Painter, draughtsman and engraver, Paulo Pasta seeks to build a temporality in painting. The colors and shapes in her works seem to flatten the perception of the passage of time: in front of the canvases, the present is placed in an almost absolute way. The shapes and geometries represented in the thick atmospheres created by the artist are slowly recognized by the attentive gaze of the spectator – placed between horizons and obstacles, which prevent the representation space from being clearly seen. The density and time created by Pasta are contrary to any concession to the practical world and its needs for swiftness and readiness: it is in the noise and openness to the present that his poetics rests.
PhD in fine arts from the University of São Paulo, SP (2011), held individual exhibitions in various spaces, such as Millan, São Paulo, SP (2023, 2021, 2018, 2015, 2012, 2007); David Nolan Gallery, New York, USA (2022); Cecilia Brunson Projects, London, UK (2022); Museum of Sacred Art of São Paulo, SP (2021); Simões de Assis Art Gallery, Curitiba, PR (2019); Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo, SP (2018); Carbono Gallery, São Paulo, SP, and Paulo Darzé, Salvador, BA (2017); Pamphilj Palace, Rome, Italy (2016); Afro Brazil Museum, São Paulo, SP (2015); Sesc Belenzinho, São Paulo, SP (2014); Iberê Camargo Foundation, Porto Alegre, RS (2013); Maria Antônia Cultural Center, São Paulo, SP (2011); Banco do Brasil Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (2008); Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, SP (2006); between others.
He also participated in important group exhibitions, including: Abstraction: mediated reality, Millan, São Paulo, SP (2022); The Many and the One, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, SP (2016); 30 x Biennial, Biennial Pavilion, São Paulo, SP (2013); Europalia, International Art Festival, Brussels, Belgium (2011); matisse today, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, SP (2009); Panorama of the Panoramas, MAM-SP, SP (2008); MAM [in] Oca, Oca, São Paulo, SP (2006); Art Everywhere, 3rd Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, RS (2001); Brasil + 500 – Rediscovery Exhibition, Biennial Pavilion, São Paulo, SP (2000); III Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador (1991), among others.
His works are part of several collections, including: Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Pinacoteca of the State of São Paulo, SP; Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, SP; Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo, SP; Museum of Fine Arts of Rio de Janeiro, RJ; Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany; Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg, Hall Art Foundation, Holle, Germany and Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, SP.