Fernanda Gomes Born 1960 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Her artistic process leads to the appropriation of rudimentary, recycled materials found in nature or in an urban environment, such as small stuck papers, cotton threads, glass, pieces of wood or burned matches, which she then subtly incorporates into installational works of art, creating unusual, suggestive connections.

 

By introducing small changes in the space and carefully placing the processed materials within the room, she explores and reflects upon the intrinsic poetic value of objects, in their characteristic raw and minimal aesthetic. She often includes the use of white paint, as a means of raising the expressive potential of each object and creating a free environment for new ideas and values. In her works, materials have a self-referring dimension, casting doubts at the most basic level while questioning their bare presence.

 

Fernanda Gomes was born in 1960 in Rio de Janeiro, where she lives. She has had solo shows at Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (2019); Vienna Secession (2019); Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City (2018); Centre International d'Art et du Paysage, Vassivière (2013); Museu da Cidade, Lisbon (2012); Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (2011); and Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto (2006). Her work is in the collections of numerous museums including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Pérez Art Museum, Miami; Vancouver Art Gallery; Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo; Musée national d'art moderne - Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; and Tate Modern, London.