was awarded the Bolsa Vitae de Artes Visuais. 2000`s From 2000 to 2009, Monteiro was once again painting, always exploring the margins and limits of shape. These paintings evolved, decreasing in gesture and culminating with a group of gouaches. Describing the art, Rodrigo Andrade states: “A very subtle sense of humour affirms the consciousness of its strangeness, of its nature — almost grotesque — and the colours emerge like the easiest thing in the world”. In 2008 the Pinacoteca Estadual de São Paulo staged a retrospective of Monteiro's work, from 1989 to 2008, curated by Taisa Palhares and, with the partnership of the editors Cosac and Naify, the first monograph of Paulo Monteiro work was released. 2010`s In 2013 Monteiro exhibited his work at Mendes Wood Gallery in São Paulo. In the following year, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired twelve of his artworks. References 1961 births Living people Brazilian contemporary artists