Nara Guichon

Education
2000
– Vegetable dye course, with Hisako Kawakami, Gramado, Brazil
1995
– Mini textiles course in traditional technique, with Yael Lurie and Jean Pierre Larochette, Florianópolis, Brazil
1994
– Surface design workshop, with Renata Rubin, Porto Alegre, Brazil
1984
– Artistic tapestry course, with Clara Fernandes, Florianópolis, Brazil
1971-1972
– Drawing and woodcut workshop, Free Studio of the Porto Alegre City Hall, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Works – Exhibitions
2023
– “Ah, I Love Brazilian Women!”, collective, MAC Niterói, Brazil
2022
– “Nara Guichon’s Archipelagos”, solo exhibition at the Municipal Gallery of Arts at the Public Market of Laguna, Laguna, Brazil
– “Nara Guichon’s Archipelagos”, solo exhibition at Salão Angelin, FURB, Blumenau, Brazil
– “Nara Guichon’s Archipelagos”, solo exhibition at the Municipal Art Gallery of the Plínio Arlindo de Nes Culture and Events Center, Chapecó, Brazil
– First Material Art Biennale, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2021
– Ibero-American Design Biennial, Madrid, Spain
2019
– Fiber Biennial Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Impressions in Time”, exhibition with Roberta Kremer, BRDE Cultural Space, Florianópolis, Brazil
2017
– 33rd Design Award Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo, Brazil
– 30th Design Award Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo, Brazil
2000
– 14th Design Award Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo, Brazil
1997
– Textile Art Today in Santa Catarina, Municipal Art Gallery, Blumenau, Brazil
1996
– Convergence 96 – It’s About Time, Oregon, USA
– Nara Guichon, Tarsila Art and Handicraft Gallery, Florianópolis, Brazil
1994
– Wall Panel, Victor Meirelles Salon, Florianópolis, Brazil
1992
– Island Culture, Banco do Brasil Cultural Space, Florianópolis, Brazil
1991
– Nara Guichon, Banco do Brasil Cultural Space, Florianópolis, Brazil
– Tapestry Expo, Regional University of Blumenau, Blumenau, Brazil
1986
– Nara Guichon, Customs House, Florianópolis, Brazil

Awards
2021
– Elisabete Anderle Award, Santa Catarina Foundation of Culture, Florianópolis, Brazil
2020
– Cultural Trajectory Recognition Award – Aldir Blanc Law, Santa Catarina Foundation of Culture, Florianópolis, Brazil
– Honorable Mention and Exhibition, BID, Ibero-American Design Biennial, Madrid, Spain [for the work Marea, a dress using ecoprint techniques and reused fishing nets]
2019
– 1st Place – Textile, 33rd Design Award Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo, Brazil [for the Botânica fabric collection, made with wool and ecoprint technique]
– 2nd Place – Textile, 33rd Design Award Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo, Brazil [for the Marea rug, made with knitting and reused fishing nets]
2018
– Honorable Mention, BID, Ibero-American Design Biennial, Madrid, Spain [for the Águas limpas project, with sponges for body cleaning or exfoliation made from reused fishing nets]
2017
– Honorable Mention, 31st Design Award Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo, Brazil [for the “Bem Brasil” fabric collection, made with reused fishing nets, stones, coconut shell beads, and seeds]
2016
– 1st Place – Textile, 30th Design Award Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo, Brazil [for the Oceano rug, made with reused fishing nets]
2007
– Imbuia Award, Association for the Preservation of the Environment and Life (Apremavi), Atalanta, Brazil [for contributions to the preservation of the Atlantic Forest]
2006
– Sebrae Top 100 Handicrafts Award [recognizing the Nara Guichon Atelier as one of the one hundred most competitive handicraft production units in Brazil]
2000
– Honorable Mention, 14th Design Award Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo, Brazil [for textile fabric made with fishing nets and silk]