"Viewed in retrospect, Caetano de Almeida's production has been a persistent project of deconstructing ready-made responses, that is, the ready-made idea of painting"[Paulo Herkenhoff, O Delicioso Jardim do Vizinho, 2016].
His recent compositions are optically charged, chromatic, and often characterized by patterns made of circular cutouts and holes. The geometric structure of these works points to Brazil's rich history of geometric and Neo-Concrete art. Yet it is Caetano's intuitive use of color that creates a unique sense of inherent dynamism.
Recent solo exhibitions include presentations at Galeria Luisa Strina in São Paulo (2025), Galerie Andres Thalmann in Zurich (2023), Van Doren Waxter in New York (2020), Galeria Luisa Strina (2019), Galerie Andres Thalmann in Zurich (2017), 11R Gallery in New York (2017), Galeria Luisa Strina (2016), Galeria Mata at Instituto Inhotim in Brumadinho (2016), Coffret at Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz in Ribeirão Preto (2015), and Galerie Anne Villepoix in Paris (2015).
His work has also been featured in recent group exhibitions such as Da Tradição à Experimentação at Fundação Iberê Camargo in Porto Alegre (2019), Horizontes – A Paisagem nas coleções MAM at Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro (2018), Modos de Ver o Brasil: Itaú Cultural 30 anos at OCA Ibirapuera in São Paulo (2017), A Cor do Brasil: de Visconti a Volpi, de Sued a Milhazes at Museu de Arte do Rio (2016), Histórias Mestiças at Instituto Tomie Ohtake in São Paulo (2014), and 0 to 60: The Experience of Time through Contemporary Art at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh (2013).
Caetano de Almeida's works belong to prominent collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand, Coleção Marcantônio Vilaça, Coleção João Carlos Figueiredo Ferraz, North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, Acervo Banco Itaú, Associação dos Amigos da Pinacoteca do Estado, Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and New York Presbyterian Hospital.