André Ricardo
1985, São Paulo | SP - Brazil
André Ricardo was born in 1985 in the city of São Paulo, where he currently lives and works. Graduated in Visual Arts from the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo, he held several solo and group exhibitions in Brazil, Portugal, Spain and, more recently, London and New York, where he also held an artistic residency at RU - Residency Unlimited, in 2022.
In his research, the artist elaborates a repertoire of images around an ancestral heritage in which he recognizes his identity. We identified in his work a popular and Afro-Brazilian visual culture, which is evoked in images of nature, architecture, colors and shapes based on a sophisticated fine art intelligence, not limited to the canonical references of art historiography.
The bright and festive chromatic vocabulary that characterizes the artworks are directly linked to the use of egg tempera, a technique that André Ricardo has been researching for about ten years. The painting begins in the process of choosing the linen or wood for support and the priming. This complex pre-industrial process allows the artist for a deeper sensitivity towards colors, expanding his control over their effects on the surface.
Individual Exhibitions:
2022 Alumeia, Galeria Periscópio, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil2021 André Ricardo, Galeria Estação, São Paulo, Brazil
2021 André Ricardo, Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto MARP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
2019 CAIACA!. Pilar Gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2016 Field across, Addaya Centre d' Art Contemporany, Alaró / Mallorca, Spain
2015 Hollow Element, Pilar Gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2014 Hollow Element, Ribeirão Preto Art Museum, SP, Brazil
2012 Buckets and Excavstors, Pilar Galleria, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2012 Annual Exhibitions Program, Centro Cultural de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Collective Exhibitions:
2023 6 artists, Mendes wood DM, New York, NY, United States
2022 Back Home, Lamb, London, England
2022 Small Paintings, Auroras, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2022 Brazilian Art Panorama at MAM, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2022 Modernismo Desde Aqui, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
2022 Baião de Dois: dialogue between artists, Galeria Estação, São Paulo, Brazil
2022 “Modernism from here!”, Paço das Arte, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2021 “She keeps a Stone from each place she has visited”, Juan Silió Galeria, Madrid, Spain
2020 Meanwhile paintings by André Ricardo, Bruno Dunley and Sergio Sister, curated by Cláudio Cretti, critical text: José Bento Ferreira, Casa de Cultura do Parque, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2020 Peripheral Circulation, curated by Pilar Rubi, Fundació Sa Nostra Caixa de Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain
2020 PretAtitude – Insurgencies, emergencies and affirmations in contemporary afro-brazilian art, SESC, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
2018/2019 PretAtitude – Insurgencies, emergencies and affirmations in contemporary afro-brazilian art,SESC, Santos, SP, Brazil
2018 From attachment: memory and gesture, Fidalga Atelier, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2016 On-site Casal Son Tugores, Mallorca, Spain
2013 Future – National Salon of Visual Arts, Pinacoteca Municipal de Jundiaí, SP, Brazil
2013 Painting | MARP 20 Years, Ribeirão Preto Art Museum, SP, Brazil
2013 It’s always good to be well accompanied, W Art Space, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
2012 28 Us – art graduates from ECA/USP, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2012 Risco#1 Art as work, SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2011 ADUANA – Antigo Picadeiro do Colégio dos Nobres, MNHNC, Lisboa, Portugal
2011 Color Spaces, organized by the Color Research Group from the Department of Visual Arts of the School of Communication and Arts of the University of São Paulo,Paço das Artes, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2011 15th Biennale Internationale de La Gravure, Sarcelles, France
2011 Rail train, Conjunto Nacional, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2011 Object under Study, Fine Arts Museum of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
2011 It happened inside them, Espaço Lofté, Porto, Portugal
2009 Annual Exhibition Program, Comtemporary Art Museum of Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
2009 15th Salon of Contemporary Art Graça Landeira, UNAMA, Belém, PA, Brazil
2009 Code Collective, Studio OÇO/CINESOL Gallery, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Public Collections:
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Ribeirão Preto Art Museum, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
Casa do Olhar Luiz Sacilotto Museum, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
Casa da Cultura da América Latina, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
Instituto Inhotim, Fazenda Inhotim, Brumadinho - MG, Brazil
Museu de Arte Contemporânea MAC-USP, São Paulo, Brazil
Selected Publications:
2021 André Ricardo, Galeria Estação, São Paulo, Brazil
2018 PretAtitude - Insurgências, emergências e afirmações na arte afro-brasileira contemporânea, SESC-SP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2015 Catalogo das exposições de 2014, Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
2014 Elemento Vazado. Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
2012 RISCO #1. SESC Belenzinho. São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2011 Espaços da Cor. Paço das Artes. São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2011 36ª SARP – Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto. Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
