João Angelini Lives and works in Planaltina (Brazil), b. 1980

Lives and works in Brasília, DF, Brazil.

Plastic Artist and researcher, interested in issues linked to process and reflections on ways of doing. The limits and convergences of the languages and technics used are the biggest starting point for his research, it unfolds in a great variety of mediums and languages. Found in the peripheric experiences, the power dynamics, the strategies of control, oppression, an implicit tone that permeates his varied production. He lives in Planaltina, an historical/ colonial city in Brasilia’s periphery, he dedicates his gestures to the transit between the rural colonial of Goiás and the urban modernity of Brasília. From mastic, bones, red dirt to concrete, glass and white marble.

Since 2005 he exhibits his individual work and is awarded regularly. Award Sesc Convida (2020), Arte Como Respiro (Art how I Breath) – Itaú Cultural (2020), Edital Novas Efervescências – EC Porto Seguro SP (2019), finalist for the CNI - Marcantonio Vilaça (2017), awarded in Rumos do Itaú Cultural (2014, 2009 and 2006), Funarte de Produção’s grant(2011) and Anima Mundi (2009) punctuate part of the trajectory of his work. Member of the group EmpreZa of Goías since 2008. Period of many experiences of national and international residencies, discussions, collective productions and participation in a series of expressive events such as Carma Ideológico exhibit, (2021-MAC USP), Caos e Efeito (Chaos and effect) (Itau Cultural-2011), Eu Como Você (I just like You) (MAR-2014), Terra Comunal(Communal Ground), Marina Abramovic (2015), Marcantônio Vilaça award (2015) and Dark Mofo (Tasmânia – 2016). Nowadays his art Works integrate several private and public collections such as the Cultural Center UFG (Goiás), Rômulo Maiorana Foundation (Pará), MAB – Brasília’s Museum of Art, MAR- Rio’ Museum of Art, São Paulo’s Art Gallery and Cultural Itaú’s collection.