Pedro França

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1984

Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil. 

An artist and member of Ueinzz Theatre Group, pedro studied at the School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage in Rio de Janeiro between 2001 and 2005 and holds a Master Degree in Social History at PUC- Rio (Rio de Janeiro). Since 2011, pedro frança has been working as an artist in a variety of media, mainly paintings, installation and video. His work engages in schizo and metonymical rearrangements of images and objects, in both individual and collaborative practices. Among his main collective or individual exhibitions are: Marcantonio Vilaça Prize Exhibition (FAAP, Sao Paulo, 2019), AI-5 - It's still not over. (Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, 2018), Don't Judd me! I just arrived and there's this Giant Ulcera among us (Museu de Arte de Ribeirao Preto, Ribeirão Preto, Sao Paulo,2018), Sites of delirium (MAR - Rio de Janeiro, 2017), Frestas - SESC Triennial (São Paulo, 2017), Homeroadmovie (Centro Cultural Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 2012).

Since 2011, frança has been a part of Ueinzz Theatre Group, a theatre collective which gathers people with all sorts of psychic experiences. With the group, has participated in the development and performance of the works Cais de Ovelhas (Noreadymademen) [2012-2015], Gravidade Zero (Zero Gravity) [2015-2017], and Mobedique HORS ACVE [2018-2019]

Finally, he was nominated for the PIPA Prize in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and Marcantonio Vilaça Prize in 2019.