Peres Projects

assume vivid astro focus is comprised of Eli Sudbrack and Christophe Hamaide-Pierson. Eli Sudbrack was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and lives and works between São Paulo and New York. Christophe Hamaide-Pierson was born in Paris and lives and works in Paris.

Public Projects and Commercial Collaborations

2016

• perimetrava, skateboard public art project organized by OIR and Nike, Rio de Janeiro, BR

2015

• Mural project for Beacon High School through Public Art for Public Schools, New York.
• Collaboration with MAC Cosmetics
• Collaboration with Marc Jacobs
• Collaboration with Henzel Carpets
• Wallpaper collaboration with Maharam

2014

• Permanent mural for Brooklyn’s Original Music Workshop
• Collaboration with Henzel Carpets “The People’s Tee”, Nike
• RxArt Hospital Installations - Special Children’s Hospital, Lakewood, New Jersey, and La Clinica del Barrio, Harlem, New York

2013

• Short film for films4peace, Curated by Mark Coetzee

2012

• avaf+Art21 comboworks, an interactive online project for Art21
• Featured artist of Art21 PBS series
• Artwork for window display and interior of Melissa store in New York City

2011

• GAGA’s WORKSHOP, a collaborative display for Barney’s New York, Madison Avenue, New York City
• Visual Collaboration with Comme des Garcons
• Artwork for façade and interior of Galeria Melissa store in São Paulo, Brazil

Solo Exhibitions

2018

ReTRANSpective / Retrospective of the Future, Pivo, Sao Paulo, BR

2017

• avalanches volcanoes asteroids floods, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, US
• always vomit after formalities, Site 57, New York, US
• assume vivid astro focus, Casa Triangulo, Sao Paulo, BR
• assume vivid astro focus, MATE, Lima, PE

2016

• avalanches volcanoes asteroids floods, Santa Barbara Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, US
• assume vivid astro focus, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, DE
• assume vivid astro focus, Plutschow Gallery, Zurich, CE

2015

• assume vivid astro focus, CAC, Cincinnati, US

2014

• ángeles veloces arcanos fugaces, Faena Arts Center, Buenos Aires, AR
• adderall valium ativan focalin (cantilevering me), The Suzanne Geiss Company, New York, NY
• Mural installation, Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, BR

2013

• Casa Triangulo, Sao Paulo, BR
• The Armory Show, The Suzanne Geiss Company, Focus Section, curated by Eric Shiner

2012

• Featured artist of 2012 Gala, The Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, BR

2011

• Cyclops Trannies, The Suzanne Geiss Company, New York, New York
• Silent Disco, One night performance and installation for the opening of Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK
• Mural Installation, All Very Amazing Fingers, City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, US
• Mural Installation, LIGHTBOX, Miami, US
• Cyclops Trannies, Galeria Triângulo, SP Arte, São Paulo, BR

2010

• archeologist verifies acid flashbacks, The Wynwood Walls, Miami, US
• Wallpaper and Neon Installation, Core Club, New York, US
• Ilegítimo, MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, US
• aqui vivimos atisbando fantasmas, Centro Contemporaneo La Conservera, Murcia, ES
• artistiquement voué au feu, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, FR

2009

• affektert veggmaleri akselererende faenskap, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, NO
• Menschen Tiere Sensationen/ancient vagrancy appolonian futurism, Kunstverein Arnsberg, DE
• Poprally, MoMA, New York, US

2008

• ameixa vazio attack fátima, Casa Triangulo, São Paulo, BR
• aqui volvemos adornos frivolos, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
• antonella varicella arabella fiorella, public project for ENEL Contemporanea 2008, curated by Francesco Bonami, Rome, IT
• ameiz vous avec ferveur, special window project for the Museum of Modern Art New York, US
• absolutely venomous accurately fallacious (naturally delicious), Deitch Projects New York, US
• alienation vertigo action formula, special project for the VIP lounge area at The Armory Show, New York, US

2007

• Concrete Waves: Homage to Skate Culture (with Ryan McGinness and P.S. 1, MoMA), Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, US
• faux dark shada rustic moniques, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, JP
• a very anxious feeling, John Connelly Presents, New York, US

2006

• abra vana alucinete fogo, Galeria Triângulo, São Paulo, BR
• butch queen realness with a twist of pastel color, John Connelly Presents, New York, US
• Open Call, Kunsthalle Wien project space, Vienna, AT
• absorb viral attack fantasy, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, JP

