Paulo Nimer Pjota

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Paulo Nimer Pjota assembles large-scale mixed media works on found materials, layering canvas, burlap sacks, and scrap metal plates salvaged from junkyards into dense, textured surfaces. Working from São José do Rio Preto, Brazil, he transforms industrial debris into a visual language that negotiates between abstraction and materiality. His practice centers on the physical accumulation and intervention of weathered supports, where the history embedded in each material becomes inseparable from the work's final form.

Source: Maureen Paley · Trust score: 100% · Updated 24d ago