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GUAVA is an online artist-run gallery. Founded in 2019, it is a curatorial platform for exhibitions and projects made especially for the internet.

 
Mariana Destro - founder and director
Thiago Granai - chief curator

@guava.gallery
info@guava.gallery


Featured Artists and Curators

Álvaro de Santana
Ana Matheus Abbade
Auguste Montini
bellavirus
Bento Ben Leite
Cecilia Vilca
Cryptonudes
Edu Moreira
Estelle Flores
Fernanda Azou
Flora Bahri
Gabriela Maciel
Gean Guilherme
Gisele Lima
Guinho Nascimento
Iah Bahia
Jan Araújo
Jéssica Luz
Jonas Van
Júlia Godoy
KOSHA
Laura Fraiz
Lídice
Luisa Callegari
Luisa Günther
Luiz Ferreira
Malena Stefano
Marcelo Pinel
Mariana Destro
Nino
Patrícia Abbott
Rafael da Escóssia
Roberta de Oliveira
Rodrigo D'Alcântara
Romulo Barros
Sallisa Rosa
Sandro Miccoli
Stenio Freitas
Taís Koshino
Terra Assunção
Thiago Granai
Vitor Breves
Wisrah Villefort
Yná Kabe Rodríguez


Press

Obra Latinoamericana
Terremoto
Daily Lazy
Projects

Wisrah Villefort
23:37
May 7, 2021
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Taís Koshino
jardim | 枯山水 | garden
April 21, 2021
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Mariana Destro
Nonada (in Portuguese)
March 1, 2021
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Current Exhibition

Auguste Montini, bellavirus, Cryptonudes, Edu Moreira, Estelle Flores, Gabriela Maciel, Gean Guilherme, Jéssica Luz, KOSHA, Lídice, Marcelo Pinel, Mariana Destro, Patrícia Abbott, Sandro Miccoli, Taís Koshino, Terra Assunção
“estado de coisas” (state of affairs)
Curated by Thiago Granai
April 28 — August 31, 2022
with BICA
bicaplataforma.com
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Past Exhibitions

Álvaro de Santana
“Voltas na Fita” (Loops on the Tape)
December 13, 2021 — January 9, 2022
guava.gallery

Cactus x GUAVA
“Come and devour me, eat your own flesh”
November 9, 2021
GUAVA hosted by Casa Voa
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Wisrah Villefort
“(S)”
Curated by Thiago Granai
May 7 — 28, 2021
GUAVA hosted by deCurators
Brasilia, Brazil
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Fernanda Azou
“Eu faço das tripas coração” (I bend over backwards to love you)
Curated by Gisele Lima
December 17, 2020 — January 17, 2021
Instagram

Rodrigo D'Alcântara
“Autodeclarações” (Self-declarations)
Curated by Mariana Destro
November 12 — December 6, 2020
Instagram

Florah Bahri, Guinho Nascimento, Júlia Godoy, Jonas Van, Laura Fraiz, Mariana Destro, Sallisa Rosa, Wisrah Villefort, Yná Kabe Rodríguez
“Translation”
Curated by Thiago Granai
May 28 — June 28, 2020
Instagram

Taís Koshino
“Voragem” (Maelstrom)
May 7 — 24, 2020
Instagram

Rafael da Escóssia
“Desastres políticos de autoajuda ou algumas correntes de zap para o fim do mundo” (Political self-help disasters or Whatsapp chain letters for the end of the world)
Curated by Yná Kabe Rodríguez
April 16 — May 3, 2020
Instagram

