Paulo Nazareth

Nazareth was born in 1977 Borun Nak, he lives and works throughout the world.

He studied Linguistics at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, and received an MFA from the institution’s Academy of Fine Arts in 2006. Notable solo exhibitions include VUADORA,Pivô, São Paulo (2022); Melee, ICA Miami, USA (2019); [A] LA FLEUR DE LA PEAU, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium (2019); Faca Cega, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte (2018); Genocide in Americas, Meyer Riegger Gallery, Berlin (2015); Journal, Institute for Contemporary Arts, London (2014); Premium Bananas, MASP, Museum of Art São Paulo (2013). He has presented three exhibitions at Stevenson, most recently BIRDMAN in Amsterdam (2022).

Group exhibitions include Between Borders Museum Arnhem, The Netherlands (2023); Chosen Memories, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA (2023); Afro-Atlantic Histories, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, USA (2022); REVIRAVOLTA, Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil (2022); Scenorama, Javett-UP, Pretoria, South Africa (2022); Though it’s dark still I sing, Cicillo Matarazzo Pavilion, 34th São Paulo Bienal, São Paulo (2021); Pacaembu, Museu do Futebol, São Paulo (2020); Wind, Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, 34th São Paulo Bienal, São Paulo (2020); Mecarõ: Amazonia in the Petitgas Collection, Montpellier Contemporain, Montpellier (2020); Global(e) Resistance, Centre Pompidou, Paris (2020); NIRIN, the 22nd Sydney Biennale (2020); Beyond the Black Atlantic, Kunstverein Hannover (2020);The Warmth of Other Suns: Stories of Global Displacement, Phillips Collection, Washington DC (2019); How to talk with birds, trees, fish, shells, snakes, bulls and lions, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2018); EXTREME. NOMADS, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main (2018); The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, Prospect.4 Triennial, New Orleans (2017); Field Gate, Remai Modern, Saskatoon (2017); Soft Power: arte Brasil, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort (2016); Much wider than a line, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe (2016); New Shamans/Novos Xamãs: Brazilian Artists, Rubell Family Collection, Miami (2016); Indigenous Voices, Latin American Pavilion, 56th Venice Biennale, Venice (2015); The Encyclopedic Palace, 55th Venice Biennale, Venice (2013); Museum as Hub: Walking Drifting Dragging, New Museum, New York (2013).

He won the Mercedes-Benz Award by MASP de Artes Visuais, São Paulo, Brazil (2012), the 12th Salão Nacional de Arte de Itajaí, Brazil and the 28th Salão de Arte de Bolsa da Pampulha in Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2005).

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