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Maurício Ianês is an artist, researcher in art, philosophy, fashion, and politics, a political activist, teacher, freelance stylist, and artistic director, as well as a creative and political consultant in the field of fashion. 
Ianês is a PhD in Philosophy candidate at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austria. Supervisors: Ruth Sonderegger and Jens Kastner.
Master in Arts at the Escola de Comunicação e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo – ECA/ USP, Brazil – 2019.
Degree in Fine Arts Education at the Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado – FAAP, Brazil – 1998.
Experience
- April 2024 – Curator of the retrospective exhibition by Brazilian fashion designer Alexandre Herchcovitch: Alexandre Herchcovitch: 30 Years Beyond Fashion – Jewish Museum, São Paulo, Brazil.
https://museujudaicosp.org.br/en/exhibitions/alexandre-herchcovitch-30-anos-alem-da-moda/
- Since September 2021 – Lecturer in the Transmedia Art class at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria. Subjects: Die Architektur des Lichtes I and II, and during the Summer Semester 2025, Innovative Methoden wissenschaftlich-künstlerischer Forschung II. 
- Academic year 2024-25 – Lecturer, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Institute of Art and Cultural Studies. Subject: Philosophy and Aesthetic Theory III, with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Phil. Ruth Sonderegger.
- Summer semester 2023 – co-Lector, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Institute of Art and Cultural Studies. Subject: Philosophy and Aesthetic Theory I, with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Phil. Ruth Sonderegger.
- June 2022 – Curator and organiser of the exhibition "AntiAntiAnti" - University of Applied Arts Festival/ Transmedia Art Class, Vienna, Austria.
- June/ July 2021 – Guest lecturer at SENAC University, São Paulo, Brazil. Subjects: Art Direction in Fashion (online).
- August 2020 - December 2020 – Guest lecturer at the art postgraduate course of the Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, São Paulo, Brazil. Subjects: Body Arts Laboratory: a theoretical-practical basis for the history of performance in the arts (online).
- 2016 - 2020 – Lecturer at the Department of Communication and Body Arts at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo - PUCSP, São Paulo, Brazil. Subjects: Protoperformance, Theories of Performance, Self-Performance, Body and Visagism, Performance and Activism, Genealogy of Performance, Scene Project I and II, Body and Costumes, Technological Projects, Sound Projects, Stage Composition, History of Performance.
- March 2019 - January 2020 – Curator for Performance and Body Arts at the Centro Cultural São Paulo - CCSP, São Paulo, Brazil, with a focus on decolonial, feminist, queer and anti-ableistic performative practices.
- September 2018 - December 2018 – Guest lecturer at the University of SENAC, São Paulo, Brazil. Subjects: Design and visual communication in fashion.
- 2017–2018 – Conceiver, curator, and organiser of the experimental performance and sound art festival Black Shabat – Casa do Povo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 2023 – Shortlisted after the hearing for the Chair of Contextual Painting/ Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
- August 2022 and August 2023 – Publication of critical texts in the Tanzquartier Magazine, TQMagazine, Vienna, Austria.
SOLO SHOWS (selection)
2020
- Perplexed – Projeto Edícula, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Online exhibition in memory of the 77. Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – Casa do Povo, São Paulo, Brazil.
https://casadopovo.org.br/en/996/
2019
- Trânsitos – Museu Lasar Segall, São Paulo, Brazil.
http://www.mls.gov.br/exposicoes/intervencoes/mauricio-ianes-intervencoes/
2018
- Fractura (Comercio) – Solo Project/ Y Gallery – Zona Maco Photo, Mexico City, Mexico.
- Sleeping with the Enemy – Permanent/ Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria.
https://www.georgkargl.com/de/permanent/ausstellung/maur-cio-iane-s-sleeping-with-the-enemy
- Avesso – Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
http://iberecamargo.org.br/exposicao/avesso/
2015
- O Escritor – Cabinet Solo Project/ Galeria Vermelho – ArtBA Art Fair, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Centro de Investigación de Ideología de las Imágenes – Curated Solo Project/ Galeria Vermelho – ArtBo Art Fair, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Fractura (La Tormenta) – Casa Maauad, Mexico City, Mexico.
- Veias/ Venas/ Veines/ Veins – Curated Solo Project/ Y Gallery – Zona MACO Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico.
2014
- PONTO FINAL – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Lettre – CNEAI Centre National Edition Art Image, Paris, France.
- Spectre of Red – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2013
- O Nome – Projeto Octógono – Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Silencer – Y Gallery, New York, USA.
2012
- Untitled – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2011
- Emet, do sopro ao silêncio – Centro da Cultura Judaica [Centre for the Jewish Culture], São Paulo, Brazil.
