John Berggruen Gallery

Iran do Espirito Santo

Biography

IRAN DO ESPIRITO SANTO

1963 Born in Macoca, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Lives and works in S?o Paulo, Brazil

EDUCATION

1986
BA in Fine Arts, Funda??o Armando Alvares Penteado, S?o Paulo, Brazil

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
Irish MoMA, Dublin, Irlanda
MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Roma, Italia

2005
CRTN, Galeria Fortes Vila?a, S?o Paulo, Brazil.
Iran do Esp?rito Santo, Museum of Art of the 21st Century, Rome, Italy; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland.

2004
Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico
Galeria Fortes Vilaca, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, EUA

2003
Museu da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brasil

2002
Museu de Arte Moderna Alo?sio Magalh?es, Recife
Museu de Arte de Pampulha, Belo Horizonte
Galeria Vicente do Rego Monteiro
Sean Kelly Gallery, New York

2001
Nada Mais Natural, Galeria Fortes Vila?a, S?o Paulo, Brazil
The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
Galeria Camargo Vila?a, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Photoshop Sunset, MAM Higien?polis, S?o Paulo
Rivane Neuenschwander and Iran do Esp?rito Santo, The Americas Society, New York, NY

2000
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Galeria Andre Viana, Oporto, Portugal

1999
Projeto Parede, Museu de Arte Moderna de S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brazil

1998
Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY

1997
Galeria Camargo Vila?a, S?o Paulo, Brazil

1996
Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL

1995
Galeria Luisa Strina, S?o Paulo, Brazil

1994
Espa?o Cultural Sergio Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1992
Galeria Luisa Strina, S?o Paulo, Brazil

1991
Plug-In, Inc., Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
New Dimensions, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
52nd Venice Bienniale, ?Think with the Senses ? Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense,? June 10 ? November 21, 2007.

2005
Bazar de Ver?o, Galeria Fortes Vila?a, S?o Paulo, Brazil.
Desenhos: A- Z, Colec??o Madeira Corporate Services, Porta 33, Funchal, Madeira.
Drawings + Sculpture, Cook Fine Art, New York.
Glass, Seriously, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York.

2004
Fragmentos e souvenirs paulistanos, vol.1, Galeria Luisa Strina, SP Brazil.
Paralela 2004, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
MoMA at El Museo del Barrio, Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY.
Still Life - Natureza Morta, Galeria de Arte do Sesi, S?o Paulo, Brazil

2003
Stretch, The Power Plant, Tornoto, Canada.
A Nova Geometria, Galeria Fortes Vilaca, S?o Paulo, Brazil
upon reflection?., Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY.

2002
Rotativa Fase 2, Galeria Fortes Vila?a, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Panorama da Arte Brasileira, Museu de Arte Moderna de S?o Paulo, Solar do Unh?o,
Museu de Arte Moderna de Salvador
Paralela, Galeria Fortes Vila?a; Casa Tri?ngulo; Galeria Luisa Strina; Galeria Brito
Cimino, S?o Paulo, Brazil

2001
Rotativa Fase 1, Galeria Fortes Vila?a, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Rivane Neuenschwander and Iran do Espirito Santo, The Americas
Society, New York, NY
Cole??o Dulce e Jo?o Carlos Figueiredo Ferraz, Museu de Arte Moderna de S?o Paulo, Brazil
Id?ia Coletiva, Galeria Camargo Vila?a, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Trajet?ria da Luz na Arte Brasileira, Ita? Cultural, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Domestic Acts, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
No es S?lo lo que Ves: Pervertiendo el Minimalismo, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia,
Madrid, Spain
F(r)icciones, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

2000
Visiones del Sur, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
No es Solo lo que Ves: Pervertiendo el Minimalismo, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Fricciones, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Universo Desenho, Galeria Camargo Vila?a, S?o Paulo, Brazil
XIII Mostra de Gravura da Cidade de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil

1999
Project Room, ARCO 1999, Madrid, Spain
6th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
48th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy

1998
Contamina??o, Museu da Imagem e do Som, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Camargo Vila?a BIS, Galeria Camargo Vila?a, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at
Greensborough, NC

