EUA
A Decolonial Atlas: Strategies in Contemporary Art of the Americas, Tufts University's art galleries, Medford, EUA
A marquise, o MAM e nós no meio, Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo, Brazil
2017
Field Gate, Remai Modern, Sasktoon, Canada
Traduttore, Traditore, Gallery 400, College of Architecture and the Arts, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, Prospect.4 Triennial, New Orleans, USA
MODUS OPERANDI, Société d'électricité, Brussels, Belgium
Modos de ver o Brasil: Itaú Cultural 30 Anos, Oca, São Paulo, Brazil
OSSO Exposição-apelo ao amplo direito de defesa de Rafael Braga, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
Potência e Adversidade - arte da América Latina nas coleções em Portugal, Museu de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Art Panegyri Corinth, Art Panegyri, Greece
Os Muitos e o Um: Arte Contemporânea Brasileira, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
Arte para uma cidade sensível, Museu Mineiro, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
¿A dónde vamos?, Baluard Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Spain
Let me begin again, Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa
2016
New Shamans/Novos Xamãs: Brazilian Artists, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
CROSSWORDS, Hangar - Centro de Investigação Artística, Lisbon, Portugal
Atopía. Migración - Legado y Ausencia, Centro Cultural Metropolitano de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
Humanas Interlocuções, Fundação Vera Chaves Barcellos, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Everything you are I am not: Latin American art from the Tiroche DeLeon Collection, Mana Contemporary, Jersey, USA
Soft Power. Arte Brasil, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Much wider than a line, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, USA
Adornos do Brasil Indígena: resistências contemporâneas, Sesc Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil
[In Context] Africans in America, Goodman Gallery and Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2015
Embondo, Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Recife, Brazil
The Migrant (Moving) Image, A Tale of a Tub, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Kiti Ka' Aeté, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom
World Light, 22th Curitiba Internacional Biennial, Curitiba, Brazil
Imagine Brazil, DHC/Art Foundation For Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
19th Contemporary Art Festival Sesc_Videobrasil Southern Panoramas, São Paulo, Brazil
Grito de Libertad, 1th Bienal Internacional de Asunción , Asunción, Paraguay
Novos Talentos: Fotografia Contemporânea no Brasil, Caixa Cultural do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5th Prêmio CNI SESI SENAI Marcantonio Vilaça, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Walking Sculpture 1967-2015, deCordva Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, USA
Here There (Huna Hunak), QM Gallery Al Riwaq, Doha, Qatar
Alimentário, Museu da Cidade - OCA, São Paulo, Brazil
[South-South] The Poetry In Between, Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa
2014
Imagine Brazil, Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
Alimentário, Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cães Sem Plumas, Museu de Arte Moderno Aloisio Magalhães, Recife, Brazil
Histórias Mestiças, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
É Tudo Nordeste?, 3ª Bienal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
The Rise and Fall of Art Biennales, LATVIAN Center for Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia
BRICS, OI Futuro Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2013 – 2014
Imagine Brazil, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
Entre-temps... Brusquement, et ensuite, 12e Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
2013
Escavar o futuro, Palácio das artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
The Encyclopedic Palace, 55 Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Museum as Hub: Walking Drifting Dragging, New Museum, New York, USA
Conversation Pieces, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
Chambres à Part, Edition VIII, La Réserve Paris, Paris, France
Unstable Territory: Borders and identity in contemporary art, Centre for Contemporary Culture at Palazzo Strozzi | CCC Strozzina, Florence, Italy
avante brasil, Kunst Im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, Germany
Coleção Itaú de Fotografia Brasileira, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
The insides are on the outside – O interior está no exterior, Casa de Vidro, São Paulo, Brazil
Bienal de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay
2013
Escavar o futuro, Palácio das artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2012 – 2013
Bienal de Benin, Cotonou, Benin
2012
New Brasil, Bolivia Now, Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo, Brazil
City as a Process, Ekaterinburg Branch of the National Center for Contemporary Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Il va se passer quelque chose, Maison de l’Amérique Latine, Paris, France
2011
Caos e Efeito, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
MYTHOLOGIES, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Meditation, Trance, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2010
Por aqui forma tornam-se atitudes, SESC Vila Mariana, São Paulo, Brazil
Entre Pontos, JACA – Jardim Canadá Art Center, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Diante da Duvida de Nomear o que Vejo..., MAC, Curitiba, Brazil
Interações Florestais Terra Una – Liberdade, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2009
Mll2 – 2nd annual manifestation of performance, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Pesta Seni Performa, CCCL, Surabaya, Indonesia
Festival de Performance de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Na impossibilidade de nomear..., Museu de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
Mercado de Arte: quem...Mercado de Banana, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2008
Sobre o Deslocamento de Coisas e Gente, Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Sobremesa de Queijos, Museu Mineiro, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2007
Multiparidade, Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Individual, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2006
Praradoxo Brasil Rumos, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
Praradoxo Brasil Rumos, Paço das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2005
International Video-Performance Art Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
Coletiva, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Jataí, Jataí, Brazil

Awards and Grants
2012
MASP de Artes Visuais – Mercedes-Benz Award, São Paulo, Brazil
2010
12º Salão Nacional de Arte de Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brazil
2004 – 2005
Bolsa Pampulha – 28º Salão de Arte de Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Collections
MoMA – The Museum of Modern Art
Boros Collection
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary
Pinault Collection
Coleção Banco Itaú
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
Rubell Family Collection
Tate
MASP
Pérez Art Museum Miami - PAMM
MFAH The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston