Thomaz Rosa
1989 | São Caetano do Sul – SP
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He lives and works in São Paulo.
Thomaz Rosa uses and evokes signs and experiences from the official and unofficial histories of painting by recovering a motivation from pop and modern art. Error and accident become intrinsic elements of his practice, set against minutely calculated painted equations. This apparently ambiguous configuration allows for multiple readings and meanings towards a final unity. Rosa incorporates three-dimensional elements into her canvases in a compositional gesture that distorts the boundaries between pictorial space and objectuality.
His recent solo exhibitions include Sets, Castiglioni Fine Arts, Paris, France (2024); One of a Pair / Uno Di Una Coppia, Castiglioni, Milan, Italy (2023); The return of luck, Quadra, São Paulo, Brazil (2023); Resenha, Quadra, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2021). He also took part in the group shows Of bias, Quadra, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2024); Black people are the silence they can’t understand, GDA, São Paulo, Brazil (2024); Refoundation, Ocupação Nove de Julho, São Paulo; Museu da Inconfidência, Ouro Preto, Brazil (2023) and Arrows and tourmalinesCasa de Cultura do Parque, São Paulo, Brazil (2022). Rosa is also in the collection of the Rio Art Museum (2024).
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Education
2014-15 Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts from the Institute of Arts of the State University of São Paulo – UNESP
Art residency
2022 Kaaysá Art Residency. São Sebastião, Brazil.
2018 PIVO, São Paulo, Brazil
2012-13 Faculty of Fine Arts, Porto, Portugal
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Rifacciamoci la bocca coi cibi buoni di gusto. Castiglioni Fine Arts. Milan, Italy.
2021 Review. Quadra, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Curated by Guilherme Teixeira and Cammila Ferreira.
2020 Image and Action – Casa de Cultura do Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
2019 Intorno alla mia cattiva educazione – CASTIGLIONI, Milan, Italy
2017 Umwelt – BFA Boatos Fine Arts, São Paulo, Brazil
Group Exhibitions
2021 “Small Paintings – Act II” – Auroras. Curated by Pollyana Quintella and Ricardo Kungelmas. São Paulo, Brazil.
2021 “HEAT” – Quadra Gallery. Curated by Vitor Gorgulho. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2021 “Arrows and Tourmalines” – Casa de Cultura do Parque. Curated by Gisela Domschke. São Paulo, Brazil.
2021 “Desmanchar, Desfaz” – Quadra Galeria. Curated by Guilherme Teixeira. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2021 “Group Show Male Nudes: A salon from 1800 to 2021” – Mendes Wood DM. São Paulo, Brazil
2021 “Week of 21” – Artium Institute. Curated by Alberto Simon. São Paulo, Brazil.
2021 Brisa – São Paulo Court – curator Julie Dumont
2020 Between Edges – Sesc Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil – curated by Paula Braga
2019 February – MendesWood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
Featuring – Massapê, São Paulo, Brazil
Auto digestion, Autophagy and Autolysis – Arte Passagem, São Paulo, Brazil
How far is the horizon – Lamb Art, São Paulo, Brazil
Banheirão – Casa Alagada, São Paulo, Brazil
2018 They thought it was Landscape, it was body, BNP, São Paulo, Brazil – curated by Kura Arte | Camila Yunes
Unidos da Barra Funda – São Paulo, Brazil
Novíssima Cena – Galeria Casa da Imagem, Curitiba, Brazil
2017 Here – BFA Boatos Fine Arts – Independent Regénce, Brussels, Belgium
Yesterday Was a Long Day – MARP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil – curated by Guilherme Teixeira
2016 Marcelo Cipis & Thomaz Rosa – BFA Boatos Fine Arts, Milan, Italy
Um Desassossego – Galeria Estação, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Circumscriptio, Compositio, Receptio Luminum – BFA Boatos Fine Arts, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Eight Artists – Mendes Wood DM, Sao Paulo, Brazil – curated by Lucas Arruda and Bruno Dunley
2015 Desvelo – Degree show – Artes UNESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2013 Movel Up – University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Four Points – Duas de Letra, Porto, Portugal
2012 Artes e Ofícios – parallel exhibition of the 30th São Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil
6°Bienal do Esquisito, Atibaia, Brazil
I Salão de Artes Visuais, São Caetano do Sul, Brazil
Ponto de Partida – Instituto de Artes UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil
