José Bechara

José Bechara was born in 1957, in the city of Rio de Janeiro where he lives and works. He studied at the EAV Parque Lage – Visual Arts School, located in the same city.

The artist took part in major art shows, among them the 25th Bienal Internacional de São Paulo; the 29th Panorama da Arte Brasileira; the 5th Bienal Internacional do MERCOSUL; and the 2011 Trienal de Arquitetura de Lisboa including the exhibitions “Caminhos do Contemporâneo” e “Os 90” at Brazil’s Paço Imperial in Rio de Janeiro. Bechara has shown his works in individual and group exhibitions at renowned institutions, among them Fundação Eva Klabin–BR; Culturgest–PT; Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz–BR; Fundação Iberê Camargo–BR; MEIAC–ES; Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderna–ES; MAM Rio de Janeiro–BR; MAC Paraná–BR; MAM Bahia–BR; MAC Niterói–BR; Instituto Tomie Ohtake–BR; Museu Vale–BR; Ludwig Museum (Koblenz)–DE; Haus der Kilturen der Welt–DE; Ludwig Forum Fur Intl Kunst–DE; Kunst Museum–DE; Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MuBE)-BR; Centro Cultural São Paulo–BR; ASU Art Museum–USA; Museo Patio Herreriano (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Español)–ES; MARCO de Vigo–ES; Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma–ES; Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa–PT; CAAA–PT; Musee Bozar–BE; Museu Casa das Onze Janelas–BR; Casa de Vidro/Instituto Lina Bo e P.M. Bardi–BR; Museu Oscar Niemeyer–BR; Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (CAC Málaga)–ES; Museu Casal Solleric–ES; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian–PT, to name a few.

Bechara’s works are present in private and public collections as MAM Rio de Janeiro, the Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection-BR; the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo-BR; Museu Oscar Niemeyer-BR; Centre Pompidou-FR; Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma–ES; Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz–BR; MAC Niterói – Coleção João Sattamini–BR; Instituto Itaú Cultural–BR; MAM Bahia–BR; MAC Paraná–BR; Ludwig Museum (Koblenz)–DE; Culturgest–PT; Benetton Foundation-IT; CAC Málaga-ES; ASU Art Museum USA; MOLAA–USA; Ella Fontanal Cisneros–USA; Universidade Cândido Mendes–BR; MARCO de Vigo–ES; Brasilea Stiftung–CH; Fundo BGA–BR, among others.

Sources:
Photo: https://www.blahcultural.com/pr-jose-bechara-expoe-no-museu-oscar-niemeyer/
Text: http://www.josebechara.com/en/bio/