PEDRO FRANÇA

BIO

Pedro França (Rio de Janeiro, 1984) is an artist and educator. Since 2011, he has worked as an artist across a variety of media, including drawing, ceramics, and digital projects. His work involves both individual and collaborative practices, engaging with the realm of virtuality as a concept related to dreams, delirium, memory, and imagination. França’s work has been exhibited and collected by institutions such as the Pro Helvetia Foundation, MAR (Rio de Janeiro), the Ribeirão Preto Art Museum, MUPA (Curitiba), Frestas – SESC Triennial, MAM São Paulo, and MAM Rio de Janeiro. He was nominated for the PIPA Prize in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, as well as for the Marcantonio Vilaça Prize in 2019. He has also been an artist-in-residence at institutions including Residency Unlimited (New York, 2020), Casa Wabi (Oaxaca, Mexico, 2022), and Annex B (New York, 2019). Between 2011 and 2023, França was a member of Cia Teatral Ueinzz. With the group, he performed at venues and events such as Arika Episode 7 (Glasgow, 2015 and 2021), If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want to Be Part of Your Revolution (Amsterdam, 2016), and the São Paulo Biennial (2014). As an educator, França has taught since 2006 at institutions including the School of Visual Arts at Parque Lage (Rio de Janeiro, 2006–2011), the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ, 2009), the Museum of Modern Art in São Paulo (2012–2020), and the Tomie Ohtake Institute (São Paulo, 2011–2020). He was a visiting professor at FAAP’s School of Art (Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado) in 2018. He also served as Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator at EAV Parque Lage (2009–2010) and co-created Escola Entrópica (2012) at the Tomie Ohtake Institute, a school focused on group critique and individual and collective creation. França’s recent projects bring together material practice and pedagogical experimentation, resulting in works shaped by collective creation, institutional negotiations, and social practice.

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EDUCATION

2009 – 2010

Master in Art History, Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (BR)

2001 – 2006

Bachelor in Graphic Design, Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (BR)

2000 – 2006

Free Courses, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro (BR)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025

Terrolhos. Nonada Salvador, Bahia (BR)

2018

Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth. Museu FBAUP, Porto (PT)

2023

A raspa. Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo (BR)

2022

We tell each Other stories in order to live. Curated by Raphael Gygax. Galeria Jaqueline Martins, Brussels (BE)

2021

De ontem pra hoje já era amanhã. Curated by Clarissa Diniz. Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo (BR)

2018

Don’t Judd me! I just arrived and there’s this Giant Ulcera among us. MARP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo (BR)

2014

Capital/Radical. Galeria Central, São Paulo (BR)
Objeto da Natureza. Paço das Artes, São Paulo (BR)

2011

Homeroadmovie. Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2024

A Noite dos Clarões. Flexa Gallery, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
Solar dos Abacaxis. Stand SP Arte, São Paulo (BR)

2023

Objeto SujeitoCurated by Pollyana Quintela. MUPA, Curitiba (BR)

2022

Contramemoria. Curated by Jaime Lauriano and Lilian Schwarz. Teatro Municipal, São Paulo (BR)
Flavio de Carvalho Experimental. Curated by Kiki Marzuchelli and Pollyana Quintela. SESC POMPEIA, São Paulo (BR)
Desvairar 22. Curated by Marta Mestre, Verônica Stigger, and Eduardo Sterz. SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo (BR)

2021

Drops. Galeria Index, Ceasa street market, Brasília (BR)

2020

Que vão que vem. Online Project. Galeria Jaqueline Martins
Ibiritaquera Pedra Fantasma. Online Project in collaboration with Darks Miranda. Fundação Pro Helvetia
Monster High, concept and scenography. Online Project. Olhão Art Space.

2019

Marcantonio Villaça Prize Exhibition. FAAP, São Paulo (BR)

2018

AI-5 50 anos (não acabou de acabar). Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo (BR)
Transformers. Auroras, São Paulo (BR)
Unidos da Barra Funda. Olhão, São Paulo (BR)

2017

Archichroma. Semana dos Realizadores Festival de Cinema, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
Archichroma. FRESTAS Triennial – SESC, Sorocaba, São Paulo (BR)
Arthur Janina Marco e Pedro. Jacarandá Art Space, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
Tão diferentes, tão atraentes. Galeria Carbono, São Paulo (BR)
BelaFera. Central Galeria, São Paulo (BR)
Lugares do Delírio. MAR, Rio de Janeiro (BR)

2016

Trabalhe Menos, Faça Mais. Galeria Pilar, São Paulo (BR)
Agora Somos Mais de Mil. Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro (BR)

2015

Arte Atual Festival. Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo (BR)
Rumos Itaú Cultural. Itaú Cultural, São Paulo (BR)
Strip. Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami (EUA)

2013

Boletim. Galeria Milan, São Paulo (BR)
É preciso confrontar as imagens vagas com gestos claros. Oficina Oswald de Andrade, São Paulo (BR)

SELECTED PROJECTS W/ TEATRAL UEINZZ

2017-2019

Moby Dick Hors Acve. Conceived collectively and presented in various locations in São Paulo (BR)

2018

Don’t Judd me! I just arrived and there’s this Giant Ulcer among us. MARP, Ribeirão Preto, SÃo Paulo (BR)

2016

Zero Gravity. Festival If I can’t dance I don’t want to be part of your revolution, Amsterdão (NL)

2015

Cais de Ovelhas (Noreadymademen). Ari, Episódio 07, We can’t live Without our Lifes, Glasgow (UK)

2014

Buenos Aires Experience with Alejandra Riera – an art investigation on memory, connection and collectivity. 31ª Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
Opera Muda with Alejandra Riera. 31ª Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
Capital/Radical. Galeria Central, São Paulo (BR)
Objeto da Natureza. Paço das Artes, São Paulo (BR)

2011

Homeroadmovie. Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo (BR).

RESIDENCIES

2023

Ybytu, São Paulo (BR)
Casa Wabi, Oaxaca (MX)

2022

Residency Unlimited, Nova Iorque (USA)

2019

Annex B, Nova Yorque (USA)

2018

Kayssa Eco Residency, Boiçucanga (BR)