2005

• Off the Wall Series (in collaboration with Elmgreen and Dragset), Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, US
• homocrap #2, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, IT
• butch queen realness with a twist in pastel colors (featuring Dick Jewell), Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

2004

• assume vivid astro focus XI, Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz Private Collection, Key Biscayne, US
• Make It With You: A Slow Dance Club (collaboration with Los Super Elegantes), Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
• assume vivid astro focus IX, an art project with Central Park's Dance Skaters Association sponsored by The Public Art Fund and in conjunction with the 2004 Whitney Biennial, New York, US

2003

• assume vivid astro focus VII, Deitch Projects, New York, US
• assume vivid astro focus V , Peres Projects, San Francisco, US
• assume vivid astro focus III, Bellwether Gallery, New York, US

Selected Group Exhibitions

2016

• Run, Run, Run La Station, Halle sud du chantier Sang neuf, Nice, FR
• HORIZONS, Plutschow Gallery, Zurich, CH
• New Shamans/Novos Xamãs: ​Brazilian Artists, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, US
• Manifesta 11, Zurich, CH
• Soft Power. Arte Brazil, curated by Robbert Roos, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, NL
• Structures of Power, Diablo Rosso, Panama City, PA
• Greek Gotham, curated by Maria Britto , Dio Horio, Mykonos, GR
• Game, curated by Ricardo Sardenberg, Luisa Strina, São Paulo, BR
• Mycorial Theater, curated by Milovan Farronato, Pivô, São Paulo, BR

2015

• Love Story – Works from Erling Kagge's Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, NO

2014

• Casa Triângulo's 25th Anniversary, Pivô, Edifício Copan, São Paulo, BR
• Kino International Theater, Berlin, Germany
• Uncertain Terms, What If the World, Cape Town, South Africa

2013

• 15 Years And Counting, assume vivid astro focus VIII, Anniversary Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, US
• Tuyauterie Tropicale, Natures Artificielles (Lille 3000), Hotel Europa, Lille, FR

2012

• Pop Politics, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo CA2M, Madrid, ES
• The Lift: avaf, Kiki Smith, and Andrea Zittel, Bloomberg in collaboration with Art21, New York, US
• Portrait of a Generation, The Hole, New York, US
• Tro-pi-cal, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm, Oslo, NR
• Collages: Incisions-Fragments-Montages, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, FR
• In Living Color, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, US
• Collaborations and Interventions, curated by Friederike Nymphius, CCA Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, ES
• Blabla et Chichi sur un bateau, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, FR
• Collaborations and Interventions, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, ES
• Perpetual Conceptual: Echoes of Eugenia Butler, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), Los Angeles, US

2011

• The Space Between Now and Then, Galleria OMR, Mexico City, MX
• Krakow Photomonth, curated by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, Krakow, PL
• Travessias, Favela de Mare, Rio de Janeiro, BR
• Experience Pommery #9, Domaine Pommery, curated by Claire Staebler and Charles Carcopino, Reims, FR
• New York Minute, Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, RU

2010

• Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, The New Museum, curated by Jeff Koons, New York, US
• Demons, Yarns, and Tales, James Cohan Gallery, New York, US

2009

• Scorpio’s Garden, Temporare Kunsthalle Berlin, DE
• New York Minute, MACRO Museum, curated by Kathy Grayson, Rome, IT
• Chelsea Visits Havana, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, CU
• Zweckgemenschaft, curated by Francesco Stocchi, MICA MOCA, Berlin, DE
• Minneapolis, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
• Tattoo, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, US
• Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
• One night performance with Black Meteoric Star, Donau Music Festival, Vienna, AT

