Vitor Mattos
(born 1995 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil) is a visual artist based in Weimar. In his work, he fundamentally questions the idea of progress as a solution to human misery in the world. But just before the abyss of endless crises, we ask ourselves whether we don't want to go back a bit. In the dizzying speed of the growth society, we often find ourselves entangled in uncertainty and fear, yet the attempt to resist remains. Mattos is moved by the coping mechanisms required to dwell in a world with uncanny prospects for the future, while ensuring a certain normality. For that, he makes use of video, performance, photography, graphics and a dash of irony and provocation. Regardless of the medium, one characteristic of his work always remains: A balance between minimalism and maximalism. Individual, simple elements are often repeated to the point of exhaustion, creating complex images full of textures. 
Education
2013 2018
Architecture and Urbanism 
Federal University of Minas Gerais. 
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2015 2016
BA (Hons) Architecture: Spaces and Objects 
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
London, United Kingdom

2019 2022
MFA Public Art and New Artistic Strategies. Class of Danica Dakić
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Weimar, Germany.

Exhibitions (Selection)
2024
artthuer 14. Erfurt, Germany (upcoming)           
in circuit. Kunsthof Niederarnsdorf. Nobitz, Germany
Turbulenzen: Thüringer Kunst spiegelt ihre Zeit. KunstForum Hannah Höch Gotha. Gotha, Germany
Verschwinden: Was bleibt? Galerie Stockwerk. Weimar, Germany
The trouble of fitting in. footnote centre for image and text. Belgrade, Serbia.
2022
Unter den Nägeln- Thüringer Landtag. Erfurt, Germany
Lost in Translation. Bauhaus-Museum Weimar. Weimar, Germany
III Giennale. Zellkultur. Gießen, Germany
2021  
Revolutionale 2021: Festival for Change. Leipzig, Germany
Encounter with the Sleeping Giant. Der Laden. Weimar, Germany
3 Verstärker Kunst-Film-Festival. GEH 8. Dresden, Germany
2020
Miniments. Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Weimar, Germany

Grants and awards
2024
Residency scholarship from the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Thuringia
Funding grant for the artthuer  14 in Erfurt, Germany. Granted by SV SparkassenVersicherung.
Shortlist: Preis der Stiftung Ulla und Eberhard Jung für junge Thüringer Kunst
2015
Science without Borders, granted by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico.

Residencies
2024
footnote centre for image and text. Belgrade, Serbia.
Kunsthof Niederarnsdorf. Nobitz, Germany.

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