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.

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Biography

Albano Afonso (1964, São Paulo, Brazil. 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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