CV Marlon de Azambuja

MARLON DE AZAMBUJA was born in Sto. Antônio da Patrulha-RS, Brazil, in 1978. In 2004, he completed
studies at the Edilson Viriato Contemporary Art Center, Curitiba, Brazil. He currently lives and works in
Madrid, Spain.
Solo Exhibitions / Selection
2015 - Pensamientos, (Thoughts) NoMinimo / Guayaquil, Ecuador
- Sobrevalor, (Overvalue) Junta espacio de arquitectura / Panama City
- Sentencias Espaciales, (Spatial Sentences),Diablo Rosso / Panama City
2014 - Ordem e Progresso, (Order and Progress) Walk & Talk Festival / Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
- Movimiento Concreto, (Concrete Movement) Galería Marilia Razuk / São Paulo, Brazil
- Brutalismo (Brutalism), Galería Max Estrella / Madrid, Spain
2013 - Acciones Concretas (Concrete Actions), Galería González y González / Santiago, Chile
2012 - Immobile, Studio Sandra Recio / Geneva, Switzerland
2011 - Nuevos Barrios (New Districts), Furini Arte Contemporanea / Rome, Italy
- Gran Fachada (Grand Facade), Galería Max Estrella / Madrid, Spain
- Editora Calle (Street Press), Galeria Marilia Razuk / São Paulo, Brazil
- La Construcción del Icono (Construction of the Icon), Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM) /
Las Palmas, Spain (curated by
Omar-Pascual Castillo)
2010 - A arte favorece a desobiência (Art favors disobedience), Ybakatu Gallery / Curitiba, Brazil
- Niveles (Levels), Espai Quatro, Casal Solleric / Palma de Mallorca, Spain (curated by Neus Cortés)
2009 - Movimiento Concreto (Concrete Movement), Furini Art Contemporanea / Rome, Italy (curated by
Antonio Arévalo)
- Potencial Escultórico (Sculptural Potential), Matadero, Abierto X Obras / Madrid, Spain
- Projeto Moderno (Modern Project), Galeria Luisa Strina / Sao Paulo, Brazil (curated by Adriano
Pedrosa)
Group Exhibitions / Selection
2015 - Plagiar o Futuro, (Plagiarizing the Future) Hangar / Lisboa, Portugal (curadoria Bruno Leitão, Andrea
Rodríguez Novoa)
- Imagine Brazil – Artist’s Books, DHC/ART Founation /Montreal, Canada(curated by Jacopo Crivelli
Visconti, Ana Luiza Fonseca)
- Happeland, Radiator Arts/ New York, EUA (curadoria Eva Davidova, Almudena Baeza)
- Open Sessions, Drawing Center / New York, EUA
- Theorem, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, USA (curated by Octavio Zaya)
- Contramuro, (Counter-mure) Galería Instituto de Visión / Bogotá, Colombia (curated by Omayra
Alvarado)
- Ejercicios de Traslado, (Practices on transference) Centro de Arte de Alcobendas / Alcobendas,
Spain (curated Osbel Suárez)
- La angustia de casi saber y quedarse no sabiendo, (The angst of almost knowing but remain
ignorant) Galería Diablo Roso / Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá
- Instalations, Studio Sandra Recio / Geneva, Switzerland
2014 - Cruce de Colecciones, (Collections Crossroads) Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno / Las Palmas,
Spain
- The Language of Human Consciousness, Athr Gallery / Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Cine Bogart, Imaginar un edificio, (Bogart Cinema, a building imagined) Centro Centro / Madrid,
Spain (curated by Ines Caballero)
- Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear, Lugar a Dudas / Cali, Colombia (curated by Daniel
Silvo)
2013 - La copia de la copia (The copy of the copy), Museum of Contemporary Art, Guayaquil, Ecuador
(curated by Hernan Pacurucu)
- Cuando el mundo se hace plano (When the world becomes flat), Centro de Cultura Contemporánea
San Martin / Las Palmas de
Gran Canaria, Spain
- Brutalidade Jardim, Galeria Marilia Razuk / São Paulo, Brazil (curated by Kiki Mazzucchelli)
- Imagine Brazil – Artist’s Books, Astrup Fearnley Museet / Oslo, Norway (curated by Jacopo Crivelli
Visconti, Ana Luiza
- On Painting, CEART - Centro Cultural Tomás y Valiente / Fuenlabrada, Spain (curated by OmarPascual Castillo)
- Playtime, Museo Nacional de Arqueologia Subacuática / Cartagena, Spain
- Gracia Divina (Divine Grace), Sala Gasco, Santiago, Chile (curated by Andrea Pacheco)
- Hacer en lo cotidiano, Sala de Arte Joven de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain (curated by
