GABRIEL PESSOTO
Born in Jundiaí, SP, Brazil. Works and lives in São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Gabriel Pessoto was born in 1993 in Jundiaí, Brazil. He studied Audiovisual Production at PUCRS and began a degree in Visual Arts at UFRGS. Since 2015, he has worked as a visual artist, developing research that investigates the impacts of visual and material culture as well as online experience on the construction of contemporary idealizations and desires. His work is primarily expressed through textile and electronic media. His work has been presented in art spaces, galleries, and institutions in Brazil and abroad, in cities such as São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Berlin, Porto, Lisbon, New York, Miami, Louisville, Moscow, Łódź, and Tehran.
In 2020, he received an award from ArtConnect Magazine for the project trocando figurinhas, developed in collaboration with Nicole Kouts. That same year, he participated in the residencies Temos vagas! at Ateliê397 (São Paulo, Brazil) and WebResidência, organized by the espaço OLHÃO. In 2021, he held the solo exhibition Ambiente Moderno, curated by Gabriel Bogossian, at the Fundação Ecarta Gallery (Porto Alegre, Brazil). The following year, he launched the publication of the same name and was selected for the Paço das Artes Project Season with the project Realidade Virtual, which received critical mentoring from Pollyana Quintella.
In 2024, he took part in the exhibition Queer Stories / Histórias LGBTQIA+ at MASP, presented the solo exhibition Descanso de tela (Screen Saver) at Galeria Luciana Caravello (São Paulo, Brazil), accompanied by a critical text by Renato Menezes, and launched the publication Pontos da Moda, published by Ajulejo ArtPress. In 2025, he was selected for the 18th International Triennial of Textile (Łódź, Poland), participated in the group exhibition Unoriginal Genius at Laundromat Art Space (Miami, USA), exhibited the installation Blusão at Massapê Projetos (São Paulo, Brazil), and presented two collaborative exhibitions: Fundo Infinito, in partnership with Lucas Simões, at 25M Sala de Projetos (São Paulo, Brazil), and Dossiê trocando figurinhas, in partnership with Nicole Kouts, at Ateliê397 (São Paulo, Brazil).
Solo Exhibitions
2025 - Blusão (Sweater). Massapê Projetos, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2024 - Descanso de tela (Screen Saver). Galeria Luciana Caravello, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2022 - Realidade Virtual (Virtual Reality). Temporada de Projetos 2022 - Paço das Artes, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2021 - Ambiente Moderno (Modern Ambiance). Fundação/Galeria Ecarta, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
2018 - um pouco por dia já é muito (a little a day is a lot). Centro Cultural Casa da Luz, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2016 - Trégua (Truce). Espaço Ado Malagoli - Instituto de Artes/UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Duo Exibitions
2025 - Fundo Infinito. Works developed in partnership with Lucas Simões. 25M Sala de Projetos, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2025 - dossiê trocando figurinhas. Works developed in partnership with Nicole Kouts. Ateliê397, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 - 18th International Triennial of Textile. Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź, Poland.
2025 - Falo pela minha diferença. MARP - Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
2025 - Unoriginal Genius. Laundromat Art Space, Miami, USA.
2025 - PATER; sobre pertences vivos. Fundação Cultural Badesc, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil..
2025 - PATER; sobre pertences vivos. Galeria de Artes do Centro Municipal de Cultura Dr. Henrique Ordovás Filho, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil.
2025 - Ecos do futuro. BNP Paribas, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2025 - Na planta II. ITA 173. São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2024 - Queer Stories / Histórias LGBTQIA+. MASP - Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2024 - regra-de-três. Exposição idealizada por Gisela Projects na Galeria Estação, São Paulo, SP. Brazil.
2024 - As joias da rainha. SPFW 2024, Pavilhão das Culturas Brasileiras - Parque Ibirapuera, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2024 - Nham Nham Nham. MACRS - Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio Grande do Sul, Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
2024 - 3º Festival Vórtice. Vórtice Cultural / Edifício Vera, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2024 - Programa exposições 2024. MARP - Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
2024 - Linhas de força, superfícies de contato. Galeria Gare, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2024 - AR : Acervo Rotativo. MARP - Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
2024 - AR : Acervo Rotativo. SESI Itapetininga, Itapetininga, SP, Brazil.
2023 - Museum. Instituto Artium, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2023 - Entre Linhas. Vitrine CCMQ, Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
2023 - Gostoso. Leo Bahia Arte Contemporânea, Vitória, ES, Brazil.
2022 - Ópera Citoplasmática. MON - Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
2022 - O paraíso dos marrecos. Residência FONTE, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2022 - &. Galeria da FAV/UFG. Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
2022 - Você consegue me ver?. MARP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
2021 - Entre ossos e sonhos. Casa da Escada Colorida, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
2021 - AC: Acervo Rotativo. Oficina Oswald de Andrade, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2021 - Corrente de Ar. Lisbon, Portugal.
2021 - Temporada de Exposições. MARP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
2020 - Ressetar. Museu da Diversidade Sexual, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2020 - I do not ask any more delight. Quappi Projects, Louisville, USA.
2020 - Corpo Brasileiro. Hošek Contemporary, Berlin, Germany and Mala Voadora, Porto, Portugal.
2020 - Cálamo. Massapê Projetos, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2019 - Tehran-São Paulo. Platform3, Tehran, Iran.
2019 - no dia primeiro, no nono andar. Lamb Arts, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2016 - É vida! AGAPAN 45 anos. MARGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
2016 - Faturas. Memorial dos Direitos Humanos, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Art Residencies
2022 - W Residência, ninith edition. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
2020 - Temos Vagas. Ateliê 397, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2020 - Web Residência Olhão, São Paulo, SP , Brazil. Virtual/online program.
2016 - Variações sôbre contato: vistas. Casa 13, Córdoba, Argentina.
Selected Festivals and Online Shows
2022 - 10 desertos de erros. Online project curated by Leo Caobelli through Rumos, Itaú Cultural, Brazil. Link
2022 - Animation Brüt. Close-UP Film Centre, London, England/ Arverne Cinema, New York, USA/ SPACE 1026, Philadelphia, USA..
2022 - Festivau de C4nn3$ - r4ch4dur4. Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
2022 - it's a digital world, but someone's still gotta cook lunch. Online show eveloped by @artes.alheias, @aisthesislab and The Wrong Biennale.
2021 - Objeto Virtual Não Identificado. Online show eveloped by Projeto Datashow and The Wrong Biennale.
2021 - Fortune 501, Online show eveloped by Sit Still Projects.
2021 - Bad Video Art Festival. Khodynka Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
2020 - Canticle of the creatures. Online show curated by Brunno Silva at Open Art Advisory.
2020 - http:// “data-as-symbolic-form/exchange”. Online show developed by http:// hypertransfer-protocol
2020 - I - Festival de videoarte. Online show developed by the collective Deshumanización from Lima, Peru.
2019 - Festivau de C4nn3$ - sem anos de história. Lona Galeria, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2018 - Festivau de C4nn3s. Galeria Aura, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2017 -Tropicália: ontem como hoje. Cinemateca Brasileira, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
2016 - Cine esquema novo - Arte Audiovisual Brasileira. Cinemateca Capitólio, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Prizes
2020 - ArtConnect Magazine - Open Call Correspondence. Project "trocando figurinhas: operação piloto" (swapping stickers: pilot operation) developed in partnership with Nicole Kouts. Link
Museum Collections
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes - MNBA, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio Grande do Sul - MACRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto - MARP, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Museu da Diversidade Sexual - MDS, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Sorocaba - MACS, Sorocaba, Brazil.