Kakati de Paiva

Kakati de Paiva was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1957.

He was only 19 years old when he first took part at a collective painting exhibition in Rio de Janeiro. After this first experience he did not stop researching on painting and studying art.

He took part at national and international exhibitions and started selling his paintings to important Brazilian art collectors and institutions.

In 2011 Kakati de Paiva was invited to his first Museum exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Buenos Aires, Argentine. The same museum acquired some art pieces from the artist. Today his art is also part of the permanent collection of the Contemporary Art Museum of Rio de Janeiro.

Kakati is mainly influenced by Japanese culture for his close relation to Japanese community during many years in Brazil. His works are also very affected by his studies in architecture and certainly by the sensuality of the architecture of his hometown, Rio de Janeiro.

His artworks present strong shapes and colors with an incredible sense of depth and space as if we were contemplating one of the numerous beautiful gardens of his city.

The artist says: “Colors incite me to research my inner man. They give me good mood and good feelings thanks to light. That is why I love so much planet Earth”.

Urban, Kakati de Paiva, 2014, mixed media on canvas, 19.6 in x 82.6 in (50 cm x 210 cm)

Seoiotoshi, Kakati de Paiva, 2011, mixed media on canvas, 43.3 in x 62.9 in (110 cm x 160 cm)

Ao Urban, Kakati de Paiva, 2014, mixed media on canvas, 41.3 in x 62.9 in (105 cm x 160cm)

Urban, Kakati de Paiva, 2014, mixed media on canvas, 31.4 in x 47.2 in (80 cm x 120 cm)

Urban 670, Kakati de Paiva, 2013, mixed media on canvas, 2X 55.1 in x 55.1 in (2X 140 cm x 140 cm)

Main Solo Exhibitions

2013

Contornos e Entornos, TNT Art Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2012

Tangences, Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France

2010

BNDES, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2007

Spiga, Miami, USA

1999

Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1981

Santa Ursula Cultural Solo Art Show, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Main Collective Exhibitions

2014

Pinta London Art Fair 2014, Collective Brazilian Show, Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, London, UK

2012

New York Art Expo 2012, New York, USA

2011

Contemporaneo – Biennale d’Art contemporain Latino-Americain, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France

De A à Z, Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France

A Cara do Rio, The Post Office of Rio de Janeiro Cultural Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Buenos Ayres Metropolitan Museum, Buenos Ayres, Argentine

2010

Marunouchi Gallery, The New York Gallery Building, New York, USA

Galeria Area Artis, São Paulo, Brazil

Spring Salon, Modern Art Museum of Resende, Brazil

São Ararense de Artes Plásticas, São Paulo, Brazil

2005

Desencontros, Villa Riso Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2003

Contrastes, Villa Riso Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2001

Collective Show, Galeria Elmi, São Paulo, Brazil

2000

2000 Reasons to Love the Earth, Zeezicht Foundation, The Netherlands

1991

II IAB Art Show, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1990

I IAB Art Show, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Galleries, Museums and Institutions Collection

2018

Latin American Art Pavillion (LAAP), Maria Anapoles, Miami, USA

Vittoria Z Gallery Collection, Brasília, Brazil

2017

Espaço Art Gallery, Mayer Mizrahi Collection, São Paulo, Brazil

2016

Art and Design Gallery, Marília Cavalcante Collection, Miami, USA

2014

Carvalho Hosken Collection Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Benetton Contemporary Art Collection, Venice, Italy

2011

Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Modern Art Museum of Rio de Janeiro, MAM RJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Metropolitan Museum of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ricardo Fernandes Gallery, Paris, France

2010

TNT Gallery Collection, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1999

Caixa Cultural Centre of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil