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About
Marina Simão’s working process is based fundamentally on the accumulation and juxtaposition of memories and images. By combining personal experiences and multiple references stemming from fields such as philosophy, literature and journalism, the artist collects certain narratives in order to edit them through pictorial means that do not belong to any predefined language; rather, they develop within an organic practice, which combines thematic density and a delicate treatment.
Simão uses a variety of techniques, such as collage, drawing and oil painting, as starting points in order to marry interior and exterior landscapes, she composes visual journeys that sometimes traverse the unknown, the abstract and the nebulous, but also include visions and memories. Simao's work leads us into territories in which we are confronted with that which is ungraspable, with that elusive and unspeakable instant that poets strive so hard to capture with their words.
Marina Perez Simão (1980,Vitória) lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
Her recent selected exhibitions include Marina Perez Simão: Watercolors, Cahiers d’Art, Paris, France; Onda, Pace, London (2022); 5 pinturas, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo (2022); Observatory, Sifang Art Museum, Jiangsu (2021); Sonia Gomes & Marina Perez Simão, Pace, East Hampton (2020); Éveils Maritimes, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels (2020); Landscapes of the South, Mendes Wood DM New York (2020); Veredas, Mendes Wood DM São Paulo (2019); Our dog-eyes, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo (2018); Miniature, Embassy of Brazil, Rome (2016).
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Education
MFA, École Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle, Paris, France
BFA, École Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts de Paris (ENSBA), Paris, France
Solo Shows
2022
Marina Perez Simão: Watercolors, Cahiers d’Art, Paris, France
Onda, Pace, London, UK
5 pinturas, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2021
Tudo é e não é, Pace Gallery, New York, NY
Observatory, Sifang Art Museum, Jiangsu, China
2020
Sonia Gomes & Marina Perez Simão, Pace, East Hampton, USA
Éveils Maritimes, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
2018
Our dog-eyes, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2016
Miniature, Embassy of Brazil, Rome, Italy
2015
travel journal of uncataloged landscapes. location/date 3006AHK/ 200 years before 200 years later, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2012
Holzweg, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2010
If it’s dream make it real, if it’s real make it dream, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2009
Black birds, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
Drawings, Jozsa Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Group Shows
2023
Esfíngico Frontal, Mendes Wood DM São Paulo, Brazil
Tropic of Cancer, Pace Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida,USA
Bonna: The Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2022
Multiple Sights: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum, Long Museum (West Bund), Shanghai, China
Calor Universal, Pace Gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA
Ninth Street and Beyond: 70 Years of Women in Abstraction, Part I: The Gestural, Hunter Dunbar Projects, New York, USA
2021
Silence, Pace Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
Days of Inertia, Mendes Wood DM at d'Ouwe Kerk, Retranchement, The Netherlands
2020
Landscapes of the South, Mendes Wood DM, New York, USA
2019
Veredas, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
2013
Chambres à Part, Edition VIII, La Réserve Paris, Paris, France
2011–2012
23°33’42′′_46°40’09′′, Galerie TORRI, Paris, France
2010
Father, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil
Promenade Project, Galleria delle Colonne, Parma, Italy
2009
Fragile, Palazzo Dei Falconieri, Rome, Italy
Fragile, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea
Fragile, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
2008
Drawings, New Moment Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
Offerings, Mendes Wood DM Projects, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Meditations, Biennial of Ponzan, Poznan, Poland
Micronarratives: Tentations des Petites Realites, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne, France
2007
Micronarratives: Tentations des petites realites, Museum of History Yugoslava, Belgrade, Serbia
2006
Artskool Gozsouth, Crystal Palace Gallery, Museu da Cidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Artskool Gozsouth, Galerie Artcore, Paris, France
Awards
1er Prix des Partenaires du Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint Etienne, France
Collections
The Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Blenheim Art Foundation, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, United Kingdom
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
The Ekard Collection, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Florida
K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong
Long Museum, Shanghai
The Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles
MARe – Museum of Recent Art, Bucharest, Romania
Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne, France
Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island
Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Sifang Museum, Nanjing, China
Phoenix Art Museum, arizona, USA
Exhibitions
Publications
Marina Perez Simão
Marina Perez Simão 2022
