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Sefirot
Mimi Lauter Aug 24 – Nov 9, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mimi Lauter Sefirot In Sefirot, Los Angeles-based artist Mimi Lauter, known for her work in oil and soft pastels, produces a body of work deeply attuned to concepts of the Tree of Life observed by Kabbalistic mysticism. The Kabbalists believed there are ten creative forces that bridge the infinite and... View Exhibition -
ARDOR AND WRATH
Fernando Marques Penteado Aug 24 – Nov 9, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present ARDOR AND WRATH, a solo exhibition by artist Fernando Marques Penteado . Returning to the image of a home, Marques Penteado surveys a wide array of symbols that have been kept and cherished in domestic surroundings to cast protection on their inhabitants. Spanning... View Exhibition -
They Early Doors
Michael Dean Aug 24 – Nov 9, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Click here to book your visit. Michael Dean presents They Early Doors, a solo show in São Paulo exhibited across Mendes Wood DM and Casa Iramaia . Can the experience of a scene be described as an account of syntax? For artist Michael Dean, the possibilit ies within such a... View Exhibition -
As primeiras coisas
Paula Siebra Oct 10 – Nov 9, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Mendes Wood DM presents As primeiras coisas [The earliest things], a painting exhibition by Paula Siebra. Siebra carves out primordial imagery from ubiquitous objects, signs, and emotions that invite the observer to immerse themselves in memorial contexts and lyrical reverberations. From an initial laconicism —... View Exhibition -
Mendes Wood DM: Germantown Art and Design Week
Oct 12 – Dec 1, 2024 Archipelago For the occasion of Germantown Art and Design Week , Mendes Wood DM Archipelago presents to the public a selection of works, bringing together icons of Brazilian modernist design and architecture in dialogue with contemporary designers and artists. Design classics are set against a curated selection of artworks from the... View Exhibition -
Diffusion
Marina Perez Simão Oct 14 – Nov 23, 2024 Paris The Brazilian painter Marina Perez Simão tries to create a sense of ineffable wonder in her works as she brushes up against the limits of abstraction. In a world where we are supposed to know everything through the touch of a screen, the artist tries to conjure the awe that... View Exhibition -
After Color
Eunnam Hong Nov 7, 2024 – Jan 11, 2025 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present After Color, Eunnam Hong's first solo show in Europe at its Brussels gallery space. Born in 1979 in Ganwang-do, South Korea, but living and working in New York, Hong came to the art world through an unconventional pathway, following an education in graphic... View Exhibition
Upcoming
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Alvaro Barrington & Chico da Silva
Alvaro Barrington & Chico da Silva Nov 9, 2024 – Feb 28, 2025 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Click here to book your visit. Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present Alvaro Barrington & Chico da Silva, an exhibition that places renowned Venezuelan-born contemporary artist Alvaro Barrington (b. 1983) in dialogue with the works of Chico da Silva (1910 – 1985), a Brazilian artist of Ashaninka origin, an... View Exhibition -
Ao redor da distância
Paulo Monteiro Nov 23, 2024 – Feb 1, 2025 São Paulo, Barra Funda View Exhibition -
Anna Bella Geiger
Anna Bella Geiger Nov 23, 2024 – Feb 1, 2025 São Paulo, Barra Funda View Exhibition -
kortinas
ektor garcia Nov 23, 2024 – Feb 1, 2025 São Paulo, Barra Funda e ktor g arcia is always working . D rawn to handmade, labor-intensive processes , the artist took on the practice of crocheting over two decades ago as a self- taught skill. The ability to work alone with a single hook anywhere and anytime was particularly captivating for garcia then... View Exhibition -
La rose de Paris
Heidi Bucher Nov 28, 2024 – Jan 31, 2025 Paris View Exhibition
Past
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Galáxias
Patricia Leite & Leticia Ramos Sep 12 – Oct 31, 2024 Brussels A never-ending night falls, now giving rise to Galáxias [Galaxies], an exhibition by Patricia Leite and Leticia Ramos. The two artists present images and situations that represent or evoke skies and astronomical phenomena. The works include paintings, photographs, videos, and an installation that features clouds, constellations, the moon, eclipses, twilights,... View Exhibition -
grains of water, drops of earth
Josi Sep 6 – Oct 3, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Josi’s process unfolds in the movement of gestures, with handmade creations that make their presence felt as extensions of hands. Grains of earth come together and disperse, sticking to wherever they land. These grains pass through sieves and mortars. They decant, patiently passing through time.... View Exhibition -
What happens at the seaside at dawn?
