Born in 1986. Lives and works in Itatiba/SP, Brazil.
Graduated in Visual Arts from PUC-Campinas in 2007.

Displacement is an essential part of Ivan Grilo’s artistic process. Many of his works result from field experiences, during which he collects stories told through images, documents, and oral accounts. These materials unfold into pieces that illuminate and place into perspective a series of episodes that had long been forgotten or neglected by history and memory.

His works employ a variety of media and often consist of more than one element, including metal plates with written texts, sculptures, small objects, and photography.

Main solo exhibitions include:
Pequeno Palácio, Museu da República, Rio de Janeiro, 2023
Amanhã, logo à primeira luz, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, 2019
Escribe una carta de amor, Mana Contemporary + the55project, Miami, 2018
Quando cai o céu, Centro Cultural São Paulo, 2014
Ninguém, Paço das Artes, USP, São Paulo, 2011

Selected group exhibitions include:
Latinoamérica en las colecciones CA2M y Fundación ARCO, curated by Manuel Segade, Sala Alcalá 31, Madrid
En Construcción, MUNTREF – Museo de Artes Visuales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Il coltello nella carne, curated by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti and Diego Sileo, PAC – Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea di Milano, 2018
Avenida Paulista, curated by Adriano Pedrosa and Tomás Toledo, MASP – Museu de Arte de São Paulo, 2017
A cor do Brasil, curated by Paulo Herkenhoff and Marcelo Campos, Museu de Arte do Rio, 2016
Tempos Difíceis, curated by Pablo León de la Barra, Casa França-Brasil, 2015

Grilo received the following awards: Prêmio Funarte Marc Ferrez de Fotografia, 2012; Prêmio illy sustainArt – SP-Arte, 2015; FOCO ArtRio, 2016; and Fundação Marcos Amaro Award – SP-Arte, 2017. He was also nominated for the PIPA Award – Prêmio Investidor Profissional de Arte in 2012, 2014, and 2017, and was a finalist for the XI Premio illy at ARCOmadrid in 2018.

Public collections include:
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; MoMA – Museum of Modern Art; Pérez Art Museum; Fundación ARCO – Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo de la Comunidad de Madrid; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon; MASP – Museu de Arte de São Paulo; Itaú Cultural; MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo; MAR – Museu de Arte do Rio; and Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero.