Antonio Bokel
Brazil - 1978
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Graduated in Graphic Design from UniverCidade in 2004 and began his artistic practice in the early 2000s. In 2003, he held his first solo exhibition at Ken’s Art Gallery in Florence, Italy, where he lived and studied photography and art history. In Rio de Janeiro, he refined his education with life drawing classes under Bandeira de Mello and painting courses with João Magalhães and Luiz Ernesto at the Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage.
Over the past two decades, his work has been presented in institutions and galleries both in Brazil and abroad.
Selected exhibitions include:
• Gramática Urbana — Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro (2012)
• Transfiguração do Rastro — Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro (2013)
• Na Periferia do Mundo — Centro Cultural da Justiça Federal, Rio de Janeiro (2014)
• La Nature d’Or — Mercedes Viegas Gallery, Rio de Janeiro (2015)
• New Acquisitions — Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro / MAM-Rio (2014)
• Nothing Beyond Words — Galeria Matias Brotas, Vitória (2016)
• Point of View (site-specific) — Pena Palace Gardens, Sintra, Portugal (2016)
He was nominated for the PIPA Prize in 2015.
Sources:
Photo: https://www.aura.art.br/artistas/antonio-bokel
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