In general my work concerns the fragility of the human body
in relation to the passing of time.
They are works about love, desire, loss, death and mourning
which are constantly shifting between shimmering hopefulness,
formalism, bold decoration, concentrated minimalism, existential
torment and abstraction
I use a variety of techniques involving a constant process of cutting,
perforating, rearranging, assembling, scanning, destroying and mending
papers, textiles, wax and photographs.
The works are often bold and melodramatic, sometimes silent,
but always in searching of a balance between excess and austerity.
01- Felix, Caio, Perforations and Cuts, 2007/2008, Installation view (detail)
drawings, medicine bottles and textiles
Galeria Vermelho, Brasil
02- Untitled, 2007
cuts, perforation and black pigment on paper
55 x 65 cm
03- Flow..., 2008
cuts, perforation and pigment on C. print
35 x 45 cm
04- Full Blown, 2003/2004,Installation view
wax and perfumes
wax and perfumes
400 x 400 cm (65 Kg)
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam-SMBA
05-Full Blown, Installation view (detail)
wax and perfumes
400 x 400 cm (65 Kg)
07- Untitled, 2007
cuts, perforation and fragments of photographs on C. print
35 x 45 cm
08- Liquescent, 2004, Installation view (detail)
wax and glas (1000 figurines)
sizes and dimensions variable
08- Unveil, 2009/2009, Installation view (detail)
medicine information leaflets and clear tape
variable dimension
Teto Projects Amsterdam
09- Unveil, 2008/2009, Installation view (detail)
medicine information leaflets and clear tape
variable dimensions
Museum of Arts and Design-MAD New York
10- Mr. Muscle Forcing Bursting, 2009
30 x 45 cm
cuts, oil, graphite, glitter and fragments of photographs on paper
11- Untitled, 2010
50 x 65 cm (irregular)
cuts and fragments of photographs on paper
wax and perfumes
400 x 400 cm (65 Kg)
cuts, perforation and fragments of photographs on C. print
35 x 45 cm
wax and glas (1000 figurines)
sizes and dimensions variable
medicine information leaflets and clear tape
variable dimension
Teto Projects Amsterdam
medicine information leaflets and clear tape
variable dimensions
Museum of Arts and Design-MAD New York
30 x 45 cm
cuts, oil, graphite, glitter and fragments of photographs on paper
50 x 65 cm (irregular)
cuts and fragments of photographs on paper
"There are two fundamental possibilities available to an artist: to negate, stripping away until nothing remains, or to accumulate, to embrace additively until one has reached the limit of fullness" (Harald Szeemann)
... my work process is a struggle between those two possibilities.
