YURI TUMA
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Yuri Tuma
(Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1983)

Multidisciplinary Brazilian artist, Tuma focuses on the investigation of contemporary narratives related to diverse ecologies through sound art, installation and performance as a way to approach a transcendental understanding of our connection with the nature/culture binomial. In line with his artistic concerns, in 2020, he has co-founded the Institute of Postnatural Studies. More actively, in addition to management and programming, he coordinates the Institute's publishing project, Cthulhu Books, to become a showcase for the political potential of imagining new worlds and possible futures for the planet through academic and artistic research. In addition, at the beginning of 2020 he collaborated with Inland - Campo Adentro, an organization that, among other things, "faces various problems of a system that is collapsing at the environmental, cultural and financial levels, formulating critical tools and applying them through experimental practice.” More recently Tuma has started to work alongside Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary’s (TBA21) communications team and in 2021 will be collaborating with Fabiana Vinagre in a performance and educational program at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia.
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Selected Exhibits
2020  
Rascacielos, solo exhibit, Marcablanca, Madrid 
           Birth, crypto art group exhibit, Zardoz Gallery, Origin City, Cryptovoxels.com
           Corpo Brasileiro, group exhibit, Hösek Contemporary, Berlin
           PUMPUMYACHKAN Festival Asimtria 15, experimental sound art festival, Ayacucho, Peru 
2019   Eskhara, solo exhibit, Espacio Oculto, Madrid
           The King, The Garden City, The Chorus & The Captain, group exhibit, outdoor installation, Arnis, Germany 
           Cuon, performance, Centro Dados Negros, Ciudad Real, Spain 
           Paralaje, group exhibit, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid 
           ¡Oye, Mira!, performance, La Juan Gallery 
            Horizonte de Cristal, installation, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
            La vie matérielle, installation, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2018  Paronomía, performance with Fabiana Vinagre, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid 
           Extreme Exterior, installation, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid 
           Araña, installation, La Eriza, Madrid    
           Moon Drawings, book presentation, La Fábrica, Madrid
2017  Cosecha 2017, photobook group exhibit, La Fábrica, Madrid
           Home / Casa / Home, group exhibit, Mondo Galeria, Madrid
2016  Enantiodromia, solo exhibit, La Fábrica, Madrid 
           PhotoEspaña 2016 Best Photo Books of the Year Showcase w/ Commplus, Madrid National Library 
           Papel, Cola e Hilo, group exhibit, La Eriza, Madrid
2015  Buscadores de Oro, group exhibit, OTR Espacio De Arte, Madrid
           PhotoEspaña's Madrid 24 Horas, group exhibit, CentroCentro Cibeles, Madrid
           TransVisiones : Alcobendas 2015, group exhibit, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid 
2014  Departure, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL 
           Smash and Grab Auction with Locust Projects, Miami FL  
           Morgan Fine Arts & Film Center Annual Spring Studio Open House, Create Collect, Brooklyn NY
2013  Heineken's Light Your Night Challenge,installation, Miami Light Project, Miami FL 
           Headlights, solo exhibit, Product 81 Gallery, Miami FL
2012  Sym City, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
           Miami International Art Fair, Butter Gallery, Miami FL 
           Shanghai Art Fair, International Chinese Fine Arts Council, Shanghai 
2011  Scope Art Fair, Butter Gallery, New York NY
          Scope Art Fair, Butter Gallery, Miami, FL
          Metropolis, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
2010  Garden, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
2009  FIM Artist Showcase, group exhibit, Florida International Magazine, Miami FL
           Roof Less, solo exhibit, Butter Gallery, Miami FL
2008  Only Water, group exhibit, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami FL
           Solitary States, group exhibit, Chelsea Galleria, Miami FL

Residencies 
2020 
Domaine de Boisbuchet, Lessac, France
2020 Bravos Foundry, Galicia, Spain
2020 
Bañarte, La Rioja, Spain
2020 Kinono Tinos Art Gathering, Tinos, Greece
2019 Arnis Residency, Arnis, Germany 
          Conde Duque - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid 
          Residencia Espacio Oculto, Madrid
2015 TransVisiones:Alcobendas, Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Spain

Awards
2020 
Accésit award for best artist book LIBRARTE Feria de libro de artista, Burgos 
2017 ACCIONA Scholarship 
2016 Adobe and PhotoEspaña curatorial "concurso europa en la mochila", online exhibit (2nd Prize Winner)
          Photo Book of the Year with PhotoEspaña (self published category finalist) 
          Trama, Nexofoto 16 Concurso Iberoamericano (finalist portfolio)
2014 Mastermind Awards with Miami NewTimes (finalist)
2013 Heineken's Light Your Night Challenge with Miami Light Project (winner)

Selected Art Book Fairs
2020 LIBRARTE Feria de libro de artista, Burgos
2019  ESKHARA, Jackalope & Friends, Libros Mutantes Book Fair, La Casa Encendida, Madrid 
2018  Moon Drawings, Jackalope & Friends, Libros Mutantes Book Fair, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
          Moon Drawings, Inclasificables, Casa de las Conchas, Salamanca 

2017  Moon Drawings, Paper Works Art Book Fair, Salón, Mexico City

Selected Collections
Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Madrid
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC), Madrid
Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo (CA2M) Library, Madrid 

Education 
2017/19 M.F.A Universidad Carlos III, Escuela SUR, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid 
2006 B.S. Emerson College, Cum laude, Boston 
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