alice shintani / portfolio 2017 - 2007
Is there room for imagination nowadays? Are there other ways to perceive the world? Are there alternative ways of being in the world through artistic experience? Could we invent (or rescue) more ludic, poetic, sensitive, silent and (why not) amateur approaches to deal with those issues with people at large? What does political reinvention really would mean from the perspective(s) of art? How could art best contribute to that reinvention? From an expanded idea of painting and its history, I have been exploring poetical possibilities that stimulate an emancipated perception of the spectator beyond literal reality through installations, ephemeral interventions, immersive environments and ludic-gustatory experiments. Democratizing artistic experience with (not for) people at large is an issue for me. Wish is to share artwork with broader audiences not so focused on contemporary art trends, being in mind the rich and diverse emancipated spectators we all are, regardless of education background, social class or cultural identity. Life is broader. So is art. Alice Shintani, March 2017.
alice shintani / ether, 2009 / immersive installation / masonry and acrylic painting
/ galeria virgilio, sĂŁo paulo, brazil
alice shintani / ether, 2009 / immersive installation / masonry and acrylic painting
/ galeria virgilio, sĂŁo paulo, brazil
alice shintani / ether, 2009 / immersive installation / masonry and acrylic painting
/ galeria virgilio, sĂŁo paulo, brazil
alice shintani / tupinabentĂ´, 2017 / perceptual experiences with ludic playing with food
To what extent does the way we consume relate to how we perceive and act in the world?
tupinabentô #1 set: recicled carboard box + banana tree leaves collected at são paulo city downtown + chita fabric + home cooked indian curry, guacamole, vietnamese banana and coconut dessert, oniguiris (japanese rice balls) and lebanese giant-leaf-bread. this first set was served in an open indoor sarau, where people were invited to buy tupinabentôs (in a freely secret price-yourself-and-pay basis) to be further shared with homeless neighboors who didn´t attended the sarau.
alice shintani / tupinabentô, 2017 / tupinabentô = “tupinambá” (our native anthropophagic ritualists) + “bentô” (the Japanese home-packed meal)
alice shintani / óia brigadeiro, 2014-16 / daily street vending of handmade candies at são paulo city (and country´s) financial downtown
alice shintani / oluap oĂŁs, 2014 / video, 5min / link: vimeo.com/aliceshintani/oluapoas
alice shintani / menas, 2016-17 / immersive installation in preparation for solo exhibition (june 2017) 300 pieces of gouache and embroidery on folded paper on product cardboxes on gallery on “beautiful city” (slogan of right populist mayor) on country under coup d´etat
alice shintani / menas, 2016-17 / immersive installation in preparation for solo exhibition (june 2017) 300 pieces of gouache and embroidery on folded paper on product cardboxes on gallery on “beautiful city” (slogan of right populist mayor) on country under coup d´etat
alice shintani / menas, 2016-17 / 1 parte de 300 / gouache and embroidery on hand-folded paper / 30 cm x 60 cm
alice shintani / zika, 2015 / gouache on paper series inspired on theosophist annie besant´s studies on thought forms
alice shintani / zika #legend, 2015 / 30.5 cm x 23 cm gouache on paper series inspired on theosophist annie besant´s studies on thought forms [ series published at bendego.com/alice-shintani.html ]
alice shintani / zika #3, 2015 / 30.5 cm x 23 cm gouache on paper series inspired on theosophist annie besant´s studies on thought forms [ series published at bendego.com/alice-shintani.html ]
alice shintani / the raw and the cooked, 2013 / acrylic on canvas / ten paintings, 235 cm x 160 cm each / galeria marcelo guarnieri, ribeirĂŁo preto, sp
alice shintani / hanafuda, 2012 / 32 pieces of acrylic paint on canvas based on medieval japanese cardboards / 50 cm x 30 cm each
alice shintani / bakemono, 2011 / acrylic paint on canvas on uber commercial gallery / casa triângulo, são paulo, brazil
alice shintani / bakemono, 2011 / acrylic paint on canvas on uber commercial gallery / casa triângulo, são paulo, brazil
alice shintani / domino, 2008 / acrylic paint on mobile exhibition panels / faculty of medicine of university of sĂŁo paulo, ribeirĂŁo preto, brazil
alice shintani / domino, 2008 / acrylic paint on mobile exhibition panels / faculty of medicine of university of sĂŁo paulo, ribeirĂŁo preto, brazil
alice shintani / parking, 2008 / acrylic paint on exhibition panels and floor / 1600 cm x 700 cm x 300 cm / ccsp, sĂŁo paulo, brazil
alice shintani / parking, 2008 / acrylic paint on exhibition panels and floor / 1600 cm x 700 cm x 300 cm / ccsp, sĂŁo paulo, brazil
alice shintani / ramen, 2008 / acrylic paint on exhibition panels mounted in cube / paço das artes, são paulo, brazil
alice shintani / atari series, 2008-2009 / acrylic on canvas / variable dimensions
alice shintani / chimera, 2007 / acrylic paint on walls on commercial gallery / galeria virgilio, sĂŁo paulo, brazil
alice shintani / chimera, 2007 / acrylic paint on walls on commercial gallery / galeria virgilio, sĂŁo paulo, brazil
alice shintani / chimera, 2007 / acrylic paint on walls on commercial gallery / galeria virgilio, sĂŁo paulo, brazil
alice shintani / aproximações, 2007 / acrylic on canvas series / variable dimensions / paço das artes, são paulo, brazil
alice shintani
são paulo, brazil, 1971. lives and works in são paulo. education 1993 computer engineering, bsc, unicamp, brazil. solo exhibitions 2017 menas, galeria marcelo guarnieri, são paulo. 2013 o cru e o cozido, galeria marcelo guarnieri, ribeirão preto. 2012 hanafuda, galeria mercedes viegas, rio de janeiro. 2011 bakemono, casa triângulo, são paulo. 2010 sinopse, galeria mercedes viegas, rio de janeiro. 2009 ether, galeria virgilio, são paulo. 2008 alice shintani, galeria marcelo guarnieri, ribeirão preto. 2007 quimera, galeria virgilio, são paulo; aproximações, temporada de projetos, paço das artes, são paulo; estações, centro cultural são paulo. selected group exhibitions 2016 olhar inComum, museu oscar niemeyer, curitiba. 2014 survival adaptations, aggregate space gallery, oakland, usa; momento contemporâneo, instituto figueiredo ferraz, ribeirão preto; 65o salão paranaense, mac paraná, curitiba. 2013 utropic, centre of contemporary art, poznan, poland; novas aquisições, palacio do itamaraty, brasília. 2012 técnicas de desaparecimento, havana/guantanamo, cuba. 2010 edições, casa triângulo, são paulo. 2009 rumos artes visuais trilhas do desejo, instituto itaú cultural, são paulo / ecco, brasília / paço imperial, rio de janeiro. 2008 nova arte nova, centro cultural banco do brasil rio de janeiro and são paulo. selected publications 2014 100 painters of tomorrow, thames and hudson. 2011 computer games and phantasms, studio visits, goethe institute são paulo. 2009 alice shintani, revista lugares, fundação iberê camargo, porto alegre; rumos artes visuais trilhas do desejo, instituto itaú cultural, são paulo. 2008 angst und isolation, gee magazine, berlin, germany; nova arte nova, centro cultural banco do brasil, rio de janeiro. + http://aliceshintani.info
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