Exhibition Calendar and News about artist's projects
"My work offers no solace; instead, it dissects, strains, and provokes friction.
I seek a shift into a space where beauty and flaw are no longer at odds, uncovering the raw fragility and impermanence of the human condition".
Mini Bio
René Agostinho (b. 1962, São Paulo) holds a degree in Communications from ESPM, MBA from FIA/USP, and Management Specialization from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Following early artistic training in his youth, he formalized his transition into the contemporary art world through career mentorship with Thomaz Pacheco (OMA Gallery) and artistic mentorship with Julie Belfer (Arte Contemporânea e Virgula). He is affiliated with Clube de Artistas, a curatorial platform founded and directed by curator Adriana Scartaris.
In Brazil, his work has been featured in group exhibitions across museums, pinacotecas, and cultural centers. Internationally, Agostinho was selected for the Florence Biennale (2023) and the Osten Biennial (2025), where he was shortlisted finalist.
He currently lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
Exhibitions
2025–26
Legado Vivo: Narrativas do Porvir
Venues:
Centro Cultural Santo Amaro — São Paulo/ SP
Museu da Cidade — Sertãozinho/SP
Museu Municipal Francisco Coelho — Marabá/PA
Museu Histórico Simoense Alaur da Mata — São Simão/ SP
Museu Etnográfico da Cultura Polonesa — Cruz Machado/PR
Instituto de Arte Vitória Barros — Marabá/PA
Instituto Cultural Hozana Lopes de Abreu (ICHLA) — Marabá/ PA
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas AFYA — Marabá/PA
Faculdade Carajás — Marabá/PA
Casa da Memória Manoel Alves Pereira — Piraquara/PR
2025
Água, Matéria de Outros Mundos, Centro Cultural Balneário Águas de Lindóia/ SP, Brazil
Reflorir, Centro Cultural Santo Amaro, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
Imperfeita – 6ª edição: A tua voz te liberta, Pinacoteca Fórum das Artes — Botucatu/SP
Traço de União, Centro Cultural Mestre Assis — Embu/SP, Brazil
Reflorir, Centro Cultural Balneário Águas de Lindóia, Águas de Lindóia/SP, Brazil
2024–25
Bienal de Osten,(finalist) Skopje, North Macedonia
2024
49ª Semana de Arte Portinari, Museu Casa Portinari, Brodowsk/SP, Brazil
Alquimia da Liberdade, Instituto da Cultura Luso-Brasileira, Botucatu/SP, Brazil
2023
Resistência da Arte: Uma Fresta no Asfalto, Pinacoteca Fórum das Artes, Botucatu/ SP, Brazil
XIV Florence Biennale — I AM YOU, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy
2022
Academia Latino-Americana de Arte, Pinacoteca Benedito Calixto, Santos/ SP, Brazil
XIV Venice International Fair of Contemporary Art, Venice, Italy
The Official Art Exhibition for the Bicentennial of the Independence of Brazil, Casa de Portugal, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
Publications
2025
Catalogue exhibition, Imperfeita – A tua voz te liberta
Catalogue exhibition, Reflorir
Catalogue exhibition, Traço de União
2024 Catalogue exhibition, Alquimia da Liberdade
2023 Catalogue XIV Florence Biennale
Collections
2024 Museum of Botucatu city, Botucatu, SP/Brazil (Pinacoteca Fórum das Artes)