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Machadinho, Brazil, 1966.
Lives and works in Campo Grande, Brazil.
PIPA Prize 2018 nominee.
PIPA Online Popular Vote winner 2015.
Works in the PIPA Institute Collection
Ana Ruas’ work takes a starting point the specificities of the painting medium, which the artist seeks to resolve at times through series of small or large canvases, at times covering wall surfaces with outdoor interventions. These interventions can also occur indoors, in museums and galleries. Her research encompasses, within a conceptual repertoire, space and the inhabited place. In 2016, she began the series “Enchanted Forest”, consisting of large-scaled paintings on canvases which feature the participation of children.
Website: www.anaruas.com.br
Video produced by Do Rio Filmes exclusively for PIPA 2018:
“Enchanted Forest”, 2017, 4’46”
“Origami”, 4’11”
“Pic-nic in-door”, 1’41”
“Vertical constructions”, 2011, 6’10”
“Selected trash”, 2009, site-specific, 1′
“Da arte e do lugar” [Of art and place], 2009, site-specific, 1’27”
Ana Ruas’ work takes a starting point the specificities of the painting medium, which the artist seeks to resolve at times through series of small or large canvases, at times covering wall surfaces with outdoor interventions. These interventions can also occur indoors, in museums and galleries. Her research encompasses, within a conceptual repertoire, space and the inhabited place, such as an urban intervention in her own city and in others’ cities. The desire to intervene leads the artist to create ephemeral architectures. The paintings show how it is possible to create new sensations and, therefore, new meanings to space.
In 2016, she began to create the series “Enchanted Forest”, paintings in large-scaled canvases which feature the participation of children. In this series, the research is focused on gestural painting and organic forms, with mixtures of imaginary narratives, memories and photographic records. Each of these paintings measures 25 square meters in average. The Ateliê Ana Ruas [the artist’s studio], besides being the artist’s production site, is also a laboratory interested in art-education and in the search of individual poetry, where children and adults experience processes in the visual arts. The space welcomes, invites, gathers and hosts people interested in discussing issues that permeate contemporaneity, thereby enabling exchanges between artists, critics and curators.
In 2016, she began to create the series “Enchanted Forest”, paintings in large-scaled canvases which feature the participation of children. In this series, the research is focused on gestural painting and organic forms, with mixtures of imaginary narratives, memories and photographic records. Each of these paintings measures 25 square meters in average. The Ateliê Ana Ruas [the artist’s studio], besides being the artist’s production site, is also a laboratory interested in art-education and in the search of individual poetry, where children and adults experience processes in the visual arts. The space welcomes, invites, gathers and hosts people interested in discussing issues that permeate contemporaneity, thereby enabling exchanges between artists, critics and curators.
In 2011, the artist built a studio open to the public, where she welcomes, gathers and hosts art critics, curators, artists and other professionals, creating a cross-cultural exchange of contemporary art and interdisciplinary subjects. The artist also invites schools and develops educational activities with the purpose of teaching children and adolescents.
The artist creates urban interventions, site-specific works and educational projects in public and private institutions in partnership with the local council and the state and federal governments in Minas Gerais and other Brazilian states. In 2018, she participated in “Scapeland – Território Livre” at Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo, Brazil, and “Dialetos” at Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. In 2016, she began the series “Enchanted Forest” paintings in large-scaled canvases which feature the participation of children. In 2015, she was awarded the PIPA Online Popular Vote prize. In 2014, Ruas participated in the “Biennale del Fin del Mundo”, at Mar del Plata, Argentina. In the same year, she painted the façade of the Museum of Art and Popular Culture (MACP) of Cuiabá, Brazil, in celebration of its 40th anniversary. In 2013 she was awarded the “FUNARTE Woman in the visual arts” prize for her project and lecture entitled “Seminário entre Vários Olhares: da Pintura à Intervenção”.
The artist creates urban interventions, site-specific works and educational projects in public and private institutions in partnership with the local council and the state and federal governments in Minas Gerais and other Brazilian states. In 2018, she participated in “Scapeland – Território Livre” at Memorial da América Latina, São Paulo, Brazil, and “Dialetos” at Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. In 2016, she began the series “Enchanted Forest” paintings in large-scaled canvases which feature the participation of children. In 2015, she was awarded the PIPA Online Popular Vote prize. In 2014, Ruas participated in the “Biennale del Fin del Mundo”, at Mar del Plata, Argentina. In the same year, she painted the façade of the Museum of Art and Popular Culture (MACP) of Cuiabá, Brazil, in celebration of its 40th anniversary. In 2013 she was awarded the “FUNARTE Woman in the visual arts” prize for her project and lecture entitled “Seminário entre Vários Olhares: da Pintura à Intervenção”.
Video produced by Matrioska Filmes exclusively for PIPA 2015:
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