A visual artist with a degree in social communication from UFPE, JONATHAS DE ANDRADE uses photography, installation and video to investigate collective memory and history, using strategies that blend fiction and reality. He works with themes that address relationships of power, race and class, and labor exploitation in Brazil. His works were exhibited at the 12th Lyon Biennale (2013), 2nd New Museum Triennial, New York (2012), 12th Istanbul Biennial (2011), 29th São Paulo Biennial (2010) and 7th Mercosur Biennial, Porto Alegre (2009).
Walking through the streets of Amman, Jordan, the artist photographed potential faces of Jesus, the key figure of Christianity and one of the main prophets of Islam for the installation PROCURANDO JESUS (2013). The countenance of ordinary men in that region contrasts with the European tradition of representing a blond, blue-eyed Jesus. Visitors to the installation are offered a date whose seed can be used to vote on which of the 20 faces they believe most resembles that of the mythical character. On the way out of the small temple set up to observe the photos, visitors come across comments from habitants of Amman on which image is most representative of Jesus.
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