ABOUT
Gustavo von Ha works with the concept of verisimilitude. He incorporates one version of himself in each work, materializing images often silenced in the Brazilian art history academics. This strategy also problematizes the role of the artist these days.
His production emerges from investigations that unfold in many cores of works that operate inside and outside of the art system; infecting several platforms and circuits of images such as internet, movie theaters, informal sector and art market itself.
The artist is interested in issues beyond the hegemonic narratives. His production is structured in a performative action that goes throughout all the artist’s research period and lies within the limits between reality and fiction; authorship and cultural industry within the contemporary art context.
Gustavo lives and works in Sao Paulo. His work is featured in private and public collections, such as Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, MAR [Rio Art Museum] and MAC-USP [Museum of Contemporary Art of USP].
MINI BIO
Gustavo von Ha is a visual artist, born in 1977 in Presidente Prudente, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Among his main solo exhibitions are VLNGO [SARACVRA space], Rio de Janeiro [2017] INVENTORY; ART OF ANOTHER KIND, MAC USP [The Contemporary Art Museum of Sao Paulo University], Sao Paulo [2017-2016], HEIST FILMS, MON [Oscar Niemeyer Museum], Curitiba [2014] DREAMWAVES, MAC USP, Sao Paulo [2014-13], HEIST FILMS, A Window in Berlin - Changing Project, Berlin [2013], T.L., Leme Gallery, Sao Paulo [2012], DOUBLE CROSSING, Latin American Art Project, Tokyo [2011], IMAGES RÉFLÉCHIES, Sycomore Art Galerie, Paris [2008] and PRIVATE ADDICTION, Nassau Community College, New York [2008].
Some of the group shows he was included: MAM 70, MAM [Museum of Modern Art], Sao Paulo [2018], 11th MERCOSUL BIENNIAL, Porto Alegre [2018], DURA LEX SED LEX, Bienal Sur, Centro Cultural Parque de España, Rosario, Argentina [2017], WHEN FORMS BECOME STORIES, CAL/UnB [Casa de Cultura da América Latina], Brasilia [2017], METROPOLIS: THE SAO PAULO EXPERIENCE, Estação Pinacoteca, Sao Paulo [2017], THE COLOR OF BRASIL, MAR [Rio Art Museum], Rio de Janeiro [2016], SUSPICIOUS MINDS, Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paulo [2013] FOLHAS DE VIAGEM, MAC USP, Sao Paulo [2012] and 10th Latin American Contemporary Art Today, Promo-Art Gallery, Tokyo [2010-09]. Gustavo was granted with Marcantonio Vilaça Art Award [by FUNARTE] in 2014 for his HEIST FILMS ENTERTAINMENT Project.
Selected Solo Shows
2018
SPIRITUALIST SESSION PROJECT / TARSILA [Projeto Mesa Branca / Tarsila],
CAL – UnB, Brasilia, Brazil
2017
VLNGO, SARACVRA, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2016 - 2017
INVENTORY; ART OF ANOTHER KIND, MAC USP [The Contemporary Art Museum of Sao Paulo University], Sao Paulo, Brazil
2014
HEIST FILMS ENTERTAINMENT, MON [Museu Oscar Niemeyer], Curitiba, Brazil
2013
DREAMWAVES, Film-Installation, MAC USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil/
HEIST FILMS Solo Project, A window in Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2012
T.L., Galeria Leme, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2011
DOUBLE CROSSING, Latin American Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008
THE MAGIC MIRROR, Galeria Eduardo Fernandes, São Paulo, Brazil
IMAGES RÉFLÉCHIES, SycomoreArt Galerie, Paris, France
ANEXO PROJECT, GaleriaLaura Marsiaj, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
PRIVATE ADDICTION, Nassau Community College, Garden City, USA
2006
DAILY MIRROR (S), Centro Cultural Parque das Ruínas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Selected Group Shows
2020-2019
TRIANGULAR: ARTE DESTE SÉCULO - Recent Acquisitions for The Casa da Cultura da America Latina UNB, Brasilia
FORBIDDEN ARCHEOLOGY, Sesc Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo
2019
MEMORIAL OF THE DRAWING, MAC USP, Sao Paulo
2018
11th MERCOSUL BIENNIAL, Porto Alegre
MAM 70, MAM [Museum of Modern Art], Sao Paulo
2017
DURA LEX SED LEX, Bienal Sur, Centro Cultural Parque de España, Rosario
WHEN FORMS BECOME STORIES, CAL – UnB, Brasilia, Brazil
METRÓPOLE: EXPERIÊNCIA PAULISTANA, Estação Pinacoteca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2016
A COR DO BRASIL, MAR [The Art Museum of Rio], Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015
GROUP SHOW, iSETAN, Tokyo, Japan
MON COLLECTION, Acquisitions 2013/2014, MON [Museu Oscar Niemeyer], Curitiba, Brazil
2013
SUSPICIOUS MINDS, Galeria Vermelho, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2012
FOLHAS DE VIAGEM, MAC USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2010 - 2009
10th LATIN AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY ART "TODAY”, Promo-Arte Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2008
L' EXPOSITION COLLECTIVE DES ARTISTES DE LA GALERIE, Sycomore Art Galerie, Paris, France
2007
CONTEMPORAINS, Sycomore Art Galerie, Paris, France
NIGHT OF 1,000 DRAWINGS, Artist´s Space, New York, USA
2006
ACERVO 2006, Thiergeville, Normandie, France
2005
LATIN AMERICAN ART TODAY, Promo-Arte Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004
CONNECTIONS, Centro Cultural Paschoal Carlos Magno, Niterói, Brazil
COLLECTIONS
PINACOTECA DO ESTADO DE SAO PAULO, Sao Paulo
MAC USP [The Contemporary Art Museum of Sao Paulo University], Sao Paulo
MAR [The Art Museum of Rio], Rio de Janeiro
NCC [Nassau Community College], Garden City, NY
MON [Oscar Niemeyer Museum], Curitiba
CERVANTES INSTITUTE, Tokyo
PROJETO LEONILSON, Sao Paulo
Artist residency program
2019 - Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
Academic background
2019 – Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina / AUK [American University of Kosovo], Prishtina, Kosovo
2010 - PIESP [Programa Independente da Escola Sao Paulo], Sao Paulo, Brazil
2006 - Holography, Holographic Studios, New York, USA
2005 - Grupo de Pesquisa da Imagem, Faculdade Santa Marcelina, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2004 - Production and Edition of Digital Video, DV New York, USA
1998-2001 - Communication, Universidade do Oeste Paulista, Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Interventions & Screenings
2014 - DREAMWAVES, Mostra Primeira Exibição, Cinemateca, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2013 - HEIST FILMS, Intervention, Reserva Cultural Theatres, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2012 - HEIST FILMS, AMC Theatres, Atlanta, USA
2010 - PERMANENT INTERVENTION on Campus NCC [Nassau Community College], Garden City, New York, USA
2006 - ONCE UPON A TIME, Central Park, New York, USA