Governador Valadares, Brazil, 1971.
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In 2003, Laura Lima together with the artists Ernesto Neto and Marcio Botner founded the gallery A Gentil Carioca in Rio de Janeiro. She was also the first Brazilian artist who has works in the Performance category bought in Brazil by the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, in 2000.
Education
2007-2008
– MA Theory and Practice of Transnational Art, Camberwell College of Art, House Gallery, London, UK
2007
– Post Graduation Diploma in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
2000 – 2006
– Graduated in Graphic Design, PUC, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Solo Exhibitions
2016
– ICA Miami, USA
– Triennal of Aichi, Nagoya, Japan
2015
– “The Naked Magician”, X-Rummet, SMK, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
– “El Mago Desnudo”, Modern Art Museum of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
– “Cinema Shadow – Segundo (archive)”, Margarita Xirgu Theatre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
– “Ágrafo”, Luisa Strina Gallery, São Paulo, Brasil
2014
– “The Fifth Floor”, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
– “The Abstraction”, Lilith Performance Studio, Malmo, Sweden
– “The Naked Magician”, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2013
– “Laura Lima”, Migros Museum fur Gegenwratskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
– “Laura Lima, MUAC, Mexico City, Mexico
– “Song, collaboration with James Tyson and Ranters Theatre”, Art’s House, Melbourne, Australia
2012
– “Footnotes”, A Gentil Carioca Lá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Cinema Shadow n1 Unspecified”, Shortwave Cinema, London, UK
– “Cinema Shadow Segundo”, Fundação Eva Klabin, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2010/2011
– “Laura Lima”, Casa França Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2010
– “Laura Lima”, La Centralle, Montreal, Canada
2009
– Artist Curator of the Pavilion Absurd in the 7th Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Padedéu (with Jarbas Lopes)”, Luisa Strina Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Cloud”, Laura Alvim Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2008
– “Flight”, A Gentil Carioca Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2007
– “Ornamental Philosophy”, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, USA
2005
– “Paisagem/Landscape”, Museu do Estado – Curso de Crítica de Lisette Lagnado, Recife, Brazil
2004
– “Ball, Laura Lima” Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Laura Lima – Instâncias- To Age”, Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Residence Program
2003
– “Costumes Loja / Costumes Shop”, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2002
– “Costumes”, Mala Galerija / Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
– “MAN=FLESH/WOMAN=FLESH & COSTUMES”, Museu de Arte da Pampulha / Pampulha Art Museum, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2000
– “Project Rooms, Arco-Madrid, Spain
– “Puller”, Escola de Crítica, invited by Lisette Lagnado, São Paulo, Brazil
– Traveling with RhR to Reina Sofia Museum and the City of Madrid
– Laura Lima at the Service of RhR, Espacio Uno, Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain
1999
– “M=f/W=f”, Puller at Fundição Progresso, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1998
– “Projeto Digestão”, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brazil
Group Shows
2013
– “Lugar comum”, Sesc Quintandinha, Petropólis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2012
– Sydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia
– “Lugar Comum”, Sesc Quitandinha, Petrópolis, Brazil
– Programa Independente da Escola São Paulo (PIESP), Instituto Cervanes, São Paulo, Brasil
– Rumos Artes Visuais, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brasil
– “From the margin to the edge”, Somerset House, London, UK
– 18th Sydney Biennial, Galeria NSW and MCA, Austrália
2010
– “Chez Toi”, Exposition Éphémère N.1. See Art, Paris, France
– “Silêncio”, Galeria Zipper, São Paulo, Brazil
– “O lugar da linha”, Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Niterói, Brazil
– “O lugar da linha”, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Natura e Destino”, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milan, Italy
2009
– “TrAIN to Bad Ems”, Galerie Nord, Berlin, Germany
2008
– “O Contrato do Desenhista”, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon, Portugal
– “Little Things”, The Parlour Project Space Gallery, London, UK
– “Reflect refract”, Rich Gallery, London, UK
– “Realidades Imposibles”, Fototeca Juan Malpica Mimendi, Vera Cruz, Mexico
– “Paper Trail: 15 Brazilian Artists”, Allsopp Contemporary, London, UK
2007
– “Upstaging Nature”, Lookoutpost, in collaboration with London Wildlife Trust, Sydenham, Hill Wood, London, UK
Awards, Sponsorships and Residencies
2012
– Programa Rumos Itaú Cultural Artes Visuais, São Paulo, Brazil
– Nominated for the PIPA Prize
2011
– Nominated for the PIPA Prize
2010
– Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon, Portugal
– Nominated for the PIPA Prize
– Residency at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, USA
2009
– Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
2006
– Marcantônio Vilaça Prize
Collections
– Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niteroi, Brazil
– Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection, Museum of Modern Art (MAM RJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
