António Bokel

Born in 1978, in Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Bokel graduated in graphic design from the University in 2004. He held his first solo exhibition in 2003, at Ken's Art Gallery, in Florence, Italy, where he lived and took courses in photography and history of art. In Rio de Janeiro, he took live modeling classes with Bandeira de Mello and took painting courses with João Magalhães and Luiz Ernesto, at Parque Lage's Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage. Over the past two decades, he has presented his work in Brazil and abroad.

Main exhibitions:
2012 – “Urban Grammar”, at the Hélio Oiticica Municipal Art Center (Rio de Janeiro), curated by Vanda Klabin.
2013 – “Transfiguração do Rastro”, at the Hélio Oiticica Municipal Art Center (Rio de Janeiro), curated by Bruno Garcia.
2014 – “On the Periphery of the World”, at the Federal Justice Cultural Center (Rio de Janeiro), curated by Vanda Klabin.
2014 – New acquisitions at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM – Rio de Janeiro), curated by Luiz Camillo Ozorio.
2015 – “La Nature d'or”, at the Mercedes Viegas Gallery (Rio de Janeiro), curated by Mario Gioia.
2016 – “Nothing Beyond Words”, Matias Brotas Gallery (Vitoria-ES), curated by Daniela Name.
2016 – “Point of View” (site specific), at Palácio da Pena (Sintra, Portugal) , curated by Paulo Arraiano.
2017 – “Everything that is covered”, at Galeria Aura (São Paulo), curated by Paulo Galinna.
2018 – “Ver Rever”, at Centro Cultural dos Correios (Rio de Janeiro ), curated by V walks Klabin.
2018 – “Inquiet(action)”, at AM gallery (Belo Horizonte), curated by Vanda Klabin.
2019 – “Space between things” at Mercedes Viegas gallery (Rio de Janeiro), curated Sonia Salcedo Del Castillo.
2019 – “Pinta Plattaforms Project”, curated by Roc Laseca. (Miam-US).
2021 – “Paraíso Perdido” at Espaço Cultural Correios (Niterói), curated by Ana Carolina Ralston.

Artistic Residencies:
2010 – AAAAA No Thing But Truth, Sid Lee Collective Gallery (Amsterdam, Netherlands).
2011 – ARTUR – United Artists in Residency (Lagos, Portugal).< br>2015 – Cidadela Art District (Cascais, Portugal).
2017 – React Contemporary (Angra do Heroismo, Ilha Terceira, Azores).
He has works in the MAR collection (Rio Art Museum), at MAM (Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro) and Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection.
2015/2019 – Nominated for the Pipa Award.

www.antoniobokel.com.br