Born and based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Ernesto Neto has recently participated in both the XI Biennial in Sydney, Australia and the XXIV Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brasil. Neto has had many solo exhibitions, including the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York City and the Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil in 1997. He will show as part of the Directions program at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC in 2001.