Ernesto Neto is an artist born in the year 1964, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil who focuses on installation artwork.
He came from a catholic family, however he himself is not religious as he stated “I’m not in favor of religion at all” (Ernesto Neto, Interview for DMagazine, 2012) in his interview with Peter Simek of DMagazine. However he later states he is not against religious people, he just “can’t stand this living in a search for death – valorizing death.” In the same interview.
He came from a catholic family, however he himself is not religious as he stated “I’m not in favor of religion at all” (Ernesto Neto, Interview for DMagazine, 2012) in his interview with Peter Simek of DMagazine. However he later states he is not against religious people, he just “can’t stand this living in a search for death – valorizing death.” In the same interview.
His First Solo exhibition was in the year 1988, with his ‘Colônias’ for the first time which was sculptures that had been made out of polmymide stockings, which had then been filled with lead spheres.
In the year 1990 Neto was given the award of ‘Prêmio Brasília de Artes Plásticas.’ Which is an important art award in Brazil; later on two years later in 1992 Ernesto Neto exhibited at the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art. Between the years 1994-1997 Ernesto Neto completed his studies at both the School of Visual Arts in Parque Lage and at the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, where he had previously exhibited his artwork for. In 1995 Ernesto Neto had his first exhibition that was outside of Brazil in South Korea, when he took part in the Gwangju Biennale. 1996 was the year Neto begun to develop his signature style further, by putting vibrant and fragrant spices inside translucent materials. His style was also developed further in 1997, when he created ‘Naves’, which was created with transparent fabrics that was flexible and could be interacted with. |