Olho [Eye] Drawing

Felippe Moraes was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1988 where he lives and works. Holds an MA Fine Art at The University of Northampton as a scholarship student by the Santander Universities program (2013) and a BA in Product Design by Centro Universitário Belas Artes in São Paulo (2010). In 2013 had a special show alongside with Jonas Arrabal at Largo das Artes in Rio de Janeiro entitled “Hipotética”. His first institutional solo show was “Construção” for the Temporada de Projetos 2011 of the state owned institution Paço das Artes. The first solo show outside of Brazil was “On Becoming” at the Fishmarket Gallery in Northampton in the United Kingdom followed by “Matter” at the MK Gallery in Milton Keynes, also in England. In 2012 was elected by The University of Nottingham as one of the 30 under 30 artists in the British region of the Midlands. His first group exhibition was “Sem Crise ou os 4 Opositores” in 2009. Since then was a member of Ateliê Fidalga up until 2011 and has been present in relevant group shows such as “City as a Process” at the 2nd Ural Industrial Biennial curated by Raphael Fonseca and Daria Kostina, Boîte Invaliden at Invaliden1 Galerie in Berlin, idealized by Paulo Reis, “The Infinity Show” curated by Catherine Halmeryk at NN Contemporary Arts in the United Kingdom, “O Peso do Branco” curated by Efrain Almeida for the city of Guarulhos, “Território de Caça” curated by Mário Gioia at Zipper Galeria, “Mutatis Mutandis” curated by Bernardo de Souza at Largo das Artes in Rio de Janeiro was selected for the Novíssimos 2012 at the Galeria IBEU and for the shows of the cities of Itajaí, Santo André, Jataí, Jundiaí and Guarulhos in which was awarded special prizes by the public and specialized jury.