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Renata Barros is an artist who has worked with different materials for more than 20 years. São Paulo, Rio, Paris, Berlin, Kohl, Santiago, Buenos Aires, and Brussels are some cities where the artist has exhibited recently. Her research and work mix concepts with the material in a perfect dialogue. She says: everything that interests me I take it as a “ludic serious behaviour”. The universe of Renata Barros is based on human thoughts, science and literature, always adding different new media and supports.
For the last few years, Renata Barros developed art pieces and exhibitions in Brazil and Germany, where she lived for two years as a special guest from Heinrich Boll Foundation in Köln. Born in São Paulo, where she lived until 1981, she is graduated in Fine Arts of FAAP - Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado de São Paulo. After that, she travelled to France to study French civilization at Sorbonne University in Paris. Since 1984, she has been participating in group exhibitions in Chile, present in the MASP, museum collection as well at MAC (Contemporary Art Museum of USP), at Padre Anchieta Foundation and Heinrich Foundation in Boll and in Köln. Her work pieces experience many materials: wood, glass, photography, canvas painting, acetate, latex, etc. The relationship between the materials chosen to be used in every piece of work is very connected and meaningful to the artwork itself as you may see in the very object at her show in the series “Corações” (Hearts). All, of them are supposed to provoke the “look” in an unconventional way and to be obligating people to exercise the “focus e pupil”. The look then jumps and relocates itself to meet other eyes: The artist’s ones, disposed in different corners of the exhibition as observing the visitors.
Renata Barros is an artist that works with different materials for more than 20 years. Renata works the contemporaneity with social and environmental concerns, her poetics is expressed through the experimentation of languages and materials. In her recent works she establishes wide relations of territory, dialoguing with Nature.
(By Fábio Magalhães)
Education, internships and project monitoring:
Sorbonne, French Civilization, 1982 to 1984, Paris, France
Delacroix Agency, internship with Jean Feldman and Callieux, 1982/1984, Paris, France
DPZ and FG Advertising, internship, 1981/1982
FAAP, School of Fine Arts, 1981, SP, Brazil
USP, Philosophy at São Paulo University (incomplete), SP, Brazil
Biennal of SP, monitor with Walter Zanini, SP, Brazil
Renata Magalhães Gouveia Office, an internship with Mr Teixeira, 1980
Project monitoring Carmela Gross and Carlos Fajardo and with assistant Luiz Paulo Baravelli, 1979/1980, SP, Brazil
Nikon, Photography, 1979, SP, Brazil
Atelier de Beaux Arts, 1978, Paris, France
Collections and Works in Museums and Foundations:
Cettys University, tec: painting, title: Sinergy For All, 2019, Mexicali, Mexico
Qianjiang International Museum of Arts, tec: painting, title: Eco Portraits Now and Days, 2016, Hangzhou, China Galleri Zebra Fotocentrum, tec: two photos, title: Relax, 2016, Karis, Finland
MACS (Sorocaba Contemporary Art Museum), tec: three photographs and video work with glass and photographs, Sorocaba, Brazil
Pinacoteca of the State of São Paulo, tec: chrome material and glass cutout, title: Diary II, 1998, SP, Brazil