2008

• In Living Contact, 28th Sao Paolo Biennial, Sao Paolo, BR
• ENEL Contemporanea 2008, curated by Francesco Bonami, Rome, IT
• The Voting Booth Project, benefit exhibition for The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, curated by Quang Bao, David Zwirner Gallery
• I/Legitimo, curated by Daniela Bousso, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, BR
• Super#3, an one night performance with Black Meteoric Star (Gavin Russom), Maison des Arts de Créteil, Paris, FR
• The Rocky Mountain People Show, curated by Fabio Cavallucci and Cristina Natalicchio, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemmporanea, Trento, IT
• Cover, Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM), curated by Fernando Oliva, São Paulo, BR
• When Lives Become Form: Dialogue with the Future – Brazil, Japan, curated by Yuko Hasegawa, Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM), São Paulo, BR
• Tiny Art Show, curated by Maxwell Williams, Cynders Gallery, Brooklyn, US
• Graffiti, curated by Daniela Bousso, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, BR
• Glasgow International,curated by Caroline Stevenson, Glasgow, UK
• Gravity: Selected works from the Ernesto Esposito Collection, Museo Artium, Vitorai, ES
• Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, curated by Dominic Molon, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, US, and Musee D’Art Contemporain de Montreal, CA
• A New High In Getting Low (NYC), curated by John Connelly, John Connelly Presents, New York, US
• Brevity’s Rainbow, curated by Maxwell Williams, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, US

2007

• shada shada La Chatte, an one night performance in collaboration with La Chatte, part of La Noche en Blanco, organized by Reina Sofia and ARCO, Matadero, Madrid, ES
• Double Vision, Deutsche Bank, New York, US
• New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930-2006: Selections from a Decade of Acquisitions, curated by Luis Pérez-Oramas, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, US
• BoysCraft, curated by Tami Katz-Freiman, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, IL
• A New High In Getting Low, ArtNews Projects, curated by John Connelly, Berlin, DE
• Studio Voltaire Portfolio, Studio Voltare, London, UK
• Gravity’s Rainbow, Peres Projects, Athens, Greece
• Space For Your Future, curated by Yuko Hasegawa, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOT), Tokyo, JP
• The Studio of the Street, Deitch Projects: Art Basel, Basel, CH
• Out of Art, from the Collection of Ernesto Eposito, CentrePasquArt, Kunsthaus Centre d’Art, Biel Bienne, CH
• Playback, curated by Anne Dressen, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville Paris, Paris, FR
• Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, curated by Dominic Molon, MCA, Chicago, US
• Rozamira Festival, Moscow, RU
• Destroy Athens, Athens Biennial, curated by Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Poka-Yio and Augustine Zenakos, Athens, Gr
• Fractured Figure: Works From the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Athens, GR
• The Weasel: Pop Music and Contemporary Art, South London Gallery, London, UK
• She Was Born To Be My Unicorn, curated by Amy Keller, Smith-Stewart, New York, US
• CARToons at COMICON, Changing Role – Move Over Gallery, Naples, IT
• Impossibly Familiar, Fashion Institute of Technology, Art Gotham, New York, US
• Independent Curators International, New York Studio Events, New York, US
• Cosmologies, James Cohan Gallery, New York, US
• BoysCraft, curated by Tami Katz-Freiman, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, IL
• Night Visions: MOCA after Dark, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, US
• Out of Art, from the Collection of Ernesto Eposito, CentrePasquArt: Kunsthaus Centre d’Art, Biel Bienne, CH

2006

• Underplayed: A Mix-Tape of Music-Based Videos, curated by Julio Morales and Berin Golonu, YBCA, Los Angeles, US
• Art on Paper 2006, curated by Xandra Eden Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, US
• Kamp K48, curated by Scott Hug, John Connelly Presents, New York, US
• Constant Disturbance: On Cultural Contamination and Foreign Agents, curated by Gean Moreno Centro Cultural Español, Coral Gables, US
• Faces, bodies and contemporary signs of Ernesto Esposito’s collection, Museo D’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina (MADRe), Naples, IT
• CITYZOOMS: New York, TBA, Bonn, Germany, Tempest, curated by John Connelly, The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, US
• Contemporary Video Art from Brazil, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE
• Tropicália, curated by Carlos Basualdo, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, October 15, 2005 – January 2, 2006 Barbican, London, UK, February 13 - May 22, 2006, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York, Oct 11, 2006 – Jan 28, 2007
• Ninth Tropical Night – Pablo Internacional, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
• Panic Room, works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation Centre For Contemporary Art, Athens, GR
• Trial Ballons/Globos Sonda, curated by Yuko Hasegawa, Agustin Pérez Rubio, and Octavio Zaya, MUSAC, León, ES
• Infinite Painting, curated by Francesco Bonami and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Codroipo, IT Swallow Harder: Selections from the Ben and Aileen Krohn Collection, Frye Museum, Seattle, US The Gallery Show , Extra City Center for Contemporary Art, Antwerp, NL
• The Garden Party, Deitch Projects, New York, US
• SuPERM Salon/Superhole Weekend Sundown Salon, Los Angeles, US
• Group Show, John Connelly Presents, New York, US

