Pablo Lobato Brazilian, b. 1976

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

 

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”, fostering a sensible dialogue between aspects of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and cinema.

 

Pablo Lobato was one of the founders of Teia – Centro de Pequisa e Produção Audiovisual, in Belo Horizonte (2002/14). He has received more than twenty awards for his cinematographic production as director, showcasing his films in more than fifty festivals in twenty-seven different countries. In 2006, he directed the feature-length film Acidente (2006), which won the award for Best Documentary in Guadalajara, Mexico. He was selected for the Bolsa Pampulha project (2008), and received the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation grant, New York (2008-2009), when he carried out an action in Spain, from which the feature film “Ventos de Valls” was derived. 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 Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Recife (2022); 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); 11th Bienal de Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (2013); Festival Sesc_Videobrasil, São Paulo (2013); Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, CCBB-RJ (2013); Panorama da Arte Brasileira, MAM-SP (2011); Museum of Modern Art, MoMA-NY, EUA (2009); Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico (2009); Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain (2008). His work figures in important public and private collections such the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Spain; the Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro; Fundação Joaquim Nabuco; the Fondation Hippocrène, Paris, France; the Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte; the Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro; and Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.