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.

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

EDUCATION

1978-82

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Faculdade de Artes Plásticas Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, São Paulo.

1995-96

Master of Science (MSc) in Sculpture, The London Institute, Chelsea College of Art and Design School of Art, London.

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

Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo.

Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, Brazil

1981

Drawings and Objects. Galeria Sesc Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

Arte Pela Proteção da Infância (Curated by Ana Carolina Ralston/consultancy Jacopo Crivelli Visconti) Casa Higienópolis, São Paulo, Brazil

2021

Caixa Eletrônico Parade (Curated by Carlos Trevi), Banco Santander, São Paulo, Brazil

2020

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

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

1992

Group show org. Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, Casa do Médico, Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Group show Opening of the new location of Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, Brazil

1991

Great Artists, Small Formats, Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, Brazil

Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, Three-Dimensional Forms, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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

1990

Brasília Prize for Visual Arts 1990, Museu de Arte de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil

1989

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

11th National Salon of Visual Arts, Fundação Nacional de Arte / Instituto Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1988

13th Art Salon of Ribeirão Preto, National / Contemporary, Casa da Cultura, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

1st Outdoor Sculpture Biennial of Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Artes Visuais, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Panorama of Current Brazilian Art, Three-Dimensional Forms, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

1986

4th São Paulo Salon of Contemporary Art, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura, São Paulo, Brazil

1985

12 Young São Paulo Artists, 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

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

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

1982

Project Construction of a Meeting in Grey for Grey Types at Dawn. Curated by Osmar Dalio. Parque Tenente Siqueira Campos – Trianon, Avenida Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil

1981

Photo / Idea, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

IV Annual Print Show City of Curitiba, Fundação Cultural de Curitiba, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

AWARDS

1991

Panorama of Current Brazilian Art – Three-Dimensional Forms (Travel Abroad Prize)

1990

Brasília Prize for Visual Arts (Acquisition Prize)

1989

11th National Salon of Visual Arts (Acquisition Prize)

GRANTS

1995/1996

The British Council Grant. Master of Science in Sculpture

1989

3rd Emile Eddé Visual Arts Grant (Finalist)

1988

2nd Emile Eddé Visual Arts Grant (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

Performance na exposição Planares, 2017

Encerramento exposição Osmar Dalio- Galeria Leme

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