Ana Prata

(this page was last updated in June 2019)

Sete Lagoas, Brazil, 1980.
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.

PIPA Prize 2017, 2018 and 2019 nominee.

Ana Prata has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of São Paulo, and from the beginning of her career has been developing her research in painting. She understands painting as a medium to experiment and as a language. Through different scales, themes and materials, her work represents a large formal variation. The artist participated in the 33rd Bienal de São Paulo – Affective Affinities, at Bienal Pavilion, São Paulo, Brazil (2018); and held solo exhibitions at Galeria Isla Flotante, Buenos Aires (2019), Galeria Millan, São Paulo, Brazil (2014 and 2017); Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK (2016); La Maudite, Paris, France, and Kubikgallery, Porto, Portugal (2015); Tomie Ohtake Institute, São Paulo, Brazil (2012); and Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brazil (2009), among others. She was also one of the nominees for the 2017 e 2018 PIPA Prize. The group exhibitions she has been in include Os Desígnios da Arte Contemporânea no Brasil, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, and A Luz que Vela o Corpo É a Mesma que Revela a Tela, Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2017);O Espírito de Cada Época, Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil (2015); Festival Internacional de Arte Contemporânea SESC_Videobrasil, São Paulo, Brazil (2011 and 2013), Os Primeiros Dez Anos, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brazil (2011), and Lugar Nenhum, Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2013). In 2011, she was an artist-in-residence at the Red Bull House of Art in São Paulo and at Residency Unlimited, New York, in 2016.

Website: www.anaprata.net

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Artworks

Curriculum

Education
– Fine Arts, School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Solo Exhibitions
2017
– “Miss Natural e outras pinturas”, Millan Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Portraits”, Discoveries, Hong Kong Art Basel, China
2016
– “Gone Astray”, Pippy Houldsworth gallery, London, UK
2015
– “Vitrine”, Kunsthalle São Paulo, Brazil
– “Minutemen”, La Maudite, Paris, France
– “Bikini Projects#1”, Kubikgallery (kubikulo), Porto, Portugal
2014
– “O sol e a diferença”, Millan Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
2012
– “e também o elevador, o vulcão e o jantar”, Institute Tomie Othake, São Paulo, Brazil
2010
– “Nada pertence”, Marília Razuk Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
2009
– “Jogo de Desmontar”, University Centre Maria Antônia, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Sala de Espera”, Cultural Centre São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Group Exhibitions
2017
– “Troposphere”, Beijing Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China
– “Tão diferentes, tão atraentes”, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Os Designios da Arte Contemporânea no Brasil”, Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo (MAC-USP), São Paulo, Brazil
– “A Luz Que Vela o Corpo é a Mesma Que Revela a Tela”, Caixa Cultural Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016
– “The Visible World Is Merely An Isolated Case”, Cuchifritos, New York, USA
– “Around the Edge”, Broadway 1602, New York, USA
– “Dropping the Guru”, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
2015
– “O Espírito de Cada Época”, Institute Figueiredo ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
2014
– “Autoria, curadoria, reforma, contra-reforma”, Studio Alvaro Razuk, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Quase figura, quase forma”, Estação Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
2013
– 18º Festival Videobrasil, SESC Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Lugar Nenhum”, Institute Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Recorte Transversal”, Transversal Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
2012
– “Manobras Poéticas”, Athena Contemporânea Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011
– 17º Festival Videobrasil, SESC Belenzinho, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Os primeiros dez anos”, Institute Tomie Othake, São Paulo, Brazil
2010
– “Vistas a perder de vista”, Penteado Gallery, Campinas, Brazil
2009
– “Exposição de Verão”, Silvia Cintra Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2008
– “menos 21”, Graduating Exhibition ECA-USP, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Entre 5 Paredes”, Collective in atelier, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Ana Prata, Bruno Dunley, Marcos Brias”, Marília Razuk Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
– 12º Salon Paulista de Arte Contemporânea , Casa das Rosas, São Paulo, Brazil