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Ordi Calder is a fine art photographer, whose focus on the geometric interplay of light and shadow on atomized compositions take us on an arcane quest for the essential components of reality. Minimalist, Ordí Calder's works reflect on the harmonic interaction between lights and shadows. His poetics is influenced by metaphysical knowledge, translated into his interest in Geometry, Colors, Electricity, incorporated into Modern Architecture, in addition to Musical Notes and other immutable values ​​of the Cosmos. (Artist Statement at the end) Born in the interior of Paraná, Ordí has an affinity for visual arts from an early age, although he ends up studying history. At the age of 14 he moved with his family to Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, where he started his artistic production in a self-taught way. Ordí photographed from childhood on compact cameras until he bought his first used Reflex Camera in 2002 at the age of 21. In the first decade of the new century, he made his first exhibitions and, after finishing his History degree in 2006, Calder moved to São Paulo to study Postgraduate Studies in Graphic Design. In the capital he had opportunities to attend Museums and Exhibitions and to photograph the metropolis until 2007, when he returned to Cuiabá to work in his own office, as a Graphic Designer. The experience lasted less than 02 (two) years because Ordí n adapted to sell, collect etc. Work beyond Creation. At the age of 30 (in 2010), he left 02 (two) degrees and decided to dedicate himself only to the art of photography. With the support of his family, he moved to Cabo Frio, (with his then girlfriend who was studying for a doctorate in Biology in Rio de Janeiro) where he lived for 2.5 years and where, via the Internet, he discovered art contests and study materials, in art galleries in the USA, as well as Europe opportunities, such as FIAP contests. Already living in Cabo Frio, he holds an Individual at the Morro da Caixa D'água Velha Museum in Cuiabá in 2010 and, where he returns again at the end of 2012. At Sesc Arsenal in Cuiabá, where he made his first exhibition with Edital, he held his third Individual (in Cuiabá), in early 2013; exhibition awarded with Individual Circulation for 05 (five) Brazilian State Capitals in 2014. In 2015 Calder moves to Búzios, Rio de Janeiro and, in that year he receives 04 international awards: International MARCO POLO Art Ambassador Award; International Prize Michelangelo Artists at the Jubilee by Curators Francesco Russo and Salvatore Saverio Russo; International Art Award "The David of Bernini in 2015" and; Special prize for Human Rights, Tribute to "Anne Frank" by Salento Event of Contemporary Art, ACCADEMIA ITALIA IN ARTE NEL MONDO. In 2016 Ordí Calder presents individual exhibition at 03 Subway stations in São Paulo; the same year he held an Individual at the Centro Cultural Patrícia Galvão, in Santos; In addition to international group exhibitions with a jury at Art Galleries in the USA. In 2017 he becomes Represented by Eikones Art Office, in Santos and continues to participate in international group exhibitions with jury, in Art Galleries and, in one of the 02 (two) Galleries that Represent him in São Paulo, the Inn Gallery . In 2019 he moves to São Paulo and participates in a collective exhibition at the Inn Gallery and, is represented by the second gallery in São Paulo, the collective gallery CoGallery Aspicuelta 271. Ordí Calder is also represented by the Colorida Art Gallery, in Lisbon; Linus Gallery in Pesadena, Los Angeles and Artô Galeria in Cuiabá. At the end of that year, Ordí Calder is invited to join the team of artists Represented by Only Abstract (https://only-abstract.com/) Ordí Calder was born in 1979 in Nova Olímpia, interior of Paraná, where he lived until the age of 6 (six) when the family moved to Maringá, Paraná. With life marked by countless changes between city and Brazilian states, at the age of 14 he moved to Cuiabá, Mato Grosso. Since May 2019 he lives and works in São Paulo. Ordí Calder has works in 03 private collections and 03 public collections: Sesc Arsenal e, Morro da Caixa D’água Velha Museum in Cuiabá and; Patrícia Galvão Cultural Center in Santos. His Photographic Poetics, the Subjaz and the Spellings Light, graphics facts collection, his main body of work, are published in national and international Catalogs, Art Books and Magazines: INTERNATIONAL ART BOOKS 2016 - ART EXHIBEO Volume 1 - Interviews and selected essays on art and artists. 