About the artist
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My current research project is mainly focused on the study of human behavior and existential themes, seeking to explore ways of contemplating reality from a unique perspective with the aim of expressing that which is not possible in everyday life, but which is always present in it.
My works often dialogue with what is most intimate in human beings. Their pain - physical and psychological -, frustrations, passions, intensity, lack of feelings. This provocation, at the same time, is done with a guise that makes the aesthetics pleasant due to the techniques used, without failing to convey a critical message.
I believe that one of my greatest purposes as an artist is to contemplate the complexity of life.
João Pedro Matumoto is a visual artist born and living in the capital of São Paulo. He produces paintings and drawings using a mixed technique of graphite and charcoal. Art has been present in his life since he was very young through drawing, and it was his passion for the potential of colors and their possibilities that led him to also work with digital painting and oil painting.
In addition, he currently works with digital product design with a focus on User Experience (UX) and has a degree in Advertising and Propaganda. In high school, he completed technical training in Visual Communication. Curious, he builds visual narratives that move through different languages in the visual arts, influenced mainly by psychology and philosophy, with the aim of touching on issues related to human behavior.
