Vicente Pessôa

Art is only worth if it reveals me to myself, it gives me more than mere images, but symbols and metaphors that stand by my side in the everyday fights. And as I believe that everything has a meaning and a direction, and that this meaning is the truly important part in everything called ‘human’, my goal is to make sense even when I pretend to be crazy, because art is expression, the sense of the senses, and our heart can be deceived but for a good cause — a good history, a good sense. // As Warhol, I’m interested in the intersection between the so-called fine arts and the mass communication; as Escher, I seek the nature of the support and the unique possibilities of expression offered by it. The themes are various and they guide the methods and techniques, which I choose according to the objectives and the audience of each work, aiming at the most appropriate shape and style to each message. // Since I started to talk, to draw and to write, I did it almost everyday of my life. Pen and paper are family, beside the books and notebooks and, more recently, my laptop. With them I have spent the past decade creating images and messages, from logotypes to poetry books, including exhibitions, performances, movies and applications, always t...

2004 – 2009; B.A. Graphic Design; School of Design; Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais - UEMG

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013; Where the houses live, SYZ Galerija, Rijeka, Croatia
2011; In all, one, CentoeQuatro, Belo Horizonte
2011; Space-Process, School of Architecture and Design UFJF, Juiz de Fora
2009; Suspension/Suspended, COPASA Art Gallery, Belo Horizonte
2008; Ride Project, Paschoal Carlos Magno Art Gallery, Niterói

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015; 11th Biennial of Graphic Design ADG; Espaço Cultura e Cidadania; Rio de Janeiro
2014; 28th Design Award Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo
2014; Performatus, Central Gallery, São Paulo
2013; Arte Pará, Romulo Maiorana Foundation, Bethlehem
2013; Borders, Sérgio Porto Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro
2012; Art and Film by Posters, Museum of Image and Sound, São Paulo
2012; ROJO ® NOVA Contemporary Culture, Belo Horizonte
2012; For All, School of Arts and Crafts, Sao Paulo
2012; EDP ​​Award in the Arts, Tomie Ohtake Institute, Sao Paulo
2011; IV Bolsa Pampulha, Pampulha Art Museum, Belo Horizonte
2011; Redelabs, CentoeQuatro, Belo Horizonte
2010; VIVO arte.mov, Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte
2009; MIP2 - International Performance Manifestation; Belo Horizonte
2009; IF Concept Awards, Hannover, Germany
2009; 9th Biennial of Graphic Design ADG; Centro Cultura...