New additions to the conceptual team of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo

The conceptual team of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, assembled by chief curator Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, is composed of co-curators Alya Sebti, Anna Roberta Goetz, and Thiago de Paula Souza; co-curator at large Keyna Eleison; and communications and strategy advisor Henriette Gallus. Joining them, André Pitol and Leonardo Matsuhei now take on the roles of deputy co-curators, after having worked as curatorial assistants during the exhibition’s preparatory period. Learn more about the deputy co-curators:

André Pitol is an art researcher, curator, and professor with a PhD from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). He teaches at École Intuit Lab São Paulo and at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP). He has written essays for e-flux, The Brooklyn Rail, Photographies, Mídia Ninja, and ZUM. He curated Edival Ramosa – Nova construção totêmica (2024) and served as adjunct curator of A parábola do progresso (2022).

Leonardo Matsuhei holds a bachelor’s degree and a teaching degree in visual arts from Universidade do Estado de São Paulo (Unesp). Since 2009, he has developed projects at the intersection of education, public programming, and curatorship. He coordinated educational initiatives for the exhibitions Gilberto Mendes 100 and Ars sonora – Hermeto Pascoal (Sesc SP, 2022–2024). He was a mediation and public programs assistant at MASP (2016–2019) and collaborated on the Encontros Abertos project of the 31st Bienal de São Paulo (2013–2014). Since 2021, he has been part of the independent collective and cultural space Bananal.