Art statement

As an artist, I’m not specifically interested in Beauty, not in the Greek conception of the word. Purity of form bores me. Symmetry makes me sick. Harmony does not appeal to me at all. I’m an urban spirit accustomed to the delicate relationships that emerge from chaos. My eyes are rough, they belong to asphalt and to concrete. I see poetry in the skyscraper, grace in the subway stations. My art stands for everything that’s broken, everything that’s fake, everything in this jungle fever we call home. It speaks the city language and it feeds from city codes: traffic lights, sirens, ads, typography and anarchy. Digital by nature, it is distilled from silicon, ripped off from the algorithm. It bends what should be cartesian into primary colors to make it instinct. I feel my work as a manifesto of the undesirable, graphic remains of a nightmare. But in a very particular way, I’m a humanist. A poet of the scars. A punk playing horse polo. Deep down we have something in common, even if it's nothing. Find out and get yourself a punch.

About Roger Monteiro

Roger Monteiro was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, in the late '70s. He holds a degree in Literature, a postgraduate degree in Philosophy and Visual Arts, with a specialization in Art History and Visual Culture. Alongside a long and successful career as an art director and graphic designer, he has been more consistently dedicated to non commercial arts since 2013, researching, exploring, and applying digital media into artistic creation. He focuses on contemporary and urban themes and is heavily influenced by pop culture, rock'n'roll, punk aesthetics and the industrial processes of image production. His work has been exhibited and published in various cities in Brazil and countries such as Croatia, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Italy, Liechtenstein, Portugal, and Spain. Most recently, as a natural consequence of his engagement with the digital world, he started to study generative artificial intelligence platforms and their potential for interaction with artistic work, experimenting, thinking, and writing about the subject. An eternal enthusiast of doubt, Roger Monteiro believes that every time he's one hundred percent certain about something, he is not doing his job right. Used to be a fencer. He is married to the beautiful Olivia and rides an old motorcycle named Lady Luck.

Solo exibitions

Geometrethnics (2023)
Municipal Historical Archive
Caxias do Sul/Brazil

One Pocket Exhibition (2022)
Future Factory
Porto Alegre/Brazil

Chromatic Cartography of Porto Alegre (2022)
Master Porto Alegre Hotel
Porto Alegre/Brazil

Mutabilis Reloaded (2021)
Henrique Ordovás Filho Cultural Center
Caxias do Sul/Brazil

Mutabilis (2020)
CEEE Erico Verissimo Cultural Center
Porto Alegre/Brazil

June – Special room (2013)
Tina Zappoli Gallery
Porto Alegre/Brazil​

Group Exhibitions

Arrival London (2025)
The Factory
London/UK

Erico (2025)
Força & Luz Cultural Center
Porto Alegre/Brazil

The Art that Lives Within Us (2025)
Casa 100
Gramado/Brazil

That Type of Art (2024)
Zigwall Arts
Porto Alegre/Brazil​​

Be Art in Berlim (2024)
Bardo Projektraum Space
Berlim/Germany

Salon International d'Art Contemporain  (2024)
Carrousel du Louvre
Paris/France

​Contemporary Impressions (2024)
Gabriel Wickbold Gallery
São Paulo/Brazil​

Miniart International (2024)
Gravura Gallery
Porto Alegre/Brazil

​Flags, seas, rivers, colors and love (2024)
Art100 Gallery
Porto Alegre/Brazil

​Anima Latina (2024)
Rocca Paolina
Perugia/Italy

​What Art Lies Within Us? (2024)
Art100 Gallery
Porto Alegre/Brazil​

Art Pop Up (2024)
Art Lab Gallery
São Paulo/Brazil​

Encert Art (2024)
Ava Gallery
Varkaus/Finland

​Poetic Gestures (2023)
Art100 Gallery
Porto Alegre/Brazil​

Bela Biennial Phase 3 (2023)
Cassino Atlântico Mall
RIo de Janeiro/Brazil

​Bela Biennial Phase 2 (2023)
Correios Cultural Center
Rio de Janeiro/Brazil​

China International Poster Biennial (2023)
China Academy of Arts
Hangzhou/China

All You Need is Art  (2023)
Cordoaria de Lisboa
Lisbon/Portugal​

Salon International d'Art Contemporain (2023)
Carrousel du Louvre
Paris/France

​Bela Bienal (2023)
The Cable Factory
Helsinki/Finland

​Monochrome Reflections (2023)
Blue Koi Gallery
Daegu/South Korea

​Petit Gallery Exhibition (2023)
Petit Gallery
Campinas/Brazil

​Museum of the Artist (2023)
Museum of Image and Sound
Campinas/Brazil

​​Brazilian Art Salon of Liechtenstein (2023)
Gasometer Center
Triesen/Liechtenstein

Vogue (2023)
Boomer Gallery
London/UK​

Art Pop Up (2023)
Art Lab Gallery
São Paulo/Brazil​

Salão de Artes Internacional de Portugal (2022)
Fábrica Escola Irmãos Stephens
Marinha Grande/Portugal​

Frontiers Exhibition (2022)
Abraço Gallery
Lisbon/Portugal​

Yellow (2022)
Mads Gallery
Milano/Italy

​Icon Second Edition (2022)
Boomer Gallery
London/UK

​33 Years, 33 Artists (2017)
Tina Zappoli Gallery
Porto Alegre/Brazil​

In the Meantime (2015)
Tina Zappoli Gallery
Porto Alegre/Brazil

​Cat Meows, Dog Barks, Ego Kills (2014)
Tina Zappoli Gallery
Porto Alegre/Brazil

Publications

Safari Magazine (2025)
Issue 4/Brazil

Art Seen (2025)
Winter Issue/UK​

Modern Renaissance (2025)
Issue 29/USA

Safari Magazine (2025)
Issue 3/Brazil

Modern Renaissance (2025)
Issue 26/USA

Modern Renaissance (2025)
Issue 25/USA

Art Seen (2025)
Spring Issue/UK​

The AI Art Magazine (2024) Endorsed by David Carson
Issue 1/USA

Modern Renaissance (2024) Cover
Issue 24/USA

​Creator Magazine (2024)
Issue 15/Brazil

​46pgs Magazine (2023)
Issue Finale/Croatia

​Ava Magazine (2023)
Issue October/France

Modern Renaissance (2023)
Issue 20/USA

​Vogue Catalogue (2023)
Special Issue/UK

Contemporary Collage Magazine (2022)
Issue 12/UK

46pgs Magazine (2022)
Issue 11/12/Croatia

​Collect Art (2022)
Issue 4/Georgia

​Icon Second Edition Catalogue (2022)
Special Issue/UK

​Contemporary Collage Magazine (2022)
Issue 6/UK