Laís Amaral Sep 6 – Oct 3, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York What happens at the seaside at dawn? Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present the first New York solo exhibition by artist Laís Amaral. Thinking through the elements of the natural world most mysterious to our eyes in contemporary urban environments triggers a feeling Laís... View Exhibition -
Avec Lucas Arruda, Sanam Khatibi, Patricia Leite, Paula Siebra, Marcos Siqueira, Erika Verzutti et Castiel Vitorino
Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato En Conversation Aug 31 – Oct 5, 2024 Paris Mendes Wood DM is proud to announce Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato En Conversation, a group exhibition in Paris that draws together works by Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato alongside contemporary artists Lucas Arruda, Sanam Khatibi, Patricia Leite, Paula Siebra, Marcos Siqueira, Erika Verzutti, and Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro. Lorenzato, paints as he pleases Amadeo... View Exhibition -
Sefirot
Mimi Lauter Aug 28 – Oct 26, 2024 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Click here to book your visit. Mimi Lauter Sefirot In Sefirot, Los Angeles-based artist Mimi Lauter, known for her work in oil and soft pastels, produces a body of work deeply attuned to concepts of the Tree of Life observed by Kabbalistic mysticism. The Kabbalists believed there are ten creative... View Exhibition -
They Early Doors
Michael Dean Aug 28 – Oct 26, 2024 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Click here to book your visit. Michael Dean presents They Early Doors, a solo show in São Paulo exhibited across Mendes Wood DM and Casa Iramaia. Can the experience of a scene be described as an account of syntax? For artist Michael Dean, the possibilities within such a question drive... View Exhibition -
Archipelago: Paula Siebra, Artist in Residence
Aug 16 – Oct 7, 2024 Archipelago View Exhibition -
Matutar
Marcos Siqueira Jul 31 – Aug 29, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York 31 Jul - 31 Aug 2024 Matutar: to ponder, to reflect, to consider, to express care The inspiration for this text dates back to a year ago when I had the opportunity to spend a few days with Marcos Siqueira in Serra do Cipó, a... View Exhibition -
Dreaming of Spilliaert
Group exhibition Jul 27 – Aug 11, 2024 D'Ouwe Kerke, Retranchement Open everyday | 11am to 6pm d'Ouwe Kerke Dorpsstraat 16 4525 AH Retranchement The Netherlands Léon Spilliaert, Lucas Arruda, Kasper Bosmans, Varda Caivano, Guglielmo Castelli, Adriano Costa, Lewis Hammond, Vojtěch Kovařík, Mimi Lauter, Patricia Leite, Paulo Nimer Pjota, Antonio Obá, Giangiacomo Rossetti, Maaike Schoorel, Paula Siebra and Pol Taburet. In... View Exhibition -
Kutenten - kutenten - kutenten
Edgar Calel Jun 22 – Sep 8, 2024 Archipelago Archipelago 22 Jun - 8 Sept 2024 10 Church Avenue, Germantown, New York Open Thursday – Sunday, 1 – 7pm Mendes Wood DM Archipelago presents Kutenten - kutenten - kutenten, an exhibition of new works by Edgar Calel created in Comalapa, Guatemala and in residency in Germantown, NY. As... View Exhibition -
Reverie
Jun 21 – Jul 20, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York 21 Jun - 20 Jul 2024 Reverie, as in a state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts, offers an evocative exploration of abstraction spanning from the 1950s to the present day, tracing the transformative journey of influential artists who have redefined the boundaries of... View Exhibition -
...vivem no compasso do sol
Sonia Gomes Jun 5 – Aug 3, 2024 Paris Mendes Wood DM is pleased to unveil the first solo exhibition by Sonia Gomes in Paris. Titled ...vivem no compasso do sol*¹ , the show features new works from Gomes’s vast production, including floor, hanging, and wall textile-based sculptures, as well as bronzes, collages, and drawings. An essay by art... View Exhibition -
A linguagem dos anjos
Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro May 30 – Aug 3, 2024 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present A linguagem dos anjos [The Language of Angels], the first solo exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro in Brussels. This exhibition is a culmination of recent explorations and revelations the artist experienced during a long excursion in the Moroccan desert. Bringing... View Exhibition -
Miguel Bakun May 30 – Jul 6, 2024 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is proud to present Miguel Bakun, a solo exhibition in Brussels showcasing a curated selection of landscape paintings the Brazilian artist produced in the first half of the 20 th century. Often referred to as an outsider painter, Miguel Bakun was a self-taught artist who dedicated 30... View Exhibition
