João Loureiro (1972) holds a master’s degree in visual poetics from ECA-USP (2007) and a bachelor’s degree in visual arts from FAAP (1995).

His solo exhibitions include Escala de Cinzas, at LAM – Lisse Art Museum / Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo / MPavilion (Lisse, São Paulo, and Melbourne, 2024); Desacordados, at Sé Galeria (São Paulo, 2023); Fato Gato, at Capela do Morumbi – Museu da Cidade (São Paulo, 2023); The Devil in the street, in the middle of the whirlwind, at Artists Club Coffre Fort (Brussels, 2021); Reprodução assistida, Projeto 1:1, at Galeria Jaqueline Martins (São Paulo, 2018); Fim da Primeira Parte, at Galeria Vermelho (São Paulo, 2011); and Blue Jeans, at the Projeto Octógono de Arte Contemporânea, Pinacoteca do Estado (São Paulo, 2009).

He has also participated in A Máquina do Mundo, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (2021); Modos de ver o Brasil: Itaú Cultural 30 anos, Oca (São Paulo, 2017); Brasil, Beleza!?, Museum Beelden aan Zee (The Hague, 2016); Ao Amor do Público, Museu de Arte do Rio – MAR (Rio de Janeiro, 2016); Open Borders / Crossroads, Vancouver Biennale (Vancouver, 2014); and Panorama da Arte Brasileira, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (2005), among others. He received the Bolsa Vitae de Artes Visuais (2004) and, in 2007, was awarded the Edital Arte e Patrimônio – IPHAN/MINC/Petrobras, for which he created the permanent installation JAZ in São Miguel das Missões, Rio Grande do Sul.

Untitled (2024) is a drawing of chains. Loureiro explores various media with distinct areas of interest, forming a highly comprehensive body of work. In this process, drawing is often the field in which forms are developed and operations for three-dimensional pieces, installations, animations, and so on are tested. As a daily practice, it is inevitable that the field of drawing itself becomes a subject of investigation and critical reflection. In this context, drawings such as this one of the chains emerge—appropriating a codified form of representation and using areas of glazing to make perception oscillate between the represented object and the materiality of its representation.