“Pending”

Visually influenced by references from the city of São Paulo, the beginning of Rodrigo Sassi's artistic career was marked by the development and practice of urban interventions, a time when he experienced and used the city as a support for action, reflection and inspiration for his work. Over time, this research, until then carried out in the urban setting, became an aesthetic and conceptual reference for work developed in the studio, today dedicated mainly to three-dimensional art, expanding into other media.

Taking architecture, urban landscapes and processes related to civil construction as a starting point, Sassi's works adopt the relationship between these areas and the visual arts as a poetic language, creating, through the use of materials and construction techniques, sculptures and installations that interfere with and integrate with the space, creating their own architecture. As a consequence of the use of materials found on the streets, his works are deeply connected to the local environment and can be seen as an extension of the urban space, so that the marks and traces remaining in the compositions of his works situate the viewer in relation to their history, the path and the process of transformation of the material.

Graduated in Fine Arts from Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado - FAAP (2006), Rodrigo participated in several artistic residencies, including CAMPO AIR in Uruguay (2019), Sculpture Space in the United States (2016) and Cité Internaciolnale des Arts de Paris (2014/2015) in France. He has held solo exhibitions in galleries and institutions, both in Brazil and abroad, including “Tríptico” at FAMA – Fábrica de Arte Marcos Amaro in Itu in 2019; “Esquinas que me cruzado” at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - São Paulo in 2018; “Even with days bigger than normal” at Centro Cultural São Paulo in 2017; “Tudo aquilo que eu você disse antes mas não eu sabe” at Red Bull Station in 2016; “In Between” which toured from Nosco Gallery in London to MDM Gallery in Paris. Among the group shows are: The humble black line at the Frameless Gallery in London in 2018, 6th Marcantonio Vilaça Prize at Mube in São Paulo and “La Republique de la Rue” at the Nosco Gallery in Marseille, France, both in 2017. In 2016 “Atlas Abstrato” at the Centro Cultural São Paulo and Festival Vídeo Brasil, held at SESC Pompéia in São Paulo in 2013.

Rodrigo Sassi has received awards such as the São Pedro Factory Occupation by the Marcos Amaro Foundation in 2018, Proac - VISUAL ARTS - WORKS AND EXHIBITIONS in 2016, the CAIXA Cultural Space Occupation Program in Brasília 2015 and in 2013 the SESI Gallery Space Award and the Funarte Contemporary Art Award. His works are part of collections such as the MAR - Rio Art Museum and MAB - Museum of Brazilian Art.