2005

• Baroque and Neo-Baroque, curated by Javier Panera, Salmanca Contemporary Art Centre, Salamanca, ES
• The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies (“K48”, curated by Scott Hug), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, US
• Ecstasy: In and About Altered States, curated by Paul Schimmel, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, US
• Manchmal weiss ich nicht, ob ich etwas wirklich erlebt oder ob ich es in einem Film geshen habe, Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany op-ish, Samson Projects, Boston, US
• Draw, Galerie du jour agnes b., Paris, FR
• Seeing Double: Encounters with Warhol, Andy Warhol Museum of Art, Pittsburg, US
• Growing up Absurd, Kent Institute of Arts and Design (Herbert Read Gallery), Canterbury, UK
• Drone, Vilma Gold, London, UK
• Colour My World, Riflemaker Gallery, London, UK

2004

• Divided by Lightning, Deitch Projects, New York, US
• Revenge of Romance, Temporary Contemporary, London, UK
• Nocturnal Emissions, Groninger Museum, Groninger, NL
• The Stars of Track and Field are Beautiful People, Changing Role Gallery, Naples, IT
• Byproducts of Work, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, CA
• If You Believe Hard Enough…, Rocket Projects, Miami, US
• assume vivid astro focus VII, Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US
• Carnaval, Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, BR
• Works on Paper, Southfirst, New York, US
• Cave Canem, John Connelly Presents, New York, US
• Such Things I do Just to Make Myself More Attractive to You, peres projects, Los Angeles, US
• The 6th Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, Consolidated Works, Seattle, US

2003

• Hovering, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, US
• Fast Forward (Media Art from the Goetz Collection), ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
• Study, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, JP
• Today’s Man, John Connelly Presents, New York, US, Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
• Corporate Profit vs. Labor Costs, D’Amelio Terras, New York, US
• K48_Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show curated by Scott Hug, galerie du jour/agnes b., Paris, FR
• Impakt Festival, curated by Arjon Dunnewind, Utrecht, NL
• Karaoke Death Machine, Daniel Reich, New York, US
• Videodrome, curated by Nicolas Trembley, Cosmic Galerie, Paris, FR
• Life/Like, curated by Oliver Kamm, Apartment 5BE, New York, US

2002

• Emerging Artists, curated by Simon Watson, Rhona Hoffmann Gallery, Chicago, US
• K48_Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show, curated by Scott Hug, John Connelly Presents, New York, US
• Georges: Abstraction/Surface, curated by Nicolas Trembley, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
• Coleções 3, curated by Néssia Pope, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, BR
• High Desert Test Sites, curated by Andrea Zittel, Andy Stillpass and John Connelly, Joshua Tree, CA
• Vidéo Topiques, curated by Lydia Yee, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, FR
• Videodrome II, curated by Anne Ellegood, Dan Cameron, Anne Barlow and Johanna Burton, Zenith Media Lounge, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, US
• Room for a Revolution, curated by Kristen VanDeventer and Lisa Williamson, Deluxe Gallery, Chicago, US
• End of the Rainbow, Bellwether, New York, US
• 222: 2002: Stardust: Assume Vivid Astro Focus and Kalaman, curated by Anton Kern, Apex Art, New York, US
• Unknown Pleasures, curated by Daniel Reich, Daniel Reich, New York, US
• Bathroom Group Show, curated by Daniel Reich, Daniel Reich, New York, US
• Face Value, curated by Lauren Ross, White Columns, New York, US
• Miss World 1972, curated by Daniel Reich, Daniel Reich, New York, US
• Alpha Flight, curated by John Connelly, John Connelly Presents, New York, US
• Deslocamentos do Eu: O Auto-Retrato Digital e Pré-Digital na Arte Brasileira, 1976-2001, curated by Tadeu Chiarelli, Itaú Cultural Campinas, Campinas, BR
• São Paulo Turística, curated by Ricardo Resende, Museum de Arte Moderna Higienópolis, São Paulo, BR
• Biting Style and Spitting Image, curated by Diane Chamber and Denise Delgado, Bass Museum of Art, Miami, US, June 15 - July 1, 2001

2000

• To Be Continued, curated by Rebecca Smith and Matt Keegan, Bellwether, Art In General and Parlour Projects, New York, US

