José Bechara was born in 1957, in the city of Rio de Janeiro where he lives and works. He studied at the EAV Parque Lage – Visual Arts School, located in the same city. The artist took part in major art shows, among them the 25th Bienal Internacional de São Paulo; the 29th Panorama da Arte Brasileira; the 5th Bienal Internacional do MERCOSUL; and the 2011 Trienal de Arquitetura de Lisboa including the exhibitions "Caminhos do Contemporâneo" e "Os 90" at Brazil`s Paço Imperial in Rio de Janeiro. Bechara has shown his works in individual and group exhibitions at renowned institutions, among them Brazil`s Fundação Eva Klabin; Portugal`s Culturgest, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa and Museu do Chiado; Spain`s MEIAC-Badajós, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderna-Valencia, the Museo Patio Herreriano-Valadollid (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Español) and MARCO de Vigo. He also showed his work at Germany`s Haus der Kilturen der Welt; the Ludwig Forum Fur Intl Kunst; the Kunst Museum; at Belgium`s Musee Bozar, and at the ASU Art Museum in the USA. Bechara`s work has travelled to the most relevant institutions in Brazil, among them the MAM-Rio de Janeiro; MAC-Paraná; MAM-Bahia; MAC-Niterói; the Instituto Tomie Ohtake; Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz; Fundação Iberê Camargo; the Museu Vale; Centro Cultural São Paulo; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo to name a few. Bechara`s works are present in private and public collections as MAM Rio de Janeiro, the Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection-BR; the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo-BR; Centre Pompidou-FR; Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz-BR; MAC Niterói – coleção João Sattamini-BR; Instituto Itaú Cultural-BR; MAM Bahia-BR; MAC Paraná-BR; Universidade Cândido Mendes-BR; Fundo BGA-BR; Es Baluard Museu d`Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma-ES, and MARCO de Vigo-ES; Brasilea Stiftung-CH; Culturgest-PT; the ASU Art Museum-US; MoLLA-US; Ella Fontanal Cisneros-US, among others.

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