Bento Ben Leite, Iah Bahia, Jan Araújo, Laura Fraiz, Lídice, Luisa Callegari, Luiz Ferreira, Malena Stefano, Nino, Roberta de Oliveira, Romulo Barros, Yná Kabe Rodríguez
“lista”
Curated by Mariana Destro
June 28 — August 2, 2019
Instagram
Wisrah Villefort, “(S)”, GUAVA at deCurators, Brasilia, Brazil. Exhibition view. Wisrah Villefort, “(S)”, GUAVA at deCurators, Brasilia, Brazil. Labor, 2021 (The internal lighting of the gallery to be adjusted brighter than that of the external environment and to be kept on for the duration of the exhibition) 22 days. Wisrah Villefort, “(S)”, GUAVA at deCurators, Brasilia, Brazil. Label, 2021 (The digital signboard outside of the gallery to be switched off for the duration of the exhibition) 22 days. Wisrah Villefort, “(S)”, GUAVA at deCurators, Brasilia, Brazil. Exhibition view. Wisrah Villefort, “(S)”, GUAVA at deCurators, Brasilia, Brazil. Exhibition view. Wisrah Villefort, “(S)”, GUAVA at deCurators, Brasilia, Brazil. Untitled, 2021 (Adhesive vinyl) 120 x 19,8 cm. Wisrah Villefort, “(S)”, GUAVA at deCurators, Brasilia, Brazil. Labor 5, 2021 (To paint the visible surface of the gallery walls white) Time needed, surface dimensions. Wisrah Villefort, “(S)”, GUAVA at deCurators, Brasilia, Brazil. Exhibition view. Wisrah Villefort, “(S)”, GUAVA at deCurators, Brasilia, Brazil. Silver, 2021 (Ultrasonic repellent for rats and bats with noise sonication test, universal plug adapter set on ‘Europe’) 21.5 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm. Wisrah Villefort, “(S)”, GUAVA at deCurators, Brasilia, Brazil. Silver, 2021 (detail). Wisrah Villefort, “(S)”, GUAVA at deCurators, Brasilia, Brazil. Husbandry, 2021 (Various papers, adhesive, stainless steel) 30 x 25 x 4 cm. Wisrah Villefort, “(S)”, GUAVA at deCurators, Brasilia, Brazil. Husbandry, 2021 (detail). Wisrah Villefort, “(S)”, GUAVA at deCurators, Brasilia, Brazil. Husbandry, 2021 (detail). Wisrah Villefort, “(S)”, GUAVA at deCurators, Brasilia, Brazil. Husbandry, 2021 (detail).

Wisrah Villefort
“(S)”
Curated by Thiago Granai
May 7 — May 28, 2021
GUAVA hosted by deCurators
Brasilia, Brazil

23:37, 2021
Found sound compilation.
23 min 37 sec
To access the work, please visit guava.gallery/23-37

Silver 3, 2021
Ultrasonic repellent for rats and bats with noise sonication test, universal plug adapter set on ‘Europe’.
21.5 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm

Label, 2021
The digital signboard outside of the gallery to be switched off for the duration of the exhibition. 22 days.

Labor, 2021
The internal lighting of the gallery to be adjusted brighter than that of the external environment and to be kept on for the duration of the exhibition. 22 days.

Labor 5, 2021
To paint the visible surface of the gallery walls white.
Time needed, surface dimensions.

Labor 7, 2021
To cover the visible surface of the gallery floor with the chosen carpet, keep its leftover, and vacuum after installing.
Time needed, surface plus leftover dimensions.

Husbandry, 2021
Various papers, adhesive, stainless steel.
30 x 25 x 4 cm

Untitled, 2021
Adhesive vinyl.
120 x 19,8 cm

Wisrah Villefort (Buritizeiro, 1989) lives and works in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Their practice incorporates photography, video, sound, and text into installations and hypermedia works. The artist was shortlisted to the III Reynaldo Roels Jr. Award (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and attended the Pivô Pesquisa AIR (Sao Paulo, Brazil). Institutional archives, collections, and commissions include KADIST (Paris, France), The One Minutes Foundation at Sandberg Instituut (Amsterdam, Netherlands), and Moreira Salles Institute (Sao Paulo, Brazil). Amongst recent exhibitions are the solo “The Mouth of the Gifted Horse” (Goswell Road, Paris, France) and the groups “XOXO” (Galerie I'axolotl, Toulon, France), 14th Curitiba Biennale (Curitiba, Brazil), “Prosthetics Vol. 2” ( U10 Art Space, Belgrade, Serbia), and “SUPERHOST” (Like a Litle Disaster, Polignano, Italy).

All images courtesy and copyright of the artist and the space. Photos by Jessica Melo Negreiros.