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>>>>> Gabriel Pessoto

Gabriel Pessoto was born in 1993 in Jundiaí. He studied Audiovisual Production (PUCRS) and started a Visual Arts BA (UFRGS). Starting in 2015, he began participating in group exhibitions and occupied Galeria Lunara, where he set the installation “Glória” in collaboration with Filipe Rossato (nominated for the Açorianos Visual Arts Award in the category in New Media Highlights category).

01. Gabriel Pessoto, sou só um brinquedo, 2021.jpg

02. Gabriel Pessoto, sou só um brinquedo, 2021 (detalhe).jpg

03. Gabriel Pessoto, sou só um brinquedo, 2021 (detalhe).jpg

sou só um brinquedo (I'm just a toy), 2021

From the 'Ponto-cruz' (Cross-stitch) series
Coloured pencil on paper
49x49cm each (dyptich)

08. Gabriel Pessoto, Série _ponto-cruz_.jpg

In 2016, he presented the exhibition “Trégua” (Truce), his first solo experience, and developed the artistic residency project “Variações sobre contacto: vista” (Variations on contact: sight) at Casa13, a cultural space in Córdoba, Argentina. Since 2017, he has lived in São Paulo, where he attended the Hermes Artes Visuais art project follow-up group. In 2018, he held his first solo exhibition in São Paulo, "um pouco por dia é muito" (a little a day is a lot), at the Casa da Luz cultural center.

Untitled, 2019

From the 'Ponto-cruz' (Cross-stitch) series

Crayon on paper

64x56cm

In 2020, Pessoto participated in the residency program "Temos Vagas!" from Ateliê397, was selected for the MARP Project Season and was awarded by ArtConnect Magazine for the project "trocando figurinhas" (trading cards) developed in partnership with Nicole Kouts. In 2021, he presented the exhibition "Ambiente Moderno" at the Fundação Ecarta Gallery in Porto Alegre. He also works as a producer on the video show Festivau de C4nn3$.