Mendes Wood DM

[2] In 2010, Mendes and Wood partnered with Dmab to open the Mendes Wood DM gallery in São Paulo, gaining visibility as early supporters of Lucas Arruda, Paulo Nazareth, and Marina Perez Simão, for representing works by Tunga, and for being one of the few Brazilian galleries, at the time, representing Afro-Brazilian artists within Brazil and internationally.

[3][4][5] In 2017, Mendes Wood DM opened a location in Brussels with founding partner Carolyn Drake Kandiyoti.

[9] Mendes Wood DM's collaborations with Nazareth, and other artists, have focused on post-colonial power relations and the socio-political facets of migration.

[1] The first Paris exhibition, curated by Fernanda Brenner and titled “I See No Difference Between a Handshake and a Poem” exhibited works by approximately 50 artists, including Lucas Arruda, Paulo Nazareth, Kishio Suga, Letícia Ramos, Luiz Roque, Patricia Leite, Pol Taburet, Nina Canell, Runo Lagomarsino, Tosh Basco, Michael Dean, Marguerite Duras, and Lygia Pape.

[5] The gallery currently represents approximately 45 artists, including Alma Allen, Lucas Arruda, Patricia Ayres, Alvaro Barrington, Lynda Benglis, Heidi Bucher, Nina Canell, Guglielmo Castelli, Adriano Costa, Julien Creuzet, Michael Dean, Coco Fusco, Anna Bela Geiger, Sonia Gomes, Sanam Khatibi, Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, Paulo Monteiro, Paulo Nazareth, Antonio Obá, Rosana Paulino, Kishio Suga, and Rubem Valentim.