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arrastar chãos, juntar imbigos
Josi May 25 – Aug 10, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda It is a process that unfolds in the movement of gestures, in the creations operated by hand, and thus, make themselves felt as hands. They collect the grains of earth, which come together and disperse, sticking to where they pass or dissipate. They pass through the sieve, remain in the... View Exhibition -
Rumors
Ebecho Muslimova May 25 – Aug 10, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Rumors and Whispers is a two-part presentation of Ebecho Muslimova’s recent series of paintings across Mendes Wood DM’s São Paulo gallery and Bernheim Gallery in Zürich. A transatlantic game of telephone, the exhibition first opens in Brazil with Muslimova’s Rumors suite, followed two weeks later by Whispers in Switzerland, each... View Exhibition -
Kishio Suga May 17 – Aug 16, 2024 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Click here to book your visit. Mendes Wood DM São Paulo is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of the seminal Japanese artist Kishio Suga at Casa Iramaia . As one of the pivotal figures in post-war Japan, Suga has spent more than five decades creating works that feature... View Exhibition
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Flooded Playground
Maaike Schoorel Apr 30 – Jun 8, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York 30 Apr - 8 Jun 2024 Mendes Wood DM is delighted to announce the debut solo exhibition of Dutch artist Maaike Schoorel in New York. Titled Flooded Playground, the exhibition features a collection of new oil paintings. Painterly, bold, and symphonic yet delicate and wistful,... View Exhibition -
Mineral Rising
Luana Vitra Apr 30 – Jun 8, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York 30 Apr - 8 Jun 2024 Mendes Woods DM presents Mineral Rising, the first solo exhibition by artist Luana Vitra in New York. Born in Contagem, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Vitra has become one of the most prominent artists of her generation.... View Exhibition -
Erase the Silence
Antonio Obá Apr 27 – Jun 2, 2024 Archipelago Archipelago Apr 27 – June 2, 2024 10 Church Avenue, Germantown, New York Open Saturday and Sunday, 12 – 4pm Archipelago is pleased to present Erase the Silence, an exhibition comprised of new drawings by the Brazilian artist Antonio Obá. Within Obá’s artistic practice, the act of drawing is grounded... View Exhibition -
The Color of Distance
Paulo Monteiro Apr 24 – May 18, 2024 Brussels In pursuit of a formal language reduced to the minimum of elements, Paulo Monteiro has conceived The Color of Distance, his first individual exhibition at Mendes Wood DM in Brussels. Serving as a spatial meditation, the exhibition presents a subtle arrangement of recent works in which color and its atmospheric... View Exhibition -
Peter Hujar Apr 6 – May 4, 2024 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Click here to book your visit. Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present American photographer Peter Hujar’s first solo exhibition in Brazil. Through his unfiltered approach, Hujar documented the avant-garde group of New York-based artists, writers, and musicians who defined the downtown scene in the 1970s and 80s. Peter Hujar’s... View Exhibition
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La Pensée Férale
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Apr 2 – May 26, 2024 Paris Mendes Wood DM is pleased to announce La Pensée Férale, by Daniel Steegmann Mangrané. Conceived as a two-part presentation, two solo exhibitions by the artist will take place in Paris concurrently, at Mendes Wood DM and Esther Schipper. A cornerstone of both exhibitions are works transposing the eye of a... View Exhibition -
Funduras
Solange Pessoa Apr 2 – May 11, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda O mundo – este arrepio concêtrico : olho fixo por onde toda a matéria contempla o espaço descentrado. The world – this concentric shiver: A fixed eye through which all matter contemplates decentered space. — Herberto Helder In Funduras , Solange Pessoa presents an unexpected quality of minerals: Weightlessness. The... View Exhibition -
Bestiary & Idols
