Luciano Figueiredo

Fortaleza, Brazil, 1948.
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Luciano Figueiredo established himself as one of the leading figures of the Counter-Culture movement in Brazil in the 1970s, alongside artists like Lygia Clark and Hélio Oiticica. He began his journey in painting in the 1960s, and between 1972 and 1978, while residing in London, he initiated his research by using printed newspaper pages, following the flow of experiments with his visual poems created from word cutouts, color stains, and English periodicals. This research led him, starting in 1975, to the creation of three-dimensional objects through collages, wire meshes, and monochromatic reliefs. He also designed scenographies for music performances, graphic projects, and was involved in the historic publication Navilouca.

His work is characterized by its experimental and interdisciplinary nature, and his production over the last 20 years is the result of spatial and chromatic exploration stemming from the studies of concrete art. He is also affiliated with Constructivism and its graphic tradition, exploring contrasts of colors, transparencies, and planar volumes in his work. Using elements that resonate with the everyday precariousness in the construction of artistic objects, fabrics or newspapers are appropriated by the artist, who creates reliefs, exploring densities, transparencies, and the reconfiguration of signs, as if they were “floating,” in what he calls “possibilities of color and suspended space.”

Fortaleza, Brazil, 1948. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

Planorama, Galeria Leme, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2022

Obras Recentes, Lurixs, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2020

Proxima Parada (curated by Luiz Chrysostomo), Galeria Multiarte, Fortaleza, Brazil

2018

La Couleur: pli et contre-pli, Galerie Depardieu, Nice, France

2017

Urgente: E Pintura! (curated by Paulo Miyada and Priscyla Gomes), Tomie Ohtake Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Figures et Formes Geometriques, Marcel Fleiss Galerie, Paris, France

2015

Galeria Leme, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2014

Cor, Plano: Suspensao, Galeria Lurix, Rio de Janeiro. Brazil

Luciano Figueiredo/ Dominique Thiolat: Face A Face, Galerie Teodora. Paris, France

2013

fabri-fabulosi IMAGEM/LEGENDA: um cine-romance, Oi Futuro Ipanema. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2012

Do Jornal a Pintura, MULTIARTE. Fortaleza, Brazil

Peintures, Galerie des Docks. Nice, France

Force et Couleurs, Galeria Teodora, Paris, France

2011

Espaco-Laco, LURIXS: Arte Contemporanea. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2010

Livro de Sombras, Oi Futuro Flamengo. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Structures-Couleurs, Galerie des Docks. Nice, France

Peintures, Reliefs, Galerie D’Est et D’Ouest. Paris, France

2009

Deux Bresiliens a Nice, Galerie Depardieu. Nice, France

Interplanos, Entreplanos, Galeria Nara Roesler. Sao Paulo, Brazil

2008

Tercetos, LURIXS: Arte Contemporanea. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2007

Peintures, Reliefs, Galerie D’Est et D’Ouest. Paris, France

2006

Do Jornal a Pintura, Paco Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2005

Du Journal a la Peinture, Musee Departementale. Gap, France

2004

Dioramas e Muxarabies, LURIXS: Arte Contemporanea. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2003

Galeria Anna Maria Niemeyer. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Galeria Millan. Sao Paulo, Brazil

2001

Galeria Anna Maria Niemeyer. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1999

Pasargada. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Villa Costebelle. Nice, France

1998

Paco Imperial. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1995

Galeria Anna Maria Niemeyer. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1993

Centro Cultural Sergio Porto. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1991

Galeria Sao Paulo. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1988

Galeria Paulo Klabin. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1986

Galeria Paulo Klabin. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1984

Galeria Paulo Klabin. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

Von Stadt zu Stadt: Europaische Kunst im Dialog (curated by Dr. Cornelia Erdmann), Rathaus-Arthaus Weimar, Weimar, Germany

2024

Cais (curated by Alana Silveira and Tomas Toledo), Galatea, Salvador, Brazil

2023

Conversas entre Colecoes, Instituto Casa Roberto Marinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Grafica Poetica – Luciano Figueiredo e Oscar Ramos (curadoria de Aicha Barat e Fred Coelho), Futuros – Arte e Tecnologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

