OPAVIVARÁ!

OPAVIVARÁ! is an artist’s collective that hosts public actions in galleries, cultural institutions, and public spaces, predominantly in and around Rio de Janeiro. They utilize urban space for a renewal of communal bonding—their audience has the opportunity to savor the communal constructs they are a part of while surrendering to the innate silliness of the collective’s actions. OPAVIVARÁ! are advocates for constructive creation bringing communities closer together, and have been known to initiate parades, outposts for meals and conversation, and plots of beach chairs around the city for lectures and performances.

OPAVIVARÁ! have been featured in exhibitions at institutions including Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Museu de Arte do Rio, and Fundacion Proa, Buenos Aires, among other Brazilian galleries. The collective participated in the Taipei Biennial in 2014 and the Havana Biennial in 2015. In both 2011 and 2013 they were nominated for the PIPA (Premio Investor Professional de Arte) prize.