Pablo Lobato

1976, Bom Despacho, Brazil. Lives and works in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Pablo Lobato’s research is not restricted to a single artistic language or medium, but rather operates collaboratively with each material, situation or context. The articulation of his works is therefore more concerned with sensorial awakening than with any sort of controlling rule. His training in the arts, cinema and photography positions him in a hybrid place of experiencing the potentials of the action of “making visible” and of each suggested event, fostering a strong dialogue between the narratives of cinema, photography, video and the visual arts.

With a BA in art from PUC-MG, majoring in cinema and photography, Pablo Lobato is one of the creators of Teia – Centro de Pesquisa Audiovisual, in Belo Horizonte. He has received more than twenty awards for his cinematographic production, including the Acquisition Prize at the VI Festival É Tudo Verdade, for the documentary Mira, in 2001. In 2006, he directed the feature-length film Acidente, which won the award for best Iberian-American documentary in Guadalajara, Mexico. He was awarded grants from Bolsa Pampulha, in 2008, and from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, New York, in 2008–2009. In 2009–2010, he was awarded the Prêmio Marcantonio Vilaça, Funarte. His works have been featured in solo shows at various venues including the Museu de Arte do Rio de Janeiro, MAR-RJ (2016). He has participated in group shows at key venues, such as the Espaço Cultural Porto Seguro, São Paulo (2019); the Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte (2018); Itaú Cultural, São Paulo (2017); the 5th Bienal de Curitiba (2015); the 10th Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre (2015); the 2nd Bienal de Montevideo, Uruguay (2014); the Festival Sesc_Videobrasil, São Paulo (2013); the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, CCBB-RJ (2013); the Panorama da Arte Brasileira, MAM-SP (2011); the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA-NY, USA (2009); the Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico (2009); and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain (2008). His work figures in important public and private collections such as those of the Fundação Joaquim Nabuco; the Fondation Hippocrène, Paris, France; the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Spain; the Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte; the Museu de Arte of Rio de Janeiro; the Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro; and Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.