Almandrade

Visual artist, architect, master in urban design, poet, and art theory professor at the art workshops of the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia and Palacete das Artes.

Participated in various group exhibitions, including: XII, XIII, and XVI São Paulo Biennial; “In Search of Essence” – a special exhibition of the XIX São Paulo Biennial; IV National Salon; Universo do Futebol (MAM/Rio); National Fair (São Paulo); II Paulista Salon; I International Exhibition of Ephemeral Sculptures (Fortaleza); I Bahia Salon; II National Salon; Honorable mention at the I Student Salon in 1972. He participated in collective exhibitions of visual poems, multimedia, and installation projects in Brazil and abroad.

One of the creators of the Language Study Group of Bahia, which published the magazine “Semiotics” in 1974. He held over thirty solo exhibitions in Salvador, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, and São Paulo between 1975 and 2019; wrote in several newspapers and specialized magazines about art, architecture, and urbanism. Awards in project competitions for artworks of the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, 1981/82. Fundarte Award at the XXXIX Pernambuco Plastic Arts Salon in 1986. Published books of poetry and/or visual works:

“O Sacrifício do Sentido,” “Obscuridades do Riso,” “Poemas,” “Suor Noturno,” “Arquitetura de Algodão,” “Escritos sobre Arte,” and “Malabarismo das Pedras” (poetry). Copene Award for Culture and Art, 1997. His works are held in various private and public collections, such as: Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, National Museum of Fine Arts (Rio de Janeiro), Museum of the City (Salvador), Afro Museum (São Paulo), Museum of Art of Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre), and Municipal Art Gallery of São Paulo.

Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, 2000. Exhibition “Thoughts” at the National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, participated in the Brazilian visual poetry exhibition at the Mexic-Art Museum in Austin.

One of the creators of the Language Study Group of Bahia, which published the magazine “Semiotics” in 1974. He held over thirty solo exhibitions in Salvador, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, and São Paulo between 1975 and 2019; wrote in several newspapers and specialized magazines about art, architecture, and urbanism. Awards in project competitions for artworks of the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, 1981/82. Fundarte Award at the XXXIX Pernambuco Plastic Arts Salon in 1986. Published books of poetry and/or visual works:

“O Sacrifício do Sentido,” “Obscuridades do Riso,” “Poemas,” “Suor Noturno,” “Arquitetura de Algodão,” “Escritos sobre Arte,” and “Malabarismo das Pedras” (poetry). Copene Award for Culture and Art, 1997. His works are held in various private and public collections, such as: Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, National Museum of Fine Arts (Rio de Janeiro), Museum of the City (Salvador), Afro Museum (São Paulo), Museum of Art of Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre), and Municipal Art Gallery of São Paulo.

Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, 2000. Exhibition “Thoughts” at the National Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, participated in the Brazilian visual poetry exhibition at the Mexic-Art Museum in Austin.

Solo exhibition “Small Formats” at ACBEU gallery in Salvador, 2002. Sculptures at the Goethe Institute, Salvador, 2003. Paintings at the Sofitel Hotel, Costa do Sauípe – Ba., 2004. Installation at Conjunto Cultural da Caixa, Erotic Art, School of Fine Arts of UFBA. Coordinates the City Art Workshop at the Goethe Institute, Salvador. Curated the SSA 456 show at the City Gallery, Salvador, 2005. Participated in the group exhibitions “Ode to the Second of July,” City Gallery, “Ways of Seeing and Understanding Art,” Museum of Art of Bahia, Salvador, 2006.

Between 1986 and 1990, at the Cultural Foundation of the State of Bahia, in the Department of Museums and Plastic Arts, he held the positions of Chief of the Division of Plastic Arts and later, Deputy Manager of Plastic Arts. Participation as a juror in public art competitions, including: Salvador City Carnival Decoration Contest, 1980; Art Salon of SESI Culture Week, Salvador 1986; Selection Committee of the Regional Plastic Arts Salons of Bahia, Juazeiro 1997 and 1999; Selection and Award Jury of the 1st Recôncavo Biennial, São Felix, 1991; Selection Committee of Funarte Visual Arts Projects 2004-2005, Brasília, 2004. Funarte Art Criticism Research Grants Selection Committee, Rio de Janeiro, 2008.

Exhibition “The Art of Almandrade” at the Caixa Cultural Center, Salvador 2009, and São Paulo 2012. Exhibition “Torrid Zone” at the Santander Cultural Center, Recife 2012. “Economy of Montage” – Museum of Art of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre 2012. Visual Poems and Installation (solo) at Casa das Rosas, São Paulo 2014. Solo SP-Arte 2015. 10th MERCOSUL Biennial – Porto Alegre – RS. 3rd Bahia Biennial. Solo ArteBa – Baró Galeria – Buenos Aires 2016. Paintings, visual poems, installations, drawings, sculptures at Karla Osorio Gallery Brasília 2018.

Various group exhibitions from 2019 to 2021 in Salvador, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Miami (USA), Évora (Portugal).