22a Bienal Sesc_Videobrasil (curated by Raphael Fonseca and Renee Akitelek Mboya), Sesc 24 de Maio, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Brasil futuro: as formas da democracia (curadoria de Marcio Tavares, Lilia Schwarcz e Paulo Vieira), Museu Nacional da Republica, Casa das 11 Janelas, Museu Solar Ferrao, Brasilia, Para, Bahia, Brazil

2021

1981/2021: Arte Contemporanea Brasileira na colecao Andrea e Jose Olympio Pereira" – CCBBRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2019

O Jardim (curated by Lauro Cavalcanti), Casa Roberto Marinho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Abstraction, Galerie 1900 – 2000, Paris, France

Luciano Figueiredo in dialogue with Raymundo Colares, Galeria Leme/AD, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2017

Em casa (curated by Felipe Scovino), Lurix Arte Contemporanea, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Modos de ver o Brasil : Itau Cultural 30 anos, Oca, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2015

Resquicios, Carmen Araujo Arte, Caracas, Venezuela

2012

Anna Maria Niemeyer, Um Caminho, Galeria Anna Maria Niemeyer. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2011

Jogos de Guerra, CAIXA Cultural. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dessin, Couleur, etc., Galerie des Docks. Nice, France

2010

Jogos de Guerra, Memorial da America Latina. Sao Paulo, Brazil

2007

Anos 70, Arte Como Questao, Instituto Tomie Ohtake. Sao Paulo, Brazil

Filmes de artista, Brasil 1965-80, Foire d’art contemporain de Strasbourg. Strasbourg, France

ST ART, Oi Futuro Flamengo. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2004

Mostra Rio, LURIXS: Arte Contemporanea. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tudo e Brasil, Paco Imperial. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2003

Livro de Artista, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Exposicao Inaugural, LURIXS: Arte Contemporanea. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2002

Premio Universidade Estacio de Sa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Arte Foto, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2001

Trajetorias da Luz na Arte Brasileira, Itau Cultural. Sao Paulo, Brazil

Rio Trajetorias, Funarte. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marginalia 70, Itau Cultural. Sao Paulo, Brazil

Brasil: Lucio Fontana, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2000

Jornal Aberto, Espaco Telemar. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Situacoes Anos 70, Casa Franca Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1999

A Imagem do Som de Chico Buarque, Paco Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1994

Bastidores da Criacao, Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade. Sao Paulo, Brazil

1991

Imagem Sobre Imagem, Centro Cultural Sergio Porto. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1990

Transfutur, Kunstetage Kassel. Kassel, Germany

1989

A Ordem Desfeita, 110 Arte Contemporanea. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio Hoje, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1988

Papeis no Espaco, Galeria Aktuell. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1987

Palavra Imagica, Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil

1985

26 Artistas, Galeria Paulo Klabin. Sao Paulo, Brazil

Poesia Evidencia, Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil

Caligrafias e Escrituras, Galeria Sergio Milliet. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tendencias do Livro de Artista no Brasil, Centro Cultural Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil

1980

Fala Por Si, Livraria Muro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Oficina Literaria Afranio Coutinho. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1979

Kleemania, Aterro do Caju. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mitos Vadios, Rua Augusta. Sao Paulo, Brazil

1978

Contemporary Brazilian Works on Paper, Nobe Gallery. New York, USA

1973

Amour Artists, Polytechnic of Central London. London, United Kingdom

1970

Salao de Verao, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1968

Poemas Cartazes, Teatro Castro Alves. Salvador, Brazil

II Bienal Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Salvador, Brazil

1967

IX Bienal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

I Bienal Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Salvador, Brazil

1965

Galeria do Instituto Goethe. Salvador, Brazil

COLLECTIONS

Colecao Itau, Brazil

Museu de Arte Moderna de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Colecao Joao Satamini, MAC. Niteroi, Brazil

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fundacao Edson Queiroz, Fortaleza, Brazil

Oi Futuro Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Musee Museum Departamentale de Gap, France

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA

Colecao Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, EUA

Colecao Dianne and Bruce Halle, EUA

The Collection Annette and Peter Nobel, Switzerland

Kadist Foundation, San Francisco, USA

Museum of Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

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