Duda Penteado The Artivist

BIOGRAPHY

Duda Penteado is an "Artivist" — visual artist, filmmaker, educator, and cultural visionary—who has lived between the United States and Brazil for more than 25 years. His multidisciplinary practice spans performance, video, installation, murals, sculpture, painting, and other visual forms. Much of his work engages critical social issues: racial injustice, sustainability, cultural identity, globalization, and other geopolitical and social currents of the 21st century. He has exhibited at galleries, cultural institutions, and museums throughout the United States, Brazil, and Europe.

Duda's work resists being reduced to a single movement or country — it is the work of a global thinker. To engage with Duda and his art is to encounter the work of an intellectual: a visual pedagogy of the highest order, one that sets the stage for communities to engage in local and international dialogue on essential human concerns.

Exhibitions

Active in Brazil, the USA, and Europe throughout the 1990s and into the early 21st century, Duda has shown at:

  • Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
  • Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy (2009)
  • Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
  • The Museum of Art and Origins, Harlem, NY
  • BACI – The Brazilian American Cultural Institute, Washington, DC
  • Museo de las Américas, Denver, CO
  • CITYarts 272nd Mural, "Nature is Love on Earth," NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, St. John's Recreation Center, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY (2008–2009)
  • Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
  • New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
  • Kean University, Union, NJ
  • Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ
  • Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
  • Drew University, Madison, NJ
  • Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
  • UFES – Universidade Estadual do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES, Brazil
  • UNESP – Universidade Estadual Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
  • SESC-SP, São Paulo, Brazil
  • MAC – Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói, RJ, Brazil
  • Museu Afro Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Facebook Art Project Exhibition, NYC
  • Pop-Up Solo Exhibition, Cintron & Vidal Gallery, Dallas Design District, TX
  • Kerr Gallery, Miami Design District, FL

Leadership & Teaching

Duda served as President of the Artist Certification Board for the City of Jersey City, NJ, until 2010. He is currently an artist-teacher at the Paul Robeson Galleries at Express Newark, Rutgers University, and Creative Director of the Jersey City Youth Works Public Art Program. He also serves on the Jersey City Public Arts Advisory Board and the Jersey City Theater Center Board. Since 2015, alongside Mario Tapia and Dr. Carlos Hernandez, he has led the We Are You Project.

Awards & Recognition

  • Urban Artist Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
  • Goldman Sachs Student Art Project Grant, Jersey City, NJ (2006, 2007, 2008)
  • Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Grant
  • The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, Claremont, CA
  • Special Guest for Artistic Achievement & Commitment to Youth, YMCA of Greater New York, NYC
  • American Graphic Design Award, Interactive Multimedia Installation, NYC
  • Humanitarian Award, Hudson County Chapter of the American Conference on Diversity, Jersey City, NJ
  • Kappa Pi International Honorary Art Fraternity Award, Eta Rho Chapter, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
  • JCAC Public Art Award, Jersey City, NJ (2019)
  • "The Jewel of JK" – Juscelino Kubitschek Award, United Nations – CICESP, NYC