Gustavo Nazareno

Ep.277 Gustavo Nazareno is a Brazilian artist whose practice explores portraiture, spirituality, mythology, and Afro-Brazilian cultural traditions. Through painting and drawing, he investigates themes related to the African diaspora, the cosmologies of Candomblé and Umbanda, and the Yoruba pantheon of orixás, with a particular focus on Exu as a recurring symbolic figure. Nazareno has presented solo exhibitions at institutions and galleries including the Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araújo, São Paulo; Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães (MAMAM), Recife; Opera Gallery, London, Miami, and Bal Harbour; Cassina Projects, Milan; Gallery 1957, London; and Selma Feriani Gallery, Tunis. His work has been featured in group exhibitions at institutions such as the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD), San Francisco; Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho; Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB), São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro; SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo; Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Ithaca; and the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), Seville. His works are included in the collections of Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araújo, MAMAM – Museu de Arte Moderna Aloísio Magalhães, Instituto Collaço Paulo, Projeto Afro, and Cornell University. In 2024, the publication Bará received the 66th Jabuti Prize in the Graphic Design category. Gustavo Nazareno Portrait_photo Ana Beatriz Silva Opera Gallery https://www.operagallery.com/artist/gustavo-nazareno PIPA https://www.pipaprize.com/gustavo-nazareno/ Cassina Projects https://www.cassinaprojects.com/artists/59-gustavo-nazareno/ Guzangs https://guzangs.com/gustavo-nazareno-has-nothing-to-explain/ Le journal des arts https://www.lejournaldesarts.fr/evenement/2026/gustavo-nazareno-how-grow-flower-supernova-183945 Artnet https://www.artnet.fr/galeries/opera-gallery/gustavo-nazareno-how-to-grow-a-flower-from-a-supernova-/ Cultures de mode https://culturesdemode.com/timeline_expositions/gustavo-nazareno-how-to-grow-a-flower-from-a-supernova/ Prazzle Arts https://www.prazzlearts.com/editorial/shes-hiding-from-her-groom-jupiters-coming-to-save-her-in-conversation-with-gustavo-nazareno-at-the-opera-gallery-paris Fonts in use https://fontsinuse.com/uses/57825/bara-by-gustavo-nazareno Art Plugged https://artplugged.co.uk/gustavo-nazareno-how-to-grow-a-flower-from-a-supernova-opera-gallery-paris/#google_vignette Art Paris https://www.artparis.com/en/artist/110379 Heni News https://heni.com/news?artist=Gustavo%20Nazareno Gallery1957 https://www.gallery1957.com/artists/43-gustavo-nazareno/ WePresent by WeTransfer https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/gustavo-nazareno-painting-candomble all set concierge https://allsetconcierge.com/2026/06/29/the-alchemist-gustavo-nazareno-has-arrived-in-paris/ FCVM https://fashioncvmag.com/gustavo-nazareno-opera-gallery-paris/ Acuman https://magazine-acumen.com/en/Article/the-pictorial-fables-of-Gustavo-Nazareno/ Fashion Trendsetter https://www.fashiontrendsetter.com/v2/2026/04/20/exhibition-gustavo-nazareno-how-to-grow-a-flower-from-a-supernova/