PARIS.- Mennour announced the exclusive representation of Sidival Fila.

Born in Paraná, Brazil, in 1962, Sidival Fila lives and works in Rome, at the Convent of the Franciscan friars of San Bonaventura al Palatino. He roots his artistic research on disused materials, mostly fabrics, including linen, cotton, silk, hemp, and brocade with the idea to free the object from its “material” condition. His aesthetic journey is a constant quest for the contact with the matter, and his art aims at giving it back its “voice”.

His work is featured at Art Basel 2024 and his first solo show at Mennour will take place in autumn 2024.

“The artwork gives the matter the chance to tell us its past, a past that is often made of centuries of history.” --Sidival Fila

His work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at Vatican Library, Rome, Museo Bilotti of the Villa Borghese, Rome, Palazzo Ducale di Sassuolo (IT) and at Fondazione Raccolta Lercaro, Bologna (IT). He also took part in numerous group shows at MACRO Museum in Testaccio, Rome, MADRE-Museo d’Arte Donna Regina, Naples (IT), Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Centre national d'art contemporain du Fresnoy (FR), Sankt Peter Kunst-Station, Cologne (DE) and Palazzo delle Scintille, Milan (IT). For the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019, he produced a site-specific installation inside the Venice Pavilion titled Golgotha. Sidival Fila grants the profits of his sales to charitable associations.