José Bedia Mar 15 – Apr 13, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York 15 Mar - 13 Apr, 2024 Mendes Wood DM is proud to present Bestiary & Idols, a solo exhibition of recent works by the Cuban-born artist José Bedia. The exhibition centers on two themes: fauna and mythology. Mythological animals are hallmarks of the artist’s spiritual... View Exhibition -
Against the Grain
Veronika Hapchenko Mar 15 – Apr 13, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York 15 Mar - 13 Apr Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present the first exhibition of Poland-based Ukrainian artist Veronika Hapchenko in the United States. Hapchenko’s airbrushed canvases engage with themes of collective consciousness, as well as instances and manifestations of the occult. The works... View Exhibition -
Leah Ke Yi Zheng Feb 24 – Apr 13, 2024 Brussels Mendes Wood DM, Brussels is pleased to present Leah Ke Yi Zheng , the artist’s first European solo exhibition. Leah Ke Yi Zheng (b.1988) grew up in Wuyishan (China), where she was apprenticed in traditional Chinese painting techniques from an early age. With a dialectical relationship to tradition, she developed... View Exhibition
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The Mail Man
Osama Al Rayyan Feb 24 – Apr 13, 2024 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is proud to present Osama Al Rayyan’s first solo exhibition in Brussels, The Mail Man. Loosely inspired by a short story by the late Egyptian writer Ibrahim Aslan, the exhibition combines paintings with the artist’s first publicly displayed drawings and sculptures. Often referred to as situationist, the... View Exhibition -
Noite longa
Paloma Bosquê Feb 23 – Mar 23, 2024 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Click here to book your visit. Since the sand never stops moving or reflecting the warmth of the sparkles, the child stayed there all afternoon playing. Feeling the sand penetrate her, first between her fingers, then in her eyes, mouth, nose, ear: ... View Exhibition -
Ode to Twisted Gods
Pol Taburet Feb 8 – Mar 16, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Ô paysage de diamant violenté de mains d’acide […] » 1 Anthony Phelps, Motifs pour le temps saisonnier , 1976 Culture is not monolithic; it is a muddy silt that carries with it the stories of great ecstasy of our ancestors as well as their most tragic ones, one... View Exhibition -
It's the way home that moves us away
Carla Zaccagnini & Runo Lagomarsino Feb 8 – Mar 16, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Crossings, c omings and goings, departures, returns, and what happens in between, are intertwined into Carla Zaccagnini’s and Runo Lagomarsino’s personal lives and respective works. This exhibition itself is a sort of path , where their trajectories cross and then bifurcate if only to meet again … It is the... View Exhibition -
Plums, Under Cover
Kasper Bosmans Feb 1 – Mar 23, 2024 Paris Mendes Wood DM is proud to present Kasper Bosmans’s first solo exhibition in Paris, Plums, Under Cover . To mark the occasion, the Brussels-based artist embarked on a fantasy-filled foray, taking as the starting point the discovery of a 16th-century belvedere, located in the Royal Garden of Prague Castle, and... View Exhibition -
Na Boca do Sol
Paulo Nimer Pjota Jan 27 – Mar 2, 2024 New York Mendes Wood DM New York 27 Jan - 2 Mar 2024 Mendes Wood DM presents Na Boca do Sol, Paulo Nimer Pjota’s first solo show in New York. The exhibition’s title refers to an eponymous 1972 Arthur Verocai song, fragments from which have frequently been used as samples both internationally... View Exhibition -
Lamp black on sack cloth (love for fucksake)
Michael Dean Dec 2, 2023 – Jan 20, 2024 Paris Michael Dean's sculptures are capable of transforming an exhibition space into a theater, into an action. They remind us of characters performing a scene. A group of works, which almost seem as if they are about to climb a set of stairs, shows how characters and language are central to... View Exhibition -
With Others in Mind
Coco Fusco Nov 25, 2023 – Jan 24, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is please to present Coco Fusco’s first solo exhibition in São Paulo, “With Others in Mind”. The exhibition aims to highlight Coco Fusco's rigorous exploration into the erasure and metamorphosis of cultural identities, particularly in societies shaped by the aftereffects of colonialism. By different mediums such as... View Exhibition -
Nascituras
Rosana Paulino Nov 25, 2023 – Jan 24, 2024 São Paulo, Barra Funda Nascituras: someone or something yet to be born. The decision to name the exhibition of an artist as prominent as Rosana Paulino Nascituras (nascencies) may seem strange. After all, what could this concept refer to in light of one of the most substantial, striking careers in so-called Brazilian art? A... View Exhibition -
