Renato Rios
1989, Brasília-DF. Lives and works in São Paulo-SP.
Renato Rios' artistic journey began to solidify as a professional vocation during his time at the University of Brasília - UnB, where he studied Visual Arts, Philosophy, and Literature. This multidisciplinary education sparked a lasting interest in him for the complexity of post-modernity, a restlessness that continues to guide his research.
Painting and drawing serve as Renato's primary means of expression, utilizing the tradition of these concepts to explore the possibilities they offer. He poetically structures representation-related concepts, such as light, shadow, and perspective, through color, especially using oil paint. This medium provides him with the tranquility necessary to respect the individual time of each work.
It's important to note that Renato Rios' production is driven by professional demands. Each exhibition challenge represents a step forward in the conceptual and formal maturation of his research. In 2015, in Brasília, his first solo exhibition, "Doces Laranjais" (Sweet Orange Groves), marked a crucial point in his career. During this period, the imposed categorization between classical painting genres lost relevance, while the meticulous use of colors became a fundamental characteristic in his works, especially through chromatic purity.
In 2016, Renato moved to São Paulo to participate in the artistic residency program at FAAP, where he had the opportunity to work with artists like Laura Vinci and Paulo Pasta. This experience, along with closer contact with works by Mira Schendel, Kazimir Malevich, Brice Marden, and Joseph Albers, directly influenced his work. Thus, painting as an object, minimalism, and the purity of colors became prominent elements in the artist's poetics, as he delved deeper into the study of colors as fields of meaning, while his personal imagery began to coexist on canvases with compositions laden with calculated lyricism.
The representation of populated environments, through the articulation of different signs and archetypes, such as representative figures rich in meanings and associated concepts, continues a new phase in Renato Rios' work. In these pieces, the artist synthesizes his ideas into symbolic geometric figures, amidst chromatic environments that enhance the vibration between colors, addressing subjects such as cosmology and metaphysics. These investigations have yielded significant developments for his subsequent productions.
In his most recent research, color maintains its fundamental importance, coexisting with its own differences. Renato abandons the idea of chromatic flatness, overlaying fields of colors in search of a more authentic representation of the world's colors. Figurative elements emerge as a result of his curiosity about the forces of nature and our role in contemplation, integration, and belonging.
Education
2008-2012
Visual Arts at UnB (University of Brasília), Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Individual Exhibitions
2024 O Elefante e a Safira, Galeria Estação, São Paulo, Brazil.
2023 Cruzeiros, Galeria Múltiplo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2023 Troca-peles, Galeria Index, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2022, Lição dos pássaros, Galeria Karla Osório, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2020 Flecha, Galeria Karla Osório, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2019 Interiores, Galeria Marcelo Guarnieri, São Paulo,SP, Brazil.
2018 Arquétipos, Espaço Breu, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
2015 Doces Laranjais, Galeria Alfinete, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Collective Exhibitions
2023 Sobre/Posições, Galeria Index, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2018 OndeAndaOnda III, Espaço Cultural Renato Russo, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2017 OndeAndaOnda II , Museu Nacional da República, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2016 Exposição do Prêmio Vera Brandt, Palácio do Planalto, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2015Exposição do Prêmio Transborda Brasília, Caixa Cultural Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2015 OndeAndaOnda, Museu Nacional da República, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2014 Rios + Cruz = Mapa, Galeria Ponto e Galeria Objeto Encontrado, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2014 Pela Superfície das Páginas, Espaço Cultural Marcantonio Vilaça, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2014 Pintura e Pictorialidade em Brasília 2000 – 2014, Espaço Cultural Marcantonio Vilaça, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2013 Triangulações - Circuito das Artes 2013, Museu Nacional da República, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2013 Triangulações - Circuito das Artes 2013, Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães, Recife, PE, Brazil.
2013 Triangulações - Circuito das Artes 2013, Museu Carlos Costa Pinto, Salvador, BA, Brazil.
2012 Center Folder", Referência Galeria de Arte, Brasília, DF, Brazil
2012 Possível Utopia Contemporânea, Galeria Anexo IV, Câmara dos Deputados, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2010 Semi-círculo, Museu Nacional da República, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2010 Brasília, Prazer de Pintura, Funarte Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
2010 Aos Ventos que Virão… (1960 – 2010)", Espaço Cultural Contemporâneo Ecco, Brasília, DF, Brazi
Awards and Residencies
2020 Prêmio aquisição 48º Salão de Arte Contemporânea Luiz Sacilotto, Brazil.
2015 Residência artística da Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (FAAP), São Paulo, SP , Brazil.
2011 Prêmio de Arte Contemporânea Espaço Piloto (UnB), Brasília, DF , Brazil.
Public Collections
MAB - Museu de arte de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
MAR - Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro, DF, Brazil..
Museu Casa do Olhar, Santo André, SP, Brazil