1998

• Recent Works from Project Antárctica Artes com a Folha’s Artists, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, BR
• City Cannibal, curated by Daniela Bousso, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, BR

1996

• Excesso, curated by Daniela Bousso, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, BR
• Antárctica Artes com a Folha, Pavilhão Manoel da Nóbraga, São Paulo, BR

Selected Public Collections

• Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Goetz Collection
• DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art
• Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome
• Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
• National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design, Oslo
• The Lauro Collection, Il Giardino dei Lauri
• De La Cruz Collection
• The Depart Foundation

Selected Press

2016

• Donelan, Charles, assume vivid astro focus at MCASB, Santa Barbara Independent, September 27, 2016

2015

• Coleman, David, Village Vanguard, Architectural Digest, p. 70, February, 2015

2014

• Sexuality, edited by Amelia Jones, White Chapel Gallery, 2014
• Spampinato, Francesco, Come Together—The Rise of Collaborative Art and Design, Princeton Architectural Press, 2014
• Delavan, Tom, Guatemalan Modern, New York Times Magazine, p. M2140, Dec. 7, 2014
• Hurdle, Gregston, Artist Eli Sudbrack Talks Adderall, Valium, and Excess, Art, Mass Appeal, May 7, 2014
• Trebay, Guy, Subversive, but Colorfully So, Fashion & Style, Styles Q+A, The New York Times, May 2, 2014
• Mello, No, A Primeira Ves, Vogue Brazil, Spring 2014
• Jones, Denna, Art Takes The Floor, cover, Spring 2014
• Feinstein, Laura, Brazilian Muralist Gives Us A Rundown of Williamsburg’s Newest Arts Hub, The Creators Project blog, January 2, 2014

2013

• My Influences, Frieze, No. 152 January-February, 2013
• AVAF, Vaga Magazine, Issue No. 4, Spring

2012

• Vogue Brazil, June 26th, 2012
• Dijon, Honey, VMAGAZINE.com, May 30, 2012
• B1 Be One Magazine, May 2012
• Iredale, Jessica. Inside Melissa’s New Soho Shop, WWD, February 2, 2012
• Blumenthal, Erica M., Browsing, Thursday Styles, The New York Times, February 9, 2012
• Murrow, Lauren. The Shoes Are Nice Too, NYMAG.com, February 6, 2012

2011

• Graham, Mhairi, Who, What, Why: Dover Street Market’s Open House, Anothermagazine.com, October 12, 2011
• Karimzadeh, Marc, Lady Gaga Links with Barneys New York, WWD.com, August 15, 2011
• Yablonsky, Linda, GaGa’s Vivid Gifts, The New York Times, November 25, 2011.
• Trezzi, Niccola, assume vivid astro focus, Flash Art, June 1, 2011.

2010

• Chaplin, Julia, Art Basel Miami’s Big – Buzz 10, The New York Times, November 26, 2010
• Sophie, Cay, Another Vicious Admiring Friend, V Magazine, November 1, 2010
• Miller, Ken, Far Out – AVAF, New York Times’ The Moment Blog, November 1, 2010
• Rudnik, Katie, More Than 2-D – Assume Vivid Astro Focus in Print, Interview Magazine, October 29, 2010
• Davies, Lucia, Who, What, Why – Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Another Magazine online, October 14, 2010
• Brennan, Dury, assume vivd astro focus, Flaunt, March 1, 2010:4
• Velazquez, Aquei que soy de muchas caras, Codiga, January 1, 2010: 8.

2009

• Orden, Erica, Lastly, Play the Odds (But Just For Fun), New York, April 26.
• Grayson, Kathy, New York Minute: Sixty Artists on the New York Scene, Marcro Museum Rome, November 1st, 2009.
• Ishikawa, Aiko, assume vivid astro focus, Plus Eighty One vol45, December 1st, 2009: 6.