Evocações, Ismael Nery and Lewis Hammond
Curated by Germano Dushá Nov 24, 2023 – Feb 3, 2024 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Click here to book your visit. A phantasmagorical apparition comes into view, appearing as a primal form, as pure potency. A blotch heralding the figure exposes the indescribable substance from which the world's embodiments stem. Whatever is briefly seen scorches the retina, embedding itself in memory. When it first appears,... View Exhibition -
Gardens of Human Nature
Mimi Lauter Nov 10 – Dec 21, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Nov 10 - Dec 21, 2023 Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present Gardens of Human Nature by Los Angeles-based artist Mimi Lauter. Comprising sixteen soft pastel and oil pastel framed works on paper of varying scale, this is Lauter's third solo exhibition with the... View Exhibition -
Cada cosa es Babel
Mariana Castillo Deball Nov 4, 2023 – Feb 16, 2024 Brussels “And what happens if we look the other way around, if we read contemporary art as future archaeology?” — Mariana Castillo Deball An object, eroded by time, crumbles in the palm of a hand. A tower collapses. A stonemason is hammering, chiseling stones. In her second solo exhibition at Mendes... View Exhibition -
I See No Difference Between a Handshake and a Poem
Curated by Fernanda Brenner Oct 14 – Nov 25, 2023 Paris Artists include: Juan Pérez Agirregoikoa, Armando Andrade Tudela, Lucas Arruda, Karim Aïnouz, Adrián Balseca, Tosh Basco, Katinka Bock, Paloma Bosquê, Nina Canell, Guglielmo Castelli, Mariana Castillo Deball, Alejandro Cesarco, Henri Chopin, Marguerite Duras, Philipp Fleischmann, Sonia Gomes, Barbara Hammer, Runo Lagomarsino, Patricia Leite, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Paul Maheke, Hana Miletić, Charlotte... View Exhibition -
Paulo Monteiro at Archipelago
Paulo Monteiro Sep 30 – Nov 19, 2023 Archipelago Archipelago Sept 30 - Nov 19, 2023 Archipelago is proud to present an exhibition of work by Brazilian artist Paulo Monteiro (b. 1961, S ã o Paulo, Brazil) in its residency and gallery space in Germantown, New York, USA. Archipelago is an arts-and-research institute devoted to spirituality, thinking, and... View Exhibition -
La Pensée Ferale
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané Sep 15 – Oct 27, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Sept 15 - Oct 27, 2023 Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present La Pensée Férale, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané’s inaugural exhibition in New York City. Mangrané’s work traces the boundary where nature meets artifice, encompassing a range of media including installations, films, sound-based works, photographs,... View Exhibition -
Estude fundo
Laís Amaral Sep 7 – Oct 28, 2023 Brussels Estude fundo, the first solo exhibition project of Laís Amaral in Europe, takes over Mendes Wood DM Brussels’ space with newly produced works. “I have been thinking mainly about developing a subjective language through non-figurative painting. My main way of doing this is to bring references from nature, within my... View Exhibition -
Linhas Tortas
Curated by Diana Campbell Sep 2 – Nov 4, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda Linhas Tortas is a multi-venue international group exhibition that celebrates the entanglements of journeys and the power of storytelling, marking a decade of Mendes Wood DM. Inspired by the Brazilian aphorism “deus escreve certo por linhas tortas”, which literally translates to “god writes straight with crooked lines” and metaphorically to... View Exhibition -
Linhas Tortas
Curated by Diana Campbell Sep 2 – Nov 11, 2023 São Paulo, Casa Iramaia Linhas Tortas is a multi-venue international group exhibition that celebrates the entanglements of journeys and the power of storytelling, marking a decade of Mendes Wood DM. Inspired by the Brazilian aphorism “deus escreve certo por linhas tortas”, which literally translates to “god writes straight with crooked lines” and metaphorically to... View Exhibition -
Paper Trails
Group Show Jul 29 – Aug 8, 2023 D'Ouwe Kerke, Retranchement Open every day | 11am to 6pm d'Ouwe Kerke Dorpsstraat 16 4525 AH Retranchement The Netherlands Osama Alrayyan, Laís Amaral, Lucas Arruda, Patricia Ayres, Alvaro Barrington, Paloma Bosquê, Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro, Heidi Bucher, Varda Caivano, Guglielmo Castelli, Adriano Costa, Michael Dean, Mariana Castillo Deball, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Anna Bella Geiger, Sonia... View Exhibition -
