Paulo Nimer Pjota (born 1988)
is a
mixed media Brazilian artist. Pjota prefers to work on large surfaces. He uses
canvas
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, sacks and scrap metal plates, mostly found in
junkyards, as supports.
Biography
Paulo Nimer Pjota was born in
São José do Rio Preto, Brazil in 1988.
He studied at the
University Center of Fine Arts of São Paulo earning his Bachelor of Visual Arts. Pjota now lives and works in
São Paulo,. He is an artist of many mediums and prefers to work on large surfaces.
Education
*2014 – Art History from Rodrigo Naves
*2012 – Critical art, Francisco Alambert and Polyana Canhete, SESC Pompeia
*2010 – Bachelor of Visual Arts at the University Center Fine Arts of São Paulo
Work
Pjota's art consists of many colliding components that are neither literal or direct but rather suggestive and at times curious. "His works highlight the clichés of figurative and landscape painting".(Artuner) Each canvas is treated as a
sketchbook
A sketchbook is a book or pad with blank pages for sketching and is frequently used by artists for drawing or painting as a part of their creative process. Some also use sketchbooks as a sort of blueprint for future art pieces.
The exhibition ...
of sorts in where you find a collection of images with no particular placement but each image intentionally.
Pjota suggests an open narrative in no particular order but the order in which the viewer's imagination takes. His work confronts the viewer with a string of juxtapositions. The
archeological artifacts are compared with soda cans,
still life
A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, m ...
s overshadowed by war and popular culture meets what once was.
Exhibitions
Solo
*2016
''Synthesis Of Contradictory Ideas and the Plurality of the Object as Image Part 2'', Maureen Paley, London
''Synthesis of Contradictory Ideas and the Plurality of the Object as Image'',
Mendes Wood DM
Mendes Wood DM is a contemporary art gallery founded in São Paulo in 2010. The gallery is known for exhibiting sculpture and conceptual works and for representing Afro-Brazilian artists and 20th-century Brazilian works associated with self-taught ...
, São Paulo
*2013
Relational System project Season – Palace of Arts São Paulo, São Paulo
*2012
Paulo Nimer Pjota, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
1 shows the exhibition program Centro Cultural São Paulo 2012, São Paulo,
*2009
Walking in the White solo exhibit Anno Domini Gallery,
San Jose, California
Group (selected)
*2017
''A Luz Que Vela O Corpo É A Mesma Que Revela a Tela, Caixa''. Cultural Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*2016
''New Shamans / Novos Xamãs: Brazilian Artists'', Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
''Soft Power. Arte Brasil.'', Kunsthal in
Amersfoort, The Netherlands
*2015
''The World is Made of Stories'',
Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
''City Uneasy'', SESC Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
''Imagine Brazil'', DHC /
Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
''Ce Monde Fabuleux
Moderne MAC-Lyon'', Lyon, France
''Imagine Brazil'', Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo, Brazil
''19 Contemporary Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil'' – Southern Panoramas, SESC Pompeia, São Paulo, Brazil
''Nourishing'', OCA, São Paulo, Brazil
''Nourishing
Expo Milan
Expo 2015 was a World Expo hosted by Milan, Italy. It opened on May 1 at 10:00 CEST and closed on October 31. Milan hosted an exposition for the second time; the first was the 1906 Milan International.
The Bureau International des Exposi ...
'', Milan, Italy
''Boiling Point, gallery PSM'', Berlin, Germany
''Here There (Huna Hunak)'', QM Al Riwaq Gallery,
Doha, Qatar
*2014
''Peace among animals'', Rumors Fine Arts, São Paulo, Brazil
''The part que does not belong to you'', Kunsthaus,
Wiesbaden, Germany
''The First And Last Freedom'', MOT international gallery, London, UK
''Made by ... done by Brazilians'', matarazzo city, São Paulo, Brazil
''Imagine Brazil'', Mac-Lyon, Lyon, France.
''Nourishing'',
MAM-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
''10 years of the prize acquisition'', Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo
*2013
''Chambers à Part, Edition VIII'', La Réseve Paris, Paris, France
''Imagine Brazil'', Astrup Feranley Museet, Oslo, Norway
''Entre-temps ... Brusquement'', et ensuite 12e Biennale de Lyon,
Lyon, France
*2012
''Itinerancy SESC_Videobrasil'', SESC, São José do Rio Preto, Campinas and Santos, Brazil
Landscape of Invention, Yes Gallery,
Curitiba, Brazil
*2011
''Southern Panoramas'', the 17th International Contemporary Art Festival
''SESC_Videobrasil'', SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo
''Without Limits'', Yes Gallery, Curitiba, Brazil
''Untitled # 1-After-Death Experiences'', Oscar Cruz Galeria, São Paulo
*2010
''Transfer of Cultures Museum Pavilion Brazilian'', São Paulo, Brazil
*2009
''Paperview'', John Jones Limited_Project Space, London, England
*2008
''Fresh Produce'' Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, USA
''Pliable'', Contemporary Art Museum of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil
''Illegitimate Paco das Artes'', São Paulo, Brazil
*2007
''1 Hall Arts São José do Rio Preto'', São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
''39th Salon of Arts Piracicaba'',
Piracicaba, Brazil
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pjota, Paulo Nimer
1988 births
Living people
Brazilian male artists