1997
In Site?97, San Diego, CA / Tijuana, Mexico
Present Tense: Nine Artists in the Night, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Panorama da Arte Brasileira, Museu de Arte Moderna de S?o Paulo, Brazil
Ao Cubo, Pa?o das Artes, S?o Paulo, Brazil

1996
Beige, Galeria Luisa Strina, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Pequenas M?os, Centro Cultural Alumni, S?o Paulo, Brazil

1995
Fagosites, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
Corte do Olhar, Museu de Arte Moderna de S?o Paulo; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
XI Mostra da Gravura da Cidade de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil

1994
Espelhos e Sombras, Museu de Arte Moderna de S?o Paulo, Brazil
Outros Territ?rios: travessia pela sexualidade, Pa?o das Artes, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Projeto Tamarindo, Museu da Gravura, Curitiba
Do Brazil, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM

1993
Uma Outra Fotografia, Espa?o Useche, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Coletiva de Pintura, Espa?o Namour, S?o Paulo, Brazil
L?ngua Latina Est Regina, Stux Gallery, New York, NY

1992
C?maras, Solar dos C?maras, Porto Alegre, Brazil
X Mostra de Gravura da Cidade de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil

1991
Artistas Contempor?neos no Engenho Central, Piracicaba, Brazil

1990
Apropria??es, Pa?o das Artes, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Projeto Macuna?ma, Funarte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1989
Real, Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil, S?o Paulo, Brazil

1988
A??o no MAM, Museu de Arte Moderna de S?o Paulo, Brazil

1987
XIX Bienal Internacional de S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Imagem de Segunda Gera??o, Museu de Arte Contempor?nea da Universidade de S?o Paulo, S?o Paulo, Brazil

1986
A Nova Dimens?o do Objeto, Museu de Arte Contempor?nea de S?o Paulo, Brazil

1985
Desenhos, Centro Cultural Bonfigliolli, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Gr?fica Contempor?nea, Galeria Humberto, S?o Paulo, Brazil
Desenhar, Galeria Ita?, Ribeir?o Preto, Brazil
Evento/Exposi??o, Sal?o Cultural FAAP, S?o Paulo, Brazil
E o Desenho?, Galeria Humberto, S?o Paulo, Brazil

1984
Arte na Rua, Projeto de Outdoors, S?o Paulo, Brazil

Bibliography

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2005
Silva, Horacio, ?The High Life: A Glass House With A Sense of Privacy?? The New York Times Style Magazine, April 3rd, 2005, pp. 118-125.

2004
Castronovo, Val. ?MoMA in the Barrio: El Museo del Barrio Plays Host to
Latino and Caribbean Art,? UN Chronicle Online Edition, 2004.
?Iran do Espirito Santo: El Transgresor del Sentido,? Marvin, April 2004, p. 34-35

2003
Ebony, David. "Iran do Esp?rito at Sean Kelly", Art in America, February 2003 (No.2) p. 115.
2003 Wallace, Keith and Eugenio Valdes Figueroa, ?Stretch,? June, 2003, PowerPlant (web source).

2002
Torre, Monica de la. "Interview with Iran do Espirito Santo," Review Latin American Literature and Arts, Spring (Vol. 64), 2002.
Smith, Roberta. "Iran do Espirito Santo; Parallel Reality," Sean Kelly Gallery, The
New York Times, October 4, 2002. pp. E33.
Artforum, September, 2002. p. 65.
Artforum, March, 2002.
Bernal, Efain. "Project Rooms? ARCO 1998-2002: Beyond Latin-American
Territoriality," Noticas, Summer, 2002. pp. 64-65.
Turner, Jonathan. "Iran do Espirito Santo," Art News, November, 2002.

2001
Cordeiro, Veronica. "Iran do Esp?rito Santo at Galer?a Fortes Vila?a," ArtNexus (no. 43), 2001.
Kostianovsky, Tamara. "Reviews: New York, Forma Brasil," Latinarte, August September 2001, pp. 42-43.
Pedrosa, Adriano. "Iran do Esp?rito Santo," Artforum, vol. 39, no. 8 (April 2001).
Smith, Roberta. "Rivane Neuenschwander and Iran do Esp?rito Santo," The New York Times (Art in Review), July 20, 2001, p. E34.

