Emerson Freire Brazil based
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(Bachelor’s degree)
Graduated in 2021 – University of São Paulo – Visual Arts
(Artist residency)
Fabrica research center
Country: Italy
Period: September 2024 – February 2025
Individual Exhibition_
Italy – 2024 – Fabrica research center – “We flee toward the thing we try to escape” – Curated by Carlos Casas
2024 – Espaço Caroço – Exhibition – (Chimera)
Collective Exhibitions_
São Paulo – 2025 – MAC USP – Soft machines
Melbourne – 2025 – VCA Victorian College of the Arts – Soft machines
São Paulo – 2024 – Massape Projects – Exhibition – (Brutal Field.)
São Paulo – 2024 – Simões de Assis Gallery – Exhibition – (The Medium is the Message.)
São Paulo – 2023 – Centro Cultural Correios São Paulo – Exhibition – (Live Load)
Rio de Janeiro – 2023 – Art Rio – Casa Nem Space – Exhibition – Casa Nem LGBTQIAPN+ Stand at Pavilhão Mar Art Rio
Rio de Janeiro – 2023 – Nonada Penha Gallery – Exhibition – Parallel collective exhibition to Art Rio
Rio de Janeiro – 2023 – Nonada Copacabana Gallery -Exhibition – Fetish – Portrait
Rio de Janeiro – São Paulo – 2023 – Nonada Gallery – Exhibition – (Nonada is not here)
São Paulo – 2023 – Espaço das Artes – Exhibition – (Epilogue)
São Paulo – 2023 – Cratera – Exhibition – (Blackout)
Rio de Janeiro – 2022/2023 – Nonada Penha Gallery – Exhibition – The Word and the Verse
São Paulo – 2022 – Cratera – Exhibition – (Setback)
São Paulo – 2022 – Espaço Bueiro – Exhibition – (Membrane)
São Paulo – 2021 – Exhibition Nascente USP – Art Salon – Winner in the categories of Painting and Sculpture
São Paulo – 2019 – Exhibition Nascente USP – Engraving “Dog” – Honorable Mention
São Paulo – 2019 – Piscininha Studio – Exhibition – (Funeral)
São Paulo – 2017 – Espaço das Artes – Exhibition – (End)
Awards)
São Paulo – 2021 – Exhibition Nascente USP – Art Salon – Winner in the categories of Painting and Sculpture
São Paulo – 2019 – Exhibition Nascente USP – Engraving “Dog” – Honorable Mention
(Collaborations)
2023 – Collaborated with Oakley and designer Pedro Andrade on the development of an art installation specifically designed for the collection’s launch. The project integrated sculptural and spatial elements, creating an immersive environment that connected fashion, art, and sensory experience.
2022 – São Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW) Desfile Angela Brito – Esculturas Cênicas e Corporais para o Desfile Estrangeira da SPFW.
2021 – Colaboração NBA – Produção de cinco pinturas para a coleção-cápsula da marca brasileira Pedro Andrade em parceria com a NBA comercializada nos Estados Unidos.
São paulo – SP
Lives and works in São Paulo – SP
Emerson Freire lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil. He earned his degree in Visual Arts from the University of São Paulo in 2021.
His artistic path includes participation in exhibitions at galleries and cultural spaces in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, such as Simões de Assis, Nonada, Espaço das Artes, and Correios Cultural Center, as well as art fairs such as ArtRio. Notably, he received recognition at the “Nascente” competition in the categories of painting and sculpture.
In 2022, Emerson contributed to São Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW) with body and scenic sculptures in collaboration with designer Angela Brito. He has also participated in collaborations with NBA and Oakley.
His artistic work delves into a material universe, where his creations manifest as skin, organism, entity, texture, structure, illusion, dream, and reality. The revelation of decomposition serves as a medium to guide the imagination toward the body, plunging into the depths of the mind’s underworld.
