José Bechara Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), b. 1957

José Bechara, 1957, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

José Bechara was born in 1957, in the city of Rio de Janeiro where he lives and works. He studied at the EAV Parque Lage – Visual Arts School, located in the same city.

The artist took part in major art shows, among them the 25th Bienal Internacional de São Paulo; the 29th Panorama da Arte Brasileira; the 5th Bienal Internacional do MERCOSUL; the 2011 Trienal de Arquitetura de Lisboa; 1st Bienalsur – Buenos Aires; 7th Beijing International Art Biennale; Anozero’19 – 3th Coimbra Biennal of Contemporary Art; Bienalsur 2019 – National Museum of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and including the exhibitions “Caminhos do Contemporâneo” e “Os 90” at Brazil’s Paço Imperial in Rio de Janeiro. Bechara has shown his works in individual and group exhibitions at renowned institutions, among them MAM Rio de Janeiro–BR; Culturgest–PT; FLAD Fundação Luso Americana para o Desenvolvimento – PT;Ludwig Museum (Koblenz)–DE; Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz–BR; Fundação Iberê Camargo–BR; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian–PT;Fundação Luso Americana para o Desenvolvimento-PT; MEIAC–ES; Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderna–ES; Gropius Bau–DE; Fundação Biblioteca Nacional–BR; MAC Paraná–BR; MAM Bahia–BR; MAC Niterói–BR; Instituto Tomie Ohtake–BR; Museu Vale–BR; Haus der Kilturen der Welt–DE; Ludwig Forum Fur Intl Kunst–DE; Kunst Museum–DE; Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MuBE)-BR; Centro Cultural São Paulo–BR; ASU Art Museum–USA; Museo Patio Herreriano (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Español)–ES; MARCO de Vigo–ES; Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma–ES; Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa–PT; CAAA–PT; Musee Bozar–BE; Museu Casa das Onze Janelas–BR; Casa de Vidro/Instituto Lina Bo e P.M. Bardi–BR; Museu Oscar Niemeyer–BR; Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga (CAC Málaga)–ES; Museu Casal Solleric–ES; Fundação Eva Klabin–BR, to name a few.

Bechara’s works are present in private and public collections as Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro-BR; Centre Pompidou-FR; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo-BR; Ludwig Museum (Koblenz)–DE; ASU Art Museum USA; Museu Oscar Niemeyer-BR;  Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma–ES; Universidade de Coimbra – CAPC, Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra- PT; Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection–BR; Fundação Biblioteca Nacional–BR; Ateliê de Gravura Fundação Iberê Camargo Collection–BR; Dulce and João Carlos Figueiredo Ferraz Collection/Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz–BR; João Sattamini Collection/MAC Niterói–BR; Instituto Itaú Cultural–BR; MAM Bahia–BR; MAC Paraná–BR; Culturgest–PT; Benetton Foundation-IT; CAC Málaga-ES; MOLAA–USA; Ella Fontanal Cisneros–USA; Universidade Cândido Mendes–BR; MARCO de Vigo–ES; Brasilea Stiftung–CH; Fundo BGA–BR, among others.