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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1985.
Lives and works in New York, USA.
Represented by CASANOVA Arte and Silvia Cintra+Box4
PIPA Prize 2022 nominee.
Alice Quaresma was born in Brazil in 1985 and currently lives in New York. She has been experimenting with materials that allow her photographs to be sensorial and playful, pushing the boundaries of photography as a descriptive medium. Using pictures from her personal photo archive, she reflects on identity and imagination, stimulating the ludic in her images. Quaresma has participated in exhibitions in institutions around the world, such as Patrick Heide Contemporary Art (London), Sobering Galerie (Paris), Felix Frachon Gallery (Brussels), Sotheby’s Institute (New York), Centro de Cultura Laura Alvim (Rio de Janeiro), Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, and A.I.R Gallery (Brooklyn).
Website: www.alicequaresma.com
Video produced by Do Rio Filmes exclusively for PIPA 2022:
She had her first institutional solo show at Caixa Cultural São Paulo in 2018 and launched her first book, “Playground,” with the French publisher Editions Bessard in 2019. Awards include the Photoworks Festive Commission Prize (2021), Aperture Foundation Summer Open Prize (2019), Houston Center for Photography Annual Exhibition Prize (2019), Foam Talent Prize (2014), and PS122 Exhibition Prize (2009). The artist has also created special projects for various organizations, such as Gap, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Hermès, Air France, and Red Bull. Her work has been published at Exit Magazine (Spain), Foam Magazine (Netherlands), Extra Fotographie in Context (Belgium), Edicola (Italy), IMA (Japan), Serafina (São Paulo), Lens Culture, and Artsy, among others. Quaresma holds a BFA from Central Saint Martins College (London) and an MFA from Pratt Institute (New York).
- 2014, Foam Magazine, edicao de talentos
- 2015, Ilustrada, jornal Folha de São Paulo, sobre a exposição Além na matéria Em mostra, artista desconstrói fotografias por Daigo Oliva
- 2018, Extra 24, Fotografie Context – Belgica
- 2018, L_Echo, Sabato Alice Quaresma – Belgica
- 2018, LensCulture, entrevista por Cat Lachowskyj- worldwide
- 2018, Unseen Magazine, entrevista por George King – Holanda
- 2019, Collection Catalogue Museum of Photography of the City of Curitiba
- 2019, foam magazine #53 – Holanda
- 2019, foam magazine #54 issue – Holanda
- 2020, Exit Magazine 77 – Spain
Academic Background
2012 Postbaccalaureate in History of Photography, Columbia University, New York, United States
2009 Master of Fine Arts (With Distinction), Pratt Institute, New York, United States
2007 BA Fine Arts, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, England
Individual Exhibitions
2021
– “The Echoes in My Mind,” Sobering Galerie, Paris, France
2020
– “at HOME”, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, New York, United States
– “Fragmented Truth,” Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, England
2019
– “Mind Road,” Amelie Maison d’Art, Paris, France
2018
– “Horizonte”, curated by Fernanda Lopes, Caixa Cultural, São Paulo
– “Things of Life,” Casa Nova Arte e Contemporânea, São Paulo
2017
– “Passage”, Pablo’s Birthday gallery, New York, United States
– “Escape,” Le Magazyn, Los Angeles, United States
– “Puzzle,” curated by Gisela Gueiros, Lazy Susan gallery, New York, United States
2016
– “Threaded,” curated by Keren Moscovitch, Flatiron Project Space, New York, United States
2015
– “Sketch for Nothing”, curated by Gisela Gueiros, Special Projects, New York, United States
– “Beyond,” curated by Mario Gioia, Fauna Gallery, São Paulo
2014
– “Nest,” Window Space, curated by Gisela Gueiros, Brooklyn, United States
2013
– “Bichos,” curated by João Guarantani, gallery Mercedes Viegas, Rio de Janeiro
– “Roots,” curated by Raphael Fonseca, Barracão Maravilha, Rio de Janeiro
2011
– “Two People without (One Hundred) Places,” curated by Guilherme Bueno, gallery Mercedes Viegas, Rio de Janeiro
2010
– “American House,” PS122 Gallery, New York, United States
2009
– “American House,” Pratt Institute Gallery, New York, United States
Collective Exhibitions
2021
– “Just Breathe”, curated by Felipe Hegg, Mana Contemporary, Miami, United States
– “Like Nothing Else in The Universe,” virtual show, WTF digital platform?
