In the Studio: Paulo Nazareth

Brazilian artist Paulo Nazareth will discuss his work and artistic practice with Aimé Iglesias Lukin, Director and Chief Curator of Art at Americas Society. This program will be held in conjunction with our current exhibition, Bispo do Rosario: All Existing Materials on Earth. 

Join us live on Instagram from your cell phone, or watch on YouTube after, for a series of remote visits to artists' studios to bring Americas Society's Visual Arts public programs to your home. Check out the series playlist.

About the artist

Born in the city of Borun Nak [Vale do Rio Doce] Minas Gerais, Paulo Nazareth, who lives as a global nomad, produces work that is often the result of precise and simple gestures, which bring about broader ramifications, raising awareness to press issues of immigration, racialization, globalization colonialism, and its effects in the production and consumption of art in his native Brazil and the Global South. While his work may manifest in video, photography, and found objects, his strongest medium may be cultivating relationships with people he encounters on the road — particularly those who must remain invisible due to their legal status or those who are repressed by governmental authorities. In certain aspects, Nazareth deliberately embodies the romantic ideal of the wandering artist in search of himself and universal truths, to unveil stereotyped assumptions about national identity, cultural history, and human value. 

His most recent exhibitions include STROKE, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada (2022); VUADORA, Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil (2022); Paulo Nazareth, ICA Miami, Miami, USA (2019); Faca Cega, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2018); Journal, Institute for Contemporary Arts, London, UK (2014), Premium Bananas, MASP, São Paulo, Brazil (2013). Recent group exhibitions include BRASIL FUTURO: AS FORMAS DA DEMOCRACIA, Museu Nacional da República, Brasilia, Brazil (2023); Histórias Brasileiras, MASP, São Paulo, Brazil (2022); Afro-Atlantic Histories, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA (2022); 34ª Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil (2021); Beyond the Black Atlantic, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany (2020); 22nd Sydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia (2020); EXTREME. NOMADS, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany (2018); The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, Prospect.4 Triennial, New Orleans, USA (2017); Soft Power Arte Brasil, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Netherlands (2016); Much wider than a line, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, USA (2016); New Shamans/Novos Xamãs: Brazilian Artists, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA (2016); Indigenous Voices, Latin American Pavilion 56th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (2015).

Visit the Americas Society Visual Arts YouTube Channel for recordings of In the Studio Series and other previous events.

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More digital content from Visual Arts at Americas Society:

• Check out the current exhibition: Bispo do Rosario: All Existing Materials on Earth. 
• Check out the current iteration of our Flag Series: Raul Mourão
• Read about the previous exhibition Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime
• Read the exhibition catalogue for This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975.
• Watch videos of recent events:
  • Elena Damiani's Zenith 
  • Tropical is Political: Caribbean Art Under the Visitor Economy Regime 
  • Geles Cabrera: Museo Escultórico
  • Young Filmmakers in New York: Collective Visions Screening
  • This Must Be The Place: An Oral History Book Launch
  • This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975
  • Terence Gower: The Good Neighbor 

In the Studio series 

Check out previous conversations with artists bringing us to their virtual studios.