Artista brasileira, vive e trabalha na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Se dedica a instalações, esculturas, ao desenho e à pintura, criando organismos em tramas que englobam tecido, contas de colar, corda, palha, argila, cerâmica, madeira, plantas e diversos outros materiais. Por vezes também objetos de uso cotidiano, e artesania popular principalmente oriundos do Brasil. A partir de pesquisas e viagens, Maria incorpora referências de trabalhos coletivos de comunidades indígenas, tecelãs e de Carnaval em suas obras como forma de interlocução com o espaço, com o tempo e com a diversidade cultural. Em sua obra escultórica é muito comum a mistura de cores vibrantes e o equilíbrio de volumes como propulsores do anacronismo entretempos, uma espécie de matemática viva aonde suas formas incorporam um raciocínio poético e afetivo intenso.
Brazilian artist, based in the city of Rio de Janeiro. She dedicates herself to installations, sculptures, drawing and painting, creating organisms in webs that include fabric, necklace beads, rope, straw, clay, ceramics, wood, plants and several other materials. Sometimes also objects of everyday use, and popular handicrafts mainly from Brazil. Based on research and travels, Maria incorporates references from collective works from indigenous communities, weavers and Carnival in her works as a form of dialogue with space, time and cultural diversity. In her sculptural work is very common the mixture of vibrant colors and the balance of volumes as propellants of the anachronism between times, a kind of living mathematics where her forms incorporate an intense poetic and affective reasoning.
Individuais / Solo exhibitions
2022
RODA DAS ENCANTADAS, Sikkema Jenkins &Co gallery, Nova York, Estados Unidos
2022
RODA DAS ENCANTADAS, Sikkema Jenkins &Co gallery, Nova York, Estados Unidos
2021
Refloresta, The Portico Library, Manchester, UK
2018
Fértil, Sikkema Jenkins &Co gallery, Nova York, Estados Unidos
Pelo Amor, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro
2017
Afetosyntesis, Stavanger Kunstmuseum , Stavanger, Noruega
2016
Sim, Victoria Miro Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido
Cosmicteta, Barbican Center, Londres, Reino Unido
2015
O Grande Espiral, Espaço Cultural Marcantônio Vilaça, Brasilia
Universo em expansão, Baró Galeria, São Paulo
2014
Trans, Victoria Miro Gallery , London- UK
Frieze Art Fair, A Gentil Carioca Gallery, NY – EUA
2013
Tempo para Respirar (Breathing Time), Museum of Modern Art ,RJ
Saudades da Pintura, A Gentil Lá, RJ
2012
Pulso, Eva Klabin foundation, RJ
Projeto Parede (wall project) supported by Catherine Petitgas, A Gentil Carioca, RJ
Tempo para Respirar (Breathing Time), Turner Contemporary , Margate – UK
2011
The Force, Victoria Miro Gallery, London-UK
2010
Always in a Spiral, Magasin 3 / Stockholm – Sweden
New Work, Victoria Miro Gallery, London – UK
Hammocknet, Basel Fair, Basel – Swiss
2009
Afectoflux, Gallery Karsten Greve, Colony – Germany
Volta art fair, NY – EUA / Drifting , Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery – LA – USA
Esfera Dalva, A Gentil Carioca Gallery – RJ
2008
Temporada de projetos, Paço das Artes, USP – SP
Afetossíntese ,Carminha Macedo Gallery, BH
PRêmio – Prize Projéteis de Arte ContemporânEA, Sala FUNARTE, RJ
2006
Respiro, A Gentil Carioca, RJ
Refloresta, The Portico Library, Manchester, UK
2018
Fértil, Sikkema Jenkins &Co gallery, Nova York, Estados Unidos
Pelo Amor, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro
2017
Afetosyntesis, Stavanger Kunstmuseum , Stavanger, Noruega
2016
Sim, Victoria Miro Gallery, Londres, Reino Unido
Cosmicteta, Barbican Center, Londres, Reino Unido
2015
O Grande Espiral, Espaço Cultural Marcantônio Vilaça, Brasilia
Universo em expansão, Baró Galeria, São Paulo
2014
Trans, Victoria Miro Gallery , London- UK
Frieze Art Fair, A Gentil Carioca Gallery, NY – EUA
2013
Tempo para Respirar (Breathing Time), Museum of Modern Art ,RJ
Saudades da Pintura, A Gentil Lá, RJ
2012
Pulso, Eva Klabin foundation, RJ
Projeto Parede (wall project) supported by Catherine Petitgas, A Gentil Carioca, RJ
Tempo para Respirar (Breathing Time), Turner Contemporary , Margate – UK
2011
The Force, Victoria Miro Gallery, London-UK
2010
Always in a Spiral, Magasin 3 / Stockholm – Sweden
New Work, Victoria Miro Gallery, London – UK
Hammocknet, Basel Fair, Basel – Swiss
2009
Afectoflux, Gallery Karsten Greve, Colony – Germany
Volta art fair, NY – EUA / Drifting , Steve Turner Contemporary Gallery – LA – USA
Esfera Dalva, A Gentil Carioca Gallery – RJ
2008
Temporada de projetos, Paço das Artes, USP – SP
Afetossíntese ,Carminha Macedo Gallery, BH
PRêmio – Prize Projéteis de Arte ContemporânEA, Sala FUNARTE, RJ
2006
Respiro, A Gentil Carioca, RJ
Coletivas / Group exhibitions
2020
My Body, My Rules, Pérez Art Museum, Miami Florida, USA
Já estava assim quando eu cheguei, Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Collection of Catherine Petitgas, Museum of Contemporary Art MOCO, Montpellier,France
2020
My Body, My Rules, Pérez Art Museum, Miami Florida, USA
Já estava assim quando eu cheguei, Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Collection of Catherine Petitgas, Museum of Contemporary Art MOCO, Montpellier,France
2019
Vaivém, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil
Amazones, ArtParis, Paris, France
Memento Mori, Museum of Fine Arts of Mons, Mons, Belgium
Utopia, Fábrica de Arte Marcos Amaro, Itu, Brazil
Vaivém, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil
