Rodrigo Bivar

Rodrigo Bivar began his career in the early 2000s and, from this moment, his pictorial production was closer to figuration, however with a desired strangeness as in the angle at which the figures meet and in the lack of hierarchies between the elements. Along his career, when he distanced himself from figuration, Bivar restructured the painting through the combination of forms and masses of color. He often paints structures that orbit the pictorial space, proposing varied associations.

As curator Tiago Mesquita stated in 2019, Bivar “treats the pathetic mismatch between what is expected and what happens with humor. The painting for him seems to happen when the loose ends get tangled and show that the exception has become the rule”.

Rodrigo Bivar has a degree in Visual Arts at Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado (2005 - São Paulo, Brazil). In 2020, Bivar was awarded the major prize from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2020-2021, and in 2008 he was awarded the Acquisition Prize from Centro Cultural de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil), when he held his first individual exhibition at this institution.

Among his main solo exhibitions are: 2021 - Algum (Galeria simòes de Assis - São Paulo, Brasil); 2020 - Gema (Galeria Athena - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); 2018 - É Umas (Galeria Millan - São Paulo, Brazil); 2017 - Rodrigo Bivar (Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz - Sao Paulo, Brazil); 2015 - Lapa (Galeria Millan – São Paulo, Brazil); 2010 - Turista Azul (Paço das Artes - São Paulo, Brazil); among others.

Among his main group exhibitions are: 2019 - Construções e Geometrias (Museu Brasileiro de Escultura e Ecologia - São Paulo, Brazil); 2018 - Com o ar pesado demais pra respirar (Galeria Athena - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); 2017 - Os Desígnios da Arte Contemporânea no Brasil (Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil); 2016 - Os muitos e o um: Arte contemporânea brasileira (Instituto Tomie Ohtake - São Paulo, Brazil); 2013 - Sesc VideoBrasil: 18º Festival Internacional de Arte Contemporânea (SESC Pompéia – São Paulo, Brazil); 2011 - Itinerários, Itinerâncias, Panorama da Arte Brasileira (Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil); among others.

Rodrigo Bivar signs as a curator in three exhibitions, and has works in important collections such as: Museu de Arte do Rio (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil), Centro Cultural de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brasil), Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brasil) and Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz (Ribeirão Preto, Brasil).

1981. Brasília, Brazil
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.

Education
2005

Bachelor of Arts – Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado – São Paulo, Brazil

Solo Exhibitions
2019

Rodrigo Bivar: When ends don’t meet – Galeria Sim – Curutiba, Brazil

2018

É Umas – Galeria Millan – São Paulo, Brazil

2017

Rodrigo Bivar – Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz – Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

2016

Nada pensa nada – Galeria Athena Contemporânea – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2015

Lapa – Galeria Millan – São Paulo, Brazil

2012

…ainda, assim, flutuante caiçara… – Galeria Millan – São Paulo, Brazil

2011

Rodrigo Bivar – Galeria Mariana Moura – Recife, Brazil

2010

Rodrigo Bivar – Fundação de Arte de Ouro Preto – Ouro Preto, Brazil
Turista Azul: Temporada de Projetos – Paço das Artes – São Paulo, Brazil

2009

Rodrigo Bivar – Galeria Millan – São Paulo, Brazil

2008

Exhibitions Program – Centro Cultural São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

Group Exhibitions
2019

Construções e Geometrias – MuBE – Museu Brasileiro de Escultura e Ecologia – São Paulo, Brazil

2018

With the Air Too Heavy To Breathe – Galeria Athena – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Persistence and Variation – Galeria Raquel Arnaud – São Paulo, Brazil

2017

Contemporary Art Designations in Brazil – Museu de Arte Contemporânea Da Universidade De São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil
MAC USP In the 21st Century: The Era of Artists – Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

2016

The Many and the One: Brazilian Contemporary Art – Instituto Tomie Ohtake – São Paulo, Brazil
Small Paintings I – Auroras – São Paulo, Brazil
O Estado da Arte – Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz – Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

2015

Pictorial Approaches – Galeria Athena Contemporânea – São Paulo, Brazil

2014

Correntes – SESC Belenzinho – São Paulo, Brazil

2013

Sesc VideoBrasil: 18th Festival Internacional de Arte Contemporânea – SESC Pompéia – São Paulo, Brazil

2012

Pintura Figurativa – Centro de Exposições Torre Santander – São Paulo, Brazil
7 SP – Seven Artists from São Paulo – C.A.B. Contemporary Art – Brussels, Belgium
BGA Collection – Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MUBE) – São Paulo, Brazil
Manobras Poéticas – Galeria Athena Contemporânea – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2011

Itinerários, Itinerâncias, Panorama da Arte Brasileira – Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil
Panoramas do Sul – 17th Festival Internacional de Arte Contemporânea SESC_Videobrasil, SESC Belenzinho – São Paulo, Brazil
Como o Tempo Passa Quando a Gente se Diverte – Galeria Casa Triângulo – São Paulo, Brazil
Concurso Arcos Dorados de Pintura Latinoamericana – ArteBA – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Porque sim – Galeria Millan – São Paulo, Brazil
Horizonte Vazado: Artistas Iberoamericanos en el Filo – Instituto Cervantes – São Paulo, Brazil
Realidades/Desenho Contemporâneo Brasileiro – SESC Pinheiros -São Paulo, Brazil

2010

A Contemplação do Mundo – Paralela 2010 – Liceu de Artes e Oficio – São Paulo, Brazil
Tinta Fresca – Galeria Mariana Moura – Recife, Brazil

2009

Grau Zero – Paço das Artes -São Paulo, Brazil

2008

Rafael Carneiro, Rodrigo Bivar and Renata de Bonis – Galeria Marília Razuk – São Paulo, Brazil
Collective- Galeria Millan – São Paulo, Brazil
Rodolpho Parigi and Rodrigo Bivar – Escola São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil
2000 and Eight – SESC Pinheiros – São Paulo, Brazil
2000 and Eigth- Museu Victor Meirelles – Florianópolis, Brazil

2007

20 e Poucos Anos – Galeria Baró Cruz – São Paulo, Brazil
35th Salão de Arte Contemporânea Luiz Sacilotto – Santo André, Brazil
É Junho, Mas Parece Novembro – Galeria Polinésia – São Paulo, Brazil

2006

Programa de Exposições MARP – Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto – Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
4 Painters – Ateliê Casa 4 – São Paulo, Brazil

2005

37th Anual de Artes FAAP – Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado – São Paulo, Brazil

Curatorship
2019

Collapse – Galeria Athena – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2017

Manuel Graciano e Neves Torres: bicho, pedra, planta – Galeria Estação – São Paulo, Brazil

2011

Porque Sim – Curated by Rodrigo Bivar and Lais Myrrha – Galeria Millan – São Paulo, Brazil

Prizes and Residencies

2013

Currents Art – Pequim, China

2008

Acquisition Prize of “Programa de Exposições CCSP” – Centro Cultural São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

2003

35th Anual de Artes FAAP – Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado – São Paulo, Brazil
XV Salão de Arte Cascavelense – Cascavel, Brazil
XXX Salão Jovem – C.C.B.E.U. – Santos, Brazil

Public Collections

Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR) – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo (Centro Cultural São Paulo) – São Paulo, Brazil
Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

Private Collections Open To The Public

CAB Art Center – Brussels, Belgium
Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz – Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Bibliography
2018

NAVES, Rodrigo. Rodrigo Bivar. São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2018

2009

“Grau Zero”, Poço das Artes, São Paulo, 2009. p. 31 e 32. Catálogo da Exposição.

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