Lais Myrrha

Master (2007) and Ph.D. student (since 2015) at the Escola de Belas-Artes, UFMG.  Bachelor degree in Visual Arts from the Escola Guignard, UEMG (2001). She has been granted a number of prizes and awards, including the I Bolsa Pampulha (2003), the Prêmio Projéteis, Rio de Janeiro (2007), and the Prêmio Atos Visuais, Brasília and the Bolsa Estímulo às Artes Visuais (both awarded by FUNARTE, also in 2007). She was also awarded a prize at the I Concurso Itamaraty de Arte Contemporânea, Brasília (2011) and Prêmio Arte e Patrimônio. IPHAN/Minc/Paço Imperial do Rio de Janeiro (2013). Myrrha participated in “Paralela10”, Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, São Paulo (2010), in “Temporada de Projetos” at the Paço das Artes, São Paulo and in the 8^th Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre (2011). In 2012 she was awarded the Bolsa Estímulo às Artes Visuais by FUNARTE. In 2013 the artist held the solo exhibition “Zona de Instabilidade” at CAIXA Cultural, São Paulo and Brasília (2013/2014), was selected for the 18th edition of Videobrasil’s Contemporary Art International Festival and participated in the group show “Blind Field “at the Karnnet Museum, Illinois, USA. In 2014, she carried out the “Projeto Gameleira 1971” at Pivô, São Paulo, and presented the work “Ensaio de Orquestra” at Coletor, São Paulo. In 2015, took part in the group exhibition of the artists nominated for the Marcantonio Vilaça Award at the Museum of Contemporary Art of São Paulo (MAC-USP). In 2016 presented an artwork for a public space at New Cities Future Ruins, Dallas, USA and participated with a commissioned work, “Double Standard”, at the 32nd Biennial of Art of São Paulo. In 2017, she took part in the group show  “Avenida Paulista” at MASP (São Paulo) with a commissioned video, “Delirium”; held a solo show “Reparation of Damages”, at Broadway 1602 gallery in New York,  and also participated in the group exhibition  “Condemned To Be Modern”,  as part of the Getty’s PST: LA/LA.

and was most recently included in the group exhibition,