2008

• Orden, Erica, The Modern’s Windows Go From Clear to Colorful, The New York Sun, August 15, 2008
• Paravisi, Riccardo, The Rocky Mountain People Show. Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Artkey Magazine, August 2008
• Gianni, Ilaria, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Arte e Critica, November 1, 2008.
• Art and Public Space. Enel Contemporanea 2008, Arts and Architecture Journal, issue 66/67
• Enel Contemporanea: Art Among the Ruins, Art World, August-September
• Pancotto, Pier Paolo, Perdersi a Roma con Eli Sudbrack, l’Unita, July 2008.
• Drake, Cathryn, Roman Holiday, Artforum.com, July 2008
• Patresi, Ludovico, I Brasiliani di Oggi nella Roma di Ieri, La Republica, July

2008

• Visconti, Andrea, La Mia Arte Va Presa a Testate, L’Espresso, July 2008
• Amadasi, Giovanna, Astro Boys, Marie Claire Italia, July 2008
• Vedovotto, Sabrina, Giochi di Luce a largo Argentina L’archeologia diventa pop-art, Il Giornale, July 2008
• Fiaschetti, Maria Egezia, Notte d’arte, Corriere della Sera, July 2008
• Mattioli, Laura, Video, luci e gioco: le colonne antiche diventano ‘pop’, Il Messagero, July 2008
• Enel Contemporanea 2008: Tre Nuove Installazione di Artisti Internazionali a Roma e a Venezia, Il Manifesto, July 2008
• Inaba, Jeffrey, Enel Contemporanea da Energia all’arte, Econony, July 2008
• Colavecchio, Valeria, L’energia diventa arte, Donna Moderna, June 2008
• Works in Progress: assume vivid astro focus, V Magazine, July 2008
• Tang, Alyssa, Demolition Disco with assume vivid astro focus, NyArtBeat.com, July 2008
• Kellner, Amy, ART TALK! ASSUME VIVID ASTRO FOCUS, Vice TV (vbs.tv), May 2008
• Drysdale, Rebekah, assume vivid astro focus, Daily Serving, May 2008
• Rabinowitz, Cay Sophie, The You-As-Me-Issue, Parabol, January 2008
• Haraldseth, Geir, assume vivid astro focus, Acne, May 25, 2008.

2007

• Hasegawa, Yuko, Space for Your Future, exhibition catalog, December 2007, p.112-115, p. 160-161.
• Smith, Roberta, Latin American Modernism, The Sequel, The New York Times, November 2007.
• Mayer, Mariano, Arte Acumulación, Neo2, November 2007.
• Schmalenberger, Eric, Assume the Position, USELESS, issue 6, p.29
• assume vivid astro focus, Art Review, July and August Lima, Benjamin,
• assume vivid astro focus at John Connelly Presents, Art in America, November 2007, p. 208.
• Kastner, Jeffrey, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Art Forum, September 2007, p. 471.
• Villasmil, Alejandra, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Arte al Dia International, August- September 2007, p. 111.
• Cotter, Holland, The Creative Spirit, Strolling Thorugh SoHo With Its Fringe Flying, NY Times, September 2007.
• De La Barra, Pablo Leon, Abra Vana Aluciente Fogo, Casa Triangulo, Sao Paolo, Frog Magazine, Spring-Summer Issue, 2007.
• Laster, Paul, Interview: assume vivid astro focus, Artkrush, June 27, 2007
• assume vivid astro focus, Art Review, July – August 2007.
• Risemberg, Rafael, Four-Letter Words, nyblade.com, June 2007
• Lowenstein, Kate, Art in the City: When Art Attacks, The L Magazine, June 20-July 3, 2007
• Baker, RC, assume vivid astro focus, Best In Show, The Village Voice, June 13-19, 2007
• Hammonds, Kit, Travel: Brazil, Tema Celeste, April 6, 2007
• Wallpaper is the next artwork, New York Magazine, May 11, 2007
• Genocchio, Benjamin, Assume Vivid Astro Focus: 'A Very Anxious Feeling,’ The New York Times, Weekend Arts, May 11, 2007
• Leffingwell, Edward, Brazilian Improv, Art in America, April 2007
• Hammonds, Kit, travel: brazil, tema celeste, March 2007
• Francesco Spampinato, A New York: É l’ora della Neopsichedelia, Arte, March 2007
• Smith, Roberta, Cosmologies, The New York Times, February 2, 2007

