Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1971, where he lived until seven years old, Alexandre Freire also lived in Manaus and São Paulo before arriving in Florianópolis, where he lives and works since 1992. He graduated in Architecture and Urbanism at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. While still a graduation student, he worked as an intern at the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute (IPHAN). As an architect, his research and performance are influenced by trends in modern architecture, such as Vilanova Artigas, Affonso Reidy works, among other modern architects. He started his career in Visual Arts in 2003, through the support of painting, influenced by the processes of photography and graphic arts. Alexandre's early works portray a memory of urban and social architecture from a period of youth, imbued with colors and related themes of coastal cities. From 2004 to 2014 he was represented by Cor Galeria de Arte, located in Florianópolis. In 2015 he forcibly stops producing due to a cancer treatment. In 2019, when he resumes his artistic research, developing a new scope of exploration. The influence of the methodology of architectural traces, allied to a concrete visuality boost Alexandre's production. In his current research, the artist explores the human relations of our time, using painting as a language and representations of visual syntheses to deal with this contemporary state. Starting from an aesthetic interest in compositional concepts of modern art, more specifically the concrete movement. Visual syntheses gain strength in imagery constructions, where the symbology of the boat and its shadow is the compositional interest of the last series. The boat appears in more recent works as a representation of the individual who wanders through his social environment in an increasingly liquid form, however, trapped between two fluids: the atmosphere, of unattainable ideals and the sea of ​​infinite possibilities, which become tangible, become increasingly ephemeral. The construction of unity in the series currently takes place through a kind of anamnesis, an intimate prospection of a previous contemplative state of latent essential truths. In this sense, the predominance of representations of horizontal lines relates to an attempt to distribute the “weight” of reality and its center of gravity. The beginning of this artistic investigation comes from the encounter with a short poem by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andersen: “When I die, I will return to seek the moments that I did not live by the sea”.

Currently represented by Mamute Art Gallery

EDUCATION AND EXHIBITIONS:

1998 – BArch in Architecture and Urbanism at Federal University of Santa Catarina.

2020 – Artistic orientation with curator and art historian Dr. Francine Goudel.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2013 – Ufanismo Musical
Exhibition: November 18th to December 7th. Cor Art Gallery.

2012 – Casa Cor Santa Catarina
Urban mural: May 15th to June 25th.

2010 – The Time Machine
Exhibition: November 16 to December 3. Governador Celso Ramos Cultural Space.

2009 – Uma banda com a Banda (A ride with the Band)
Exhibition: November 12th to December 13th. Color Art Gallery.

2008 – Alexandre Freire
Exhibition: June. Meyer Filho Art Gallery.

2006 – Rambling
Exhibition: September. Café Matisse, Florianópolis Integrated Culture Center – CIC. 2006- A Bola Exhibition: June. Café das Artes.

2005-2006 – Music for my eyes
Exhibition: December 5, 2005 to January 15, 2006. Café das Artes.

2005- Aqui e Ali – Scenes from a small metropolis by the sea
Exhibition: March 9 to 20. Brotherhood of the Arts.

2003- Bem Bem Fisico
Exhibition: August 8th to 28th. UFSC art gallery.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2019 ~ 2020 – Mercado de Arte. December 19th to January 19th. Casacanto.

2014 – Cabinet of Curiosities
Exhibition: July 19. Color Art Gallery.

2012 – Tainhas na Rede Festival. Jureré Internacional. May 15th to July 28th. Urban art.

2011 – Florianópolis Cultural Marathon
Exhibition: November 26th and 27th. Color Art Gallery.

2011 – What makes your heart sing?
Exhibition: September 18th to October 2nd. Shopping Iguatemi with Charity Auction for the Hospital Infantil Joana de Gusmão.

2011 – Cowparade Santa Catarina
Exhibition: November 9 to January 27, 2012. Governador Celso Ramos Square.

2010 – 2010 Rereading
Exhibition: December 7th to 30th. Governador Celso Ramos Cultural Space – BRDE.

2010 – Cor Futebol Clube
Exhibition: 1st to 26th of July. Color Art Gallery.

2008 – Legends and Lace and Fantastic Birds
Exhibition: December 2008 to January 2009. Café das Artes.

2008 – Peixe do Brasil
Exhibition: June International Symposium on Fish Nutrition and Feeding. Majestic Hotel.

2007 – Painting and Embroidery
Exhibition: July to August. Governador Celso Ramos Cultural Space – BRDE.

2007 – Rereading.
Exhibition: December. Governador Celso Ramos Cultural Space – BRDE.