André Pitol
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He studied at the Museu do Sol in Penapolis, the Arts Foundation in São Caetano do Sul and the University of São Paulo. He holds a PhD in Arts (USP, 2023), a specialization in Didactic-Pedagogical Processes for Distance Learning Courses (UNIVESP, 2021), a master's degree in Art History, Theory and Criticism (USP, 2016) and a bachelor's degree in Visual Arts, majoring in Printmaking (USP, 2013).
Since 2023, he has been a lecturer at the École Intuit Lab - French Institute of Design, Digital and Strategy (São Paulo), where he teaches the subject “Curatorship: Theory and Criticism” and “Curatorship: Practices and Actions”. He also teaches free courses, especially related to the visual arts and photography.
In 2024, he was a guest resident at the Ljubljana Graphic Arts Biennale at the International Graphic Arts Center (MGLC) in Slovenia, as part of the From Biennale to Biennale project, which celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Ljubljana Graphic Arts Biennale and its 36th edition in 2025. In 2023, he co-conceptualized the itinerant program School of Quilombism, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany.
He has participated in activities at cultural institutions such as Pivô (Curatorial Consultations), Masp (Afro-Atlantic Histories), Sesc (Technologies and Networked Art: Black Technologies), Instituto Moreira Salles (Immigrant Photographers and Histories of Photography), Museu do Ipiranga (More Shared Ways of Curating: conceptions and practical experiences of shared curatorship) and Coleção moraes-barbosa (Resident in the Research Program), among others.
He curated Edival Ramosa - Nova Construção Totêmica (moraes-barbosa collection, São Paulo, 2024) and Expondo Patrimônios: a arte de pendurar histórias (SADA, São Paulo, 2019). He was co-curator of the 30th Mostra de Arte da Juventude (Sesc Ribeirão Preto, 2022) and adjunct curator of A parábola do Progresso (Sesc Pompeia, 2022/2023), curated by Lisette Lagnado and held during Sesc Pompeia's 40th anniversary celebrations. He is currently assistant curator of the 36th São Paulo International Biennial (2025).
He has taken part in juries and committees, such as the MAC USP 2024-2025 Temporary Exhibitions Call (2024), the 48th Ribeirão Preto National-Contemporary Art Salon, Ribeirão Preto Art Museum (2023) and was a member of the Awards Committee for the 52nd Annual Armando Álvares Penteado College, SP (2022).
He has written articles and essays on artists such as Lyle Ashton Harris, Madalena Schwartz, Claudia Andujar, Pierre Verger, Almir Mavignier, José Oiticica Filho and Alair Gomes, and has collaborated with periodicals such as The Brooklyn Rail, Photographies, ARS, Modos, Mídia Ninja and Revista ZUM, among others.