October 19 will see the opening of “Beginning with the floor”, Bruno Cançado’s first solo exhibition at the gallery. The show will feature 10 works – 4 floor sculptures, 5 wall sculptures, a photograph and a site-specific piece that will occupy an entire side of the exhibition space. The show is a cross-section of the artist’s production from 2012 to the present day.

The works presented often arise from the artist’s investigations into materials and how they behave in certain situations, i.e. when the weight of concrete seems to dissipate, when it is bent.
dissipate when it is bent together with wooden planks, or when a branch supports a brick block. This game created by the artist alters the viewer’s perception, giving the impression that we are looking at something illusory. Another important aspect is the relationship the works have with architecture, the built space.

They are fragments of columns, beams, pieces of wall, which dialog with their surroundings, as if establishing a parallel between the making of sculpture and the making of construction. In this way, the artist leads us to reflect on how materials and techniques, such as concrete and plastering, came to be and the sense in which they are seen in our culture.

Bruno Cançado was born in Belo Horizonte in 1981. He has a Master’s degree in Visual Arts from Cornell University (Ithaca, USA, 2019), a degree in Fine Arts from UEMG (2010) and a degree in Social Communication from PUC Minas (2003). She has participated in several residencies, such as Lighthouse Works (Fishers Island, USA, 2019), Fine Arts Work Center (Provincetown, USA, 2014-2015) and Fundação Bienal de Cerveira (Portugal, 2014), among others. His exhibitions include solo shows at: CCBB-BH (Belo Horizonte, 2021), Central Galeria (São Paulo, 2022 and 2017), AM Galeria (Belo Horizonte, 2016) and Hudson D. Walker Gallery (Provincetown, 2015), among others. His work is part of the collections of MAC Niterói and the Rio Art Museum.