Category Studio — Juca Máximo

Before the year turns

Artist Juca Máximo painting in his studio, exploring gesture, silence and the power to act through contemporary expressive painting.

Before the year turns Every true relationship is born from an invisible exchange. Not only from direct encounters, but from those subtle moments when something crosses us without asking permission. A gaze that slows us down. A gesture that lingers.…

Where the work becomes weight

Artista visual em pé no centro de um galpão industrial vazio, com os braços cruzados, cercado por estruturas metálicas, aço e materiais brutos, em um espaço amplo e escuro que remete a força, escala e processo criativo. Contemporary visual artist standing at the center of an empty industrial warehouse, arms crossed, surrounded by metal structures, steel and raw materials, in a large and dark space that evokes strength, scale and the artistic process.

Where the work becomes weight This image was taken inside a dormant industrial structure.A place once designed for production, now silent.I chose it not for its aesthetics, but for its memory. My studio is not defined by walls, tools, or…

The Moment Before the Gesture

Man standing in a dim studio holding a paint can in front of multiple blank canvases leaning against the wall, with soft side lighting and studio equipment around, representing the beginning of an artistic creation process.

The Moment Before the Gesture There is a silent, powerful moment that precedes every artwork. Before color touches the surface, before gesture finds the canvas, there is a need—emotional, philosophical, deeply human—to transform thought into presence. Each new series is…

Between Silence and Gesture

Silhouetted artist painting a large gestural artwork in the studio, holding the brush with fluid precision as light streams through the windows behind; a black-and-white scene capturing creative energy, expressive movement, and the intimate connection between body, gesture, and canvas.

Between Silence and Gesture There is a secret moment in which the artist disappears — and only energy remains. Every brushstroke in this scene is more than pigment on a surface; it is an improbable encounter between two worlds: the…

The Matter Breathes

Juca Máximo in his studio working with wood under soft directional light, wearing safety glasses and headphones, shaping a wooden installation surrounded by tools and shelves — a poetic black and white portrait of the artist’s deep sensory connection with the material at Juca Máximo Studio.

The Matter Breathes There is a silent moment when the wood seems to respond to touch.It’s not just the sound of friction between the tool and the material — it’s a dialogue.Between gesture and matter, a listening emerges. The artist…