It is with great pleasure that the gallery announces the representation of the artist Elvis Almeida (Rio de Janeiro, 1985). He graduated in engraving at the School of Fine Arts at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and took courses in serigraphy with Evany Cardoso at the School of Visual Arts at Parque Lage, and in art history with Jailton Moreira, also in Rio.

His artistic practice, focused on painting, follows a personal methodology, which is not based on real or imaginary references, but articulates itself in forms, colors, and gestures in a singular and dynamic way. The works, on the borderline between the figurative and the abstract, follow repetitions of circular patterns, dots, lines, and stripes, which give them a sensorial and joyful appeal, to which their timeless and uncertain character is not unrelated. Elvis’ works also connect with his formative history, going through comics and references in other Brazilian artists to his urban experience within a big city.

In 2007, he received the scholarship for the first class of the Furnas Sociocultural Incubator for Artistic Talents and received the Graffiti Category Award at the 47th Fine Arts Salon of Pernambuco. In 2011, he participated in the exhibition Arte Pará 2011, in Belém, and won the grant Interações Florestais 2011, from Terra UMA, Serra da Mantiqueira.

His solo exhibitions include: “The lie closer to the heart”, marli Matsumoto (São Paulo, 2022); “Foggy road without cat’s eyes”, Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea (Rio de Janeiro, 2019); “Revelation during the birth of a drop”, Paço Imperial (Rio de Janeiro, 2018) and Galeria dotART(Belo Horizonte, 2018); “Ponta Seca Torta / Faca Cega”, Galpão Fortes D’Loia & Gabriel (São Paulo, 2017); “O cotidiano das estruturas familiares”, Tech_Nô Project, Oi Futuro Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro, 2017); “Certezas para dobrar”, Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea (Rio de Janeiro, 2016); “Uma cidade de xapisco dividida por um parede de cau, Amarelonegro Arte Contemporânea. Collective exhibitions include: “20th Sesc_Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival,” Sesc Pompeia (São Paulo, 2017); “Pintura,” Caixa Cultural (Rio de Janeiro, 2017); “Um Desassossego,” Estação Gallery (São Paulo, 2016); “Oito artistas,” Mendes Wood DM (São Paulo, 2016); “Gramática Urban “a, Hélio Oiticica Art Center (Rio de Janeiro, 2012); Arte Pará, Fundação Romulo Maiorana (Belém, 2011); “Reality Reimagined, Modified Arts” (Phoenix, 2010); “Abre Alas 6,” A Gentil Carioca (Rio de Janeiro, 2010); “VI Bienal Internacional de Arte SIART” (La Paz, 2009); “Iluminando o Novo,” Largo das Artes and Espaço Furnas Cultural (Rio de Janeiro, 2009);