Côncava Coletiva

24 May - 21 June 2025
Co-curated alongside Luiza Schubert Gaudie-Ley, Milica Markovic and Renata Santini.

The group exhibition, Côncava, was the inaugural edition of regular Open Call exhibitions for artists based in Brazil produced by the independent cultural space Recipiente Porongo in Rio de Janeiro and the online arts publication ArteContexto.

Côncava, Portuguese for ‘concave’, draws on the metaphor of the art space’s namesake - Recipiente Porongo (the receiver of the porongo). Porongo is the local name given to the gourd fruit native to the Río de la Plata region, between Argentina and Uruguay. Its history of intercontinental propagation, originating in Africa, and its ancestral use as a container and raw material for cultural goods guide the use of the art space.

With no theme, artists had the freedom to submit work on any subject matter and in any media. The team of four curatorial members teased out correlations between the works through processes of study and exchange with the 47 selected artists. As such, the exhibition space became a receiver of diverse stories and provocations through the medium of over 100 artworks by artists who were based in five regions across the country.

The selected works involve a variety of techniques and media, featuring ceramics, painting, photography, textile, video, found objects and devices activated by manipulation, magnetism, or electric current. The works touched on current issues, such as our relationships with our own bodies and rights, the earth, the notion of home, memory, and non-linear time.

Artists:

Adriana Nataloni - Alvim - Ale Telles - Alexandre Palma - Anderson Arêas - Bete Esteves - Brenda Guimarães - Carolina Kaastrup - Carolina Pacini - Carou - Daniela Granja - Denise Lezo - Deri Ferreira - Fernando Carvall - Francelino Mesquita - Gilzo Junior - Greice Cohn - Gus Bozzetti - Helena Trindade - Isabella Motta - Jacqueline Saurus - Karla Biery - Karla Portas - La Minna - Leila Correa - Lia Berbert - Luciana Duarte - Márcio Kozlowski - Maria Paula Recena - Michele Martines - Milene Tonellotto - Mirella Farias - Morpheus - Priscilla Ramos – Rachel Rego - Ravi Tubenchlak – Reuber Marchezini - Soh - Solange Jansen - Stéfani Agostini - Sylvana Lobo - Theo Gomes - Thiago Fonseca - vega - Vitória Guimarães - Wictor Doarte - Zirta