1986, lives and works at São Paulo, Brazil

Virgílio Neto (Brasília-DF, Brazil) is a visual artist who explores the language of drawing in his work. Since 2008, he has been consistently participating in exhibitions and projects in art institutions, galleries, and independent spaces. He holds a master’s degree in Contemporary Poetics from the University of Brasília – UnB (2015), where he also completed his undergraduate degree in Graphic Design (2008). He has had seven solo exhibitions, including at Paço das Artes (2019), Espaço Funarte Brasília (2013), and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Campo Grande (2011). He has participated in several artist residencies, such as The Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada (2013), and Sacatar, on the Island of Itaparica (2016). He has been nominated twice for the Pipa Art Investor Award (2013, 2014), won first place in the EDP Prize in Arts at the Tomie Ohtake Institute (2012), and has also been awarded in art salons such as Transborda Brasília (2016) and the Anapolino Art Salon and the National Art Salon of Jataí (2012). He was selected to participate in group exhibitions such as the Rumos project by Itaú Cultural (2011) and 100 Years of Athos Bulcão at the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center (2018). His works are part of the collections of the Museum of Art of Rio – MAR and the Museum of Art of the Republic, Brasília. He was one of the founding members of the Laje Cultural Space in Brasília (2011 to 2015) and later a founding member of Espaço BREU in São Paulo (2018 to 2020).