Born in 1984, in São Paulo, Brazil.
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.
Regina Parra works with painting, photography, and video, addressing issues such as new hierarchies of power, limits, control, and shifts of cultural boundaries. Her work has been exhibited in institutions such as The Jewish Museum (NY, USA), Galeria Effearte (Millan, Italy), Studio Trendy (Miami, USA) and Pivô, CCSP, Parque Lage, Paço das Artes, Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, SESC_Videobrasil, MAM Recife, Fundação Joaquim Nabuco (all in Brazil).
“Antes que eu esqueça”, 2014. Duration: 08’09”
“Capitão do mato”, 2016. Duration: 5’40”
“Sobre La Marcha II – O sobrevivente”, 2015. Duration: 8’24”
“Fim de Partida”, 2014. Duration: 8’04”
“7.536 passos (por uma geografia da proximidade”, 2012. Duration: 20’33”
“As pérolas, como te escrevi”, 2011. Duration: 4’41”
“Sobre la marcha”, 2010-2011. Duration: 6’06”
In recent years, Regina Parra has held solo exhibitions at Galeria Millan (São Paulo, Brazil), Marcos Amaro Foundation (São Paulo, Brazil), MASC_Museu de Arte de Santa Catarina (Santa Catarina, Brazil), Sítio (Santa Catarina, Brazil), Pivô (São Paulo, Brazil), Centro Cultural São Paulo Paço das Artes (São Paulo, Brazil), Fundação Joaquim Nabuco (PE) and Galeria Leme (São Paulo, Brazil). Among the group shows are ‘Brazil: Knife in the Flesh’, curatorship of Jacopo Crivelli Visconti and Diego Sileo; ‘PAC_Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea’, in Milan, Italy; ‘Sights and Sounds’, curated by Luiza Proença and Jens Hoffmann, at The Jewish Museum, in New York, USA; ‘What I really want to tell you’, curated by Jennifer Inacio and Flavia Macuco, Atchugarry Art Center, Miami, USA; ‘Hole in Maps’, curated by Juliana Steiner, at 601 Artspace, in New York, USA; ‘FUSO – International Video Art Festival’, curated by Lisette Lagnado, at the National Museum of Ancient Art, in Lisbon, Portugal; ‘Say the Same Thing’, curated by Giovanna Bragaglia and Miwa Negoro, OnCurating Project Space, Zurich, Switzerland; ‘CPR Film Festival Argentina’, curated by Tainá Azeredo, in Buenos Aires, Argentina; ‘Emergência’, curated by Moacir dos Anjos, at Galpão Bela Maré, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ‘Totemonumento’, curated by Isabella Rjeille, at Galeria Leme; ‘Arquitetura e Paisagem Urbana’, curated by Cauê Alves, MuBE; ‘O espírito de cada época’, curated by Rejane Cintrão, Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil; ‘Encruzilhada’, curated by Bernardo Mosqueira, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ‘Cães sem Plumas’, curated by Moacir dos Anjos at the Museu de Arte Moderna de Recife, in Recife, Brazil; ‘Rumos Artes Visuais’, curated by Agnaldo Farias at Itaú Cultural; ’17 Festival Internacional de Arte Contemporânea SESC_Videobrasil’, curated by Solange Farkas at SESC Belenzinho; ‘Suspicious Minds’, curated by Cristina Ricupero in the Red Gallery; ‘A carta da Jamaica’, curated by Alfons Hug, at Oi Futuro, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; ‘Rice and Beans’, curated by Jacopo Crivelli at Studio Trendy in Miami, ‘À Sombra do Futuro’, curated by Luiza Proença at Instituto Cervantes; and ‘Group 2000e8’, curated by Paulo Pasta at SESC Pinheiros.
In 2018 she participated in the Residency Unlimited residency program in New York, USA, and won the 3M Art Show Announcement. In 2012 she won the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation’s Video Art Award and was nominated for the Emerging Artists Award, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, in Miami, USA. Regina also received the I Videobrasil Open Ateliê Award (2011) and the Iberê Camargo Bolsa (2009) Highlight Award.
