Albano Afonso

Overview

Albano Afonso explores in his works different elements of the contemporary daily life, creating a connection with the art history, photography, self-portrait and still life, always with a contemporary language. Albano uses light, shadows and manipulated images to reflect on the values and perceptions of these current times and in a way that merge past, present and future; creating a timeless frame which seems to be fading out but it still locked in time.

Biography

Albano Afonso (1964, São Paulo, Brazi. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil)

Selected solo exhibitions: Igrexa da Universidade e DIDAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain [2019]; Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil [2018]; Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Aomori, Japan [2017]; Museu Brasileiro de Escultura, MuBE, São Paulo, Brazil [2016]; 21C Museum, Cincinnati, USA [2015]; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA [2015]; Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [2014]; Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil [2014]; Invaliden1 Galerie, Berlin, Germany [2013]; Bodson Gallery, Brussels, Belgium [2012]; Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil [2010].

Selected group exhibitions: Georg Kargl Gallery, Vienna, Austria [2020]; Fernelmont Contemporary Art Festival, Fernelmont, Belgium [2019]; Centro de Artes de Águeda, Águeda, Portugal [2018]; Fernelmont Contemporary Art Festival, Fernelmont, Belgium [2018]; SixtyEight Art Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark [2017]; Museu de Arte Contemporânea - USP, São Paulo, Brazil [2017]; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, USA [2017]; Osnova Gallery, Moscow, Russia [2017]; Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil [2016]; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [2016]; Musashino Art University Gallery, FAL, Tokyo, Japan [2015]; 10º Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil [2015]; Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil [2014]; Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MASP), São Paulo, Brazil [2013]; CAB Art Center, Brussels, Belgium [2012]; Kiosko Alfonso/PALEXCO, A Coruña, Spain [2012]; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium [2011]; Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain [2011]; 29º Bienal de São Paulo, Pavilhão da Bienal, São Paulo, Brazil [2010].

Public collections: 21c Museum Foundation's, Louisville, Kentucky, USA; CAB, Art Center, Brussels, Belgium; Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Inhotim - Centro de Arte Contemporânea, Brumadinho, Brazil; Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Pinacoteca da Cidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil; University of Essex Collection of Latin American Art, England; Fundação ARCO - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza - Vigo, Spain; Coleção BES, Lisboa, Portugal, among others.

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