Santa Maria, Brazil, 1977 \ Lives and works in Porto Alegre

PhD in Visual Arts, IA, UFRGS.
Professor at the UFRGS College of Application.

His drawings, embroideries, ceramics, collages, sculptures, and installations come from different subjects, originating from visual investigations into natural and dreamlike events as if taken from old hardback encyclopedias or magical books. Among these subjects: the formation of stones, the origin of volcanoes and mountains, the fall of meteorites, the planets that surround us, the strange shapes of corals, shells and trees, the possible existence of unidentified flying objects, the execution of magic tricks, the transformative operations of alchemy and magic, the visual effects of opium and its derivatives, the images that inhabit nightmares, horimono-style tattoo designs, and science fiction films.

Zózimo is a teacher of visual arts and a doctor in visual poetics at Instituto de Artes da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). He participated in the 36th Panorama da Arte Brasileira at Museu de Arte Moderna (São Paulo, 2019), curated by Júlia Rebouças; the 9th Bienal do Mercosul, curated by Sofía Hernández Chong Chuy (Porto Alegre, 2013); and Festival Vídeobrasil (São Paulo, 2013). Among his solo shows are A mão encantada, Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio Grande do Sul (Porto Alegre, 2022); O nome vem depois, Sé (São Paulo, 2021); A mão prolongada, Sé (São Paulo, 2016); Estados ordinários da consciência, Santander Cultural (Porto Alegre, 2015); Animalpedramonstro, Sé (São Paulo, 2015); Muntanya, Mùltiplos (Barcelona, 2013). He was awarded the Prêmio Rumos 2011-2013. His works are part of the collections of Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Museu de Arte do Rio, Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio Grande do Sul and Fundação Vera Chaves Barcellos.