Mendes Wood DM
Paula Siebra , Spain
"O estranho familiar"
Solo show by Paula Siebra
From May 22nd to June 25th, 2025
The gallery
Mendes Wood DM was founded in São Paulo in 2010 by Felipe Dmab, Matthew Wood, and Pedro Mendes to exhibit international and Brazilian artists in a context conducive to critical dialogue and the cross-pollination of ideas. Inspired by a belief that artistic practices broaden the scope of human agency and have the power to change the world, the gallery cultivates a program premised on conceptualism, political resistance, and intellectual rigor. Central to the program is a concern for regional difference and individuation while still fostering cosmopolitanism and collaboration.
In 2017, Mendes Wood DM inaugurated its first European exhibition space in Brussels, founded in partnership with longtime friend and collaborator Carolyn Drake Kandiyoti. Located on three floors of a historic townhouse, the gallery lends itself to ambitious curatorial projects and comprehensive monographic exhibitions.
In 2022, Mendes Wood DM opened an exhibition space in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood. The expansion is a natural evolution of the gallery’s presence in North America, emphasizing a meaningful conversation with the Global South and affirming the gallery’s commitment to mounting significant exhibitions for a wider audience.
The gallery established a Paris location in 2023. The exhibition space is housed on the first two levels of the Hôtel de l’Escalopier in the Place des Vosges in the Marais. The building dates to the early seventeenth century and is situated at the northern entrance of the oldest planned square in Paris. This new step is a reflection of a long-standing dream to create a space of artistic exchange in a city that both nourishes and inspires Mendes Wood DM.
Gallery artists
Alma Allen, Laís Amaral, Lucas Arruda, Patricia Ayres, Alvaro Barrington, Neïl Beloufa, Lynda Benglis, Kasper Bosmans, Paloma Bosquê, Heidi Bucher, Varda Caivano, Nina Canell, Guglielmo Castelli, Mariana Castillo Deball, Adriano Costa, Julien Creuzet, Michael Dean, Coco Fusco, Anna Bella Geiger, Sonia Gomes, Eunnam Hong, Josi, Leah Ke Yi Zheng, Sanam Khatibi, Vojtěch Kovařík, Runo Lagomarsino, Mimi Lauter, Patricia Leite, Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Fernando Marques Penteado, Paulo Monteiro, Ebecho Muslimova Paulo Nazareth, Paulo Nimer Pjota, Iulia Nistor, Antonio Obá, Rosana Paulino, Marina Perez Simão, Solange Pessoa, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Leticia Ramos, Celso Renato, Luiz Roque, Giangiacomo Rossetti, Maaike Schoorel, Paula Siebra, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Kishio Suga, Pol Taburet, Rubem Valentim, Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro
