PAULO PASTA Brazilian, b. 1959

A painter, draftsman and engraver, Paulo Pasta seeks to build a temporality in painting. The colors and forms in his works seem to flatten the perception of the passaging of time; when facing the canvases, the present is almost absolute. The forms and geometries represented in the dense atmospheres created by the artist are slowly recognizable by a viewer's watchful eye – placed between horizons and obstacles that prevent the representational space from being seen clearly. The density and time created by Pasta are contrary to any concession to the practical world and its demands for promptness and readiness; his poetics lies in the rumor and openness to the present time.

With a Ph.D. in Fine Arts from the University of São Paulo, Brazil (2011), Pasta has held solo exhibitions at institutions such as Fundação Iberê, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2024); Museu de Arte Sacra de São Paulo, Brazil (2021); Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil (2018); Palazzo Pamphilj, Rome, Italy (2016); Sesc Belenzinho, São Paulo, Brazil (2014); Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2013); Centro Cultural Maria Antonia, São Paulo, Brazil (2011); Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2008); Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil (2006); among others.

He has participated in institutional group exhibitions including Cinco ensaios sobre o MASP – Geometrias, Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), Brazil (2025); Beyond the Modern, Casa Zalszupin, São Paulo, Brazil (2024); Os Muitos e o Um, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil (2016); 30x Bienal, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil (2013); Europalia, International Art Festival, Brussels, Belgium (2011); Matisse Hoje, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil (2009); Panorama dos Panoramas, Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, Brazil (2008); MAM [na] Oca, Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, Brazil (2006); 3rd Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2001); Brasil +500 – Mostra do Redescobrimento, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil (2000); III Bienal de Cuenca, Equador (1991), among others.

His work is featured in international collections including, in the USA: Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York; in Europe: Museo Reina Sofía, Spain; Kunsthalle Berlin, Germany; Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg, Germany; in Brazil: Pinacoteca de São Paulo; Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP); Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo; Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro; Museu de Arte Contemporânea da USP – MAC USP; Museu Nacional de Belas Artes; and Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz.