André Komatsu was born in São Paulo in 1978. He lives and works in São Paulo. Komatsu collects fragments of buildings and employs them in installations, works on paper, and performances. He brings a new perspective into the everyday reality of urban life by drawing an image directly on a clump of concrete or a door that was formerly a part of a standing building. Komatsu’s works always present images of destruction or signs of ruin. His interest lies in time’s destructive effects on a building and the building’s state of perpetual change.