There have been some major developments people! 

Silvia sent my portfolio to this guy Gerson de Oliveira…he works with Luciana Martins under the name OVO…and he agreed to meet with me while I was in Sao Paulo (apparently a big deal as they’re busy Brazilian design superstars!).   So, I went to their gallery/showroom in Vila Olimpia and ended up having a meeting with both Gerson and Luciana.  To be honest, at first I wasn’t exactly sure why I was there, or why Silvia had set up this meeting, so I just went in and started asking questions about their work and process.  Then, they wanted to know what I was doing here and luckily I had my camera with me.  I showed them process shots of the project so far and…THEY LOVED IT!  I’m a pretty good BSer too, so I think they liked the whole story that went along with project. 

Anyway, point is, they have offered to host our exhibition!!!  I knew this was exciting, but I didn’t quite know how exciting until I told Silvia and she nearly fainted!  I think it was her plan all along that I would go there and spark their interest in doing a show…the plan worked. 

The gallery has two rooms and is mostly a showcase for Ovo’s stuff, although they also carry Molo’s softwall and a bunch of Droog’s objects.  Ovo’s work is a perfect mix of slick, clean lines with playful, colourful touches.  For instance, they have pool balls mounted to the walls for hooks and a table that mixes rustic wood with a highly lacquered, bright green drawer.  All of their work is finished beautifully and there is a lot of attention paid to all the fine details. 

We are going to have an 11 metre by 7 metre room with very high ceilings and beautiful white walls all to ourselves…that’s right, nothing else in it!  This is going to be the first show in their new space so they seem to be going all out with the organizing…they’re dealing with the press and all the invites and cocktails…we just have to make the stuff and bring it! 

I really can’t believe how lucky I am and how great this experience has been…the idea of doing a solo show in such a beautiful space and in SAO PAULO is pretty much unbelievable to me. 

I’m leaving Botucatu now for about a month of travelling around with the parents, but I’ll be back in mid-January to get ready for this show…won’t be posting while I’m away but I’m sure there will be lots of news by the time I get back…so, until then…