Laura Belém

Education
1999/2000
– Master of Arts in Fine Arts. Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London. Bursary CAPES/CBN (Brazilian Ministry of Education): ApArtes Program (Funds for the encouragement and promotion of young artists)
1993/1996
– Bachelor of Arts. Escola de Belas Artes da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Solo Exhibitions
2016
– “Short stories”, Curated by Vanda Klabin, Galeria Athena Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015
– “Ilha Restaurante”, curated by Maria Angelica Melendi, Casa do Baile, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Hoje tem Cine”, curated by Gabriela de Carvalho, Sesc Palladium, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Anekdota”, curated by Douglas de Freitas, Capela do Morumbi, Museu da Cidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2013
– “The Secret Garden or Passage of the Tropique”, Galerie Virginie Louvet, Paris, France
2012
– “The Temple of a Thousand Bells”, curated by Laura Turner, York St Mary’s, York, UK
2011
– “A Outra Paisagem”, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
2008
– “Laura Belém: recent works”, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
2007
– “Paisagens Flutuantes”, curated by Cristiana Tejo. MAMAM no Pátio – Museu de Arte Aloisio Magalhães. Recife, Brazil
2006
– “Project: Laura Belém”, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Galeria Luisa Strina, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. São Paulo, Brazil
2005
– “Ainda Outono”, Centro Mariantonia, São Paulo, Brazil
2004
– “Bolsa Pampulha: Four Essays on Love”, Museu de Arte da Pampulha. Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2002
– “Projeto Pampulha”. Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2018
– “O lugar do centro”, curated by Artur Lescher, Central Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil
2017
– “Tempo Presente”, curated by Amanda Dafoe and Rodrigo Villela. Espaço Cultural Porto Seguro, São Paulo, Brazil
– BienalSur: Aquí, bien al Sur, curated by Marcos Moraes. MAB Centro, São Paulo, Brazil
– Cualquiera em cualquier parte, curated by Daniela Pérez. Solo Projects PaRC, Lima, Peru
– Permissão para falar, curated by Fernanda Lopes, Galeria Athena Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016
– “Transparência e reflexo”, curated by Cauê Alves. MUBE – Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, São Paulo, Brazil
– “A spear, a spike, a point, a nail, a drip, a drop, the end of the tale”, curated by Sjoerd Kloosterhuis and Tiago de Abreu Pinto, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
– “DentroFora – vol. 2: Forma”, curated by Douglas de Freitas, Galeria Sancovsky, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Esforço-desempenho”, curated by Germano Dushá, Galeria Athena Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015
– “Coleções 10”, curated by Nessia Leonzini and Liu Lage, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Procura-se / Wanted”, curated by Fernando Ticoulat. Tofiq House, São Paulo, Brazil
– “The Spirit of Each Time”, curated by Rejane Cintrão. Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
2014
– Frestas Triennial of Arts: what would be of the world without the things that do not exist?, curated by Josué Mattos. Museu da Estrada de Ferro Sorocabana, Sorocaba, São Paulo.
– “Limited Visibility”, curated by Natalia Zuluaga and Patricia Garcia-Velez Hanna. CAM Raleigh Contemporary Art Museum, North Carolina, USA.
– “Cruzamentos: contemporary art in Brazil”, curated by Bill Horrigan, Jennifer Lange and Paulo Venancio Filho. Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
– “Conscientia: Latin American Counsciousness”, curated by Lavínia Diniz Freitas and Alicia Bastos. The Lloyds Club, London.
– “Um olhar sobre a coleção [A gaze upon the collection]”. Fundação Clóvis Salgado e Centro Cultural Usiminas, Ipatinga, Brazil.
2013-14
– “Love and hate to Lygia Clark”, curated by Magda Kardasz. Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
– “Pampulha”, curated by Guilherme Maciel Araújo. Casa do Baile, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2012
– (2012-13) Prêmio CNI SESI Marcantonio Vilaça para as Artes Plásticas, 4a Edição. Casa França-Brasil (Rio de Janeiro), Usina do Gasômetro (Porto Alegre), Palácio da Instrução (Cuiabá), MARP – Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto (Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo), Forte de São José (Macapá), Associação Comercial (Maceió) and Palácio das Artes (Belo Horizonte)
– “O Museu Sensível: uma visão da produção de artistas mulheres na coleção do MARGS”, curated by Gaudêncio Fidelis. Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagoli, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Instável”, curated by Douglas de Freitas. Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
– Mostra SESC de Artes, curated by Juliana Okuda. SESC Ipiranga, São Paulo, Brazil
2011
– “Viewpoint”, curated by Natalia Zuluaga. The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA
– “Unresolved circumstances: Video Art from Latin America”, curated by Cecília Fajardo-Hill and Idurre Alonso. MOLAA – Museum of Latin American Art in California, USA
– “Quiet Attentions: departure from women”, curated Mizuki Takahashi. Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Center. Mito-Shi, Japan
– “Sismógrafo”, curated by Jacopo Crivelli Visconti. Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Assim é, se lhe parece”, curated by Priscila Arantes and Cláudio Cretti. Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
2010
– (2010-11) “The more things change”, curated by Rudolf Frieling. SFMOMA, San Francisco, USA
– “TOUCHED: Liverpool Biennial International 10 Exhibition”, curated by Lorenzo Fusi. Liverpool, UK
– “Paralela 2010”, curated by Paulo Reis. Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Coisário: Cassino-Museu”, curated by Marconi Drummond. Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Paisagem Incompleta”, curated by Jacopo Crivelli. Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Livro Acervo”, curated by Arthur Lesher e Leonora de Barros. Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Signo y Sintoma: dibujo en el campo expandido”, curated by María del Carmen Carrión. Ceroinspiración Arte Contemporáneo, Quito, Ecuador
2009
– “KURS: The Lake”, curated by Andreas Brogger. Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum, Soro, Denmark
– “Desenhos (Drawings): A-Z”, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. Museu da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal
– “Arte Frágil, resistências”, curated by Lisbeth Rebollo. Museu de Arte Contemporânea – MAC Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Communism of Forms”, curated by Earl Miller and Fernando Oliva. Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada
– “Meeting Point”, curated by Earl Miller. Doris Mac Carthy Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2008
– (2008-09) “Nova Arte Nova”, curated by Paulo Venancio Filho. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil
– “Blooming: Brasil-Japan, where you are”, curated by Yoko Nose. Toyota Municipal Museum of Art. Toyota Aichi, Japan
– “Paralela 2008: from near and far”, curated by Rodrigo Moura. Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, São Paulo, Brazil
– “This is not a void”, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Worlds on Video”, curated by Anita Beckers. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
– “Procedente>MAP: novas aquisições”, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2007
– Panorama da Arte Brasileira, curated by Moacir dos Anjos. Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Iberoamérica Global: entre la globalización y el localismo”, curated by Lorena y Dennys Mattos. Casa de América, Madrid, Spain
– “Nuit Blanche Toronto”, curated by Rhonda Corvese. Toronto, Canada
– “Extra(ordinary): new art from Brasil”, curated by Earl Miller. York Quay Centre, Toronto, Canada
– VI Bienal de Artes Visuais do Mercosul, Section “Conversas”, curated by Alejandro Cesarco, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Drawing is a verb”, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. Coleção Madeira Corporate Services. Madeira Island, Portugal
2006
– “Paralela 2006”, curated by Daniela Bousso. Pavilhão Armando de Arruda Pereira, Parque Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Geração da Virada – 10 + 1 – Recent Years of Brazilian Art”, curated by Agnaldo Farias and Moacir dos Anjos. Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Zoo Porfolio”, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. Zoo Art Fair, Regent’s Park, London, UK
– “Situ/ação: aspectos do documentário contemporâneo”, curated by Paula Alzugaray, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Con los ojos del otro”, curated by Agnaldo Farias. Centro Cultural de España, Montevideo, Uruguay
– “Videometry: video as measuring device in contemporary Brazilian Art”, curated by Paula Alzugaray, Galeria dels angels, Barcelona, Spain
– “Exposição de verão”, Galeria Silvia Cintra, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2005
– 51st Venice Biennale – Always a little further, curated by Rosa Martínez. Arsenale Galleries, Venice, Italy
– “Art Perform”, curated by Jens Hoffmann. Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA
– Abre Alas, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2004
– “Vol”, curated by Fernando Oliva, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Fragmentos e souvenirs paulistanos”, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Obra colecionada 1943-2003”. Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2003
– Prague Biennale I: Peripheries become the Center, curated by Jens Hoffmann. Veletrzní Palác, Prague, Czech Republic
– “Ok Video”, Jakarta Video Art Festival 2003, Galeri Nasional Indonesia
2000-01
– Programa Rumos Visuais I, Instituto Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Recife and Fortaleza, Brazil

Artistic Residences
2017
– FAAP Residency Program. São Paulo, Brazil
2007
– The Drake Hotel. Toronto, Canada
– MAMAM no Pátio – Museu de Arte Aloisio Magalhães. Recife, Brazil
2006
– Triangle Arts Association. Brooklyn, New York, USA
2005
– Casa de Velázquez. Madrid, Spain
2003
– Encuentro Internacional de Análisis y Desarrollo de Proyectos. TRAMA & RAIN Artists’ Initiatives Network Mar del Plata, Argentina
1998
– Headlands Center for the Arts. Sausalito, USA

Prizes and Grants
2012
– Bolsa FUNARTE de Estímulo à Produção em Artes Visuais (Grant FUNARTE for the creation in Visual Arts). FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011
– CIFO Grants and Commissions Program, “Emerging Artists”. The Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA
– Prêmio CNI SESI Marcantonio Vilaça para as Artes Plásticas (CNI SESI Marcantonio Vilaça Award for the Visual Arts), 4th Edition
2010-11
– 1st and 2nd Editions of the Prize “Mostras de Artistas no Exterior” (Artists exhibitions abroad). Program ‘Brasil Arte Contemporânea’ of Fundação Bienal de São Paulo and Brazilian Ministry of Culture
2003
– 27o Salão Nacional de Arte de Belo Horizonte/Bolsa Pampulha (Pampulha Art Award). Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1999-2000
– Bolsa CAPES/CBN – ApArtes Program (Bursary for the Master degree in Central Saint Martins College of Art, London)