Matheus Gonçalves
Mini Bio
Matheus Gonçalves (30) is a visual artist and historian based in São Paulo. He holds both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree from the University of São Paulo (USP). Drawing on records of urban memory and its present-day occupation, he creates prints, paintings, and artists' books. Since 2015, he has been teaching workshops and courses at public cultural institutions in São Paulo and São Caetano do Sul.
TMNDT
In Tmndt, ghost anteaters leap through the pages of a concertina book printed with woodcuts paying tribute to the Tamanduateí River. Die-cut pages reveal fantastical animals on the reverse, alluding to the river's burial underground and its environmental degradation caused by the urban expansion of the São Paulo Metropolitan Region over the centuries.