“Lies”

By contrasting and mixing materials, and by establishing dialogues between them, repertoires and objects of different origins and intended for different uses, the artist operates critically within a scale of values ​​that unites Brazilian pop culture and modernism, decorative arts and British pop culture. Da Cunha's search for modernist elegance involves the use of common materials that allude to the proximity of art and everyday life. It is not uncommon for one of his exhibitions to find references to sources as diverse as geometric abstraction, applied arts, design, modern Brazilian architecture, Constantin Brancusi and Italian arte povera.

Among his most recent solo exhibitions, the following stand out: "Duologue", The Royal Society of Sculptors, London (2018); "Abstracción Textil", Galería Casas Riegner, Bogotá (2018); "Boom", Pivô, São Paulo (2017); "Mornings", Office Baroque, Brussels (2017); "Free Fall", Thomas Dane Gallery, London (2016); "Amazons", CRG Gallert, New York (2015); "Real", Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo (2015); "Contratempo", Sommer & Kohl, Berlin (2013); "Le Grand Café", Centre d'art Contemporain, Saint Nazaire (2012). Da Cunha recently installed two public art works: the first commissioned by MCA Chicago, part of the Plaza Project, and the second by Rochaverá Corporate Towers in São Paulo.

And her most recent group exhibitions include: "Contemporary Sculpture Fulmer", Buckinghamshire village of Fulmer, England (2019); "Le Bel Ete", Noire, Turin (2018); "Between the Lines", Peles Empire, Berlin (2018); "Ready Made in Brazil", FIESP Cultural Center, São Paulo (2017); "Histories of Sexuality", MASP, São Paulo (2017); "Soft Power", The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2016); "Brazil, Beleza?! Contemporary Brazilian Sculpture", Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague (2016); "Cámara de Maravillas", MAMM Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellin (2016) and Centro de la Imágen, Mexico City (2015); "British Art Show 8", Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds (2015); "Cruzamentos Contemporary Art in Brazil", Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (2014); "When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes", Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (2013); "Decorum: Tapis et tapisseres d'artistes", Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2013); 30th São Paulo Biennial (2012).

His works are part of important collections around the world, such as: Tate Modern, England; Pampulha Art Museum, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Inhotim Contemporary Art Center, Brumadinho, Brazil; CIFO Cisneros Collection, Miami, USA; Zabludowicz Collection, England; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.