André Bonani
São Paulo, Brazil
11 Works exhibited on Kooness
Current location
São Paulo
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Casagaleria 20 years
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Works by André Bonani
André Bonani is a visual artist and educator. He is a doctoral candidate in Artistic Processes and Procedures in the Graduate Program in Arts at the São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (IA-UNESP), where he also teaches printmaking and graphic processes. He holds a master’s degree in Languages, Media, and Art from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUCCAMP), where he was a full merit scholar (2018–2020). He studied drawing and collage at the Tomie Ohtake Institute, where he was also awarded a full scholarship (2016). Bonani conducts research in expanded field printmaking at Atelier Piratininga, where he has been a resident artist since the second semester of 2022. He is a research member of the "Artecolapso: Practicable Images of the World" group, coordinated by Dr. Renata Pedrosa Romeiro and Dr. Gustavo de Moura Valença Motta, associated with the Institute of Arts at UNESP. He is also the creator of the “Experimental Graphic Workshop” art-education project, a collective printmaking experimentation workshop that travels to various cultural institutions and is currently hosted at the Sesc Pompeia print studio.
Bonani was an artist-in-residence at the Olho de Boi Industrial Complex in Almada, Portugal (2020), invited by artist Rui Soares Costa. In May and June 2024, he held his first solo exhibition, "The Echo of Ancient Words," at Atelier Piratininga, with texts by Agnaldo Farias and Ulysses Bôscolo. His work has been featured in group exhibitions, fairs, and open studios, including at Espaço Vitrine (2018), Galpão Comum (2021), Atelier Piratininga (2022), Ateliê 3 (2022), Massapê Projetos (2023), IA-UNESP (2023), Lux Espaço de Arte (2023), Museum of Contemporary Art of Sorocaba (2023), Museum of Art of Ribeirão Preto (2024), and SESI Itapetininga (2024). His work is part of private and public collections, including the Gravura Brasileira gallery and the Rotating Collection project. His pieces have been published in visual arts magazines such as Revista Uso (2022) and Revista Têmpera (2022). In 2021, he received a certificate of artistic merit from the Luxembourg Grand Ducal Printmaking Gallery. He previously worked as an assistant to visual artist Adrianne Gallinari (2016) and has experience as an illustrator in the editorial market, contributing to outlets like Folha de São Paulo, the 5th Biennial of Psychoanalysis and Culture of Ribeirão Preto, Dolores Editora, and Grande Área Publishing. He was a finalist in the Poster Competition for the 30th Design Award of the Museu da Casa Brasileira (2016) and has published articles in academic journals such as Revista Gama from the Center for Research and Studies in Fine Arts at the University of Lisbon (2019–2020). Bonani has participated in academic events in fine arts, including seminars, conferences, and thesis defense panels. He also works as a private teacher in art education, graphic arts, art history, and as a mentor for creative processes in fine arts, teaching workshops and courses at schools, colleges, and cultural institutions. He lives and works in São Paulo.
EDUCATION
2024
PhD in Visual Arts - IA-UNESP (ongoing).
2020
Master’s in Languages, Media, and Art - PUC-Campinas - CAPES Scholarship Holder.
2010
Bachelor’s in International Relations - PUC-São Paulo.
2006
Technical training in film direction - AIC-São Paulo (incomplete).
2006
High School - Colégio Bandeirantes.
2003
Elementary School - Colégio Pueri Domus.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2024 - Present
Researcher in the PhD program in Visual Arts at IA-UNESP.
2024
Solo exhibition “The Echo of Ancient Words,” with texts by Agnaldo Farias and Ulysses Bôscolo - Atelier Piratininga (May - June/24).
Group exhibition “Air: Rotating Collection” - SESI Itapetininga (May/24).
Group exhibition “Air: Rotating Collection” - Museum of Art of Ribeirão Preto (March/24).
Instructor, alongside graphic artist Roger BeatJesus, for the course “Experimental Graphics: Collective Disobedient Practices” - Sesc Pompeia (March - June/24).
Lecturer for “Reproduction Techniques III” in the Bachelor's in Visual Arts program at UNESP's Institute of Arts (1st semester/24).
Researcher and member of the group “Artecolapso: Practicable Images of the World,” led by Prof. Dr. Renata Pedrosa Romeiro and Prof. Dr. Gustavo de Moura Valença Motta - Institute of Arts, UNESP (1st semester/2024).
Instructor, with graphic artist Roger BeatJesus, of the workshop “Experimental Graphics: From Stamp to Fanzine” - Livraria Simples (February - March/24).
2023
Group exhibition “Air: Rotating Collection” - Contemporary Art Museum of Sorocaba (November/23).
Participation in the art fair “Feira Pira” - Atelier Piratininga (December/23).
Print “Untitled” commissioned by collector Julio César Labate.
Print “Untitled” commissioned by collector Laís Labate.
Print “Untitled” commissioned by collector Alberto de Araújo Cruz.
Group exhibition “Air: Rotating Collection” - Lux Art Space (September/23).
Member of the research group “Artecolapso: Practicable Images of the World” - Institute of Arts, UNESP (2nd semester/23).
Instructor with graphic artist Roger BeatJesus for the course “Experimental Graphics: Collective Disobedient Practices” - Sesc Pompeia (August - November/23).
Collective show “Impasses” - Institute of Arts, UNESP (June/23).
Instructor, with Roger BeatJesus, of the workshop “Design of Disobedience” - Sesc Paulista (May - June/23).
Consigned prints for the Brazilian Print Gallery collection (May/23).
Group exhibition “Artists’ Union,” organized by Germinadora de Arte Argyridis - Massapê Projetos (May/23).
Commissioned prints for collectors Paulo Scheuer, Victoria Braga, and others.
Illustration for the album “Fisiologia da Condição Humana Vol. 1” by the band Cães de Pavlov.
Sculptures for the independent project Rotating Collection, coordinated by curator Laerte Ramos.
Cover illustrations for Andrés Burgo’s book “O Jogo” - Dolores Editora.
2022 - Present
Printmaking residency at Atelier Piratininga, mentored by Ulysses Boscolo.
2021 - Present
Commercial representation through the online platform Selo Coletivo.
2020 - Present
Private instructor in art education, art history, and creative process guidance in visual arts.
LANGUAGES
French - Advanced (DELF proficiency, C1 level).
English - Advanced.
Spanish - Basic.
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