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Ryan Graff Contemporary is very excited to announce Remnant, Brazilian artist João Ruas’ first solo exhibition in over five years.
The eternally transformative nature of the relationship between time and life has been written about and discussed throughout the ages. The absolute truth that we are not, and never will be, able to escape our path to personal ruin can be perceived as either a curse or a blessing.
This body of work has been created under the pressure of such thoughts, many of them conceived during a period surrounded by multiple metamorphosis that were not only necessary, but demanded by the crumbling of a timeline, in this case, my own.
—João Ruas, February 2025
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João Ruas (b. 1981, Brazilian) is known for his haunted, atmospheric paintings which blend history, myth, multicultural references and the natural world into a rich and singular contemporary visual language. Ruas was born in São Paulo, and at a young age exhibited a talent in visual arts, which led him being selected for a four-year focused technical course in drawing in 1996. He proceeded to college to study Design in 2000, graduating with a BFA from Universidade Anhembi Morumbi. Following college, he relocated to the UK, where he worked as an illustrator and concept artist for various gaming and film studios. In 2007, he returned to Brazil, where he had a brief stint in advertising before redirecting his focus to exclusively personal work and illustration. He has exhibited at venues in Brazil, the United States, Europe, and Australia. His work is in the permanent collection of the Urban Nation Musuem in Berlin, Germany, and is held in private collections all over the world. Ruas currently lives and works in São Paulo with his son Aurélio.
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