Narcélio Grud Brazil, b. 1976
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Ascenção (Ascension) 01, 2025 -
Ascenção (Ascension) 03, 2025
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Extrusion Jangovar , 2025
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Extrusion Qubba , 2025
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Gota (Drop) 01, 2025
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Gota (Drop) 02, 2025
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Jangovar 01 , 2025
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Jangovar 04, 2025
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Perspectiva, 2025
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Qubba 04, 2025
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Recurvo 04, 2025
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Recurvo Continuo (Continuous Recurve), 2025
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Serpentina, 2025
Emerging voice in contemporary sculpture from Ceará, Brazil.
Narcélio Grud (b.1976, Fortaleza, Brazil) is an emerging figure in contemporary sculpture whose studio practice focuses on sculpture, objects and works on paper that incorporate kinetic, sonic and interactive elements. His works explore the extended plastic possibilities of steel and wood, often incorporating natural elements of light, wind and sound and are often also accompanied by an organic or spontaneous intervention that further enrich the possibilities of his concrete abstraction. Either by incorporating movement, sound or unusual plastic manipulation into sculptures made of materials traditionally seen as fixed or static, or by inviting the participation of the viewer, Grud’s work proposes new possibilities of connection with the world at large.
‘Narcélio Grud is used the seeing the world around him as an environment to be transformed. Instead of conforming to the given social context, he prefers to think that a context is something waiting to be modified by his art interventions....as an artist, he is more interested in transforming the world than he is in depicting it’ (Baixo Ribeiro, 2023)
Narcélio Grud has been the recipient of numerous art awards since 2007, and in recent years has had various major shows in Brazil and internationally, including in 2025 at Kupfer (London) as part of the UK/Brazil Season of Culture 2025-26, supported by the British Council and Instituto Guimarães Rosa; as well as recent solo exhibitions at Museu de la Música Mexicana (DF, Mexico), The Museum of Image and Sound (Fortaleza, Brazil) and the Pinacoteca do Ceará (Fortaleza, Brazil). He has recently won a commission with the groundbreaking sculpture park Usina da Arte, alongside the work of Marina Abramovic, Alfredo Jaar and Artur Lescher, which is currently being made.
His work is included in various distinguished Brazilian public collections, including at Museu Niemeyer, Pinacoteca de Fortaleza, the state collections of Rio de Janeiro, Fortaleza, Rio das Ostras and Sobral, as well as the newly-inaugurated Parque das Esculturas (Espirito Santo, Brazil).
I am honoured to present Narcélio Grud’s exceptional work to a UK audience at such a pivotal time in his career and at a time when his work demands a more international presence.