Manuel Brandazza

Manuel Brandazza estudió diseño de indumentaria y textil en la Universidad de Buenos Aires, y fue parte del Programa de artes visuales Rojas-UBA/Kuitca 2003-2005. Luego de numeroso desfiles y experiencias performáticas ligadas al diseño, en junio del 2021 expone “Muchacho del Paraná” en la galería Jamaica de Rosario, pieza que gana el Premio Adquisición del Salón Nacional de Rosario Castagnino-Macro y da comienzo a una serie de obras que desarrolla hasta la actualidad. Con “Río Paraná” obtiene el Premio Estímulo Ministerio de Cultura de la Provincia, en el marco del Salón Nacional del Museo Rosa Galisteo de Santa Fe. En el 2022 realiza la muestra individual "PARAMPARA" en la galería PASTO. En el año 2023, participa junto a PASTO en la feria de arte contemporaneo ARCOmadrid y su obra “Niño de Río” ingresa en la colección del Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires.

Diseño textil, mural, cerámica y escultura son los principales lenguajes que se cruzan en la obra de Manuel. Sus producciones evocan el universo ictícola y espiritual del río Paraná a través de texturas sinuosas, circulares y expansivas trabajadas con textiles y barro. El río es el punto de partida, el primer paisaje surreal, paraíso universal que funda a los pueblos y ofrece el cultivo de las más nobles virtudes para la continuidad de la vida. Brandazza, como un discípulo del Paraná, parece custodiar su liturgia.

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Manuel Brandazza

 (b. 1975, Rosario, Argentina)

Education

Graduated in Textile and Clothing Design at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Participated in the Rojas–UBA/Kuitca Visual Arts Program (2003–2005).

Biography / Statement

After numerous fashion shows and performative experiences related to design, in June 2021 Brandazza presented *Muchacho del Paraná* at Jamaica Gallery (Rosario), a work that received the Acquisition Prize of the National Salon of Rosario Castagnino–Macro and marked the beginning of a series that he continues to develop today.

With *Río Paraná*, he received the Premio Estímulo Ministerio de Cultura de la Provincia at the Salón Nacional del Museo Rosa Galisteo, Santa Fe. In 2022 he held the solo exhibition *PARAMPARA* at PASTO Galería, Buenos Aires. In recent years, his work has been exhibited in institutions and galleries in Spain, Brazil, Paraguay, and Mexico.

Artistic Practice

Textile design, murals, ceramics, and sculpture are the main languages that converge in Brandazza’s practice. His recent productions evoke the ichthyic and spiritual universe of the Paraná River, integrating formal, poetic, and historical dimensions. The river serves as both a symbolic and material starting point — a primordial landscape and universal paradise whose abundance ensures continuity of life.

Brandazza, like a disciple of the Paraná, seems to safeguard its liturgy, following a lineage of Argentine artists who have bound themselves to the river and its islands, leaving a record of the landscape they inhabit.

His work draws from multiple universes: from the surrealist traditions of the Litoral, to pop music and the vision of 20th-century fashion designers such as Jean Paul Gaultier, and the aesthetics of Brazilian troupes — always under the imperative of delight.

At the same time, his pieces are deeply rooted in a contemporary context marked by ecocide in the Argentine Litoral — a global phenomenon that prioritizes production over health and the environment. Through his work, Brandazza reflects on and bears witness to this climate crisis, which in his region translates into a water crisis and the disappearance of wetlands.

Collections

• MALBA – Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Museum of Modern Art Juan B. Castagnino / MACRO, Rosario, Argentina.

• MAR – Museum of Art of Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• Ama Amoedo Foundation, Argentina.

• Azcuy Foundation, Argentina.

• Adriana Varejão Collection, Brazil.

• Chérñajovsky Collection, Argentina.

• Balanz Collection, Argentina.

• Werthein Collection, Argentina.

• Jorge Perez Collection, Miami, USA.

• Fondazione Golinelli, Bologna, Italia.

DOSSIER MANUEL BRANDAZZA