Edu Verenguel

Born in a small Brazilian town with many Japanese immigrants, Edu Verenguel was influenced mainly by its rich iconography. The allegories that prevail in this culture, of disenchantment, illusion, impermanence expressed by catastrophe and the feeling of imminent tragedy, creating all kinds of confusion, calamities and commotions, are present in his works. His production is unique and curiously magnetic to the eye, responsive to the evocations that exist in the collective psyche and at the same time completely unconventional.

Academic education :

1986 - Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation - FAAP - São Paulo - SP, Brazil.

Individual and Group Exhibitions:

2021 - Smith Galeria - Unnumbered Days - individual online exhibition

2012 - Smith Galeria – Dois Tempos, group exhibition, curated by Ines Raphaelian - Sao Paulo - SP

2011 - Smith Galeria – Overture group exhibition - São Paulo – SP

2009 - Atelier João Moura, group exhibition - São Paulo – SP

2002 - Casa das Rosas – Rendam-se Terráqueos, group Exhibition - São Paulo – SP

1991 - Universidade Federal do Paraná - Workshop "Arte Hoje" - Curitiba – PR.

1991 - Galeria Caco - group exhibition Artistas Paulistas - Curitiba – PR

1991 - MAC Ibirapuera - group exhibition Zoológico Xarandu - São Paulo - SP

1991 - two pages in VEJA magazine

1990 - Xarada Xarandu – the  x.a.r.a.n.d.u. group participates in the publication of "humoristic strips" in the newspaper Folha de São Paulo (Folhinha).

1989 - Ipanema Clube Art Gallery – group exhibition - From Flintstones to Jetsons - Sorocaba – SP.

1989 - Clube Paulistano Art Gallery - group exhibition Atelier Xarandu - São Paulo – SP.

1989 - Paço das Artes/MIS - group exhibition - São Paulo – SP 

1989 - Museu de Arte Contemporanea MAC - Submarino, group exhibition – Florianópolis – SC.

1987 - Museum of Contemporary Art of São Paulo – group exhibition; curatorship and presentation Ana Mae Barbosa, director of MAC - - Ibirapuera - São Paulo - SP

1987 - Architecture and Art Agency - x.a.r.a.n.d.u. group exhibition - Rio de Janeiro - RJ.

1987 - Art Museum Project - walking paintings - sponsored and made on the sides of Metropolitan trucks that roamed Brazil

1986 to 1987 - The x.a.r.a.n.d.u. group participates in the Open Circut - 50 studios open for public visitation - an event parallel to the São Paulo Biennials.

1986 - joins Carlos Barmak, Marta Oliveira and Vera Barros, and they forms the  x.a.r.a.n.d.u. group. Coming from entirely different areas (Carlos Barmak was a video editor, Marta Oliveira a stylist and Vera Barros a video maker), they brought together extremely authorial art in São Paulo – SP.

1983 - Galeria Káos Brasilis - group exhibition curated by Marta Oliveira , São Paulo - SP