CAIO MARCOLINI
1985. Was born in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lives and works in Porto, Portugal.
Available works
BIOGRAPHY
Caio Marcolini is an artist and jewel designer. Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, 2012), and has an Associate Degree in Jewelry (SENAI, Rio de Janeiro, 2007), both in Brazil. He researches the material and the ethereal, creating objects through a weaving process created by himself.
He has participated in several group shows, such as Coletiva70, Casa70 Lisboa (Lisboa, Portugal, 2020), Trama (Inthependant Gallery, Porto, Portugal, 2019), Arte de Bolso (Coimbra, Galeria Sete, Portugal, 2018), Nunca fuímos nada - Primeira Bienal de Arte rechazado(Galeria Los14, México, 2018), Ases & Trunfos(Galeria Sete, Coimbra, Portugal, 2018), SP Arte – Festival Internacional de Arte de São Paulo (OÁ Galeria - Arte Contemporânea and Jackie Shor Arte, São Paulo, Brasil, 2018), 42° Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto (2017); 45° Salão de Arte Contemporânea Luiz Sacilotto (Santo André, SP, 2017); 5° SOAL – Salão de Outono da América Latina(Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo, 2017); e Através da Trama,curated by Marcus Lontra (HAG – Home Art Gallery, São Paulo, 2016). He was a student at the School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, under the supervision of the artist and curator Franz Manata (Desenvolvimento de projeto, 2016) and professor Charles Watson (Processo Criativo, I, II, III, 2015).
About the artist, by Clara Sampaio - Visual Artist and Independent Curator, in 2020
Caio Marcolini’s artistic works confuse itself with his labor and background in the fields of jewelry, art, and design. If we can surely imagine the contradictions and particularities of such disciplines, what Caio does is precisely blur those borders, by moving its creations in and out such discursive spaces.
Reflection on the making of sculpture in a contemporary way means retrieving an ancient work that goes back to the origins of Art History to renovate it. There is a strong historical component, a traditional heritage of sculpture that Caio plays within his artistic practice. While doing so, he investigates the materials, tries them on, develops techniques and tools that combine his technical knowledge to the universe of sculpture, drawing, and crafts to his own needs.
The movement nurtures his practice: the idea moves as the object is being made, a malleable thread of countless loops, and it is shaped, it shifts, as much as its creator desires.
In the constructive search, a confrontation between artist and matter- it is by the thorough observation that he can finally expand it, change his mind. It is interesting to point out how the artist understands each piece individually but also belonging to a larger set of works that he names a colony. Such organisms, which hold characteristics that can refer to a cellular configuration, spread out, reorganize themselves, in a continuous pulse that it is the one of life itself.
Thus, the artist’s role isn’t the one of creating situations or objects to solve the world’s problems, but to live intertwined in a tension between desire and reality, answering with his tools to the concerns surrounding it. Perhaps one main particularity that can differ the artwork from the craft or the jewel lies in such relation: its non-functionality.
For this reason, the artist can move between functions and labors, without explanations needed, since we are speaking of personal and individual demands. Something else happens, though when the artwork is moved between different contexts. Every time Caio’s colonies enter a new environment, they may also assume different meanings: they fool the careless gaze while walking unattentively in the city, ooze out walls, dress bodies, and float in the exhibition space. At the same time, they are contaminated by its recipients and spectators and can be contaminated as well.
Collective exhibitions
2020 - Coletiva70, Casa70 Lisboa - PT
2019 - "TRAMA", INTHEPENDANT Gallery, Porto - PT
2018 - SP Arte - Festival Internacional de Arte de São Paulo, Pavilhão da Bienal Ibirapuera, Oá Galeria de Arte Contemporânea e Jackie Shor Arte - São Paulo - BR
2018 - “Nunca fuimos nada - Primera bienal de arte rechazado” - Galeria Los14 - Cidade do México - MEX
2018 - “Ases & Trunfos 2018” - Galeria Sete - Coimbra - PT
2017 - Festival de Esculturas do Rio - Terceira Edição, Centro Cultural dos Correios - Rio de Janeiro - BR
2017 - “Vinte e Três: Joalharia Contemporânea na Ibero-América” - SNBA, Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Liboa - PT
2017 - 42o SARP - Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo - BR
2017 - 45o Salão de Arte Contemporânea Luiz Sacilotto - Santo André, São Paulo - BR
2017 - 5o SOAL - Salão de Outono da América Latina - Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo - BR
2016 - “Através da Trama” - HAG - Home Art Gallery, São Paulo - BR
2016 - 4o SOAL - Salão de Outono da América Latina - Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo - BR
Academic background
2016 - Desenvolvimento de Projeto - Prof. Franz Manata, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro - BR
2015 - O Processo Criativo I, II e III - Prof. Charles Watson, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro - BR
2006 / 2012 - Bacharelado em Desenho Industrial, Projeto de Produto, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - BR