“Tidal Mobility I”

Nuno Ramos holds a degree in philosophy from the University of São Paulo and is a painter, designer, sculptor, writer, filmmaker, set designer and composer. He began painting in 1984, when he became part of the group of artists at the Casa 7 studio. Since then, he has exhibited regularly in Brazil and abroad. He participated in the 1995 Venice Biennale, where he was the artist representing the Brazilian pavilion, and in the São Paulo International Biennials of 1985, 1989, 1994 and 2010. In 2006, he received the Grant Award from the Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation for his body of work.

Among the solo exhibitions he has held, the highlights in 2010 are those produced at Gallery 32, in London, England; at Galpão Fortes Vilaça, in São Paulo, Brazil; and at MAM - Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2009, he presented " Dead Sea (Soap Opera 2)" at Galeria Anita Schwartz, in Rio de Janeiro. In 2008, he participated in the project " Respiração" , of the Eva Klabin Foundation, in Rio de Janeiro, with the exhibition " Pergunta ao". In the same year, " Asa branca" , Funarte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; " Fodasefoice" , Galpão Fortes Vilaça; " Bandeira branca" , CCBB - Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília, Brazil, and Galeria Bernardo Marques, Lisbon, Portugal. In 2006, " Ai de mim!" , Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo; " Vai, vai" , Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo. In 2004, " Death of Houses" , CCBB, São Paulo and Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo. In 2003, " What are the Hours?" , MAP - Pampulha Art Museum, Belo Horizonte. In 1999 and 2000, he held the first retrospective of his work, presented at the Hélio Oiticica Arts Center, Rio de Janeiro, and at the MAM, São Paulo, respectively. In 1995, 46th Venice Biennale, Italy; " Milky Way" , Brooke Alexander Art Gallery, New York, USA.

Among the group exhibitions in which he participated, the highlights are, in 2010, the 29th International Biennial of São Paulo; " God Is Design" , Galpão Fortes Vilaça (2008); in 2005, the 5th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, and the " 29th Panorama of Brazilian Art" , MAM, São Paulo. In 2004, " Affinities and Diversities" , Carlton Meeting with Art Project, São Paulo - a joint exhibition with the American Frank Stella, an important influence on his work. In 2003, New Acquisitions 2003 - Gilberto Chateubriand Collection , MAM, Rio de Janeiro, and " Marcantonio Vilaça - Contemporary Passport" , MAC/USP - Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo. In 2000, " The Artist's Work" , Itaú Cultural Institute, São Paulo; and the traveling exhibition " Ultrabaroque - Aspects of Post Latin American Art" , Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA/Museum of Art of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico/Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, USA/Atarazanas, Valencia, Spain/Forth Worth Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA/Museum of Modern Art, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA. In 1999, " Why Duchamp?" , Paço das Artes, São Paulo. In 1997, " Frontiers" , Itaú Cultural, São Paulo. In 1994, " Mácula" , XXII International Biennial of São Paulo. In 1992, " Latin American Artists of the 20th Century" , Seville, Spain/Centre Pompidou, Paris, France/Cologne, Germany/MOMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA. In 1989, XX International Biennial of São Paulo. In 1988, Brazil Already , Museum Morsbraich, Leverkusen; Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover; and Galeria Landergirokasse, Stuttgart, all in Germany. In the same year, " Modernity" , Musée de La Ville de Paris, France, and MAM, São Paulo. In 1986, 2nd Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba. In 1985, Casa 7, MAM, Rio de Janeiro, and MAC/USP, São Paulo; XVIII International Biennial of São Paulo. In 1984, 2nd Salon of Contemporary Art in São Paulo - Acquisition Prize, São Paulo.

Nuno Ramos also worked on outdoor works in which the natural element - the sea, the rock, the soil, the weather - was an integral part of the work. Among these, the highlights are " Illuminate the terreiros" (2006); "Marémobília, Marécaixão and Minuano" (2000); "Calado and Dois irmãos" (2003); "Cabreúva" (2001); "Fornalha" (1997); and "Matacão" (1996) .

As a writer, he published " The Bad Glazier" (2010), "Ó" (2008), "Dress Rehearsal" (2007), "The Crow's Bread" (2001) and "Cujo" (1993) .

As a filmmaker, he wrote and co-directed with Clima , in 2002, the short films " Luz negra (ParaNelson 1)" and " Duas horas (ParaNelson 1)" . In 2004, he wrote and directed the short film " Alvorada" .