Rio Branco Institute, tec: resin on cutout wood, title: First Deed, 1998, DF, Brazil
Göethe Institut, tec: acrylic on canvas, untitled, 1994, Bonn, Germany
HEInRICH Böll FOUNDATION, tec: glass, sugars and sweeteners, candies and medicine, title: Sussstoff – Bibliothek, 1997, Berlin, Germany
Padre Anchieta Foundation, tec: cutout wood, untitled, 1996, SP, Brazil
MAC (Contemporary Art Museum of São Paulo), tec: cutout wood, title: Snooker Ladies, 1996, SP, Brazil
MASP (Art Museum of São Paulo), tec: metal dust on cutout wood, title: Library, 1991, SP, Brazil
MAC (Contemporary Art Museum of São Paulo), tec: acrylic and paper, title: Chair, 1989, SP, Brazil
MuMA (Municipal Art Museum), tec: a painting on cutout wood, untitled, 1991, PR, Brazil
Solo Exhibitions:
2017 Relax, Soma Gallery, curator Nair Kremer, PR, Brazil
2013 Relax, Galleri Zebra Fotocentrum, curator Kajsa Santonen, Karis, Finland
2010 Artist residency, Studio Exhibition, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2010 Cultural Center of Fine Arts, Yerevan, Armenia
2009 Untitled, Sycomore Art Gallery, Paris, France
2008 Relax, Paço das Artes, curator Daniela Bousso, as an invited artist, SP, Brazil
2005 Book Renata Barros, 20 years of art and Tunnels Exhibition, Sycomore Art Gallery, curators: Camile e Rose de Bayser, Paris, France
2002 Reading, Monica Filgueiras Gallery, curator Monica Filgueiras, SP, Brazil
2002 Einsichten, ICBRA, curator Tereza de Arruda, Berlin, Germany
2001 Einsichten, Barbara Cramer Gallery, Bonn, Germany
1999 Pieces of Me, Göethe Institute, SP, Brazil
1999 Pieces of Me, MuMA (Municipal Art Museum), curator Henrique Luz, PR, Brazil
1998 Objects, Werft Gallery, Koln, Germany
1998 Objects, MARP (Ribeirão Preto Art Museum), SP, Brazil
1997 Sussstoff, IFA Gallery, curator Beate Eckstein, Bonn, Germany
1996 Showcase at MASP Metro Station, Trianon MASP Station, curator Fábio Magalhães, SP, Brazil
1992 Slices, CAyC (Communications and Art Center), curator Jorge Glusberg, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1991 Slices, MASP (São Paulo Art Museum), chief curator Fabio Magalhães, SP, Brazil
1990 Do not sit at the grass, Paço das Artes – MIS (Sound and Image Museum), curator Daniela Bousso, SP, Brazil
1989 Chairs, IAB, curator Adriana Penteado, SP, Brazil
Group Exhibitions:
2022 Dance of Meetings, Ed. Vera, curator
2020 Waste to create, Eco Aware Art Gallery, online exhibition, India
2020 Por Una Cabeza, Assemblea Cultura di Diputados, curator Daniela Zattara, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2020 Metro y medio de distancia, Kiosko Gallery, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2020 Breath, than exist, International Collective Virtual Exhibition, Mexicali, Mexico and Miami, USA 2020 Sit, read, write, Circular Art Design at Praça Adolpho Bloch, curator Marc Pottier, SP, Brazil
2020 Video Art – Video virus online marathon, Magmart, curator Enrico Tomaselli, Naples, Italy
2020 Mask Art Creativity Under Lockdown, UNESCO & Meadows, Beirut, Lebanon
2019 DEZ.EM.BRO Collective, Thomas Baccaro Art Gallery, as an invited artist, SP, Brazil
2019 Sinergy, Cettys University, Mexicali, Mexico
2019 The 19th Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition, The National Art Center of Tokyo, curator Katsu Shimmin, Minato, Japan
2018 Kongfuzi is crying, ARTBANK virtual exhibition, curator Jing Jing Shy, China
