Cildo Meireles

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Cildo Meireles, born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 1948, where he still lives and works. Since the late 1960s, he develops a radical and poetic practice, at the crossroads of the conceptual and neo-concrete movements. His complex, multi-sensory installations and sculptures, which often invite audience participation, explore political, philosophical and aesthetic realms.

Meireles's work has been exhibited internationally, including the Biennales of Venice (1976, 2003, 2005, 2009); São Paulo (1981, 1989, 1998, 2010); Lyon, (2001, 2011) Istanbul (2003, 2015) and Documenta (1992, 2002). The artist has been the subject of several solo exhibitions at renowned institutions, including Sesc Pompeia, Sao Paulo, (2019); Centro Nacional de Arte Contemporaneo, Cerrillos  (2019); Fundação de Serralves (2014); HangarBicocca, Milan, (2014); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2013); Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (2010); Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico (2010) and Tate Modern, London (2008). He was one of the founders of the Experimental Unit of the Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro in 1969, and in 1975 he edited the art magazine Malasartes.