ALÊ JORDÃO
Brazilian, born in São Paulo in the 70s. He studied fine arts at Faap (Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado) in the second half of the 90s and design at Domus in Milan in 2000. He began his professional artistic life in 2001 and throughout his career he has defined a powerful and complex body of work, materially and conceptually. His work is very successful in relating varied fields, such as visual arts, design and fashion, in addition to the use of technology and neon in his graphic language.
EXHIBITIONS
He participated in several individual and group exhibitions in Brazil: Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and São Paulo And around the world: Brussels, Busan, Stockholm, Florence, Ibiza, London, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Palm Beach Participates in national and international art fairs represented by galleries: Choque Cultural - São Paulo Memo - Modern Market - Rio de Janeiro - NY - Miami Design Pabellon 4 - Latin America and Miami Paola Colombari - ItalyKhalifa - Busan
MUSEUMS
His works can be seen in the Museums collection:
Inimá de Paula, in Belo Horizonte, National Historical Museum, in Rio de Janeiro, Museum of Brazilian Chairs, in Belmonte/BA, Fama – Museum in Itu/SP, MACS – Museum of Contemporary Art in
Sorocaba/SP, Palazzo Barberini in Rome, Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci in Milan
COLLECTIONS
Queen Silvia's staff at Drottningholm Palace in Stockholm, Vivienne Westwood's Milan store, Permanent collection of the Nhow Hotel in Milan, Permanent collection of Milan's Salone Satellite curated by Marva Griffin, Apple Music - company headquarters in Silicon Valley. His works reflect a lot of his experiences and contact with urban culture, whether through the use of characteristic elements of the streets, such as signage, neon and skateboards, or the creation of urban furniture full of meaning.
BOOKS
Published by the Artist:
MULEKE NO RIO, Ed. Nova América, 2013, GOD SAVE SNEAKERS, Ed. Afluente, 2024
Works by the Artist published in Books:
Brazilian Furniture Design. Ed. Olhares, 2013, Unpublished: design-art, Ed. Olhares, 2014
Modern Furniture in Brazil, Ed. Olhares/Maria, Cecília Loschiavo, 2015, Brazilian Modern Furniture, Ed. Olhares, 2017 Brilliant Brick Constructions: Amazing Lego Creations” - by Nathan Sawaya – Ed.
Michelle Beazley – 2017
PRIZES
Best Concept of Contemporary Brazilian Art - MuBE, 2002, Contemporary Art of Rome - Guiseppe
Selvage, 2002, Salone Satellite, Milan, 2008
CREATION WITH BRANDS:
PIAGET
Ambassador in Brazil for the Polo S watch, welcoming the global launch of the model in his
studio in São Paulo in 2016; PANTONE Creation of a Greenery Installation – the color of
the year - at the Gift Fair in 2017;
COLETTE, Launch of the noir and blanche capsule at Colette - Paris, fashion art design version by Alê Jordão – Boka Loka with Enson Malbranche in 2017;
HEINEKEN - Creation of artistic installations for the Heineken Block event with the aim of revealing the secrets of cities by transforming public space in São Paulo in 2018;
HBO Creation of the "os Cabeças" award for HBO at a post-Cannes debate event at his studio in São
Paulo in 2018; CHANDON - Creation of a limited series of bottles to celebrate SP Arte’s 15th anniversary in São Paulo in 2019; RAY BAN - Creation of artistic installations for Ray Ban at an event that occupied a historic building in São Paulo to tell stories of pride and belonging in 2019; APPLE - Creation of a neon work that became the cover of an Apple Music playlist in 2019. ALÊ JORDÃO
CREATION WITH BRANDS:
Event sponsorships: ADIDAS, CHANDON, FIVE DRINKS, LOUIS VUITTON, MONKEY SHOULDER WHISKY
PUMA, RED BULL, STELLA ARTOIS, TIFFANY: Creation of a limited series of Moet Chandon bottles for the brand's event at Copacabana Palace, Rio de Janeiro in 2021; PERRIER: Creation of a limited series of bottles for the Pinta fair in Miami during art week - Basel - in 2021; CJ SHOPS: Artistic installation for the first Iluminart exhibition – curated by Fernanda Vidigal in São Paulo in 2021; SANTANDER: Boka Loka artistic installation at the world's first exhibition of contemporary art on ATMs, kicking off the first ATM Parade in São Paulo in 2021;
CASAPARK: 7 meter high artistic installation for Christmas at Shopping Casapark in Brasília in 2021;
BAUDUCCO: Creation of a Neon sculpture for the launch of the brand's new Logo in São Paulo in 2023.
GUERI-GUERI: Artistic installations for the traditional Gueri Gueri carnival - event in São Paulo from 2020 to 2024.
