Vanderlei Lopes

Vanderlei Lopes’ practice is characterized by experimentation with different languages and materials, which unfold in his sculptural work. Lopes discusses artistic tradition, ideas of representation and circulation, as well as processes of social and cultural construction. His work challenges and frictions against the various spaces in which it is situated.

His sculptures have an indexical, almost photographic quality, as they are imprinted on ordinary objects and situations. Thus, the idea of temporality emerges in his work, in constant friction between historical distances and the immediate here and now.

Graduated in fine arts from the Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) in 2000, Lopes has held exhibitions and specific projects such as Intimate Visit at Millan in 2023; Domo at the Capela do Morumbi in São Paulo in 2017; Cavalo in the octagon of the Pinacoteca de São Paulo in 2015, on the occasion of the exhibition Uma coleção particular; and Grilagem at the MAM, in Rio de Janeiro, in 2014.

Among the group exhibitions he has participated in, notable ones include the Bienal de Arte Paiz in Guatemala and Mexico in 2021; Ambiental: Arte e Movimento at the MuBE in São Paulo in 2019; São Paulo não é uma cidade at Sesc 24 de Maio in 2017; Transparência e Reflexo at the MuBE in 2016; as well as the 7th Bienal do Mercosul in 2009.

His work is featured in collections such as MAM São Paulo, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, MAC-USP, São Paulo, MAR, in Rio de Janeiro, MAM Rio de Janeiro, Instituto Itaú Cultural, in São Paulo, and Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz in Ribeirão Preto, among others.