Iagor Peres
1995 | Rio de Janeiro – RJ
bio
He lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.
In his sculptures and installations, Iagor Peres is guided by the desire to transform the notion of thing through a process of re-categorization of matter. Based on the relationships established between the work, the exhibition environment and the public, Peres pays attention to the range of reactions between matter and the conditions of humidity, temperature and meaning that affect them. These material configurations reflect the artist’s questioning of the difference-producing mechanisms of white-Western thought that affect racialized existence. His experience in dance is also reflected in his emphasis on the body and its dynamics of appearance and withdrawal in space.
His solo exhibitions include Entresol, Pols, Valencia, Spain (2024); Postpone the night, Futures – Art and Technology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2024); When lightning strikes the sand, Quadra, São Paulo, Brazil (2023); He also took part in the group shows An interstice in all parts at once, AGUASS, Barcelona, Spain (2024); HEAT, Quadra, São Paulo, Brazil (2023); PIPA Award, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2023) and Possible agreements, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium (2022) and Cytoplasmic opera, MON – Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba, Brazil (2022).
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curriculum
Training
2021 Stone and Air Course – EAV Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, BR, with Clarissa Diniz and Ulisses Carrilho (3 months)
2020 Frestas Triennial Study Program – The river is a snake with Beatriz Lemos, Diane Lima and Thiago de Paula Souza (2 months)
2018 Tempo negro course with Diane Lima, organized by Diáspora Conecta in Salvador, BA (1 month)
2017 Course What we see that looks at us with Lia Letícia, in Recife, PE (6 months)
2016 Urban Performance Research Laboratory at the German-Brazilian Cultural Center in Recife, PE (12 months)
2014 Redzero graphic arts school in Niterói, BR (12 months)
Residencies and Courses
2023 PEI – Independent Studies Program at MACBA – Barcelona, ESP
2022 Ire – Art, beach and research – Salvador, BA, as a result of the FOCO Award (2 months)
Immersion in Maranhão as a process for a work commissioned by the Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Arts in the Netherlands. Curated by Nomaduma Rosa Masilela and Thiago de Paula Souza (2 months)
2021 Fellow of the Pedra e Ar course at EAV, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro
2020 Orientation Program – Frestas Triennial, SESC, SP. Curated by Beatriz Lemos, Diane Lima and Thiago de Paula Souza (2 months)
Pivô-Research. Curator: Clarissa Diniz (3 months)
2019 Lugar a Dudas, Calí. CO. (1 month)
Villa Waldberta, Munich. GER. Curated by Diane Lima and Mario Lopes (2 months)
2018 Tempo negro – lectures by Diane Lima at Diáspora Conecta, Salvador, BA
2017 Residency Conexão Curimbó, Belém, PA
What we see that looks at us with Lia Letícia, Recife, PE
2016 Urban Performance Research Laboratory at CCBA, Brazil-Germany Cultural Center (1 year)
Awards
2023 PIPA Award
2022 FOCO Award – Artrio
2021 Prince Claus Seed Awards
2018 Winner of the 6th edition of the EDP Nas Artes Award. Tomie Ohtake Institute, SP.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 When the lightning hits the sand, Quadra, SP. Curated by Ariana Nuala
2021 Individual commissioned structure for dense fields for the CCSP 2020 Annual Exhibition Program, São Paulo, SP. Curated by Helio Menezes
2018 Commissioned exhibition Estudos para minha pele for Galeria Maumau’s artist launch project, Galeria Maumau, Recife, PE. Curated by Lia Leticia
Group exhibitions
2023 Emoção de lidar, Quadra, SP. Curated by Clarissa Diniz
2022 Possible Agreements, Mendes Wood Gallery, Brussels, BE. Curated by Thiago de Paula Souza
Cytoplasmic Opera, Oscar Niemeyer Museum. Curated by Diego Mauro and Luana Batista
2021 Festival Hors Piste, Centre Georges Pompidou and Centro Cultural Vale do Maranhão with the work “There between us an obliterating invisible”. Curated by Gabriel Gutierrez.
Commissioned work “____ ______ I” at the Frestas Triennial – Rio is a snake, curated by Beatriz Lemos, Diane Lima and Thiago de Paula Souza.
Work commissioned for an online project at Food Culture – From the forest’s ashes, Vevey, Switzerland. Curated by Valentina D’avenia
2020 Commissioned work for Escrito no Corpo (Engraved on the body), Carpintaria, Rio de Janeiro. Curated by Keyna Eleison and Victor Gorgulho
Launch exhibition of the fourth edition of Propágulo magazine, Recife, PE
2019 What is not a forest is a political prison, São Paulo. Curator of Occupation July 9.
Work commissionedfor O melhor da viagem é a demora, Valongo Festival, Santos. Curated by Diane Lima
Work commissioned for Cataclismo, Garrido Gallery, Recife, PE. Curated by Phantom five.
Commissioned work for Lost Body – Displacement as Choreography, Villa Waldberta Munch, DE. Curated by Diane Lima
The memory of Deriva, Casa da Pólvora, João Pessoa, PB. Curated by Abiniel João do Nascimento and Thiago Costa.
2018 6th edition of the EDP Nas Artes award, Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo
2017 Mostra À Beira, Recife, PE. Collective curatorship – Coletivo à beira
1st Criaturas Urbanas Public Art Exhibition, Maumau Gallery, Recipe, PE. Coordinated by Lia Letícia
Deviant Practices – Murillo La Greca Museum, Recife, PE. Curated by Ariana Nuala
2014 Peixe Vivo (Living fish) – Cine Artes, UFF, Niterói
Publications/Citations
2021 6th and 7th edition of Propágulo magazine
Review by Denise Ferreira da Silva in the book Brazilian Interviews 2: Hans Ulrich Obrist
Living Drawing Festival Catalog – CCBB. Text by: Ana Kiffer and Ariana Nuala
2020 Review in Pass Journal in the article “Invisible / Obliterating” (online) by Denise Ferreira da Silva
Review of skinmaterial by Iagor Peres – by André Pitol in CCSP’s Annual Exhibition Program
Review in Frieze Magazine – in the text Refusal and escape (online and in print) by Denise Ferreira da Silva
Bololo collective publication – developed as a conclusion to the PIVÔ research residency
Contribution to the text – There between us an obliterating invisible – EHCHO
Purposes other than death. Curator: Paulete LindaCelva
Contribution to the text – When lightning strikes sand. Propágulo Magazine, 4th edition, Recife/PE
2019 Gravidade Magazine – 3rd edition, Salvador/BA
2018 EDP Nas Artes Catalog – Review text by Diane Lima
Conversations/ Interviews/ Podcasts
2022 Interview for Contemporary & America Latina
2021 Interview with Monica Coster for Desvio magazine
2020 Montez Press Radio – NY, USA. Episode: Ends. Curated by: Manuel Arturo Abreu
2019 MOTE Podcast – 15th edition – Paulete LindaCelva, Recife/BR.
Viernes Social, Lugar a Dudas, Calí/CO.
Materialities Class – Universidad de Bellas Artes, Calí/CO.
CURVA PODCAST Curated by: Leticia Barbosa, Recife/BR.
