Jaildo Marinho
Bio
Jaildo Marinho (Santa Maria de Boa Vista, Pernambuco, Brazil, 1970) is a Brazilian sculptor and painter based in Paris since 1993. He began studying sculpture and stone techniques in 1982 and pursued Sculpture studies at the Federal University of Pernambuco between 1991 and 1993. He received the Gold Medal at the Mahares Festival in Tunisia in 1995 and the Sculpture Prize at the Malta Biennale in 1999. That same year, he began teaching at the sculpture and casting workshop coordinated for the City of Paris. Marinho is a member of the Madi International movement, founded in 1946 by Carmelo Arden Quin. He has held solo exhibitions at major institutions in Brazil and Europe and has participated in numerous international group exhibitions. In 2009, he was granted French citizenship.
Statement
Jaildo Marinho’s artistic practice is centered on sculpture and painting, with a focus on geometric abstraction and the investigation of form, balance, and materiality. Influenced by the Madi International movement, his work explores dynamic structures, volumes, and spatial relationships, incorporating materials such as stone, metal, and pigment. His visual language combines formal rigor with poetic sensitivity, producing works that engage in dialogue with architecture and space and align with an international contemporary constructive tradition.