- Um e Outro Silêncio – Cultura Inglesa Festival, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Contra a Parede – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2010
- Salvo o Nome – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Tempest, for Ludwig Wittgenstein – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2009
- Inefável – Galeria Lunara, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
- Minha língua é a pena de um hábil escriba – Temporada de Projetos 2009 – Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil.
2006
- Mensageiro – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2003
- Apophasis – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.

GROUP SHOWS (selection)
2025 
- Sex In Space – Galería Isla Flotante, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2024
- The Disagreement: A Theatre of Statements – Neuer Kunstverein, Vienna Austria.
2023
- Conflict and Context – Garage Grande, Vienna, Austria.
- Casa no Céu – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2022
- No Intermission, curated by Marina Abramović – Carré Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
https://www.mai.art/work/nointermission
- Personal Structures, presented by the University of Applied Arts Vienna as part of the Venice Biennale – European Cultural Centre, Venice, Italy.
2021
- Quarantine – SESC Ipiranga, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Liquidity – FLUC, Vienna, Austria.
- Disfunctional – Galeria Jacqueline Martins, São Paulo, Brazil.
 - P.Or.T.O.S. – Processos Orientados via Território e Ocupações Santistas – SESC Santos, Santos, Brazil.
- Resonances (Art and Sound Podcast) – Galeria 55SP, São Paulo, Brazil.
- WePresent: Marina Abramovic Selects Five International Artists.
https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/series/guest-curator-marina-abramovic/
2020
- Corpo Poético/ Político – Galeria Portas Vilaseca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
http://www.portasvilaseca.com.br/br/exposicoes/corpo-poetico-politico/
2019
- Somos Muit+s – Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo, Brazil.
http://pinacoteca.org.br/programacao/somos-muits/
https://www.artforum.com/print/previews/201905/we-are-many-experiments-in-collectivity-79648
2018
- Dialogue – Society for Projective Aesthetics – Georg Karl Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria.
https://www.georgkargl.com/en/fine-arts/exhibition/dialogue
https://artmap.com/georgkargl/exhibition/dialogue-2018
- AI-5, 50 Anos: Não terminou de terminar – Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil.
https://www.institutotomieohtake.org.br/exposicoes/interna/ai-5-50-anos-a-ainda-napo-terminou-de-acabar
- Queermuseu – Fundação Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Il Coltello nella Carne – PAC/ Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy.
http://www.pacmilano.it/events/performance-di-mauricio-ianes/
https://www.corriere.it/foto-gallery/la-lettura/18_luglio_03/mauricio-ianes-pac-milano-artista-biennale-bf720394-7ebe-11e8-9a5a-8ee160d32254.shtml? Refresh_ce-cp
- S_P_I_T_ Queer Performance Festival – Tanzquartier, Vienna, Austria.
https://www.mqw.at/program/s-p-i-t/
https://tqw.at/en/where-is-queer-performance-coming-from/
- Faça vc mesm_ (um guia de leitura) – A Mesa, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
- Superperformance – Contemporão, São Paulo, Brazil.
2017
- How to Remain Silent? – A4 Arts Foundation, Cape City, South Africa.
- Perform Yourself – Experimental Art Gallery of the Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil.
- Jardín de las delicias/ Garden of Delights – Y Gallery, Lima, Peru.
Hhttps://artfacts.net/exhibition/y-gallery-lima-1:-el-jardin-de-las-delicias/814492
- Queermuseum: Cartografias da diferença na arte brasileira – Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
- Das Virgens em Cardumes e da Cor das Auras – Museu Arthur Bispo do Rosário, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
https://museubispodorosario.com/publicacoes/CATALOGO-DAS-VIRGENS-EM-CARDUMES.pdf
- Deus está solto! – Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Frontera – Galeria Henrique Faria, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2016
- Zeitgeist: Arte da Nova Berlim – Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil CCBB, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Zeitgeist: Arte da Nova Berlim – Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil CCBB, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Zeitgeist: Arte da Nova Berlim – Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil CCBB Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
- Vertigem, Gagueira, Repetição – public action at the Elevado Presidente João Goulart (Minhocão), São Paulo, Brazil.
- Pau Brazyl Museu do Louvre – Edifício Louvre, São Paulo, Brazil
- presença Permeável – Praça das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil.
2015
- Terra Comunal: Marina Abramović and MAI Institute – SESC Pompeia, São Paulo, Brazil.
- CCBB Music. Performance – Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil CCBB São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- A Mão Negativa – Fundação Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Ideas City – New Museum/ ETH Zurich Future Garden and Pavilion, New York, USA.
- Noise – Oficina Oswald Andrade, São Paulo, Brazil.
2014
- Des choses en moins, des choses en plus – Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France.
https://www.palaisdetokyo.com/fr/evenement/des-choses-en-moins-des-choses-en-plus
- A Pirâmide e o Labyrinth – Museu de Arte Contemporânea MAC, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 2nd Montevideo Biennial, 500 Años de Futuro – Montevideo, Uruguay.
https://www.arteinformado.com/magazine/n/ii-bienal-de-montevideo-el-futuro-como-el-gran-relato-del-arte-4255
- We are what we lost, XIII OuUnPo Research Session – Casa do Povo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Combinações, Performa Paço – Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Limite Zero – Galeria Rabieh, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Transperformance 3: Corpo Estranho – Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Semantic Saturation – Nihil Baxter Studio, Berlin, Germany.
2013
- Avante Brasil! – Art in the Tunnel, Düsseldorf, Germany.
- Move! – SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- VideoBrasil Biennial – SESC Pompeia, São Paulo, Brazil.
2012
- On-Off – Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Sonora – Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil.
- FLAM III [Forum of Live Art Amsterdam] – Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Instável – Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil.
2011
- Chambres Sourdes – Parc Culturel de Rentilly, Rentilly, France.
- Contra a Parede – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Museum Night – Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Il va se passer quelque chose: Formes & pratiques actuelles de la performance – Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris, France.
- Como o tempo passa quando a gente se diverte – Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- FLAM II [Forum of Live Art Amsterdam] – Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Integration – Sesc Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Festival Performance Arte Brasil – Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2010
- 29th International São Paulo Biennial – Fundação Bienal, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Rencontre Internationale de L'Art Performance [RIAP] – Le Lieu, Québec City, Canada.
- Livre Tradução – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Quem tem medo? – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Hélio Oiticica: Museu é o Mundo – Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil.
2009
- Artérias e Capillares – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Bienal Mercosur – Radiovisual – Around 4'33””, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
- MIP – International Performance Manifestation, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
- Verbo – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Mash Up – Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand.
2008
- 28th International São Paulo Biennial – Fundação Bienal, São Paulo, Brazil.
http://www.bienal.org.br/exposicoes/28bienal
- Silence! – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- É claro que você sabe do que eu estou falando – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Seja marginal, seja herói – Galerie GP & N Vallois & Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris, France.
- Looks Conceptual ou Como Confusi um Carl André com uma Pilha de Tijolos – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Performance Presente Futuro – Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Proof of Contact – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Oidaradio – Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil.
2007
- Verbo International Performance Festival – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Tropical Punk – Whitechapel Gallery, London, England.
- Intimidades - Galeria Marilia Razuk, São Paulo, Brazil.
2006
- This is not a love song – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Sequences Performance Festival – Reykjavík, Iceland.
- Paradise: 'A Step to the Left' – tactileBosch, Cardiff, Wales..
- Verbo International Performance Festival – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Access/Denied – Little Theatre, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.
2005
- Viés – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2004
- Paralela – São Paulo, Brazil.
- Grátis – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2003
- Modos de Usar – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- In ´vel – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil. - Sábado de Performances – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
2002
- Marrom – Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Matéria Prima – Novo Museu, Curitiba, Brazil.
1998
- Ponto Cego – Museum of Image and Sound, São Paulo, Brazil.
1997
- Arte/Cidade 97 – São Paulo, Brazil.
- Ouro de Artista – Galeria Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
1996
- Programa Abra de Exposições – Abra Santo Amaro, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 8 + 27 – Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, São Paulo, Brazil.
- Nem Tudo Que Reluz É Ouro... – Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
2024
- 21st Historical Materialism Conference: School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London - SOAS, London, England.
- Congrés Internacional Lenin/ Lenin International Conference – Philosophy Department of the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
2019
- 16th Historical Materialism Conference: School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London - SOAS, London, England.
http://www.historicalmaterialism.org/conferences/sixteenth-annual-conference
2018
- 15th Historical Materialism Conference: School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London - SOAS, London, England.
http://www.historicalmaterialism.org/conferences/fifteenth-annual-conference
2014
- The History and Language Colloquium – Federal University Fronteira Sul, Chapecó, Brazil.

Public Collections*
- Centre National des Arts Plastiques (CNAP) – Paris, France.
- Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil.
*And other private art collections in Argentina, Brazil, France, Austria, Peru, the United States, and England.

AWARDS
2011
- 15° Prêmio Cultura Inglesa – São Paulo, Brazil.
1994
- II Prêmio Talentos Michelângelo (Painting) – São Paulo, Brazil.

ART RESIDENCES
2022
- tactileBosch – Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
2017
- Museu Arthur Bispo do Rosário/ Colônia Juliano Moreira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2015
- Casa Maauad – Mexico City, Mexico.
2011
- Cité des Arts – Paris, France.
- Digital Art Lab – Holon, Israel.
2008
- Cité des Arts/ Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado – Paris, France.
- Quartier21 – MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria.
2006
- Little Theatre – Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.
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