Tiago Tebet

1986, São Paulo, Brazil. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.

Painting as a language is the main object of research for Tiago Tebet, who has been exploring its processes and forms of resignification since he was very young. Carried out with impeccable technical ability, Tiago Tebet’s investigation is moreover outstanding for its originality in exploring the possibilities and specificities of representation in painting. His research is concerned with the processes of construction and materiality, as mechanical and artisanal methods that he uses to achieve more spontaneous results, leading to a larger variation of languages.

In 2009 Tiago Tebet graduated in visual art from FAAP-SP, having participated in three Anuais (internal exhibitions of FAAP) in the years 2007, 2008 and 2009, also receiving a study grant. While still in college, he joined the Anarcademia group led by Dora Longo Bahia, through which he participated in the 28th Bienal de São Paulo, in 2008. Among his solo shows the ones held at Espaço Auroras (São Paulo, Brazil, 2023), Luciana Brito Galeria (São Paulo, Brasil, 2019, 2013 and 2011), Lisa Kandlhofer Galerie (Austria, 2018), as a result of that gallery’s summer residency program), and Instituto Tomie Ohtake (São Paulo, 2017). Group shows he has participated in include Paralela (2010), Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto (2011); TRIO Bienal (2015); and the 10th Bienal do Mercosul (2015). In 2016, he moreover participated in the Billingbear Residency, in England.