Cildo Meireles' work focuses on social, political, economic, and historical issues (both in art and in Brazilian history). He began his art studies at the Cultural Foundation of the Federal District (Brasília) in 1963. He belongs to the generation of Brazilian artists who, from the late 1960s onwards, were influenced by conceptual art.
His objects and installations adhere to varying scales and take as their starting point everyday actions and small displacements. He has held exhibitions in important museums, being the second Brazilian to have a retrospective at Tate Modern (London), in 2008, after Hélio Oiticica. Throughout his career, he has participated in editions of Documenta in Kassel (Germany), the Venice Biennale (Italy), and the São Paulo Biennial (Brazil).
Visit the artist's gallery at Inhotim.
