Gabriel Massan (b.1996 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Through speculative narratives and immersive digital landscapes, Massan explores how histories can be reimagined and how identities shaped by oppression can be redefined. He employs machinima techniques and interactive structures to simulate systems of conflict, control, and survival. His works challenge distorted conceptions of the Global South while investigating the possibilities of subversive otherness. By merging technological experimentation with political imagination, his practice frames the digital realm as a space for both critique and the creation of alternative futures.
Since 2017, the artist has received significant commissions from Serpentine Art Technologies (2023), Madonna’s The Celebration Tour (2023), Bulgari (2023), X Museum (2022), Apple Inc. (2021), and the Instituto Moreira Salles (2020).
The artist has also held critically acclaimed solo exhibitions at BOZAR – Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles (2025), Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (2024), Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City (2024), Outernet Arts, London (2023), Serpentine Galleries, London (2023), and The Photographers’ Gallery, London (2022).
Massan has participated in residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2023) and ETOPIA – Centre for Arts & Technology, Zaragoza (2019). He has lectured at the New Museum, La Biennale di Venezia, University of the Arts London, University College London, Royal College of Art, the São Paulo Biennial Foundation, HAU Hebbel Am Ufer, and the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni.
He was a finalist for the CIRCA Class of 2024 and CIRCA Class of 2021, and was included in the Dazed 100 (2022). In 2024, Massan received the Geneva Public Art Program MIRE grant and the Ars Electronica Award of Distinction in the Interactive Art+ category.
2025
How Do We Get There? (upcoming)
MC2 Pavillion
Shanghai, China
Third World: The Bottom Dimension
BOZAR
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
2024
How Do I Get There?
Project MIRE
Fonds Cantonal D'art Contemporain
Lancy-Bachet Railway Station
Geneva, Switzerland
Terceiro Mundo: A Dimensão Descoberta
Pina Contemporânea
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Continuity Flaws: Rumors Of A Leak
TONO Festival
Laboratorio Arte Alameda
Mexico City, Mexico
2023
Continuity Flaws: The Loophole
Outernet Arts
Outernet Global
London, England
Third World: The Bottom Dimension
Serpentine North Gallery
Serpentine Galleries
London, England
2022
Omoiyari: Gabriel Massan and Keiken
The Photographers’ Gallery
London, England
2019
Estive Presente Em Testemunho: Gabriel Massan and Igi Ayedun
ETOPIA - Centre for Art and Technology
Zaragoza, Spain
2025
Ars Electronica (upcoming)
Hong Kong Design Institute
Hong Kong, China
SOLARPUNK (upcoming)
Museum Ostwall
Dortmund, Germany
VRHAM! Digital & Immersive Art Biennale
Hamburg Oberhafenquartier
Hamburg , Germany
38º Panorama da Arte Brasileira: Mil graus
SESC Campinas
Campinas, Brazil
La Quinzaine de la vidéo : Save and Continue
Galerie Imane Farès
Paris, France
2024
UnfoldX
Culture Station Seoul 284
Seoul, South Korea
38º Panorama da Arte Brasileira: Mil graus
Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Class Of 2024
CIRCA
London, England
Black Ancient Futures
MAAT - Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology
Lisbon, Portugal
Prix Ars Electronica Exhibition 2024
Lentos Kunstmuseum
Linz, Austria
Rayon Jouets
Hangar Y
Meudon, France
2023
Voltaje
Salón de Arte y Tecnología
Bogotá, Colombia
WORLDBUILDING: GAMING AND ART IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Centre Pompidou-Metz
Metz, France
Equal eSports Festival
Cologne, Germany
WORLDBUILDING: GAMING AND ART IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Julia Stoschek Foundation
Dusseldorf, Germany
NOVA - Bienal RIO de Arte e Tecnologia
Museu do Amanhã
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
FILE Festival
Centro Cultural FIESP
São Paulo, Brazil
2022
Guided Tour
Pivô Satélite
Pivô
São Paulo, Brazil
Hello World
Meta Space
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami, United States
X Virtual Incubator
X Virtual
X Museum
Beijing, China
CHAOS: CALM
Bangkok Biennale
Bangkok, Thailand
To Born, To Die and Thus To Reproduce
Rotten TV, Jupiter Artland (Scotland)
Cemeti Institute for Arts and Society (Indonesia)
Casa do Povo (Brazil)
supported by The British Council Digital Collaboration Fund
Ultramarin - An Immersive Exhibition
Tana Art Space
Venice, Italy
Possible Agreements
Mendes Wood DM
Brussels, Belgium
WORLDBUILDING: GAMING AND ART IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Julia Stoschek Foundation
Düsseldorf, Germany
NFT Art Berlin
Bright Moments Gallery
Kraftwerk Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Canon!