Amazones, ArtParis, Paris, France
Memento Mori, Museum of Fine Arts of Mons, Mons, Belgium
Utopia, Fábrica de Arte Marcos Amaro, Itu, Brazil
2018
Sutures, Marc Straus, New York, NY, USA
Pulling at Threads, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa
Other People Think: Auckland’s Contemporary International Collection, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, USA
Furniture by Artists Chair, Chair, Chair, Lamp, Table, Bed, Sofa, David Risley Gallery,Copenhagen, Denmark
Death is Irrelevant, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
Sutures, Marc Straus, New York, NY, USA
Pulling at Threads, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa
Other People Think: Auckland’s Contemporary International Collection, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, USA
Furniture by Artists Chair, Chair, Chair, Lamp, Table, Bed, Sofa, David Risley Gallery,Copenhagen, Denmark
Death is Irrelevant, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
2017
Hello, City!, Daejeon Museum of Art, South Korea
More Simply Put, Sikkema Jenkins, New York, USA
Between I & Thou, Hudson Valley Center of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, USA
A Gentil Carioca Jaqueline Martins, Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo, Brazil
Hello, City!, Daejeon Museum of Art, South Korea
More Simply Put, Sikkema Jenkins, New York, USA
Between I & Thou, Hudson Valley Center of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, USA
A Gentil Carioca Jaqueline Martins, Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo, Brazil
2016
Soft Power. Arte Brasil, Kunsthal KAdE Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
Brésil - Corps et Culture, The Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland
Soft Power. Arte Brasil, Kunsthal KAdE Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
Brésil - Corps et Culture, The Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland
2015
Crafted: Objects in Flux, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, USA
No Man´s Land, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
Like a prayer, Magasin III, Stockholm, Switzerland
Crafted: Objects in Flux, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, USA
No Man´s Land, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
Like a prayer, Magasin III, Stockholm, Switzerland
2014
Paradigm Store, Howick Place, London, UK
2014 Paradigm Store, Howick Place, London, UK
Cruzamentos, Wexner Center, Ohio EUA
Bienal Internacional de Cartagenas de Indias, Colombia
Spirit Dior, Shanghai Sculpture Art Space , Shanghai – China
Novas Conexões Platônicas, Museum of Contemporary Art , Niteroi – RJ
2013
Hanghzou Fiber Arts Trienal – Hanghzou, China
Brasilianas, Schirn Kunsthalle – Frankfurt, Germany
Spirit Dior, Grand Palais, Paris- France
Play, Bispo do Rosario Museum
2012
Alone Together Rubell, Family Foundation, Miami – USA
Uma Gentil Invenção, SESC – Mostra itinerante (travelling show) – BR
2011
A Gentil Carioca, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, NY
ARTZUID, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gigante pela própria Natureza, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderna, Spain
Nova Escultura Brasileira, Caixa Cultural – RJ
2010
Touched, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, NY – USA
IFA Institut, A Gentil Carioca , Berlin – Germany
Arquivo Geral, Centro Carioca de Design, RJ
2008
Connecting Thread, Galeria Karsten Greve, Paris – France
Evolution, Max Lang Gallery, NY – EUA
Blooming, Florescendo Brasil – Japão, Toyota Museum of Contemporary Art, Nagoya – Japan
2007
Studio Guenzani Gallery, Milan – Italy
Galeria Luisa Strina, SP
Salão do Paraná, Museu de arte Contemporânea do Paraná – Paraná
A imagem do som, Paço Imperial, RJ 2006
Abre-Alas, A Gentil Carioca gallery – RJ
A Gentil Carioca in Daniel Reich gallery – NY, EUA
3 Anos da Gentil, A Gentil Carioca - RJ
Salão da Bahia, Museum of Modern Art – Salvador
2005
Educação, A Gentil Carioca – RJ
2004
Posição 2004, School of Visual Arts of Parque Lage – RJ
Prêmios / Prizes
Prêmio aquisição/acquisition prize, Salão da Bahia Museum of Modern Art – Bahia;
Rede Nacional Funarte – Proposições Poéticas – A rede, o cesto, o colar, a bola , Acre – BR;
Prêmio aquisição – acquisition prize Marcantonio Vilaça – FUNARTE, Museum of Modern Art – RJ
Prêmio aquisição/acquisition prize, Salão da Bahia Museum of Modern Art – Bahia;
Rede Nacional Funarte – Proposições Poéticas – A rede, o cesto, o colar, a bola , Acre – BR;
Prêmio aquisição – acquisition prize Marcantonio Vilaça – FUNARTE, Museum of Modern Art – RJ
Algumas coleções / Some Collections
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro
Museu de Arte do Rio / MAR, Rio de Janeiro
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói
Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador
Guggenheim Museum, New York, Estados Unidos
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Estados Unidos
Perez Museum, Estados Unidos
Rubell Familly Collection, Estados Unidos
Auckland Art Gallery, Nova Zelândia
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro
Museu de Arte do Rio / MAR, Rio de Janeiro
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói
Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador
Guggenheim Museum, New York, Estados Unidos
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Estados Unidos
Perez Museum, Estados Unidos
Rubell Familly Collection, Estados Unidos
Auckland Art Gallery, Nova Zelândia