Beatriz Alonso)
- En Obras (In the Works), Galería Nuble / Santander, Spain (curated by Iciar Sagarminaga)
- On Painting, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (curated by
Omar-Pascual Castillo)
- Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear, Galeria Isabel Hurley / Málaga, Spain (curated by
Daniel Silvo)
2012 - Expanded Drawing, Casal Solleric / Palma de Mallorca, Spain (curated by Pilar Ribal)
- Carnaza para los Dioses (Offering to the Gods), CAAM – Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno / Las
Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
- 11th Havana Biennial / Havana, Cuba
2011 - 11th Cuenca Biennial / Cuenca, Ecuador
- Inside, Cidade da Cultura / Santiago de Compostela, Spain (curated by Rafael Doctor)
- New Brazilian Sculpture, Caixa Cultural / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (curated by Alexandre Murucci)
- 8th Mercosul Biennial / Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Bologna Art First, Pinacoteca di Bologna / Bologna, Italy (curated by Julia Draganovic)
2010 - 12th International Cairo Biennale / Cairo, Egypt
- Synergies, Museum of Contemporary Art, Union Fenosa (MACUF) / La Coruña, Spain (curated by
Carlos Jimenez)
- Look Up, Alfandega / Porto, Portugal (curated by David Barro)
- Kierkegaard’s Walk, Galeria Marilia Razuk / Sao Paulo, Brazil (curated by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti)
- Synergies, Museum of IberoAmerican Contemporary Art in Extremadura (MEIAC) / Badajoz, Spain
(curated by Carlos Jimenez)
- Postgraffiti, Geometry and Abstraction, Fundación Caixa Galicia / A Coruña, Spain (curated by Javier
Abarca)
2009 - Residency 09, Futura Project / Prague, Czech Republic
2008 - Building, Dwelling, Thinking - Strategies for Contemporary Art and Architecture, IVAM / Valencia,
Spain (curated by Fernando
Castro Florez)
Awards & Scholarships / Selection
2010 - Matadero Aid for Mobility / Madrid, Spain - Mexico City, Mexico
2009 - Fundación Arte y Derecho Scholarship / Madrid, Spain
- Matadero Aids for Mobility / Madrid, Spain - Prague, Czech Republic
- Matadero Aids for Creation, Abierto X Obras / Madrid, Spain
2008 - Grant Aid for Creation, Madrid Community / Madrid, Spain
Residential / Special Projects
2015 - Art Dubai (solo Project) Galería Sabrina Amrani / Dubai, Arab Emirates
2014 - Librespacio, Plaza Arcos - NoMinimo Galeria, Guayaquil, Ecuador
2013 - The Drawing Center Viewing Program / New York, NY, USA
- Rodeo, Video projection on building façade / Geneva, Switzerland (curated by Karine Tissot)
- Art Lima (solo project), Galería Marilia Razuk / Lima, Peru (curated by Octavio Zaya)
- Zona Maco (solo project), Galería Max Estrella / Mexico City, Mexico
2012 - Arezzo Wave Love Festival / Arezzo, Italy
- Art Rotterdam (solo project), Furini Arte Contemporanea / Rotterdam, Netherlands
- ARCO Solo Objects, Arco International Art Fair / Madrid, Spain (curated by Manuel Blanco)
2011 - The Noise of Bubbles, Red Bull Music Academy, Matadero / Madrid, Spain (curated by Javier Duero)
- Pinta Art Fair (solo project), Max Estrella Gallery / London, UK
2010 - Latitud 19º, Interventions in the Plaza Santo Domingo, Mexico City, Mexico
- Volta Uncovered, Volta Art Fair, Furini Gallery / Basel, Switzerland (curated by Amanda Coulson)
- SOS 4.8, Contemporary Art Festival / Murcia, Spain (curated by Fernando Castro Florez)
- Petersburg, HBC / Berlin, Germany
2009 - Futura, International Residential Program / Prague, Czech Republic
Collections
Museum of Contemporary Art Paraná, Curitiba-PR, Brazil
Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba-PR, Brazil
Cultural Foundation of Curitiba-PR, Brazil
OTR Collection, Madrid, Spain
Explum Collection, Puerto Lumbreras, Spain
Sabadell Bank, Barcelona, Spain and New York, US
Ministry of Culture, Madrid, Spain
Nomas Foundation, Rome, Italy
CAAM, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation, Asturias, Spain
Itau Cultural Institute, Brazil
Espirito Santo Bank, Brazil
Helga de Alvear Foundation, Spain