Vinicius Gerheim
Shapes, rhythms, vibrations, and sympathies compose relations of forces that encrypt their own existence. These are paintings that disrupt the boundaries of the public and private by managing the limits of language and of the self.
– Walla Capelobo, 2021
Born in 1992, in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Vinicius Gerheim is an artist whose production touches the intersections between sexuality and faith, in the field of the child's memory and its multiform narratives. In his work, he materializes images coming from the desire to transform lost sensations into language. To the artist, being a LGBTQIAP+ person allowed him, since the very beginning, to overthink patterns, norms and codes that limited his body. It is through painting that he amplifies his sensibility, reshapes these codes and gets re-enchanted by things that haven't been translated.
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Geometria crepuscular
23 Nov 2024 - 1 Feb 2025 Rio de JaneiroThe group exhibition proposes a reflection on geometry in contemporary art, exploring an approach that moves away from formal and exact rigidity to incorporate more subtle, sensory and subjective aspects....Read more -
Vinícius Gerheim | Tororó
10 Aug - 26 Oct 2024 São PauloVinicius Gerheim, Boca, pena e folha , 2024; foto [photo] Pedro Agilson, cortesia do artista e A Gentil Carioca [courtesy of the artist and A Gentil Carioca] Vinicius Gerheim opens...Read more -
Forrobodó
9 Sep 2023 - 13 Jan 2024 Rio de JaneiroA Gentil Carioca is pleased to present Forrobodó, a group exhibition that marks the 20th anniversary of the gallery and celebrates the political, poetic, aesthetic and erotic potential of the...Read more -
Vinicius Gerheim | Brejo
10 Sep - 22 Oct 2022 Rio de JaneiroA Gentil Carioca invites you to the opening of BREJO , solo exhibition by Vinicius Gerheim . In the exhibition, biomes from Minas Gerais’ Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest materialize...Read more -
A Trama da Terra que Treme
21 May - 22 Jul 2022 São PauloJoão Modé | Construtivo [Paninho] , 2014 A Gentil Carioca is pleased to present A Trama da Terra que Treme . Curated by Victor Gorgulho , the show brings together...Read more -
Vinicius Gerheim | Primeiras Estórias
14 Aug - 9 Oct 2021 Rio de JaneiroThe temporal phenomena between the large gap in living and dying are actions of our senses, of the sensations that embody the cycles, of the emotions that drive the perceptions...Read more
Vinicius Gerheim is an artist whose production is grounded in the observation of visual
patterns and social codes within his surroundings. His work establishes connections
between elements of the landscape, local print traditions, popular imagery, and classical painting genres such as still life and landscape, offering a sensitive dialog between the environment and cultural memory. He explores notions of repetition, collectivity, and belonging, proposing new ways of thinking about identity, nationhood, and ecosystem. His practice moves through themes of sexuality, faith, and childhood memory, driven by a desire to transform lost sensations into language.Through painting, he expands his sensibility, reconfigures established codes, and finds renewed enchantment in what has yet to be translated.
In 2025, the artist participated in the exhibition “Horizontes – Peintures brésiliennes”, Le
Grand Palais – Saison Brésil–France, in Paris, and in the artistic residency at El Espacio 23, in Miami, USA. The artist also took part in the group exhibition “A World Far Away, Nearby and Invisible: Territory Narratives in the Jorge M. Pérez Collection”, at the Jorge M. Pérez Collection and El Espacio 23, Miami, USA, and created the mural Pé-de-Moleque at the Palácio do Planalto, in Brasília, Brazil.
In 2024, he participated in the collective exhibitions “O que te faz olhar para o céu?” at the Centro Cultural dos Correios and presented the solo exhibition ‘Tororó’ at A Gentil Carioca in São Paulo.
In 2023, they took part in the group exhibition Forróbodó at A Gentil Carioca, Rio de
Janeiro, and participated in the group exhibition NOW – Brazilian Contemporary Art at the Inimá de Paula Museum, in Belo Horizonte.
In 2022, he opened “Brejo,” a solo exhibition at A Gentil Carioca in Rio de Janeiro. He
participated in the collective exhibition “A Trama da Terra que Treme” at A Gentil Carioca in São Paulo and held a solo exhibition for the gallery's stand at Independent New York.
In 2021, he held his first solo exhibition at the A Gentil Carioca gallery in Rio de Janeiro. Since 2014, he has participated in exhibitions at independent spaces and institutions such as Casa Daros, Centro de Artes Calouste Gulbenkian, Fundação de Arte de Niterói, Casa França-Brasil, among others.
His works are part of important collections such as: ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art; Pérez Art Museum Miami; Susan & Michael Hort; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo; Rennie Collection; 21C Museum.