2006

• Antebi, Nicole, Dickey, Colin, and Herbst, Robby, Failure! Experiments in Aesthetics and Social Practices, p. 184-188.
• Moreno, Gean, assume vivid astro focus, Art Nexus, No. 62 Volume 5, 2006, p.76-79.
• Cotter, Holland, Butch Queen Realness With A Twist In Pastel Colors, New York Times, July 21, 2006
• Bonami, Francesco and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto, Infinite Painting, Villa Manin, Codroipo, Italy, 2006, p. 32.
• Zaya, Octavio, Trial Balloons, MUSAC, León, Spain, 2006, p. 9.
• Blackley, Lachlan, assume vivid astro focus, Wallpaper, Laurence King Publishing, London p. 20-24
• Hastreiter, Kim, Booty Call, Paper, June/July 2006
• It’s all in the Blend, Blend, issue 13, June 2006
• Handle with Care, Nylon, March 2006
• Moreno, Gean, Constant Disturbance: On Cultural Contamination and Foreign Agents, Centro Cultural Espanol, Coral Gables, Florida, 2006, p. 30-31.
• Nairne, Sandy and Sarah Howgate, The Portrait Now. National Portrait Gallery, London, 2006, p.38
• Gallery - Contemporary Art, Lufthansa Magazine, March 2006, p.86
• Meyers, Julian, Ecstasy Review, Frieze, January/February 2006, p.145
• Paterson, Carrie, Group Shows: Ecstasy, Flash Art, January/February 2006
• Perrée, Rob, Kunst als Muziek, Kunstbeeld, n.12, January 2006, p. 20 – 23
• Davis, Erik, Ecstasy: In and About Altered States, ArtForum, January 2006
• Heartney, Eleanor, Ecstacy Now, Art in America, March 25, 2006

2005

• Grosenick, Uta. Art Now: Vol. 2, 2005, p.36-39.
• Domschke, Gisela, Art, Media, and Video Art in Brazil, ARCO Contemporary Art n.38, Winter 2005, p. 7 – 11
• Ecstasy, Tema Celeste, November - December 2005
• Campbell, Christopher, Miami Confidential, New York Times Style, Winter 2005, p. 108
• Souri, Kim, Know+Tell, Details, November 2005, p. 44
• Kimmelman, Michael, A Mind Bending Head Trip (All Legal), The New York Times, November 4, 2005
• Drohojowska-Philip, Hunter, The Art Trip, Artnet.com, Fall 2005
• Meyers, Terry, High Society, ArtReview, October 2005, p. 29
• Knight, Christopher, Take a Mind Excursion, Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2005
• Finkel, Jori. Dancing on a Ceiling (with Tom Cruise), New York Times, October 9, 2005, p. 36, 38 0 Muchnic, Suzanne, Mind-bending Visions, Los Angeles Times, October 2. 2005
• Smith, Roberta, Tune In, Turn On, Dig Art, New York Times, September 11, 2005
• Moreno, Shonquis, Garden of Earthly Delights, Frame, September/October 2005, p.88-89
• Schimmel, Paul, Ecstasy: In and About Altered States, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA, 2005, p.54-57
• Smith, Terry, Biennales: In the Conditions of Contemporaneity, Art & Australia, Autumn 2005, p.406 – 415
• White, Ian, It’s a Film Club, and Everyone’s Invited, ArtReview, vol. LVI, August 2005, p.46 – 47
• Connelly, John, assume vivid astro focus, Vogue Hommes, Spring/Summer 2005, p.114 – 117
• Leventis, Andreas, Emerging Artists: Man or Multitude? The bootlegged beauty of assume vivid astro focus, - Modern Painters, April 2005, p. 48 – 49
• Cattelan, Maurizio. Holding Court: Assume Vivid Astro Focus and Cory Arcangel, Tokion, March/April 2005, p.56 – 57
• Inner Cities, ArtReview, March 2005, p.60 – 63 0 Reginato, James, Sky High, W, vol. 34 issue 3, March 2005, p.42
• Grayson, Kathy and Jeffrey Deitch. Assume Vivid Astro Vocus, Live Through This, 2005, p. 94-97