Marina Perez Simão at Villa Era
Marina Perez Simão Jul 1 – 30, 2023 Villa Era, Vigliano Biellese Mendes Wood DM is proud to announce its third cycle of exhibitions at Villa Era, a historic 19th-century house and estate in the Italian countryside, between Milan and Turin, with a solo presentation by Marina Perez Simão. A new body of oil works, painted on linen, will be presented across... View Exhibition -
Cheese Moon Nights
Santiago de Paoli at Archipelago Jun 24 – Aug 27, 2023 Archipelago Archipelago Jun 24 — Aug 27, 2023 Santiago de Paoli was the second artist-in-residence at Archipelago Hudson Valley. Archipelago is an arts-and-research institute devoted to spirituality, thinking, and healing. At a constellation of sites across the globe, we host exhibitions, artists’ residencies, and a growing research library. Our inaugural site... View Exhibition -
Critical Mass
Patricia Ayres Jun 23 – Aug 5, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Jun 23 - Aug 5, 2023 In Critical Mass, Patricia Ayres articulates Sigmund Freud’s notion of the Unheimlich.(1) Incongruity is echoed through nine pustulating sculptures, whose faceless forms distinguish themselves by their sutured topography, an amalgamation of stained United States military elastic, parachute hardware, and... View Exhibition -
Everything All At Once
Kent O'Connor Jun 23 – Aug 5, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Jun 23 - Aug 5, 2023 'When I paint, I sit with the objects and experience without touching, feeling but not feeling.' Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present Everything All At Once by the Los Angeles-based painter Kent O’Connor (b. 1987 in Virginia, USA).... View Exhibition -
Cristalino Segredo
Paula Siebra Jun 2 – Aug 5, 2023 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is proud to present Cristalino Segredo, a solo exhibition by Brazilian artist Paula Siebra in the gallery’s Brussels space. This is the first opportunity for European audiences to experience the artist’s work following her residency and exhibition in Bruges, Belgium, in 2021. Taking over the entirety of... View Exhibition -
Do cômico e do trágico
Paulo Nimer Pjota May 27 – Aug 12, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is delighted to present “Do cômico e do trágico” a new solo exhibition by Paulo Nimer Pjota at our Barra Funda space in São Paulo. What are the possible connections between representations of a couple of Buddhist deities, domestic scenes, and the images that decorate both Chinese... View Exhibition -
Some Eyes
Alma Allen May 27 – Aug 12, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is proud to present Some Eyes , the first solo exhibition of the celebrated US artist and sculptor Alma Allen to take at the gallery’s Barra Funda space in Sao Paulo. Additionally to this being his first exhibition with the gallery in Sao Paulo, it is also... View Exhibition -
Earthworks
Solange Pessoa May 12 – Jun 17, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York May 12 - Jun 17, 2023 Earthworks features a selection of earth and fresco paintings, ceramic sculptures, and one video relating to Solange Pessoa's enduring relationship to land and spirited use of organic materials. Multifarious and experimental in its approach to material, Pessoa's oeuvre is... View Exhibition -
The Labours of Hercules
Vojtěch Kovařík Apr 19 – May 27, 2023 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is proud to present The Labours of Hercules, Vojtěch Kovařík 's first solo exhibition in the gallery’s Brussels space. Following his previous shows with the gallery in New York, São Paulo and Villa Era, Italy, Kovařík will be taking over the entirety of the gallery’s two floors... View Exhibition -
Human Nature
Alvaro Barrington Mar 30 – May 13, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda 'I've been in Brazil for nearing two weeks now and I'm two weeks away from my first show in South America. It would be an understatement to say that the region has given me so much. I think less of nation-states more like the notion of regional cousins. My first... View Exhibition -
Signo
Antonio Obá Mar 30 – May 13, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda Antonio Obá considers the drawing as a living thought. The artist returns to the São Paulo venue with an exhibition devoted exclusively to his works on paper - 'an exercise in letting language emerge,' according to Obá. The use of drawing, recurrent in his work and also in his relationship... View Exhibition -
MILK OF SLUMS - RUA DOS CACIQUES
