1981, São Luís do Maranhão, Brazil
Lives and works between São Luís, Maranhão, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, and Guadalajara, Mexico

Thiago Martins de Melo holds a master’s degree in Psychology — Behavioral Theory and Research — from Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA). He is a visual artist and works with painting, sculpture, installation, stop motion animation, and printmaking.

Some of his solo exhibitions include: Necrobrasiliana, Museu Nacional da República, Brasília (2019); Bárbara Balaclava, Saco Azul/Maus Hábitos, Porto (2018), and Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Recife (2016); Bárbaro Barroco, Gamma Galeria, Guadalajara, Mexico (2016); Teatro
Nagô-Cartesiano e o Corte Azimutal do Mundo, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo (2013). His work is part of permanent collections of Museu de Arte de São Paulo – MASP; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo; ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (Aarhus, Denmark); Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art (Oslo, Norway); Centro Cultural Banco do Nordeste (Fortaleza); Fundação Joaquim Nabuco (Recife); Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca – IAGO (Oaxaca, Mexico); Institute of
Contemporary Art – ICA Miami; Ilmin Museum of Art (Seul); Museu de Arte do Rio – MAR; Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Ceará – MAC Ceará (Fortaleza); Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de
Janeiro – MAM Rio; Pérez Art Museum Miami – Pamm; Rubell Museum (Miami); Servais Family Collection (Brussels); Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (Vienna); and others.