Ralph Gehre

(Ralph Tadeu Gehre) was born in Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, in 1952. He has lived in Brasília since 1962, where he studied drawing and fine arts, as well as architecture and urban planning, at the University of Brasília (1972-1980).

He started developing as a visual artist in 1980, creating figurative paintings, such as unidentified landscapes. Throughout his career, he expanded his
experimentation into the field of abstraction, also producing drawings, photographs, and collages.

His research focuses on the relationships between the materiality of painting and composition, highlighting the process of reading the image. In his works, he uses letters and
words, sometimes as symbols, sometimes as poetic experiences, discussing themes from art history itself.

He was nominated for the 2020 PIPA Award. He is represented in Brazil by Andrea Rehder arte contemporânea – SP and by INDEX Arte – DF, occupying the gallery’s residency workshop since May 2024.

He is represented abroad at international fairs by Ana Victória Borga VAG Galeria.

  • Fullgás CCBB, curated by Raphael Fonseca, Amanda Tavares, and Tálisson Melo;
  • History of Brazilian Art, Moraes & Oliveira Collection, Caixa Cultural, curated by Renata Azambuja and Emerson Dionísio
  • Brasília Collective: The Art of the Planalto, MUN-DF, curated by Paulo Herkenhoff and Sara Selert; Ralph Gehre, Referência Galeria de Arte,
    Brasília-DF and Caminhos, Andrea Rehder Arte Contemporânea, SP; System Update,
    National Museum of the Republic, curated by Ana Avelar and Talisson Melo
  • New acquisitions MAPA, curated by Paulo Henrique Silva, Antonio Sibassoly Gallery, Anápolis-GO; Painting as Cor Cycle,
    deCurators, curated by Gisel Carriconde and Pedro Gandra.
  • Tiene obras incluidas en las colecciones del MAR – RJ; MUN – DF; MAC – GO; MAB – DF; MASC – SC;
    FUNARTE – RJ y MAPA-GO.
  • Brasília Declaration Document World Cultural Heritage Site –
    UNESCO, 1986.
  • Book The Art of Democracy, Paulo Herkenhoff IDP FGV. Book Between Poetics and
    Politics, by Renata Azambuja, Art in Brasília collection, ITS edition, 2012.
  • Anthology of Visual Poetry / Portuguese Language, AVE Promoción edition, 2013.
    The anthology is a collection of visual poetry in Portuguese, compiled by the AVE Promoción publishing house. It includes works by various authors, including:
  • Book Itinerancy of Artists:
    The Construction of the Visual Arts Field in Brasília 1958-2008, by Angélica Madeira, Ed.UnB,
    2013. Book National Museum of the Republic Research and Curatorship in the Collection – To the Winds That
    Will Come, MUN – DF. Book Recluso, Marília Panitz, CCBB edition, 2001.
  • Member of the ISC-TCU Curatorial Council between 2018 and 2022. Participated in several
    selection committees and awards, including: 24th Anapolino Art Salon – GO, 2017 and
    2019; TRANSBORDA Contemporary Art Award, CAIXA Cultural – DF, 2015; National Selection Committee
    for the 11th edition of the Funarte National Visual Arts Network Program Competition, 2014.
  • He has curated exhibitions and expography projects since 1988, such as the
    Pedro Ivo Verçosa retrospective, National Museum of the Republic – DF; Galeno retrospective,
    Correios Museum – DF; Aldemir Martins collective and the CAIXA collection: a name at the center of the
    collection, CAIXA Cultural, Brasilia-DF and Fortaleza-CE, 2013.
  • In 2010, he was assistant curator of the
    group exhibition A los vientos que vendrán: Artes visuales en Brasilia 1960-2010 (To the Winds That Will Come: Visual Arts in Brasilia 1960-2010), curated by Fernando
    Cochiaralli, ECCO-DF.

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