Adriano Costa Mar 23 – Apr 29, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Mar 23 - Apr 29, 2023 Written by Colin Ledoux, with words from Adriano Costa in italics. I am Arnaut who gathers up the wind, And chases the hare with the ox, And swims against the torrent. —Arnaut Daniel “...crista do desejo, o destino deslinda-se... View Exhibition -
Demonios Familiares
Guglielmo Castelli Mar 20 – Apr 29, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York May 20 - Apr 29, 2023 Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present Demonios Familiares by Guglielmo Castelli (b.1987, Turin, Italy). Building on his previous exhibition in the gallery’s Brussels space in 2021, and an acclaimed solo at Paris+ par Art Basel 2022, this exhibition... View Exhibition -
X
Luiz Roque Mar 11 – Apr 8, 2023 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is proud to present X, Luiz Roque’s second solo show in Brussels. Comprised of new works in ceramics and a screening of the 2020 short film República, this exhibition expands on Roque’s exploration into the fragmented universe of sexuality and the power dynamics of representation. Shedding new... View Exhibition -
The Gardener’s Son
Victor Bengtsson Mar 11 – Apr 8, 2023 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is proud to present a first solo exhibition of work by the Danish artist Victor Bengtsson to take place in its Brussels gallery space. Taking over the entirety of the top floor of the gallery’s Sablon townhouse, Bengtsson’s mostly large-scale paintings simultaneously straddle a three-part chronological divide.... View Exhibition -
Esfíngico Frontal
Group Show Feb 11 – Mar 11, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda There is a mystery behind everything. There is a mystery that comes and goes, circulating through our veins, through our viscera, between our fingertips and through every thread of our hair. The same mystery exists in everything that surrounds us: from the earth’s surface to the spheres dancing in the... View Exhibition -
Butterfly Joint
Kentaro Kawabata Feb 11 – Mar 11, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is delighted to present – at its gallery space in São Paulo – Kentaro Kawabata’s first solo exhibition in Brazil. Titled Butterfly Joint, the show brings together a poignant body of works produced by the Japanese artist, spanning four series of porcelain sculptures that are a testament... View Exhibition -
Six Artists
Group Exhibition Feb 3 – Mar 5, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Feb 3 - Mar 5, 2023 Transgressing the Frontiers of Refusal Written by Lorraine Mendes Those who set out to consider and historicize the peripheries of the world—the dispossessed, the subaltern, the enslaved—must address the power of narratives and archives, whose limitations define what can... View Exhibition -
properties without object
Iulia Nistor Feb 3 – Mar 5, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Feb 3 - Mar 5, 2023 Mendes Wood DM is delighted to present properties without object, Iulia Nistor’s third solo exhibition with the gallery and her first in New York. The exhibition consists of new works from Nistor’s Evidence Paintings series, all 50 x 40... View Exhibition -
Cinza das horas
Group Show Jan 21 – Feb 25, 2023 Brussels Lucas Arruda, Eleonore Koch, Fabio Miguez and Paulo Pasta. Mendes Wood DM is proud to inaugurate Cinza das horas, a group exhibition organized by Lucas Arruda (b. 1983) that presents his work alongside paintings by fellow Brazilian artists Eleonore Koch (b.1926 - d. 2018), Fabio Miguez (b. 1962), and Paulo... View Exhibition -
To Dream Oneself into Existence
Paloma Bosquê Nov 26, 2022 – Jan 14, 2023 Brussels Now I will tell you a story. I hope it will be good company for what you are about to see, but before that, I want you to take a moment to consider something. Before moving forward, consider what you actually understand as “a body”. Most of us take for... View Exhibition -
Moonlight Paintings
Varda Caivano Nov 26, 2022 – Jan 14, 2023 Brussels Back to front and beyond New paintings by Varda Caivano In her second show at Mendes Wood DM, Argentinian-Italian artist Varda Caivano brings together new paintings that were all produced in 2022. Some of them saw the light of day in Mexico during the summer. Others, slightly larger in scale,... View Exhibition -
Mimosa tenuiflora
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa Nov 19, 2022 – Jan 28, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda Mendes Wood DM is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of the artist Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa (Guatemala, 1978) in São Paulo. The exhibit, entitled Mimosa Tenuiflora, brings together video works, paintings, and sculptures – scenarios pervaded by an atmosphere of dream and fantasy, yet communicating an awaken world. Mimosa tenuiflora,... View Exhibition -
