Peu Mello

PEU MELLO

1982 | Salvador, Bahia,Brazil

PEU MELLO, A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, HAS BEEN AN INFLUENTIAL FIGURE IN THE RIO ART SCENE UNTIL HIS RELOCATION TO PORTUGAL IN 2018. 

HIS DIVERSE BODY OF WORK SPANS PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, INSTALLATION, SCENOGRAPHY, MUSIC, AND DESIGN, DISTINGUISHED BY A UNIQUE LANGUAGE RICH IN TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS.

PEU HOLDS A DEGREE IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN FROM PUC-RIO (2006) AND A POSTGRADUATE DEGREE IN EXHIBITION DESIGN FROM IED BARCELONA (2008). 

A HALLMARK OF HIS ARTISTIC PRACTICE IS HIS ABILITY TO CREATE IMMERSIVE EXHIBITIONS, FOSTERING A CLOSER CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ARTWORK AND THE VIEWER.

SINCE 2008, PEU HAS EXHIBITED HIS WORK NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, WITH NOTABLE EXHIBITIONS IN TOKYO (AOYAMA BRAZILIAN WEEK, 2008), NEW YORK (NIKE BASKETBALL WORLD CUP, 2011), LISBON (EXPO DESLOCADO, 2015 AND CONJUNCTION, 2017), AND BARCELONA (IED, 2009). 

IN BRAZIL, HE HAS HELD SOLO EXHIBITIONS SUCH AS “ORION” (RJ), “AFRIXAÇÃO” (RJ, 2013), “TERRA INCOGNITA” (RJ, 2013 AND 2014), AND “ANIMALE” AT COPACABANA PALACE (RJ, 2012 AND 2013), AS WELL AS AT MELISSA STORE (2018). 

HE HAS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN GROUP EXHIBITIONS LIKE “INV3NÇÃO” AT GALERIA JAIME VILLASECA (2010) AND “FRUTO” AT THE AMBOLA GALLERY (2019).

AS THE FOUNDER OF THE MUSICAL COLLECTIVE SHIBATONICS, PEU HAS PERFORMED AT INHOTIM (2013) AND THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NITERÓI (2014). 

OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, HE HAS BEEN ACTIVE BETWEEN PORTUGAL, BRAZIL, AND ANGOLA, CONTINUING TO EXPAND HIS ARTISTIC PRACTICE ACROSS MULTIPLE CULTURES AND CONTEXTS