2000
Barro, David. "Iran do Espirito Santo," Lapiz, no. 167, 2000.
Fallon, Roberta. "Iran do Esp?rito Santo?s Visual Puzzles Don?t Need Solutions," Philadelphia Weekly, March 8, 2000.
Oscar, Faria. "Subvers?o da Apar?ncia," P?blico, October 20, 2000.
Sozanski, Edward. "Brazilian?s "Art Activity" Migrates North," The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 17, 2000, p. W40.
Susik, Abigail. "The Fabric Workshop and Museum," InLiquid.com, 2000.

1999
Baerwaldt, Wayne. "Iran do Esp?rito Santo: To Resist is Elegance," Plug in Cashier, 1998-1999.
Canton, Katia. "Respresenta??o em Xeque," Bravo, no. 21, July 1999.
Katy, Siegel. "Rad Weather," Artforum, vol. 38, no. 1 (September 1999).
Mesquita, Ivo. "Os Dados," Plug In Cahier, 1998-1999.
De Moraes, Ang?lica. "Iran do Esp?rito Santo Leva Suas Moedas ? Veneza," O Estado de S?o
Paulo, March 29, 1999.
De Moraes, Ang?lica. "Leirner e Iran V?o Representar o Brazil em Veneza," O Estado de S?o Paulo, March 15, 1999.

1998
Chaimovich, Felipe. "Iran do Esp?rito Santo," Trans, no. 5, 1998, pp. 119-122.
Chaimovich, Felipe. "Iran do Esp?rito Santo," Art/Text, no. 62
Fortes, Marcia. "Panorama de Arte Brasileira," Frieze, no. 39, March ? April 1998.
Gon?alves Filho, Antonio. "Iran do Esp?rito Santo Revela Como Evitar a Falsa Arte,"
O Estado de S?o Paulo, March 2, 1998.
Grundberg, Andy. "Present Tense: Nine Artists in the Nineties," Artforum, February 1998.
Hissman, Maria. "Trabalhos Que V?o Al?m do Est?tico," Jornal da Tarde, March 3, 1998.

1997
Helfand, Glen. "Just A Moment," San Francisco Bay Guardian. September 24, 1997.
Baker, Kenneth. "Lesson of Recalling the Past in Present Tense," San Francisco Chronicle,
September 13, 1997.
De Moraes, Ang?lica. "Iran e Eduardo Aquino Desafinam o Coro dos Contentes,"
O Estado de S?o Paulo, July 31, 1997.

1996
Canton, Katia. "Beige ? exposi??o da fina ironia," Folha de S?o Paulo,August 27, 1996.
Chaimovich, Felipe. "Exposi??o Veste o Mundo de Beige," Jornal da Tarde, August 27, 1996.

1994
Tager, Alisa. "Paradoxes and Transfigurations," Art in America, vol. 82, no. 7, July 1994.
De Abreau, Gilberto. "Inimigo das paredes invis?veis," O Globo, July 17, 1994.

1992
Misan, Simona. "Iran na Luisa Strina," Guia das Artes, no. 30, November ?December, 1992.
De Moaes, Ang?lica. "Dribles na Percep??o," Jornal da Tarde, S?o Paulo, March 10, 1992.
Rosseti, Fl?via. "Em Branco e Preto," Guia das Artes, S?o Paulo 6, no. 28, March ?
April 1992, pp. 53-54.

1991
King, Randal. "Bank Statement," Winnipeg Sun, July 26. 1991.

1989
Farias, Agnaldo. "Coletiva," Guia das Artes, no. 14, 1989.

1986
Leirner, Sheila. "Objetos: E Nada Mais," O Estado de S?o Paulo, March 10, 1992.

Artist Works

Can L
2005
stainless steel
7 x 6 5/8 inches
Edition of 5

Ice Cream Pot
2005
marble
4 3/8 x 4 x 4 inches

Gray Box
2003
gray sandstone
4 3/4 x 13 x 9 inches

White Shirt Box
2005
marble
2 7/8 x 14 x 10 inches
Edition of 5

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