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___In 1961 Leonilson moved with his family to São Paulo. He enrolled in the Licenciatura em Artes Plásticas course of the Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation (FAAP) in 1977, attending classes taught by the artists Nelson Leirner, Júlio Plaza and Regina Silveira. During this time he shared a studio with the artist Luiz Zerbini. ___In 1979 he participated in his first collective exhibition, "Desenho Jovem", in the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo. He dropped out of the course at FAAP in 1980 and in the same year he took part in the show "Panorama da Arte Atual Brasileira/Desenho e Gravura" at the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. ___His first trip outside Brazil took place in 1981. In Madrid Leonilson realized his first solo exhibition at the Galeria Casa do Brasil. He visited various European cities. He participated in the exhibiton "Giovane Arte Internazionale", Galleria Giuli, in Lecce. ___In 1982 he returned to Europe and traveled through Italy, Germany and Portugal. He gave a solo exhibition at the Galeria Pellegrino, in Bologna. ___He realized two solo exhibitions in 1983, in São Paulo, at the Galeria Luisa Strina, and in Rio at the Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporânea. He met Leda Catunda. He traveled to Paris in 1985 to participate in the "XIII Nouvelle Biennale", and visited Milan and Bologna. He traveled to Buenos Aires to participate in the exhibition "Nueva Pintura Brasileña" at the Centro de Arte y Comunicación and met Daniel Senise. He participated in the XVIII Bienal International de São Paulo and met German artist Albert Hien. In the same year he gave solo exhibitons at the Galeria Luisa Strina. Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporânea and at the Espaço Capital in Brasilia. ___He traveled to Europe in 1986 and exhibited with Albert Hien at the Galerie Walter Storms in Munich. He took part in the colective exhibitions "A Nova Dimensão do Objeto" at the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo and "Transvanguarda e Culturas Nacionais" at the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. ___In 1987 he traveled to Europe, and for the first time to New York. He exhibited solo in "O Pescador de Palavras" at the Galeria Luisa Strina, "Moving Mountains" at the Kunstforum, Munich, and at the Usina Arte Contemporânea in Vitória, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. He participated in various collective exhibitions such as "Modernidade", at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, and at the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. ___In 1988 he gave a solo exhibiton, "O Inconformado", at the Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporânea. He went to New York, Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam and participated in various collective shows: "Albert Hien/Leonilson" and "Seven Artists on Invitation" at the Pultizer Art Gallery in Amsterdam; "Brazil já", at the Museum Morsbroich in Leverkusen, at the Galerie Landesgirokasse in Stuttgart, and at the Sprengel Museum in Hanover. ___In 1989 he traveled to Europe and New York. In the same year France's Ministry of Culture commissioned various artists to do a commemorative engraving for the 200 years of the French Revolution, among them, Leonilson. He gave solo exhibitions "Leonilson" at Galeria Luisa Strina; "Nada hás a temer" at the Gesto Gráfico in Belo Horizonte; and "Bombeiros não são corruptos" at the Espaço Capital. He particiapted in the exhibition "Panorama da Arte Atual Brasileira/Pintura", at the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. ___In 1990 he went to London (twice), New York, Paris, Venice and Amsterdam. He began to record tapes, registering ideas, having a book project in sight. The unfinished project became a diary. ___Solo exhibition at the Pulitzer Art Gallery. He received the Prêmio Brasilia de Artes Plásticas at the Salão Nacional. ___In March of 1991 he began the illustrations in the weekly column of Barbara Gancia in the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper, continuing until May of 1993. He traveled to New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. In August a test revealed that he was HIV positive. he participated in the exhibitions "Viva Brasil Viva" at the Liljevalchs Konsthall in Stockholm and "Brasil la Nueva Generatición" at the Fundación Museo Bellas Artes in Caracas. ___In 1992 he organized the exposition "Um olhar sobre o Figurativo" for the Casa Triângulo gallery in São Paulo. He traveled to Amsterdam, Munich, Paris and New York. He participated in the colective exhibitions "X Mostra de Gravura Cidade de Curitiba/Mostra América", at the Museu de Gravura da Cidade de Curitiba and "Pintura Brasil Década 80", organized by the Itaú Galeria, and realized a series of 7 drawings entitled "O Perigoso". ___In 1993 he exhibited in solo at the Galeria São Paulo and at Thomas Cohn Arte Contemporânea. He participated inthe traveling collective exhibition "Cartographies" of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg. ___Leonilson created his last work, an installation in the Capela do Morumbi, São Paulo, but never saw it put up. On May 28 he died in São Paulo. ___In 1994 there was a posthumous recognition and the Prêmio APCA from the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte, for his big solo exhibiton at the Galeria São Paulo and for the installation at the Capela do Morumbi, both in São Paulo in 1993. ___In
1995 the show "Leonilson: São
tantas as verdades" took place at the Galeria de Arte do
SESI in São Paulo accompanied by a publication bearing the
same title. The curator of the show, Lisette Lagnado, authored the
first work to be written about the artist". |
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