Context-Responsive Art Practice
Jonathas de Andrade
Video still from Jonathas de Andrade still from Jonathas de Andrade, O Peixe (The Fish), 2016, 16-millimeter film transferred to HD.
About Jonathas
Jonathas de Andrade (b. 1982) was born in Maceió, Brazil, and lives and works in Recife, Brazil. He works with photography, video, and installation that stem from observations of everyday life in Brazil, and Brazilian national identity, culture, history, and labor conditions. De Andrade’s works attend to the ways in which attitudes and emotions are shaped and governed—through images, social conventions, and political ideologies.
Jonathas de Andrade’s recent solo exhibitions include the Power Plant, Toronto (2017); Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro (2015); Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (2014); and Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon (2013). He has exhibited in the São Paulo Biennial (2016), SITE Santa Fe Biennial (2016), Performa 15 Biennial (2015), the Gwangju Biennial (2014), the Dakar Biennial (2014), the Lyon Biennial (2013), and the New Museum Triennial (2012), among other major exhibitions. His work has also been included in recent group exhibitions at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2016); the Logan Center for the Arts, Chicago (2016); and the Guggenheim Museum, New York (2014).