A painter, draftsman, and engraver, Paulo Pasta seeks to build a temporality in painting. The colors and forms in his works seem to flatten the perception of the passaging of time; when facing the canvases, the present is almost absolute. The forms and geometries represented in the dense atmospheres created by the artist are slowly recognizable by a viewer’s watchful eye – placed between horizons and obstacles, that prevent the representational space from being seen clearly. The density and time created by Pasta are contrary to any concession to the practical world and its demands for promptness and readiness; his poetics lies in the rumor and openness to the present time.

With a Ph.D. in Fine Arts from the University of São Paulo, Brazil (2011), Pasta has held the solo shows Precisão e Espírito, Museu Lasar Segall, São Paulo, Brazil (2026); Passages, David Nolan Gallery, New York, USA (2025); Viagem ao redor do meu quarto, Almeida & Dale, São Paulo (2025), Pintura de bolso (2023), Correspondências (2021), and Lembranças do Futuro (2018), at Millan, São Paulo, Brazil, and in several other institutions, such as Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2024, 2013); Cecilia Brunson Projects, London, UK (2022); Museu de Arte Sacra de São Paulo, Brazil (2021); Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil (2018); Palazzo Pamphilj, Rome, Italy (2016); Sesc Belenzinho, São Paulo, Brazil (2014); Centro Cultural Maria Antonia, São Paulo, Brazil (2011); Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2008); Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil (2006); among others.

Among his participations in group exhibitions are Cinco ensaios sobre o MASP – Geometrias, MASP, São Paulo, Brazil (2025); Beyond the Modern, Casa Zalszupin, São Paulo, Brazil (2024); East of Eden, Millan and Galeria Estação, São Paulo, Brazil (2024); Abstração: a realidade mediada, Millan, São Paulo, Brazil (2022); Os Muitos e o Um, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil (2016); 30x Bienal, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil (2013); Europalia, International Art Festival, Brussels, Belgium (2011); Matisse Hoje, Pinacoteca de São Paulo, Brazil (2009); Panorama dos Panoramas, MAM São Paulo, Brazil (2008); MAM [na] Oca, São Paulo, Brazil (2006); 3rd Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2001); Brasil +500 – Mostra do Redescobrimento, Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil (2000); III Bienal de Cuenca, Equador (1991), among others.

His works are featured in various global collections, such as: Museo Reina Sofía, Spain; Kunsthalle Berlin, Germany; Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg, Germany; and Hall Art Foundation, Germany. In Brazil, his work is held in the collections of several institutions, including the Pinacoteca de São Paulo; MASP; MAM São Paulo; MAM Rio; MAC USP; Museu Nacional de Belas Artes do Rio de Janeiro; and Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz.