Raul Mourão Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), b. 1967

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 1967.

He lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

An exponent of a generation that marked the Rio scene in the 1990s, he is recognized for his multimedia production, consisting of drawings, engravings, paintings, photographs, videos, sculptures, installations and performances.

Among his main solo exhibitions and recent solo projects, the following stand out: Empty Head, at Nara Roesler (2021), in New York, United States; Outside/Inside, at the Museu da República (2018), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; You are here, at the Brazilian Museum of Ecology and Sculpture (MuBE) (2016), in São Paulo, Brazil; Please Touch, at the Bronx Museum (2015), in New York, United States; Animal traction, at the Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art (MAM Rio) (2012), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Play slowly, at Praça Tiradentes (2012), in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Among the recent group shows, we find: Utopias and dystopias, at the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia (MAM-BA) (2022), in Salvador, Brazil; Collections at MuBE: Dulce and João Carlos de Figueiredo Ferraz – Constructions and geometries, at the Museum of Ecology and Sculpture (MuBE) (2019), in São Paulo, Brazil; Ways of seeing Brazil: Itaú Cultural 30 years, at Oca (2017), in São Paulo, Brazil; Mana Seven, at Mana Contemporary (2016), in Miami, United States; Brazil, cool?! Contemporary Brazilian Sculpture, at the Museum Beelden Aan Zee (2016), in The Hague, Netherlands; Vancouver Biennial 2014-2016, Canada (2014).

His works appear in the collections of important institutions, such as: ASU Art Museum, Tempe, United States; Instituto Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil; Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói (MAC-Niterói), Niterói, Brazil; Rio Art Museum (MAR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (MAM Rio), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.