Luiz Zerbini develops an exploratory approach to painting that brings geometric abstraction into dialogue with the political and ecological issues of the Global South. His work combines meticulous textures, patterns, and figures with structured compositions built through grids, repetitions, and chromatic rhythms. Geometric abstraction acts as a driving force in his practice, shaping the construction, layering, and perception of his images. By depicting foliage, forests, and dense vegetal networks, Zerbini translates the interactions of ecosystems into pictorial language. These proliferating organic forms intersect with hard-edged geometries and modular structures, creating a dynamic tension between growth and order. His paintings evoke both the vitality of tropical environments and the legacy of modernist abstraction in Brazil. Rooted in the Brazilian context, Zerbini critically revisits national art history, from landscape painting to geometric abstraction and collective identity. Through a dynamic distribution of visual information, his compositions immerse the viewer in a hypnotic atmosphere. Tension, coexistence, layering, and proliferation govern his process, forming complex systems where organic and geometric elements continuously overlap and transform one another.

Among his recent solo exhibitions are Estrelas Escolhidas, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil (2026); Observations: Luiz Zerbini in Conversation with Frank Walter, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel | Jardins, São Paulo, Brazil (2025);Vagarosa Luminescência Voadora, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil (2025); Afinidades III – Cochichos, MON – Museu Oscar Niemeyer (2024) Paisagens Ruminadas, CCBB – Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília, Brazil (2024); CCBB – Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2024);A mesma história nunca é a mesma, MASP – Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Brazil (2022); Anos 1990, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil (2021); Campo Expandido, Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2020); Intuitive Ratio, South London Gallery, London, UK (2019); Monotipias, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil (2017) e Amor, MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2012).The artist has also participated in the group shows Exposition Générale, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France (2025); Fullgás – Artes Visuais e Anos 1980 no Brasil, CCBB – Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2024); Lugar de estar – o legado de Burle Marx, MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2024);  Nous les Arbres, Power Station of Art, Shangai, China (2021); MECARÕ. Amazonia in the Petitgas Collection, MO.CO. Montpellier Contemporain, Montpellier, France (2020); Cities in Dust, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel | Carpintaria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2020); Nous les Arbres, Fondation Cartier, Paris, France (2019) e Campo, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2019); 

Zerbini has works in important public collections, such as Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France; LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA; Instituto Inhotim, Brumadinho, Brazil; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Fondazione Sandretto re Rebaundengo per l’Arte, Turin, Italy; MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; MASP – Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Brazil; MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway; Instituto Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil and Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, USA.