Rodrigo Cass’s practice develops from a rigorous formal vocabulary focused on structures, cuts, and discontinuities within the pictorial plane, unfolding into space through canvases, reliefs, and video. His work brings together materials such as concrete, fiberglass, and linen—often colored with tempera—in compositions where planar surfaces extend into volumetric propositions. Having lived and trained within the Carmelite order, Cass approaches abstraction as a means of investigating the spiritual dimensions of color and form, in dialogue with the visions and mysteries of the sacred. In his video works, projected onto sculptural supports, repetitive actions unfold with measured cadence, gradually introducing processes of metamorphosis in which materials shift states, accumulate, erode, or recombine. These sequences lend duration to his inquiry into form, allowing transformation itself to register as a physical and perceptual event.

His recent solo exhibitions include Geometria Sensível, Escola das Artes da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal (2026); Geometria Sensível, Brotéria, Lisbon, Portugal (2026); Rodrigo Cass: A Joyner/Giuffrida Visiting Artist Program, Nevada Museum of Art, Nevada, USA (2025); libera abstrahere, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil (2023); Espiritual-Vivente-Respira, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil (2018); Mundo Vasto Mundo, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel | Escritório Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal (2018) and Até o Concreto, Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil (2016). Cass was also featured in the relevant group shows Fluxus, by Chance, West Bund Museum, Shanghai, China (2025); MAM na Cinemateca: corpo e cidade em movimento, Cinemateca Brasileira, São Paulo, Brazil (2025); 13° Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2025); Nunca só essa mente, nunca só esse mundo, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel | Carpintaria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2023); Rosas Brasileiras, Farol Santander, São Paulo, Brazil (2023); The Square São Paulo, Casa de Vidro, São Paulo, Brazil (2023) and AAA – Antologia de Arte e Arquitetura, Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel, São Paulo, Brazil (2020).

The artist’s work has been included in important public collections, such as Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; TBA21 – Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria; MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Pinacoteca de Piracicaba, Piracicaba, Brazil; Fundação Rômulo Maiorama, Belém, Brazil and Casa do Olhar Luiz Sacilotto, Santo André, Brazil.