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Adriano Costa’s choice of materials makes clear his interest in things that do not belong to inherently artistic subjects and processes. Furthermore, the breadth of his methods of composition and arrangement of disparate elements invariably frustrates those who try to link his practice to specific repertoires of a given artistic movement or geographic context. The core of his work is perhaps precisely the possibility of suspending the hierarchies and separations that we attribute to the fragments of our material culture. Thus, when equated, objects and forms can be recombined in arbitrary arrangements that nevertheless formulate precise comments on how and with what we choose to live.

Recent group exhibitions include: “Nightfall”, Mendes Wood DM Gallery, Belgium (2018); “made on the table”, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK (2017); “Kiti Ka' Aeté”, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland (2015); “Draw flying Penis/Pussy Against Gentrification”, White Cubicle Toilet Gallery, London, UK (2015); “Imagine Brazil”, DHC/Art Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada (2015/2016) and “Under the same sun”, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA (2014). Recent solo exhibitions include: “StorytellingCaipira” Supportico Lopez, Berlin, Germany (2016), “Every Camel Tells A Story”, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, SP (2015/2016), “La Commedia dell'Arte”, Peep-Hole, Milan, Italy (2014), “Touch me I am geometrically sensitive”, Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK (2014) and “From My Body Comes, Through Your Body Goes”, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK (2014).

It is present in important institutional collections, such as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA; Zabludowicz Collection, London, United Kingdom; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection, Turin, Italy; The Serralves Foundation, Porto, Portugal and Boros Collection, Berlin, Germany.

Representative galleries

Mendes Wood DM , Sao Paulo