Osmar Dalio

São Paulo, Brazil, 1959.
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.

The “architecture” of Osmar Dalio’s sculptural pieces is articulated from operations that explore the materiality, weight, strength and balance that are inherent to the materials he uses. His research on the interplay between sculpture and the space which contains them, has interesting parallels with important artistic researches in the history of Brazilian art, such as those of Franz Weissmann, Willys De Castro and José Resende.

Initially working with perishable materials, as well as rubber and wood, among others, Osmar Dalio began transitioned his research to metallic structures in 1988. Which guarantees him a great ease in working with this material acquired over the years. Such pieces are manufactured industrially through a strong collaboration between the artist and a group of technicians. Intersections, cuts and juxtapositions are carefully calculated in a process that combines mathematical precision with an intuition. This careful balance between matter and emptiness gives the tons of metal a feeling of lightness and movement, exerting a magnetic attraction on the viewer’s body.

EXPOSIÇÕES

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São Paulo, Brazil, 1959. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.

Education

1995-96 Master of Science (MSc) in Sculpture, The London Institute, Chelsea College of Art and Design School of Art, London, England

1978-82 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Solo Exhibitions

2021 Épica do Espaço, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil

2017 Planares, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil

2000 Galeria Millan, São Paulo, Brazil

1991 Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1990 Galeria Macunaíma, Fundação Nacional de Arte / Instituto Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1990 Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

1990 Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, Brazil

1981 Desenhos e Objetos. Galeria Sesc Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil

Group Exhibitions

2023 Arte Pela Proteção da Infância (Curator Ana Carolina Ralston/Consultancy Jacopo Crivelli Visconti), Casa Higienópolis, São Paulo, Brazil

2021 Caixa Eletrônico Parade (Curator Carlos Trevi), Banco Santander, São Paulo, Brazil

2020 Exhibition Novos Rumos, Fazenda da Grama, Itupeva, São Paulo, Brazil

1996 M.A. Fine Art Mid Year Show 1996, The London Institute, Chelsea College of Art and Design School of Art, London, England

1996 M.A. Fine Art Degree Exhibition 1996, The London Institute, Chelsea College of Art and Design Scholl of Art, London, England

1992 Coletiva org. Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, Casa do Médico, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

1992 Coletiva Abertura da nova sede do Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, Brazil

1991 Grandes Artistas, Pequenos Formatos, Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, Brazil

1991 Panorama da Arte Atual Brasileira, Formas Tridimensionais, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

1991 21st São Paulo International Biennial, curated by João Candido Galvão. Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

1990 Prêmio Brasília de Artes Plásticas 1990, Museu de Arte de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

1989 Macunaíma 89, Fundação Nacional de Arte / Instituto Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1989 11th Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Fundação Nacional de Arte / Instituto Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1988 13th Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Nacional / Contemporâneo, Casa da Cultura, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

1988 1st Biennial of Open Air Sculpture of Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Artes Visuais, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1988 Panorama da Arte Atual Brasileira, Formas Tridimensionais, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

1986 4th Salão Paulista de Arte Contemporânea, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, São Paulo, Brazil

1985 12 Artistas Jovens Paulistas, Subdistrito Comercial de arte, São Paulo, Brazil

1984 Anathemata. curated by Aracy Amaral. Museu de arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

1984 Arte na Rua 2, curated by Luciana Brito e Monica Nador. Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Central de Outdoor, São Paulo, Brazil

1984 Pane In: Arte / Performance. Curated by Osmar Dalio. Sala Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes – Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

1982 Projeto Construção de um Encontro em Cinza para Tipos Cinzentos ao Amanhecer. Curated by Osmar Dalio. Parque Tenente Siqueira Campos – Trianon, avenida Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil

1981 Foto / Ideia, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

1981 IV Mostra Anual de Gravura Cidade de Curitiba, Fundação Cultural de Curitiba, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Awards

1991 Panorama da Arte Atual Brasileira – Formas Tridimensionais

1990 Prêmio Brasília de Artes Plásticas, (Acquisition Award)

1989 11th Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas (Acquisition Award)

Grants

1995/1996 The British Council. Master in Sculpture

1989 3rd Bolsa Emile Eddé de Artes Plásticas (Finalist)

1988 2nd Bolsa Emile Eddé de Artes Plásticas, (Finalist)

Public Collections

Instituto Luciano Momesso, Parque Geminiani Momesso, Ibiporã, Paraná, Brazil

Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Ferrovia Paulista FEPASA, Estação Júlio Prestes, São Paulo, Brazil

Museu de Arte de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil