Gad Laniado

Gad Laniado (a.k.a Gady Laniado) is a Brazilian multidisciplinary artist, a street photographer, a Creative Director and an Advertising Copywriter since 1993 and have worked in agencies such as DM9DDB, Grey, Ogilvy and Wunderman Brazil, among other great players of the advertising business. Interested in many art forms, played drums in rock and reggae groups in his early twenties.

Developed video projects in the university years and directed music videos for bands of close friends. Has a video on the first Minute Video Festival of Brasil (Collors - The Video). Fell in love with Pop Art at a very early age. Used his math and chemistry books in high school as sketchbooks (that used to drive his mom and dad crazy) drawing comics characters out of boredom to pass the time during those classes which felt like an eternity. Learned how to make graffiti stencils in art classes at school in the 80’s and displayed some of his art in the streets of his beloved hometown of São Paulo.

Starts drawing more seriously by 2001, mainly with pastels on paper. In 2022 he starts making digital art, creating a wide range of artworks from abstract and geometric pieces to Pop Art and botanic art.

Loves grafitti, photography, tattoos, gastronomy and go...

Studied at a Jewish Private School in São Paulo Brazil, called Colégio I.L Peretz from pre-school until the first year of High School, then moved to Palmares School for the last two years of High School finishing it in 1986.

From 1987 to 1992 studied at Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo - ECA/USP (School Of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo - ECA/USP) and got a Bachelor's Degree on the Radio And Television Communication Course.

• 27th Bienal de São Paulo 2006, at Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, São Paulo/Brazil. From October, 7th to December,17th 2006

Contributed to the exhibit Sabores y Lenguas from the artist Miralda with “A Soup For Andy, a sculpture consisting of a can of Campbell’s Soup glued to a plate with a spoon.

• Art Exhibition of the FIAP (Festival Iberoamericano de Publicidad) at Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires/Argentina. From 23rd to 27th, April 2007

Contributed to the exhibit with three artworks, the drawings: Dog Bones (pastel chalks on paper), Moutarde (pastel chalks on paper) and Swiss Army Knife 1 (pastel chalks on paper)

• Fotografia Analógica at Emma Thomas Gallery, São Paulo/Brazil. From September 16th to October 24th 2009

Had several Lomographic Photos displayed in this collective exhibition of analog photography.

• Frame Art - Collective Exhibition at Fast Frame shop, Vila Madalena, São Paulo/Brazil. May 9th to 14th, 2011

Had some analogue photographs, manual collages and pastel chalks drawings displayed in this exhibit.

• Collective Artists Exhibition at Galeria Amî, Vila Madalena – São Paulo/Brazil. February 2014.

Had some black and white and colored Rolleiflex analog photographs from the book São P...