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Artist assume vivid astro focus aka Eli Sudbrack was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and currently lives and works in New York. Sudbrack received his bachelor's degree in 1992 from the Pontificia Universidade Catolica, Rio de Janeiro and a degree from the International Center of Photography, New York in 1999. He has had solo exhibitions at Galeria Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil (2004); Midway Contemporary Gallery, Saint Paul, Minnesota (2003); Resodiversion, Paris (2003); Peres Projects, Los Angeles (2003); and Deitch Projects, New York (2003). His group shows include "Popstraction," Deitch Projects (2003); "K48_Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show," galerie du jour/agnes b., Paris (2003); and "GNS: Global Navigation System," Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2003).
This artist works in a wide variety of media, creating wallpaper designs, music videos, large-scale installations, t-shirt designs, and floor stickers. When he first arrived in New York from his native Brazil, assume vivid astro focus was struck by the vibrancy of the many activities that take place in Central Park, particularly at the Skate Circle, a stretch of pavement that is transformed into a dance roller rink on spring and summer weekends. Working in collaboration with the Central Park Dance Skaters Association, assume vivid astro focus created avaf 8, a vibrant floorscape for the surface of the Skate Circle. He also collaborated with industrial designer Rama Chorpash to create a colorful canopy for the center of the Skate Circle.
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