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Paulo Monteiro is a sculptor, painter, designer and engraver. Graduated from the School of Fine Arts in the 1980s, he was one of the founders of the group Casa 7, with Carlito Carvalhosa, Fábio Miguez, Nuno Ramos and Rodrigo Andrade.

" His paintings and sculptures cross the influences gathered from the transition from abstract expressionism to neo-expressionism and minimalism to elaborate radical states of mind and situations in their most spontaneous manifestations. Based on synthesis, the core of his research is found in the nature of the conformation of matter, which stretches into lines, spreads into graphic marks, demarcates reliefs, cuts, twists, folds and dismantling, always in exercises marked by the combination of delicacy and rigidity."

His works have been featured in exhibitions such as: "The Empty Side", Zeno X, Antwerp (2018); " MAC Niterói Collection: Contemporary Art in Brazil", MAC Niterói, Rio de Janeiro (2017); " The outside of distance" , MISAKO & ROSEN and Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo (2017); " Building Material: Process And Form In Brazilian Art", Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles (2017); " The inside of distance" , Office Baroque, Brussels (2016); " The inside of distance" , Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo (2015); " Casa 7" , Pivô, São Paulo (2015); " Empty House Casa Vazia", ​​Luhring Augustine, New York (2015), " Paintings on Paper", David Zwirner, New York (2014); " Where Were You" , Lisson Gallery, London (2014); 22nd São Paulo Biennial (1994) and 18th São Paulo Biennial (1985).

His work is part of numerous permanent collections, including: MoMA (Museum of Modern Art in New York), MAM-SP (Museum of Modern Art in São Paulo), Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, MAC-SP (Museum of Contemporary Art in São Paulo), MAM-RJ (Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro) and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Niterói.