b. 1981,
Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Lives and works in London, UK.
CONCTACT
rafael@duxpacifico.com
SOCIALS
@dux.pacifico
EDUCATION
2017 - 2020
→MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths
2011-2013
→MFA Photography, Hartford Art School
2005 - 2007
→BA Liberal Arts, The New School
2000 - 2003
→AA Liberal Arts, Santa Monica College
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2019
→Artissima Experimental Academy – FIGHT (Temple Door) with Dara Friedman
2017
→VIA Arts Prize, 2nd Prize Winner
→Procedência e Propriedade, Studio Charles Watson, Rio de Janeiro
2015
→Plastic(o) Fantastic(o), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014
→V Prêmio Diário Contemporâneo de Fotografia, Seleção
2013
→Plastic[o] Fantastic[o] Think Tank, Nassau, Bahamas
2008
→Summer Residency, School of Visual Arts, New York
2007
→Best Experimental Film, New School Invitational Film Show
2005/2006
→Merit Scholarship, New School University
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024 / Construct, Cob Gallery, London
2024 / Pipoca, Nonada, Salvador
2023 / Caos Primordial, Nonada, Rio de Janeiro
2023 / Even the Odds, Kupfer, London
2023 / Cave, Les Fondations 312, Brussels
2023 / Scultpure in the City, 70 Mary Axe, London
2023 / O céu da boca se ilumina, Galeria Alfinete, Brasila
2023 / Presente, Galeria Tropi, Rio de Janeiro
2022 / Room Service, Photo SainGermain, Paris
2022 / If I Were You, Kupfer Projects, London
2022 / NEWS FROM HOME, VO Curations, London
2022 / Tropigalpão, Rio de Janeiro
2022 / Assemble, VO Curations, London
2020 / London Grads NOW, Saatchi Gallery, London
2020 / MFA Graduation Show, Goldsmiths, London
2020 / 300 Desenhos, online / São Paulo
2020 / Incantations, Montez Press Radio
2019 / Diemer Projects, 1 2, London
2018 / National Art Gallery of the Bahamas, Hot Water, Nassau
2018 / The Vault, Archive Gallery. Contingency Plan T, London
2017 / Maddox Arts, Winter Show, London
2017 / Villa Rose, WOMEN, Paris
2017 / Museu dos Coches, Partida - 1807, Lisbon
2017 / Embassy of Brazil, VIA Arts Prize, London
2017 / Centro Cultural Sergio Porto, Pior que o soneto?, Rio de Janeiro
2016 / Casamata, Serviço de Utilidade Pública, Rio de Janeiro
2015 / Palacete Barão de Itambé, O Estado da Natureza, Vassouras, Brasil