Hypermodernity
Frieze London
London, England
It Started With We
NOW Gallery
London, England
Por Detrás Da Retina
Instituto Inclusartiz
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Backroom F(r)ictions
Forever Imbricated
Centre Culturel Suisse
Paris, France
2021
Class Of 2021
CIRCA
London, England
Water Marks: We Must Remember
Cromwell Place
London, England
Open Sesame: A Photophobic Experiment
Bärenzwinger Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Open Show
Pyramid of Arts
Leeds, England
2020
Creative Code Art Festival
in partnership with New Media Art
Lightbox
New York City, United States
IMS Convida
Instituto Moreira Salles
São Paulo, Brazil
Proxy Saliva From A Ranked Souvenir
Ypuccko Gallery
The Wrong Biennale
Monster High
Olhão
São Paulo, Brazil
Azoome
Vienna Town Hall
Vienna, Austria
2019
A Perplexa
Centro de Artes UFF
Niterói, Brazil
2018
Mostra Textão
Museu da Diversidade Sexual
São Paulo, Brazil
Vesícula
Espaço Breu
São Paulo, Brazil
Trans-Image
EAV Parque Lage
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Noite Estranha
Despina
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2024
Award of Distinction, Interactive Art+
Ars Electronica Prize
Linz, Austria
2024
Artist Of The Year
PIPA Prize
Brazil
Class Of 2024
CIRCA
London, England
2022
DAZED 100
2021
Class Of 2021
CIRCA
London, England
2018
Studies in Video Art
School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage
EAV Parque Lage
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Studies in Video Installation
School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage
EAV Parque Lage
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2017
BA Social Communication
UEMG
Minas Gerais State University
Frutal, Brazil
2023
Arts Explora
Cité Internationale Des Arts
Paris, France
2022
Unfinished Camp
during La Biennale di Venezia
Venice, Italy
2019
FUGA Residency Program
ETOPIA - Centre for Art and Technology
Zaragoza, Spain
2018
Oi Futuro Urban Interventions Residency Program
Oi Futuro Cultural Centre Laboratory
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2025
Extended Realities
DEMO 2025
New Inc, New Museum
New York, United States
2024
Gabriel Massan Lecture
MA Digital Direction
Royal College of Art
London, England
Monday Guest Lecture
Central Saint Martins
London, England
Immersive Media and 3D Computer Animation
London College of Communication
University of the Arts
London, England
2023
Snap Lens Lab
Royal College of Art
London, England
Continuity Flaws
Infinite Ecologies Marathon: The Prelude
Serpentine Galleries
London, England
Artist Talk
BODYSTACK
A Summit on Our Bodies In The Platform Stacks
MA Fashion and Communication
London College of Fashion
University of the Arts
London, England
Gabriel Massan Lecture and Workshop
MA Digital Direction
Royal College of Art
London, England
Ball Of Terror: Guided Tour
X Virtual
X Museum
Beijing, China
2024
Black Box White Cube XR
Festspielhaus Hellerau
Dresden, Germany
Rio Innovation Week
Pier Mauá
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Afropolitan Festival
BOZAR
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
2023
In Conversation
Gabriel Massan, Tamar Clarke-Brown and Hans Ulrich Obrist
Presented by Serpentine Galleries
Institut Français du Royaume-Uni
London, England
Podcast Em Obras
alongside Diane Lima
35a Bienal de São Paulo
Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Collaboration, Community & web3 in 'Third World: The Bottom Dimension'
Tezos Twitter Space
Prototyping a Different Loop
alongside Tamar Clarke-Brown
Voltaje
Salón de Arte y Tecnología
Bogotá, Colombia
Serpentine Podcast: REWORLDING
Serpentine Galleries
London, England
The Mycological Twist
alongside OMSK Social Club
HAU
Hebbel Am Uffer
Berlin, Germany
It's Natural to Be a Machine?
alongside Dmitri Cherniak, IX Shellsand, and Hans Ulrich Obrist
DLD Conference
Munich, Germany
2022
NFTs: Worlding Differently, From Performance in Code: Deciphering Value in Generative Art
Powered by Tezos
alongside Itzel Yard, Mimi Onuoha, Sutu Campbell, Rodell Warner, and Tamar Clarke-Brown
co-curated by Serpentine Galleries
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami, United States
UCL Futures EVOLVE: Virtual Panel On The Metaverse
drew upon Serpentine’s Future Art Ecosystems
Serpentine Galleries
London, England
Ecosystems 2: Art x Metaverse
alongside Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Tamar Clarke-Brown, and Luke Pearson
UCL Art Futures
London, England
Encounters in Art & Technology
alongside Holly Herndon, Tamar Clarke-Brown, and Hans Ulrich Obrist
hosted byBloomberg Philanthropies and Serpentine Galleries
during La Biennale di Venezia 2022
Venice, Italy
Gaming Agency
alongside Alexander Kluge, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Keiken
DLD Conference
Munich, Germany