Luiz Simoes
contemporary artist
Born in Brazil and a naturalized Spanish, Luiz lives and works in Barcelona since 1986 and currently divides his time among his studios in Brazil and Spain.
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By Pepe Font de Mora - Fundación Colectania, Barcelona
I have many things in common with Luiz Simoes and I admire him for just as many, but what fascinates me most about his character and his work is the ability to surprise and make people reflect. Luiz is obsessed with several themes, which he expresses through many tecnics.
The magnificent compositions in his Silent Escape series are breathtaking, conveying silence and solitude from a subtle perspective; he is never too far nor too close, in the complex balancing between technique and expression.
10 Triptychs, in which he reflects on the nakedness of thought, is a series in the traditional sense: self-contained, powerful, and brilliant. Like the best short stories, he knows how to measure what to say, neither more nor less, and finds a surprising and devastating ending.
His commitment to understanding the world, perhaps due to his scientific background and extensive travels, is evident in the series “Tempo” and “Oxide,” where his reflection on oxidation as a metaphor for the beginning of life connects us with our fragility and irreversibility.
“Vertidos,” “Things,” “Music for 18 Things,” and “Prost” are his most symphonic works. They incorporate performance, sound, music, and audiovisual installation. He needs the exhibition space to reflect on the nature of the universe we inhabit. I invite you to let yourselves be enveloped and seduced by the work of an artist who grows more complex and evocative with each passing day.
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Selection of exhibitions and installations
2024 - ÓXIDO. Museo Internacional del Barroco, Puebla - Mexico
2023 - What are you doing the rest of your life? Galeria Ybakatu, Curitiba - Brazil
2023 - Què faràs? Instalación permanente - Cidade da Música, Curitiba - Brazil
2019 - Música para 18 cosas. Fundación Miró Barcelona - Spain
2015 - PROST. Fundación Miró, Barcelona - Spain
2014 - Emptiness - Artphilein Collection on display. Artphilein Foundation Lugano - Switzerland
2012 - PROST. Kunsthalle - Museumsquartier, Viena - Austria
2011 - Selected Works. Gassmann Zürich - Switzerland
2011 - Música para 18 cosas y Requiem para 2 Basuróphonos. Artium Museo, Vitoria - Spain
2010 - Viola-Me y Música para 18 cosas. Artista invitado, Il Corpo Violato, Turín - Italy
2009 - Artista invitado, Hot Art Basel 09. Basel - Switzerland
2009 - Artista invitado, Las Cosas. 10ª Bienal de La Habana - Cuba
2009 - VERTIDOS. Centro Cultural Puertas de Castilla, Murcia - Spain
2008 - VERTIDOS. Galería Blanca Berlín, Madrid - Spain
2008 - Arco 08, Mi propuesta. Colectiva Galería Joan Gaspar, Madrid - Spain
2007 - Silent Escape. Galería H2O, Barcelona - Spain
2006 - VERTIDOS. Brasilea Foundation, Basel - Switzerland
2006 - SymmetroS. Brasilea Foundation, Basel - Switzerland
1998 - Around the Himalayas. Museu da República, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
1998 - Around the Himalayas. Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo - Brazil
1996 - Voices. Instalación audiovisual en el metro de Barcelona. Año Europeo contra el racismo - Spain
1992 - SymmetroS. Galeria Fotoptica, São Paulo - Brazil
1992 - SymmetroS. Fundação CSN, Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
1991 - 13 Fotógrafos 13 fotos. Colectiva, Galeria 110, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
1990 - Landscape for a future earth. Galeria Collectors, São Paulo - Brazil
1989 - Abstract Landscape. Galería Railowsky, Valencia - Spain
1988 Glaciares Alucinógenos. Galería Tartessos, Barcelona - Spain