The exhibition trajectory of Plínio Palhano traces the development of a body of painting that continuously investigates the relationship between body, landscape, and matter. Since his early shows at the Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Olinda and the Museu do Estado de Pernambuco, his work has articulated a poetics defined by the organic quality of forms and the tension between figuration and dissolution.

Over the decades, exhibitions such as Luz e Matéria (Light and Matter), O Ato do Olhar (The Act of Seeing), Memórias da Pele (Memories of the Skin) and Mare Nostrum reveal the deepening of his pictorial research, presented at important venues including the Fundação Joaquim Nabuco and the Centro Cultural Correios Recife. His participation in group exhibitions in Brazil and abroad reinforces the consistency of a singular trajectory within the contemporary art scene.

Awarded since the late 1970s in major art salons, Plínio Palhano has built a sustained presence marked not by abrupt ruptures, but by the continuous deepening of his pictorial inquiry.

This section brings together his exhibitions, offering a view into the evolution of a body of work that unfolds as a sensitive and ongoing investigation into painting.

Individual exhibitions

1980 - Animal's Body Parts - Contemporary Art Museum, Olinda, PE.

1981 - Landscape in it and in parts - Pernambuco State's Museum, Recife.

1982 - Our Life's Landscape - Oficina 154 Gallery, Olinda, PE.

1983 - Nudity Compositions - Aloysius Magalhães Metropolitan Art Gallery, Recife, PE.

1985 - Flowers of Fire - Governor's Palace, Olinda, PE.

1986 - Picture/Matter - Vicente do Rego Monteiro Gallery, Cultural Matters Institute, Joaquin Nabuco Foundation, Recife, PE.

1987 - Recife's Port - Recife Arts Office Gallery, PE.

1990 - Light and Matter - Ranulpho Art Gallery, Recife, PE.

1992 - Individual - Ranulpho Art Gallery, Recife, PE.

The Act of Looking – Ranulpho Art Gallery, Recife, PE

1993 - August's Naked - Espaço Vivo Gallery, Recife, PE.

1996 - Fractus – Espaço Vivo Gallery, Recife, PE

2000 - Fire Art - Pallon Art Gallery, Cultural Space Sheraton Recife Hotel, Recife, PE.

2010 - Mare Nostrum – Correios Cultural Space, Recife/PE, Brazil

2011 - Plínio Palhano – Paintings - Galeria Uffici, Recife – PE

Collective exhibitions

1975 - II National Art Salon, Cultural House, Recife, PE.

1976 - Christmas Salon, Pernambuco Contemporary Art Museum

1977 - Art Display on Arts and Communication Center - Federal University of Pernambuco.

1978 - I National Plastic Arts Salon - Fine-Arts National Museum

Eudes Mota and Plínio Palhano - Arte Nueva Gallery, Sao Paulo, SP.

1979 - Moment Two: Collective - Antonio Carlos Montenegro, Frederico Fonseca, Ricardo Aprígio and Plínio Palhano.

7 Artists: Collective - Arte Espaço Gallery, Recife, PE.

Three young artists from Pernambuco - Plínio Palhano, Frederico Fonseca and Ricardo Aprígio - Fine-Arts National Museum, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

II Plastic Arts Salon - Funarte, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

1980 - Visual Arts National Salon of Bahia's House - Bahia's House, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

XXXIII Official Arts Salon - Pernambuco State's Museum, Recife.

Plastic Artists from Pernambuco in Portugal - Porto's Fine-Arts Superior School, Portugal.

III Plastic Arts National Salon - Funarte, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

1981 - Collective: Picture & Poetry - Oficina 154 Gallery, Olinda, PE.

Panoramic of Current Art in Pernambuco - Capibaribe's Palace, Recife Municipal Prefecture, PE.

Retrospective, Salon Prize-Winning, Pernambuco State's Museum, Recife.

1982 - Collective: III Cultural Night - Telpe, Recife, PE.

1983 - XXXVI Plastic Arts Salon - Pernambuco State's Museum, Recife.

1985 - Collective - Arte Oficio Gallery, Recife, PE.

Artist from Pernambuco - Exhibition of Pernambuco Contemporary Art Museum's collection. Álvaro Penteado Foundation, Sao Paulo, SP.

1986 - XXXIX Plastic Arts Salon of Pernambuco - Pernambuco State's Museum, Recife.

9th Plastic Arts National Salon - Pernambuco's Convention Center, Olinda.

Collective - Tenda Gallery, Petrolina, PE.

1987 - Multiple Visions Recife II - Recife Metropolitan Gallery, PE.

Collective: C & A Contest - Aloysius Magalhães Metropolitan Art Gallery, Recife, PE.

1988 - Collective: Rare Works - Joaquim Nabuco Foundation, Recife, PE.

Seventies: Arts and Artists - Pernambuco Contemporary Art Museum, Olinda.

Fernando de Noronha seen by artists - Pernambuco Contemporary Art Museum, Olinda.

1989 - Pernambuco Color - Ranulpho Art Gallery, Sao Paulo, SP.

Collective: The Circus - Ranulpho Art Gallery, Recife, PE.

1990 - Pernambuco Landscape - Varadouro Popular Market, Olinda.

Collective: I Garanhuns Winter Festival - Garanhuns, PE.

Collective. Mar Olinda Hotel, PE.

1992 - Collective: Fernando de Noronha, 3 visions - Contemporary Art Museum, Olinda, PE.

1993 - Slaughterhouse, Painting Murals - Recife Cultural Foundation's Project, PE.

1994 - Complicity Project - Northeastern Art Exhibition, Portugal.

1995 - Cangaço's Iconography - Pernambuco State's Museum, Recife.

I Collective Great Artists in Olinda - Franz Post Art Space, Olinda, PE.

1996 - Contemporary Artists from Pernambuco - Pernambuco State's Museum, Recife.

1997 - See & Pernambuco Verse - Aloysius Magalhães Modern Art Museum - Mamam, Recife, PE.

2000 - Retrospective Exhibition of Pernambuco Plastic Arts Salons - Pernambuco State's Museum, Recife.

2001 - Olinda Everywhere - Eufrásio Barbosa Market - Curator: Olinda Municipal Prefecture.

2003 - Homage to Gauguin – Rodrigue’s Gallery of Art– Recife – PE

Art everywhere - Mercado Eufrásio Barbosa – Olinda – PE

2004 - Surrealism - Rodrigue's Galeria de Arte - Recife - PE - BRAZIL

2005 - Recife 468 anos - Ranulpho's Galeria de Arte - Recife - PE

Others participations

1988 - Member of Pernambuco Contemporary Art Salon's jury, Pernambuco State's Museum, Recife.

1990 - Release of the poster/poem Recife's Tourist Cry, with a portrait reproduction (made by Plínio Palhano) of Joao Cabral de Melo Neto, in Pernambuco Letters Academy when he was nominated to 19th seat.

Member of II CBTU/Northeast Art Exhibition's jury - Metrorec, Recife, Pernambuco.

1991 - Integrates Joao Cabral de Melo Neto Collection

1992 - Participates in the project Fernando de Noronha: 3 visions, promoted by the Pernambuco Editorial Company, Pernambuco State's Government, Recife.

1999 - One of the works of Mare Nostrum series starts to integrate Mario Soares Collection, Lisbon, Portugal.

Exhibitions