2017 SACII Project, Baia dos Vermelhos Cultural Center, curator Renata Barros, SP, Brazil
2017 CompartiArte, Brazilian British Center, curator Ricard Akagawa, SP, Brazil
2016 Eco Portraits Now and Days, Qianjiang International Museum of Arts, Hangzhou, China
2016 Art Format Gallery, curator Liliana Pedrosa, SP, Brazil
2016 Food, Ritual and Offering, Sanskriti Gallery, New Delhi, India
2015 Milano Expo dal 1906 al 2015, Palazzina Liberty, Milan, Italy
2014 Marta Traba Gallery, curator Leonor Amarante, SP, Brazil
2013 Arte em Dobro Gallery, curator Nessia Leonzini, RJ, Brazil
2013 Makes sense, Santa Catarina Art Museum, curator Carlos Franzoi, SC, Brazil
2013 Makes sense, Paraná Museum, curator Carlos Franzoi, PR, Brazil
2012 Counterpoints, Museum of Sacred Art, curator Nair Kremer, SP, Brazil
2012 Collective, 770 Gallery, Paris, France
2011 Collective, 770 Gallery, Paris, France
2010 Artist Residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2010 Shoá - For a more tolerant world, Sesc Pompeia, curator Fabio Magalhães, SP, Brazil
2010 Sesc Santos, SP, Brazil
2009 Paraty in Focus, curator Iata Canabrava, SP, Brazil
2008 Chapingo Biennial, Texcoco, Mexico
2008 10th Photography Week, MARP (Ribeirão Preto Art Museum), SP, Brazil
2008 Nature Poetics, MAC (Contemporary Art Museum), curator Katia Canton, SP, Brazil
2008 Art 83, Weight and volume, MACC (Contemporary Art Museum of Campinas), curator Enock Sacramento, Campinas, Brazil
2008 Projects Season, Paço das Artes, curator Daniela Bousso, SP, Brazil
2007 Projects Season, Paço das Artes, curator Daniela Bousso, SP, Brazil
2007 Soundcheck – in Silence, Künstlerforum, curator Suzanne Grübe, Bonn, Germany
2007 Contemporains, Sycomore Art Gallery and Eduardo Fernandes Gallery, SP, Brazil and Paris, France
2006 Affections, Santa Marcelina College, curator Viga Gordilho, SP, Brazil
2006 Occupation Project, Paço das Artes, curator Daniela Bousso, SP, Brazil
2006 Exhibition and Book Release Brazilian Art IV, Biennial Pavilion of SP, curator Angelica de Moraes, SP, Brazil 2006 Collective, Aliança Francesa, SP, Brazil
2005 Occupation Project, Paço das Artes, curator Daniela Bousso, SP, Brazil
2005 Sycomore Art Gallery, Paris, France
2005 Affections stolen in time, Göethe Institute, curator Viga Gordilho, BA, Brazil
2004 Metropolis collection from Padre Anchieta Foundation, MACC (Contemporary Art Museum of Campinas), curator Helio Goldstein, Campinas, Brazil
2004 People from São Paulo, Olido Cultural Center, curator Juan Steves, SP, Brazil
2003 Brazilian Prints, Virgilio Gallery, SP, Brazil
2002 Metropolis, Pinacoteca of the State of São Paulo, curator Helio Goldstein, SP, Brazil
2002 Imaginary Mexico, Casa das Rosas (Rose ́s House), SP, Brazil
2001 Self-portrait artist ́s mirror, FIESP (MAC), curator Katia Canton, SP, Brazil
2001 New Work of Art, MAC (Contemporary Museum of Art), SP, Brazil
2000 Mujeres de las dós orillas, Latin America Memorial, curators Fabio Magalhães and Leonor Amarante, SP, Brazil
2000 Mujeres de las dós orillas, Mediterranean Cultural Center, curators Fabio Magalhães and Leonor Amarante, Valencia, Spain
1999 Transparencies, Rosa Barbosa Gallery, SP, Brazil
1998 Atelierhaus, HEInRICH Böll FOUNDATION, Bonn, Germany
1998 Òkunst in Brasilien Heute, Kunstlerhaus, Berlin, Germany
1998 Female/ Plural, National Museum of Fine Arts, curator Jorge Glusberg, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1998 Multiples and Kultiples, Article Gallery, Köln, Germany
