Representative work by Paulo Nimer Pjota
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Artist

Paulo Nimer Pjota

b. 1988, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil · Based in São Paulo, Brazil

  • Centro Universitário Belas Artes de São Paulo, São Paulo
  • Painting
  • Sculpture
  • Installation

Paulo Nimer Pjota creates monumental paintings on un-stretched raw canvases and industrial sheets of metal, interweaving ancient Mediterranean vases, pre-Columbian iconography, street tags, botanical flora, and contemporary consumer logos. Pjota juxtaposes historical civilizations with gritty contemporary street culture, exploring how cultural symbols migrate, cross-pollinate, and survive across centuries.

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