Jonathas de Andrade

Jonathas de Andrade centers his artistic practice primarily on photography, film, and installation.

Jonathas de Andrade's Art Style

By frequently engaging local communities in his creative process, the artist amplifies the voices often marginalized in society. De Andrade's art endeavors to rewrite historical narratives by blending fiction and documentary, employing allegorical and poetic approaches as powerful instruments to interrogate the entrenched gender, class, and race constructs within Brazilian socio-cultural frameworks.

Anthropology, pedagogy, politics, and ethics serve as the investigative threads through which Jonathas de Andrade unravels the paradoxes inherent in modernist culture. The artist collects and categorizes images, texts, personal narratives, and architectural materials, using memory as a tool to construct a personal narrative of the past.

Exhibitions of de Andrade's Works

Jonathas de Andrade's artworks have been showcased extensively across a multitude of esteemed galleries, museums, and cultural institutions worldwide.

His recent solo exhibitions include "Eye Spark - Olho Faísca" at MAAT in Lisbon (2023), "Na Cidade da Ressaca" at MAMAM - Museum of Modern Art Aloisio Magalhães in Recife (2023), "O Rebote do Bote / Pounce and Bounce" at Estaçao Pinacoteca in São Paulo (2022), "Jonathas de Andrade Staging Resistence" at Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam (Foam) in Amsterdam (2022), "Jogos. Atos. Gestos" at Galleria Continua in Paris and Les Moulins (2022), "Aqui, Daqui. Jonathas de Andrade. Achados e Perdidos" at Galeria Vermelho in São Paulo (2020), and many more.

De Andrade's works have been featured in numerous group shows held at La Bourse de Commerce in Paris, Hayy Jameel in Jeddah, MAXXI in Rome, Galeria Vicente do Rego Monteiro in Recife, KØS Museum of Art in Public Spaces in Køge, Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania, Museu da Língua Portuguesa in São Paulo, among other esteemed venues.