1998 Collective, Kulture West, Köln, Germany
1997 Organicus, Valu Oria Gallery, curator Tereza de Arruda, SP, Brazil
1997 Storytelling Art, MAC (Contemporary Art Museum) USP, curator Katia Canton, SP, Brazil
1997 Kunst aus Brasilien Emst Moritzarndt, Greifswsald University, Greifswald, Germany
1997 Kolonialismus, Versuche in Verne, Verne, Germany
1996 Atelierhaus, HEInRICH Böll FOUNDATION, Bonn, Germany
1996 Featured Art in the 20th Century, MAC (Contemporary Art Museum) USP, SP, Brazil
1996 Flags, MAC (Contemporary Art Museum) Ibirapuera, SP, Brazil
1996 Flags, Sesi, SP, Brazil
1996 Organicus, Shapes and Materials, ICBRA, curator Teresa de Arruda, Berlin, Germany
1996 Organicus, Drei Nord Gallery, curator Teresa de Arruda, Dresden, Germany
1996 60 Artists honor USP anniversary, MAC (Contemporary Art Museum) USP, SP, Brazil
1994 Contemporary 80s/90s Decades, MASP (São Paulo Art Museum), curator Fábio Magalhães, SP, Brazil
1994 Hunger and Fame Global Garbage Exhibition (Betinho Prize), Nara Roesler Gallery, SP, Brazil
1992 New Contemporary Acquisitions, MASP (São Paulo Art Museum), curator Fábio Magalhães, SP, Brazil
Publications and quotes from my work:
2020 Duplo (Double), Cláudia Jaguaribe, edited by Ipsis pub, RJ, Brazil
2015 Brazil: Land of the Future, Luciano Benetton Collection, edited by Imago Mundi and Fabrica, Brazil and Italy 2011 Arte Contemporânea (Contemporary Art), Renata Barros, curator Enock Sacramento, edited by Alexa Cultural, SP, Brazil
2010 Projeto Ocupação – Paço das Arte (Occupation Project at Paço das Artes), Renata Barros, curator Daniela Bousso, edited by the Official Press, SP, Brazil
2010 Arte conta histórias - Conversas de Madame (Art tells stories – Madam talks), Renata Barros, curator Kátia Canton, edited by Difusão Cultural do Livro, SP, Brazil
2006 Presença (Presence), Renata Barros, curator Juan Esteves, edited by Terceiro Nome, SP, Brazil
2006 Brazilian Art VI, Renata Barros, curator Angélica de Moraes, SP, Brazil
2006 Ocupação Paço das Artes (Occupation Project at Paço das Artes), Renata Barros, curator Daniela Bousso, edited by the Official Press, SP, Brazil
2005 20 Anos de Arte (20 years of art), Renata Barros, curator Fábio Magalhães, edited by the Official Press, SP, Brazil [available at Beaubourg Museum (Georges Pompidou Center) in France, and at all brazilian museums]
2002 Autorretrato (Self-portrait), Renata Barros, curator Kátia Canton, SP, Brazil
1993 Cozinha de Artista - 60 receitas selecionadas (Artist Kitchen - 60 selected recipes), Carlos Von Schmidt and André Boccato, edited by Rede das Artes, SP, Brazil
Art Fairs:
2014 Rio de Janeiro Art Fair, ÖkO Gallery, RJ, Brazil
2012 Fair at USP Paço das Artes, SP, Brazil
2012 Brafa Antiques and Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2010 La Slick, Exit Gallery, Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France 2010 Brafa Antiques and Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2009 Art Fair at Sycomore Art Gallery, Paris, France
2009 SP Art, Murilo Castro Gallery, BH, Brazil
2009 SP Art, Arte em Dobro Gallery, RJ, Brazil
2009 SP Art, Sycomore Art Gallery, Paris, France
2008 Art Fair, Sycomore Art Gallery, Paris, France
2008 SP Art, Arte em Dobro Gallery, RJ, Brazil
2007 SP Art, Arte em Dobro Gallery, RJ, Brazil
2001 Art Fair, Barbara Cramer Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany