About Marcelo Amorim

Marcelo Amorim is a Brazilian artist and independent curator based in São Paulo. Between 2009 and 2016 he directed the art space Ateliê397, where he was responsible for the conception and realization of exhibition programmes, publications, debates and courses focused on the contemporary Brazilian art context. He is one of the mentors of ‘Hermes Artes Visuais’ https://www.jardimdohermes.com/. Highlights of his curatorial practice are: ‘Contraprova ‘(Paço das Artes, 2015), ‘Lusco Fusco - Karlla Girotto’ (Ateliê397, 2015), ‘Pintar a China Agora - Brody & Paetau’ (Ateliê397, 2015), ‘É fluido mas é Legível’ (Oficina Oswald de Andrade, 2014), ‘Entrever Paisagens’, (FAV Gallery, 2018), ‘Vá em Frente Volte pra Casa - Júnior Pimenta’ (Untitled, 2018).

Amorim has held exhibitions at Anita Schwartz Gallery, Rio De Janeiro (2022); at the Brazilian museum MARP, Ribeirão Preto (2019); Untitled Arte, Fortaleza (2018); Zipper Galeria, São Paulo (2016); Paço das Artes, São Paulo (2014); Jaqueline Martins Gallery, São Paulo (2012); Oscar Cruz Gallery, São Paulo (2010) and Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo (2008). He has premiered work at the Casa do Brasil, Madrid, Spain (2018), at the CAIXA Cultural Rio de Janeiro (2017), Casa do Brasil, Brussels, Belgium (2017), Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA (2017), the Solar Santo Antônio Arts Gallery, Porto, Portugal (2015), and at the at Kunst im Kulturflur in Berlin (2011). He was one of the artists nominated for the 2010 PIPA Prize.