Big paintings
Giangiacomo Rossetti Nov 19, 2022 – Jan 28, 2023 São Paulo, Barra Funda My friend Scott introduced me to Irakli and Dea. He met them at a party in Tbilisi and they told him they were moving to NYC. I needed someone helping me to move some of my paintings from my house to a new studio I just rented and Scott gave... View Exhibition -
Outras águas / Other waters
Antonio Obá Nov 16, 2022 – Jan 21, 2023 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Nov 16 - Jan 21, 2023 You go, you stay, you never come back! —João Guimarães Rosa, “The Third Bank of the River” (1962) Mendes Wood DM New York is pleased to announce Outras águas / Other waters, Antonio Obá’s second solo exhibition in New... View Exhibition -
Paulo Nazareth at Archipelago
Paulo Nazareth Nov 12, 2022 – Feb 26, 2023 Archipelago Archipelago Nov 12 – Feb 26, 2023 Archipelago is an arts-and-research institute devoted to spirituality, thinking, and healing. At a constellation of sites across the globe, we host exhibitions, artists’ residencies, and a growing research library. Our inaugural site is in Germantown, NY, overlooking the Hudson River. The first exhibition... View Exhibition -
Il faudrait que je me calme
Group Show Oct 15 – Nov 19, 2022 Brussels Jean Claracq, Clément Courgeon, Joséphine Ducat-May, Nathanaëlle Herbelin, Johan Larnouhet, Maëlle Ledauphin, Pierre Seiter, Raphael Sitbon, Thomas Cap de Ville and Miranda Webster. Mendes Wood DM Brussels is proud to present Il faudrait que je me calme, a group show curated by artists Nathanaëlle Herbelin and Jean Claracq. With... View Exhibition -
Scree
Nina Canell Oct 15 – Nov 19, 2022 Brussels Take a room. It’s made of walls, a floor and ceiling. Conceived as stable environments, interior spaces preserve a linear atmosphere: reduced wind speed, absence of dirt and controllable temperatures all make for maintainable enclosures that stand still. We don’t like when things move around without us having moved them... View Exhibition -
Maria Auxiliadora
Maria Auxiliadora Oct 14 – Nov 11, 2022 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Oct 14 - Nov 11, 2022 Mendes Wood DM New York presents an exhibition with works by the painter Maria Auxiliadora. Born in 1935 in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Auxiliadora lived and worked in São Paulo until her death in 1974. Her mixed media paintings depict... View Exhibition -
Remember when we talked about meeting again
Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro Oct 14 – Nov 11, 2022 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Oct 14 - Nov 11, 2022 Mendes Wood DM presents Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro’s solo exhibition Remember when we talked about meeting again—a title which refers to both the start of a conversation and a reminiscence of an essential prophecy. The exhibition gathers photographs, a video... View Exhibition -
Dusk of the Gods
Vojtěch Kovařík Sep 9 – Oct 8, 2022 New York Mendes Wood DM New York Sept 9 - Oct 8, 2022 Mendes Wood DM New York is proud to present Dusk of the Gods, Czech artist Vojtěch Kovařík’s first solo exhibition in New York, following his previous shows with the gallery in São Paulo, Brazil, and Villa Era, Italy. Kovařík’s... View Exhibition -
Thus to sleep is sweeter than to wake
Miranda Fengyuan Zhang Sep 8 – Oct 10, 2022 Brussels Mendes Wood DM is pleased to announce Miranda Fengyuan Zhang's first solo show in Belgium. The exhibition features a new group of Zhang's hand-woven paintings as well as an installation made with a reappropriated 19th century French divider. Zhang often utilizes the formal practice of weaving to create a spatial... View Exhibition -
SLOW WATER
Seulgi Lee Sep 8 – Oct 8, 2022 Brussels Upon entering, the sound of metal balls clanging against each other resonates throughout the gallery. For a moment, you imagine yourself at the controls of a pinball machine like those painted by Wayne Thiebaud in 1962. However, there are no flashing arcade machines; instead occupying the space are three wooden... View Exhibition -
Noites de cetim
Paula Siebra Aug 28 – Nov 11, 2022 São Paulo, Barra Funda It is dusk on the beach. For a few minutes, the sky looks like ember before cooling down into a blueish black. The landscape eases down, keeping the memory of the day’s past, like an enchantment. Paula Siebra’s Satin Nights are memories of the heat coming from the sun that... View Exhibition
