Pedro Veneroso

Pedro Veneroso, born in 1987, lives and works in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Bachelor of Visual Arts (EBA/UFMG), master with distinction in Literary Studies (FALE/UFMG) and PhD candidate in Arts (EBA/UFMG), the artist researches the intersections between art, science and technology. His artistic work is directly derived from his research, which is frequently based on transdisciplinary explorations that connect philosophical and scientific investigations with poetic practices that examine the interactions between humans and nature. The deconstruction of codes, languages, cognition and everyday practices and events plays a vital role in his artistic endeavor.

He has created and exhibited works of new media, computational art, video, photography, drawings and installations nationally and internationally, being awarded 1st place at Festival Conexões Tecnológicas in 2008, at the 4th Filme em Minas in 2009, and nominated, in the same year, for the 8th Sergio Motta Award. Among his exhibitions, we highlight the following: FILE 2019, at Centro Cultural FIESP in São Paulo (2019) | Currents New Media, at El Museo Cultural Santa Fé in Santa Fé, NM, USA (2017) | Mostra Tempo Movimento, Diário Contemporâneo de Fotografia, in Belém (2015) | Noite Branca, at the municipal park of Belo Horizonte (2012) | Novas aquisições 2010/2012 - Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand, at MAM in Rio de Janeiro (2012) | Mostra LABMIS, at MIS in São Paulo (2012) | Cross pollenization, in Saint Louis, Bloomington, USA, and Melbourne, Australia (2011-2012) | SIANA Nanchang, in Nanchang, China (2009).

In 2016 he released his first feature film, U: requiem for a city in ruins.

http://pedroveneroso.com

Pedro Veneroso [Pedro de Freitas Veneroso]
Belo Horizonte, 1987
http://pedroveneroso.com

Formation
2018+ PhD candidate in Arts at EBA-UFMG
2014-2016 Master with distinction in Literary Studies at FALE-UFMG
2006-2011 Bachelor in Visual Arts at EBA-UFMG

Art residencies
2014 LABarca, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
2011 LABMIS, MIS-SP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2010 JA.CA, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Selected group exhibitions
2016 6ª Bolsa Pampulha (w/ Lucas Dupin), at Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
2016 FILE 2016, File Media Art, at Centro Cultural FIESP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2015 Mostra da 10º Residência Artística da Red Bull Station (w/ Sara Não Tem Nome), at Red Bull Station, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2015 The Wrong – New Digital Art Biennale, at Homeostasis Pavillion, virtual
2015 Mostra Tempo Movimento, 6º Prêmio Diário Contemporâneo de Fotografia, at Casa das 11 Janelas, Belém, PA, Brazil
2014 Efeito escotilha, at Fundação Cultural BADESC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
2013 Impressões & contaminações II, SP Estampa 2013, Galeria Gravura Brasileira, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2012 Noite Branca, at Parque Municipal de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
2012 Novas aquisições 2010/2012 - coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand, at MAM-RJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2012 Mostra LABMIS, at MIS-SP, São Paulo, Brazil
2011-2012 Cross polenization, in Saint Louis and Bloomington, USA; and Melbourne, Australia
2011 Exposição de Verão - 8ª Edição, at Galeria Sylvia Cintra + Box4, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
2010 Entre pontos, at JA.CA, Nova Lima, MG, Brazil
2010 Fluxo-Espaço-Ocupação, at JA.CA, Nova Lima, MG, Brazil
2009 SIANA Nanchang, in Nanchang, China
2009 SIANA Brasil, at Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
2008 Festival Conexões Tecnológicas, at Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
2007 Território Museu Mineiro, at Museu Mineiro, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Selected one-man exhibitions
2011 Lugaralgum | otherwhere, at marginalia+lab, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
2009 Stories of a house, at Füller Space, Bloomington, IN, USA
2007 Este e outros objetos, at Galeria do BDMG Cultural, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Prizes and distinctions
2014 Honorable mention of the theme “Futebol”, Festival do Minuto, SP, Brazil
2013 Best videos of the themes “Vizinho”, “Puta plano” & “Bolha de sabão”, Festival do Minuto, SP, Brazil
2009 Awarded at the 4º edital Filme em Minas, Marginalia Project, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2009 Nominated for the 8th Sergio Motta Award, Marginalia Project, SP, Brazil
2009 Semifinalist of Adobe Design Achievement Awards [Photography], California, USA
2008 Semifinalist of Adobe Design Achievement Awards [Print Communications], California, USA
2008 1st place at Festival Conexões Tecnológicas, Instituto Sergio Motta, SP, Brazil
2008 Best videos of the themes “Tema livre” & “Vídeo-água”, Festival do Minuto, SP, Brazil
2008 Honorable mention at Reel Ideas Studio, Cannes, France