Buraco no céu — Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brasil, 2023 — photo: Antônio More
Buraco no céu — Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brasil, 2023 — photo: Antônio More
Exploring spatiality, Túlio Pinto’s works are situated between sculpture and installation and result in systems that develop the physical and visual capacities of matter. The concepts of balance and harmony permeate in a unique way the elaboration of each piece, where the tension between weights, sizes, and densities formulate the coexistence of opposites such as rigidity and fragility, balance and fall. Using materials such as concrete, iron sheets and glass, its production revolves around the concept of ephemerality and transformation that surround the relationship between bodies and space.
Túlio Pinto has held several solo exhibitions, such as: Cerrado Cultural, Brasília (2025) Museu Oscar Niemeyer – MON, Curitiba, Brazil (2023); Millan, São Paulo, Brazil (2022; 2020); Linha de terra, Fondamenta Sant’Apollonia and Piero Atchugarry, Gallery, Venice, Italy (2019); Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain (2018); Baró Galeria, São Paulo (2018); Humo Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland (2017); Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art, USA (2015); and Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2013).
The artist has also participated in group exhibitions, among which stand out: ABERTO Rua, São Paulo, Brazil (2026); 13th Mercosur Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2022); Coleção Sartori: A arte contemporânea habita Antonio Prado, Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2022); Le soleil se lève aussi, Manifesta, Lyon, France (2021); Glass and Concrete, Marta Herford Museum, Herford, Germany (2020); Reagents, Complesso dell’Ospedaletto, Venice, Italy (2019); Tension and dynamism, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Miami, USA (2018); Combining Materials, Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery, London, UK; and Memory and moment, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil (2017). The artist was awarded at the 65th Salão Paranaense (2014); at the ARTIGO Rio / ARTTOWN Artist Residency Program; at the 9th Rede Nacional Funarte (2013); at the Energisa Artes Visuais Award (2012); and at the Salão de Arte de Mato Grosso do Sul (2011).
His work is present in collections from institutions such as Marta Herford Museum, Germany; Fundación Pablo Atchugarry, Uruguay; Fundación María Cristina Masaveu Peterson, Spain; Piramidón, Spain; Phoenix College art collection, USA; Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Brazil; Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Paraná, Brazil; Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Museu Nacional de Brasília, Brazil; Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil.