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”.
Main Solo Exhibitions
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
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
2010
Marunouchi Gallery, The New York Gallery Building, New York, USA
2000
Zeezicht Foundation, The Netherlands