2020
– “FIRE!”, curated by Efrem Zelony-Mindell, SoMad Studio, New York, United States
2019
– Barraco Bom, 55SP art project space, São Paulo
– “Between the Legible and the Opaque,” curated by Adler Guerrier, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, United States
– “A Meeting with Erna Schilling”, Pablo’s Birthday gallery, New York, United States
– “Delirious Cities,” curated by Matthew Leifheit, Aperture Foundation, New York, United States
– “Profound Movement,” curated by Shane Lavalette, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, United States
– “Tropical Gardens,” curated by Julie Dumont, Felix Frachon gallery, Brussels, Belgium
– “Paraiso,” Gericke + Paffrath gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
2018
– “Alibi,” Emerging Talents Festival, Mattatoio, Rome, Italy
– “Nothing In Isolation,” curated by Gisela Gueiros, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, New York, United States
– “Gute Bekannte,” Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, England
– “LAND+BODY= Escape,” curated by Tatiane Schilaro, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, United States
2017
– Image as Object”, Sotheby’s Institute, New York, United States
– “The Banal Silence and the Pause”, Laura Alvim Cultural Center, Rio de Janeiro
– “Library of Love,” curated by Sandra Cinto, CAC, Cincinnati, United States
– “Another Gesture,” curated by Cynthia Cruz and Tatiane Schilaro, AIR Gallery, New York, United States
– “Displacement,” curated by Gabriela Davies, Jacarandá, Rio de Janeiro
2016
– “Mutable Archives,” curated by Gabriela Davies, Gallery 32, London, England
– “The Wall: Revising the Course”, Central Gallery, São Paulo
2015
– “Collections 10,” curated by Nessia Pope, gallery Luisa Strina, São Paulo
2014
– “20,” curated by Daniela Name, gallery Mercedes Viegas, Rio de Janeiro
– Press Conference, Fred Giampietro gallery, New Haven, United States
– Unseen Photo Fair Billboards, special project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
– Collective exhibition “Foam Talent”, Dutch Embassy, Paris, France
– Eat the Food, not its name”, Clemente Soto Velez Center, New York, United States
2013
– New Collectors Project”, Orlando Lemos Gallery, Belo Horizonte
2012
– Mid-America College Art Association, national juried exhibition, Michigan, United States
2009
– “Some Place Like Home,” Daniel Cooney Gallery, New York, United States
Awards and Residencies
2022
– Further On Artist in Residency (FOAIR), Hamptons, United States
2021
– Photoworks Award (Festive Commission), England
– Every Woman Biennial, 1st NFT Biennial
2019
– Pablo’s Birthday Residence Verbier, Switzerland
– Aperture Foundation, Summer Open, New York, United States
– Houston Center for Photography, Center Annual Prize, Houston, United States
2018
– Caixa Cultural, São Paulo
2017
– AnnexB Residence, Brooklyn, United States
– Tappan Atelier Residence, Los Angeles, United States
2016
– Displacement Project, London, England
– Finalist for the Unlimited residency (exclusive call for artists in NY), Brooklyn, USA
2014
– Foam Talent Award, Amsterdam, Netherlands
– Hermes Garden Residence, São Paulo
2013
– Barracão Maravilha Residence, Rio de Janeiro
2012
– SVA Residence, New York, United States
– Honorable Mention from the Camera Club of New York contest, New York, USA
– Mid-America College Art Association, Michigan, United States
2010
– Garimpo Contest (finalist), Dasartes Magazine, Rio de Janeiro
2009
– PS122 Award, New York, United States
Special Projects
2021
– GAP, Gifted Artist Program, United States
– Brasil Summerfest, curated by Gisela Gueiros, screening at Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn, United States
2020
– “Earthquake” La Pera Projects, United States/International
– “Rio de Janeiro”, ANIMALE, Brazil
– Artsoul Collectors Club Program, São Paulo
2019
– “Wassermusik: Black Atlantic Revisited”, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
– Curatorial project, SPRING/BREAK, New York, United States
2018
– “Le Goût de l’Iode”, Air France, France
– “Ocean Line,” Hermès, France
2017
– “Mental Object,” TAPPAN for PST LA/LA, Los Angeles, United States
– “Rhythm,” Superior Elevation, Brooklyn, United States
– “Palm Tree,” Unseen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
– “Outsider,” Art Lima, Lima, Peru
– “Another Time,” Red Bull Music Academy, Brazil
– “Another Time,” Music From Memory (Record Label), Worldwide
2014
– “Billboard 2×2,” Unseen X Foam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
“ Fisherman Eye (© Alice Quaresma) | OneShot”, 2018. Duration 0’54”
“ ARTIST TALKS – ALICE QUARESMA – PARIS PHOTO 2019”, 2020. Duration 8’30”
“ Alice Quaresma para o Clube de Colecionadores Artsoul”, 2020. Duration 4’19”
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