2004

• Van Der Zijpp, Sue-an, Nocturnal Emissions:Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Groninger Museum Magazine, November 21, 2004, p.8
• Valdez, Sarah, Club Psychedelia: Last Night An Artist Saved My Life, PaperMag, November 2004, p. 62 – 63
• The Magnificient Seven: What to look for at the Frieze Art Fair 2004, Art Review, October 2004, Ed. International, p.35
• LaFreniere, Steve, My Pop, ArtForum, October 2004, p. 247
• Herzog, Eve, Hot List: The New Artist to Know, Harper’s Bazaar, September 2004, p. 275
• Corbetta, Caroline, Temporary Name, Vogue Uomo, July/August 2004, p. 46
• Prisco, Joanna, Spin Me Around, Surface, Surplus: Art, The Disco Luxe Issue, n. 48, p. 178
• LaVallee, Andrew, Young Artists Get Personal with Politics in Group Show, NY Arts, July 13, 2004
• Wolf, Matt, Majority ‘Whip’, Flash Art, July/September 2004, p. 63
• Korotkin, Joyce B., The Neo-Baroque Era, Tema Celeste, June/August 2004, issue 104, p. 38 - 45
• Bankowsky, Jack, Many Happy Returns, This Is Today, ArtForum, May 2004
• American Pie, Frieze, issue 83, p. 65
• Jane Grossman, Anna, Who? The New York Observer, April 19, 2004
• Scott, Andrea K, Free Parking, TimeOut, April 15 – 22, 2004
• Sundell, Margaret, The today show: The Whitney sums up the state of contemporary art in the best biennial in years, Time Out March 25 – April 1, 2004
• Weyland, Jocko, American Splendor, TimeOut, March 4 – 11, 2004
• Schjeldahl, Peter, What’s New, New Yorker, March 22, 2004, p. 100
• Kimmelman, Michael, Touching All Bases, New York Times, March 12, 2004
• Cotter, Holland, Duck! It’s Whitney Biennial Season Again, New York Times, March 7, 2004
• Rosenberg, Karen, Biennial Favorites , New York Magazine, March 1, 2004

2003

• Cobb, Chris, assume vivid astro focus, Flash Art, January/February 2003, p. 112
• Cotter, Holland, Paul P., New York Times, July 18, 2003, p. E33
• Eleey, Peter, K48-3: Teenage Rebel – The Bedroom Show, Frieze, April, 2003, p. 104
• Garret, Craig. Teenage Rebel at John Connelly Presents, Flash Art, March/April 2003, p. 51
• Kimmelman, Michael, Now Playing, New York Times, July 18, 2003, p. E33
• Laster, Paul, K48-3: Teenage Rebel – The Bedroom Show, Time Out, January 2 – 9, 2003, p. 59
• Lee, Carol, The Scope Art Fair at Dylan Hotel, Paper March, 2003
• Levin, Kim, assume vivid astro focus, Village Voice, July, 2003
• Raymond, Jon, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Artforum, July, 2003
• Robinson, Walter, Weekend Update: Scope Art Fair, artnet.com, March, 2003
• Robinson, Walter, Weekend Update, artnet.com, July 2003
• Rosenberg, Karen, Outside and In, Village Voice, January 15 – 21, 2003, p. 69
• Smith, Roberta, A Bread-Crumb Trail to the Spirit of the Times, New York Times, January 13, 2003
• Smith, Roberta, A Grand Finale of Group Show Fireworks, New York Times, July 18, 2003, p. E31

2002

• Arruda, Fernanda, 222-2002: Stardust, Exhibition Brochure, June, 2002
• Bollen, Chris, Two for Tee, V Magazine, March/April, 2002
• Cotter, Holland, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, New York Times, June 21, 2002, p. E37
• Johnson, Ken, Face Value, New York Times, February 22, 2002, p. E42
• LaFreniere, Stev, Top Ten, Artforum, May 2002, p. 47
• Powhida, William, Bubblegum Disco in Space, artnet.com, July 24, 2002
• Yee, Lydia, Musique/Video, Exhibition Catalog, November, 2002, p. 174
• Critic’s Picks: 222-2002, Time Out, June 20 – 27, 2002, p. 62
• High Desert Test Sites, exhibition catalog, November, 2002, p. 18

2001

• Chiarelli, Tadeu. O Auto-Retrato na (da) Arte Contemporânea, Deslocamentos do Eu: O Auto-Retrato
• Digital e Pre-Digital na Arte Brasileira, 1976-2001, exhibition catalog, July, 2001
• Cotter, Holland, Miss World 1972, New York Times, December 28, 2001, p. E44
• Philips, Richard, Top Ten, Artforum, November, 2001
• Scott, Andrea, Goings on About Town: Alpha Flight, New Yorker, December 17, 2001, p. 18

Awards

2007

• Recipient of The Public Art Fund’s In The Public Realm Grant

2002

• Recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant for Emerging Artist