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.
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
(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.
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