
1991, lives and works at Salvador, Bahia
Visual Artist, born in Minas Gerais and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Daniel Jorge currently lives and works in Salvador, Bahia.
At the intersection of utopia and pragmatism, Jorge explores the relationships between space, territory, time, occupation, memory, settlement, weight, body, and proportion through a peripheral and diasporic perspective. By revealing essential materials and elements tied to the imagination of civilization and the practices of Afro-diasporic peoples, Jorge constructs new images of identity rooted in belonging and a sense of place.
His thinking and creative process are anchored in fractal geometry and abstraction, materializing in tangible works that span painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and performance. In his material compositions, stone, clay, ore, and repurposed materials emerge as fundamental elements to discuss and critique contemporary “methods” of apartheid.
Daniel Jorge’s work embodies a symbiosis between life and death, ethereal and physical bodies, pragmatism and utopia, abstraction and imagination. His Black body serves as both a compass and a symbol within this uneven cartography, traversing distinct histories from rural landscapes to Brazil’s peripheries and quilombos. It amalgamates the existence of this dissident body, using materials to critique and highlight the calamities of climate change and their impact on Brazil’s peripheral and rural zones. Stretching time between childhood memories and contemporary movements, Daniel Jorge challenges territorial possibilities and redefines existence through each piece of his work.