Contact:
info@danielfrota.com
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Daniel Frota de Abreu is a multidisciplinary artist working at the intersection of visual arts, design, and moving image. With a background in typography, his practice approaches legibility through multiple perspectives, taking the critical reading of objects, images and texts as its foundation. Combining archival research, printing techniques, sculpture and filmmaking, his work examines the role of fiction in building new collective memories and investigates how history is materially fabricated, transformed and preserved. Alongside his research, Daniel runs Interno Bruto, a publishing and design studio where he develops editorial projects in dialogue with clients, fellow artists, curators and cultural organizations. He lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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His works have been shown at institutions and festivals such as Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (IT), MAK Center for Art and Architecture (US), Fundação Iberê Camargo (BR), Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster (DE), Festival Sesc_Videobrasil (BR), It’s All True International Documentary Festival (BR), New York Art Book Fair (US), amongst others. In 2022-2023, he was a research fellow at Nieuwe Instituut – Museum for Architecture, Design and Digital Culture (NL) and, in 2021-2022, a participant at the Jan van Eyck Academie residency (NL). He holds a master’s degree in graphic design at Werkplaats Typografie ArtEZ University of the Arts (NL) and a post-graduate diploma in fine arts from École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts de Lyon (FR).

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