Henrique oliveira biography of martin

In the field of contemporary art, the reductive character of every attempt to identify/translate, through language or technics, the work of an artist, is widely known.

Video, photography, performance, conceptual art, painting, sculpture, drawing, object, urban intervention, institutional critique, installation, whatever the “support” is, we are dealing with a poetical universe put in practice in many different ways.

Oliveira is best known for his monumental sculptural works which take the form of free-standing pieces, wall-reliefs or immersive environments.

Using a vernacular that leans on natural forms, Oliveira's forms grow and swell from their environment in a seemingly out of control pattern.

Solo show at a major institution · Group show at 2 major institutions · Included in a major biennial · Collected by a notable private collector.

Henrique Oliveira's Carte Blanche project is a freestanding real tree size sculpture.

Born in Argentina in ,.

The artist is not a specialist, but a general practitioner, ready to poetically step in by making use of the most diverse proceedings.

Time and again, artists transit through different languages. This is the case of Henrique Oliveira.

Whether through two-dimensional painting on canvas, whether by installations made of wood or other types of materials, a main thread lined up the points of one same weft.

Having started to produce during the