ARTISTS

Ernesto Neto was born in 1964 in Rio de Janeiro, where he lives and works. His work deals with relationships, whether between materials, forces, or beings. Gravity and balance appear as mediating elements in this relationship, challenging and expanding the vocabulary of sculpture. Considering the legacy of avant-gardes such as Neoconcretism, Minimalism, and Arte Povera, he understands the body as a fundamental political issue in his poetics, so that his sculptures evoke living organisms, as well as activating multiple senses in the viewer's body. In recent years, Neto has turned to natural materials, such as cotton, wood, and leaves, and invites us to enter meditative states and reconnect the cultural body with the spirituality of being alive, where we are in constant transformation, body and us.
Noteworthy recent solo shows include: MAAT (Lisbon, Portugal, 2024); Oficina Brennand (Recife, Brazil, 2023); Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, (São Paulo, Brazil, 2019) and MALBA (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019); GaiaMotherTree, Zurich Main Station, Fondation Beyeler, (Zurique, Suíça, 2018);
His work has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions and biennials： Thailand Biennale Chiang Rai (2023), Biennale de Veneza (2017/2001), Lyon (2017), Sharjah (2013), de Istambul (2011), and São Paulo (2010/1998).
Neto’s work is extremely well represented in international museum collections： Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Inhotim (Brumadinho), Guggenheim (New York), MCA (Chicago), MOCA (Los Angeles), MoMA (New York), Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid), SFMOMA (San Francisco), Tate (London), TBA21 (Vienna), among many others.