Fernando Ribeiro is Performance artist and curator. He began studying performance art in 1999 and has since established himself as one of the main exponents of this art form in southern Brazil. He holds a master's degree in Arts from PPGARTES/UNESPAR/FAP (2023), a specialist degree in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art from UFPR (2010) and a bachelor's degree in visual arts from UTP (2002). He has presented his work at venues such as Grace Exhibition Space (New York, 2012), Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery (Chicago, 2012) and Mobius (Boston, 2012). Among the events he has participated in are MIP - Manifestação Internacional de Performance (Belo Horizonte, 2003); O Corpo na Cidade (Curitiba, 2010); Miami Performance International Festival (Miami, 2013); Performance no Memorial (Belo Horizonte, 2014), TERRA COMUNAL - Marina Abramovic + MAI (São Paulo, 2015), Poéticas do Corpo (Campinas, 2016); Corpus Urbis (Amapá, 2017) and Cada Vez Mais Perto (Curitiba, 2018). He has been the curator of the p.ARTE platform since 2012. He has also curated the Curitiba International Biennial (2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019), the third edition of CCBB música.performance (São Paulo, 2015), MIP3 and MIP4 (Belo Horizonte, 2016 and 2021 respectively). Fernando lives and works in Curitiba.

website: www.fernandoribeiro.art.br