João Modé

Brazilian artist, lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. His work is articulated by a plural notion of languages ​​and spaces of action. Since 2013 he has been developing a group of works in fabrics that he calls “Construtivo [Paninho]’. Using sewing and embroidery, the artist appropriates kitchen towels, sheets and cloths of his daily use to build works in homage to the geometric/abstract tradition of brazilian art. A form of 'construtivo-afetivo'. He has a degree in Architecture and Visual Programming, with a master's degree in Visual Languages ​​from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He was a founding member of the Visorama group, which promoted debates on contemporary art issues between the late 1980s and the 1990s.

In 2019 he presented an individual at the Peter Kilchmann gallery, in Zurich, Switzerland and was a finalist for the Marcantônio Vilaça Award, at the FAAP Museum, São Paulo. In 2018, he took part in the collective exhibition 'Las Calanques' at FRAC Marseille, France. In 2017, he participated in the exhibitions “35º Panorama de Arte Brasileira” at the Museum of Modern Art - MAM in São Paulo, “BAHAR/The Instanbul Off-Site Project for Sharjah Biennial 13” in Abud Efendi, Turkey, “Presente para Iemanjá ”at Casa França Brasil, Rio de Janeiro. In 2016 he took part in the “Aichi Triennial” in Nagoya, Okazaki and Toyokashi, Japan, in the “Gran Bienal Tropical” in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in “Ponto Transição” in Fundição Progresso, Rio de Janeiro and in “A Cor do Brasil ”at the Rio Art Museum - MAR, Rio de Janeiro. In 2015, he opened two solo exhibitions, “O passado vem de frente numa brisa” at the Museu do Açude, Rio de Janeiro and “Algumas coisas que estão comigo” at A Gentil Carioca Gallery, Rio de Janeiro. In 2014, he held the solo shows “Land, die raum” in Berlin, Germany, “Desertão” at CCBN Cariri, in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará and the project “REDE” at the Museum of Contemporary Art – MAC, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. In 2008 he participated in the 28th Bienal de São Paulo, among several other participations in his artistic trajectory.

João Modé's works integrate collections such as Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Frac Bretagne, France and also important private collections in Brazil and abroad.