Lucas Simões

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LUCAS SIMÕES DEVELOPS WORKS ON SUPPORTS SUCH AS PHOTOGRAPHS, CONCRETE, PAPER AND SILICONE. ALWAYS STARTING FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVE, IN HIS SERIES ABISMO AND CORPO DE PROVA, HE RELATES AMBITIONS AND FRUSTRATIONS OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE. THROUGH HIS WORKS, LUCAS MAKES A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE DENSITY OF RIGID MATERIALS AND THE SUBTLETY OF OTHERS LIKE PAPER, CREATING THE POSSIBILITY OF A MORE INTIMATE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THEM.

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Lucas Simões [Catanduva, Brasil, 1980. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil], has a Bachelor in Architecture and Urbanism from PUC-Campinas, Campinas, Brazil. Selected solo exhibitions: OTIUMmuitoOTIUM, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil [2022]; Durmientes, Galeria Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, Spain [2021]; Drawing Tense, Blouin Division, Montreal, Canada [2021]; Awaiting Masses, Patron Projects, New York, USA [2019]; Ressaca, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil [2018]; Corpos de Prova, Pasto Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina [2017]; White Lies, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, USA [2017] and Deserto, Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães, Recife, Brazil [2014] among others. Selected group exhibitions: Panta Rei, Anna Mara, Roma, Italy [2021]; Theory of Prose, Arsenal Contemporary Art New York, New York, USA [2021]; Experimentando Le Corbusier – Interpretações Contemporâneas do Modernismo, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil [2019]; A Thousand Roaring Beasts: Display Devices for a Critical Modernity, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain [2017] and Mensagens de Uma Nova América, 10th Biennial of Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil [2015] among others. Awards: Prêmio Foco Art Rio [2013]; Salão de pequenos formatos da Amazônia – UNAMA [2010] and Prêmio Citi Novos Artistas [2009]. Public collections: Museu de Arte Contemporânea - USP, São Paulo, Brazil; Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Coleção Itaú de Fotografia Brasileira, São Paulo, Brazil and Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.