Moisés Patrício

Moisés Patrício was born in South São Paulo. He later moved to the East Zone, close to the city center, where he had many references of economy, culture and history. It was also the place that gave him the opportunity to meet Juan José Balzi, an Italian-Argentine painter, illustrator, draftsman, drawing teacher and publicist based in Brazil, and became his assistant. Moisés had his first contact with art at the age of 9.

He is a visual artist, who works with photography, video, performance, rituals and installations in works that deal with elements of Latin, Afro-Brazilian and African cultures. Since 2006, Moisés has been carrying out collective actions in cultural spaces in São Paulo. He composes works that deal with sacred elements of Amerindian and Afro-Brazilian cultures. A significant feature of his work is the allusion to candomblé, for whom the sacred passes through the body and its manual potential.

Courtesy of Acervo - Contemporary Art