Ricardo Aleixo

Ricardo Aleixo (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1960; lives in Belo Horizonte) is an intermedia artist and researcher of literature, other arts, and media. In 2021, UFMG awarded him the title of Notório Saber, equivalent to a doctoral degree. He has published eighteen books, including Modelos vivos (2010) and, more recently, Extraquadro (2021, one of five finalists for the 2022 Jabuti Prize), Sonhei com o anjo da guarda o resto da noite (2022), and Campo Alegre (2022). His work combines poetry, fictional prose, philosophy, ethnopoetics, anthropology, history, music, radio art, visual arts, video, dance, theater, performance, and urban studies. He has performed in almost every Brazilian state and in Argentina, Germany, Portugal, the United States, Spain, Mexico, France, Switzerland, and Angola. His works are on permanent display in Rua da Língua and Falares (Museum of the Portuguese Language, São Paulo, Brazil).