“god with eggs”

Paulo Nimer Pjota’s work is developed based on the nature of collectively originated phenomena. His research and practice focus on an in-depth study of a type of popular iconography that can only develop through complex processes operated by countless hands. We can therefore think of his production as the representation of a plural and agitated dialogue, whose understandings are always in transformation, running through multiple streams of consciousness.

His interest is, above all, in the mechanisms and processes that produce, edit and disseminate human manifestations in an age of internet and ultra-communication. Through rhythm, rhyme and repetition, images come to light that index the common perceptions of a globalized planet and that, consequently, expose its profound inequalities. In effect, it becomes possible to question the way we formulate information and distribute our affections, reconfiguring our sensibilities towards what surrounds us and promoting possibilities of social interaction that were previously unthinkable.

Recent solo exhibitions include “The history in repeat mode — image”, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels (2017), “The history in repeat mode — symbol”, Maureen Paley / Morena di Luna, Hove (2017), “Paulo Nimer Pjota”, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo (2012). Group exhibitions include “Painting |or| Not”, The KaviarFactory, Lofoten, Norway (2017); “Soft Power”, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort (2016); 19th Sesc_Videobrasil, São Paulo (2015); “Here There”, Qatar Museums – Al Riwaq, Doha (2015); “Imagine Brazil”, Astrup Feranley Museet, Oslo (2013) / DHC/Art Foundation for Contemporary, Montreal (2015); 12th Biennale de Lyon, Lyon (2013). His work is part of the collections of important institutions such as the Pinault Foundation (Venice, Italy), Domus Collection (Hong Kong, China), MAC-Lyon (Lyon, France), Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art (Oslo, Norway), Centro Cultural São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil), Lodoveans Collection (London, UK) Sesc_Videobrasil (São Paulo, Brazil), Pinacoteca de São José do Rio Preto, Brazil and Pinacoteca de Piracicaba, Brazil.