Igor Vidor was born in 1985, São Paulo.

Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro. 

After a brief career as a professional athlete the artist spent the last years driven by experiences on body and sport studies as means of investigating the relationship between body, social and historical aspects. His work includes collections such as the Museum of Art of Rio and Itaú Cultural Institute. In 2016 he was the first Brazilian invited to participate at the International Fellowship Programm by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Seoul - MMCA. 

 

 

Igor Vidor nasceu em 1985, São Paulo.

Vive e trabalha no Rio de Janeiro. 

Após uma breve carreira como atleta profissional o artista passou os últimos anos impulsionado por experiências sobre os estudos do corpo e do esporte, como um meio de se investigar a relação entre o corpo, aspectos sociais e históricos.  Seus trabalhos fazem parte de coleções como do Museu de Arte do Rio e Instituto Itaú Cultural. Em 2016 é o primeiro brasileiro convidado a participar do International Fellowship Programm pelo Museu Nacional de Arte Moderna e Contemporânea de Seul - MMCA. 

Group Exhibition

2018 - The World’s Game: Fútbol and Contemporary Art - Perez Museum - Miami - curated by Jennifer Ignacio and Franklin Sirmans

2018 - Bienal do Mercosul - Porto Alegre - Brazil - curated by Paula Borghi and Alfons Hug

2017 - Art Weekend - Galeria Leme - Sao Paulo - Brazil

2017 - Dove Audio Video Festival - Sewoon Arcade - Seoul - South Korea - curated by YangWoo Kim

2017 - Montage is a Heart Beat - Deep in the Mountains International Residency - Seoul - South Korea- curated by Sujung Kim

2017 - Attention! Promised Place, Contesting Common Grounds - FLUCA Austrian cultural pavilion - Plovdiv -  Bulgaria - curated by Ursula Maria Probst

2017 - Cinema na Vila Autódromo, in the occasion of Nancy Popp proposal - Klowden Mann Gallery - Los Angeles - USA

2017 - California Pacific Triennial, in the occasion of Nancy Popp proposal - Orange County Museum of Art - Orange County  - USA -  curated by Cassandra Coblentz

2017 - Sao Paulo is not a city - Sesc 24 de Maio -  Sao Paulo - curated by Paulo Herknhoff, Leno Veras

2017 - 30 years Itau Cultural Institute - Oca Sao Paulo - Sao Paulo - curated by Paulo Herkenhoff, Leno Veras, Tais Rivitti

2017 - When the Sea becomes Rio - National Historic Museum - Rio de Janeiro - curated by Diogo Rezende

2016 - No Man’s Land - National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea - MMCA- Residence Changing – curated by Heejung Park

2016 - Young Artists Project 16 - Daegu Art Square - Daegu - South Korea - Curated by Haekyung Kim

2016 – The Color Of Brazil - Museu de Arte do Rio -MAR- Rio de Janeiro – Curated by Paulo Herkenhoff and Marcelo Campos

2016 – Games of South – Helio Oiticica Cultural Center – Rio de Janeiro – Curated by Alfons Hug and Paula Borghi

2016 – My Body is a Cage – Luciana Caravello Gallery- Rio de Janeiro – Curated by Raphael Fonseca

2016 - Body Language - Museu de Arte do Rio -MAR- Rio de Janeiro – Curated by Paulo Herkenhoff

2016 – Welcome – Luciana Caravello Gallery- Rio de Janeiro

2016 - Permanências e Destruições – Torre H – Rio de Janeiro – Curated by João Paulo Quintella

2016 -1a Image and Movement Show - Casa França-Brasil – Rio de Janeiro – Curated By Lisette Lagnado

2015 - Vagalumes – Rio de Janeiro – Curated by Michelle Sommer / Daniel Steegmann

2015 - The Negative Hand - EAV Parque Lage - curated by Bernardo José de Souza

2015 - Abre Alas - Gentil Carioca Galery - curated by Michelle Sommer / Daniel Steegmann

2015 - The Time of Duration - organized by Romain Dumesnil / Manoela Medeiros

2015 - Morro - Rio de Janeiro - curated by Ulisses Carrilho

2014 - Frestas - Trienal de Artes - SESC Sorocaba - curated by Josué Mattos

2014 - Tatu: Futebol Adversidade e Cultura da Caatinga - Museu de Arte do Rio - MAR - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - curated by Paulo Herkenhoff

2014 - Arte Praia 3a edição – Casa da Ribeira – Natal - Brazil - curated by Gustavo Wanderley

2014 - Deslize Surf e Skate – Museu de Arte do Rio –MAR-Brazil- curated by Raphael Fonseca

2012 - Convergência Natural - CCSP- São Paulo - Brazil - curated by Flavia Vivacqua

2012 - Atuações - Paço das Artes - São Paulo - Brazil - curated by Paula Borghi

2012- Daquilo que me Habita - CCBB - Brasilia -Brazil - curated by Samantha Moreira /Maíra Endo

2011- Unfreeze - 15o Cultura Inglesa Festival - São Paulo - Brazil

2011- Projeto Artéria -  SESC Campinas - Brazil curated by Samantha Moreira / Maíra Endo

2010 - 42o SAC Piracicaba - Pinacoteca Miguel Dutra - Piracicaba - SP- Brasil

2010 - Arte Pará - Belem - PA - Brazil - curated by Orlando Maneschy

2009 - Centro Abierto 09, intervenciones de sítio especifico en centro histórico de Lima - Peru

2008/2009 - Lado B, Itaú Cultural - São Paulo - Brazil

 

Solo Exhibition 

2011- Piracicaba Expedition , Pinacoteca Miguel Dutra, Piracicaba Sao Paulo - Brazil - Cabeça Nuvem (Guilherme Teixeira e Igor Vidor)
2011- The Sublime as possibility before death - Ateliê Aberto, Campinas – Sao Paulo - Brazil - curated by Samantha Moreira e Maíra Endo

 

Residencies

2017 - Deep In The Mountains - Korean Art Council  - PyeongChang / Seoul, Korea

2016 – National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Korea - MMCA – Seoul, Korea

2015 - 1a World Indignous Games - Tocantins, Brazil

2011– Ateliê Aberto – Campinas - Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

Grants

42o SAC Piracicaba

Lado B, Itaú Cultural

 

Publications

2016 - ArtReview Magazine Dec. - The body in the city -Brazil

2016 – Select Magazine – Artist as Athlete

2012 - Maré_Dossiê#2 - Ateliê 397 - Text: PlayTime