RODRIGO BRANCO

ARTISTIC JOURNEY

Rodrigo Branco (b. 1986, Sao Paolo) has been recognized by the media as one of the top 15 emerging Brazilian street artists. The artist was influenced by his family to pursue an artistic career. During his adolescent years, he came into contact with the fascinating world of graffiti in the streets of his neighborhood and also approached photography thanks to his father. He has been involved in several social art projects and recent years, allowing him to further develop his talent and determine his approach to the different aspects of painting. Rodrigo paints faces and elements that inhabit his imagination, inspired by his childhood and the life that flows from the people he met across the world. His works can be found in the most important collections of Brazil as well as among private collections in the US and Europe. In 2016 he was commissioned by MyFinBec to create a series for their annual project (42 paintings on canvas entitled "Distintos Filhos” / Distinct Family).

Rodrigo Branco paints faces and elements that inhabit his imaginary, childhood and the life that flows from people and the streets of the world. He represents all the complexities of this megalopolis on his strokes. With a surprising and complex biography, throughout his almost thirty years of age, he managed to combine unusual sights of his world with kindness and heart. His will to become a better artist, being from studying in social art projects when growing up or with his peers and years of dedication laid down the path for him to become a talented and professional artist that he is today. Rodrigo addresses a particular topic: people. He gives to his characters no definition to its borderlines, strong colours and unusual faces. Aligning a singular feeling, powered by the expression of restless traces, his work challenges us. Influenced by geographic questions and resignation of memories, the artist builds a research plan based in painting and traversing many fields like canvas, walls and paper between others. (via Widewalls)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 Portraits, Centre Culturel La Fileuse, Loos (59), France 2018 Moldando Pedra Bruta, Lois Lambert Gallery, (Los Angeles, CA, United States) 2015 Efigie, Homegrown Gallery, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Antigo 8, Atual 61, King Cap SP Gallery, (São Paulo, Brazil) 2014 Ben Oakley Gallery, (London, UK)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 Jean Michel Basquiat, Obras da Coleção Mugrabi, curated by Pieter Tjabbes. Travelling exhibition in (CCBB São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brasília and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 2017 Portraits Group Show, Vertical Gallery, (Chicago, United States) 2016 Cardumen, ESPAI RUSSAFA / Curated Espositivo Gallery, (Valencia, Spain) Jan Arnold Gallery, (Viena, Austria) Avance de Temporada, Espositivo Gallery, (Madrid, Spain) 2015 Festival Arte Core, MAM, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Entre Muros / Urban Art from Latin America, MYA Gallery, (London, UK) 2014 Breaking Borders : Street Citizens, 44309 Street Art Gallery, Dortmund, Germany Composto, Verve Gallery, (São Paulo, Brazil) 2013 Insider Gallery / Launch Night, Insider Gallery, (London, UK) 2012 Confluir, Gallery Morbo, (Lima, Peru) 2011 City Leaks 2011, (Cologne, Germany) 2009 Fresh Produce 2009, Anno Domini Gallery, (San José / California, USA) 2008 Fresh Produce 2008, Anno Domini Gallery, (San José / California, USA) 2007 Semana de Arte Moderna Periférica 2007, (São Paulo, Brazil)

ART FAIRS

2016 JustMadArtFair, Espositivo Gallery, (Madrid, Spain) Urban Art Fair, MyFinBec Project, (Paris, France) 2015 Festival Arte Core, MAM, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Affordable Art Fair, Ben Oakley Gallery, (London, UK) 2013 Stroke Art fair 2013, (Munich, Germany) 2011 Stroke Art Fair 2011, (Munich, Germany)