2016 - THE BEST OF INTERNATIONAL EMERGENT ARTISTS AWARD. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 2015 - Vanguard Visionaires Book, ART PLATFORM NYC. Launched at ArtBasel Miami, USA. 2013 - International Contemporary Artists VII. ICA, New York, USA. NATIONAL ART BOOK 2017 - BRAZILIAN ART IN CONTEMPORANEITY, VOL II. Carmen Inn, Inn Gallery. Ornitorrinco publisher. Sao Paulo. NATIONAL ART CATALOGS 2015 - CURRENT ART GALLERY. 2015 - Brazilianart Yearbook. 2014 - Brazilianart Yearbook INTERNATIONAL ART CATALOGS 2018 - Spotlight Art Magazine | 7, Circus Foundation. 2018 - Studio Visit Magazine Volume 43 and 44. 2015 - ART IN AMERICA Annual Guide, ART UpCLOSE. 2015 - ART UpCLOSE Gallery: World Edition, ARTIFACT Gallery. SPECTRUM ArtBasel. 2015 - EXPOSURE 2015 Artist Wanted, See.me. 2014 - Volumes 22 and 23 of STUDIO VISIT MAGAZINE. USA. 2014 - HIDDEN TREASURE. England. 2011 - EXPOSURE 2015 Artist Wanted, See.me NATIONAL ART MAGAZINE 2017 - ART & STYLE Revista. Year 5 - October 2017. Rio de Janeiro. INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS WITH JURY 2009 - Grafias de Luz, Fatos Gráficos, SESC ARSENAL Art Gallery, Cuiabá, MT. 2010 - INTERSECTIONS IN TIME, Morro da Caixa D’água Velha Museum, Cuiabá, MT. 2013 - Galeria Colorida Exhibition. Lisbon, Portugal. 2013 - SUBJAZ, at SESC-ARSENAL, Cuiabá, MT. 2016/2015 - Individual Solo Exhibition for 03 (three) months at São Paulo's subway stations. 2016 - Solo Exhibition at Galeria Patricia Galvão, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS WITH JURY AND PRIZED WORKS Selected and some awarded works, in International Art Exhibitions with Jury in Art Galleries in the United States: 2018 - The Latin American Contemporary Art Competition Exhibition, Agora Gallery. More: Linus Galleries 04 (four) Exhibitions. Light Space & Time On Line Gallery 17 (seventeen) Exhibitions. 1650 Gallery 12 (twelve) Exhibitions. Darkroom Gallery 02 (two) Exhibitions. Art Slant 06 (six) ArtSlant Prize Showcase Winner. More: 9th Annual INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS 01 (One) NOMINEE award-winning work. INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS 01 (one) Honorable Mention winning series. Also: LACDA, See.Me, Exhibitions “FIAP, PSA, UPI, Image Sans Frontiere”, CREATIVE QUARTERLY Magazine, Art Exhibeo Magazine, Art Quench Gallery and, 01 (one) Work awarded with the Accepted Award-FIAP in the 14th CHINA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC ART EXHIBITION, being the only Brazilian selected. NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS WITH JURY 2018 - The Other Fair, Centro Cultural B_arco, Pinheiros, São Paulo. 2016 - 4th CCFA Visual Arts Salon, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. 2014 - Salão Pérsio Galembeck, Araras, São Paulo, Brazil. Private Exhibitions: 2019 - Art - Fragments of Singularity, Inn Gallery. 2018 - Art Fair, Shopping Casa Gourmet, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro. 2018 - The All-Seeing Eye. Inn Gallery. Sao Paulo. 2018 - Exhibition "Coletivo da Eikones" Art Office, VIP Space of Braz Cubas Art Gallery. Santos Department of Culture, São Paulo, Brazil. 2017 - Focus 24hs Inn Gallery. Arc Artifact + Art + Design + Cult + Life. 5th Brazilianart Collective Exhibition, Centro Cultural Palace, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. 2014 - 5th Brazilianart Collective Exhibition, Centro Cultural Palace, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil FORMATION 2008 - Graduate Graphic Design (Anhembi Morumbi-SP). 2006 - Bachelor and Degree in History (Federal University of Mato Grosso, UFMT) ARTISTIC FORMATION 1999-2004 - Amateur musician, studies and plays guitar and bass in two (02) projects by independent bands. 2002 - Self-taught photographer, acquires his first used Reflex Camera and begins his studies with old photography books from the UFMT Library, where he was studying History, as well as handouts from the Distance Photography Course at the Instituto Universal Brasileiro. 2019 - Course on Photography and Night Sky. Itaú Cultural Artist Statement When composing new readings of "everyday" objects or scenes with the "current look" and, in creating independent aesthetic beauty, I make a cut that abstracts the canonical information from the appropriate photograph through the communication channels and commercial production / control systems: I create art a from these subtle structures of domination, in order to expand the observer's consciousness and enable him to reframe (his) reality.