Education
2011
– Master’s Degree in Visual Arts, Faculdade Santa Marcelina, São Paulo, Brazil
2008
– Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts, FAAP, São Paulo, Brazil
2003
– École des Beaux Arts in Paris, France
2000
– Centro de Pesquisas Teatrais (CPT), oriented by Antunes Filho, São Paulo, Brazil
Solo Exhibitions
2014
– “É possível, mas não agora”, curated by Ana Maria Maia, Pivô, São Paulo, Brazil
2012
– “Sobre la marcha”, Galeria Effearte, Milan, Italy
2011
– “Atrás das janelas”, Programa de Exposições do Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Eldorado: clarões de desejo”, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil
2010
– “Eldorado”, Prêmio Trajetórias, Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Recife, Brazil
2009
– “Rumor”, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Mise-en-scène”, Temporada de Projetos do Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
Group Exhibitions
2016
– “Sights and Sounds”, curated by Jens Hoffmann and Luiza Proença, The Jewish Museum, New York, USA
– “Totemonumento”, curated by Isabella Rjeille, Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Jogos de Forças”, curated by Philipe Augusto, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Notícias de um novo MubBE: arquitetura e paisagem urbana”, curated by Cauê Alves, MubBE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “CPR Film Festival Argentina (Curatorial Program for Research)”, curated by Tainá Azeredo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015
– “O espírito de cada época”, curated by Rejane Cintrão, Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
– “Frente à Euforia”, curated by Mariana Lorenzi, Isabella Rjeille and Fabio Zuker, Oswald de Andrade, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Encruzilhada”, curated by Bernardo Mosqueira, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014
– “I Trienal de Artes Frestas”, curated by Josué Mattos, SESC, Sorocaba, Brazil
– “Sights and Sounds”, curated by Luiza Proença, The Jewish Museum, New York, USA
– “Cães sem Plumas”, curated by Moacir dos Anjos, MAMAM, Recife, Brazil
– “Operações Fotográficas”, SESC Vila Mariana, São Paulo, Brazil
2013
– “Suspicious Minds”, curated by Cristina Ricupero, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Cães sem Plumas”, curated by Moacir dos Anjos, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Tempo Suspenso”, curated by Luisa Duarte, Brazil Art Fair, Miami
– “Arquivo Vivo”, curated by Priscila Arantes, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Exposição de verão”, curated by Luisa Duarte, Galeria Silvia Cintra, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2012
– “Rumos Artes Visuais 2011-2013”, curated by Agnaldo Farias, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
– “O fio do abismo”, curated by Gabriela Motta, Casa das Onze Janelas, Belém, Brazil
– “Itinerância Videobrasil 2012/2013”, curated by Solange Farkas, SESC Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
– “Volta ao dia em 80 mundos”, curated by Ana Maria Maia, Centro Cultural Octo Marques, Goiânia, Brazil
– “Para além do arquivo”, curated by Priscila Arantes and Cauê Alves, Centro Cultural Banco do Nordeste, Fortaleza, Brazil
– “Salão Paranaense”, curated by Lisette Lagnado and Paulo Herkenhoff, Museum of Contemporary Art, Curitiba, Brazil
2011
– “17º Festival Internacional de Arte Contemporânea”, curated by Solange Farkas, SESC Videobrasil, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Mostra Extranatureza”, curated by Paula Alzugaray, Casa M, Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Mostra Filmes de Arte”, curated by Paula Alzugaray, Bienal do Ventosul, Curitiba, Brazil
2010
– “Livro Acervo”, curated by Lenora de Barros e Arthur Lescher, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Feijão com Arroz”, curated by Jacopo Visconti, Studio Trendy, Miami, USA
– “This is not a Gateway”, curated by Deepa Naik, Hanbury Hall, London, UK
– “Arte Pará”, curated by Paulo Herkenhoff, Museu do Estado do Pará, Palácio Lauro Sodré, Belém, Brazil
– “À Sombra do Futuro”, curated by Luiza Proença, Instituto Cervantes, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Paralela”, curated by Paulo Reis, Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, São Paulo, Brazil
– “A Carta da Jamaica”, curated by Alfons Hug, Oi Futuro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2009
– Programa de Exposições MARP, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
– “Epílogo”, Red Bull House of Art, São Paulo, Brazil
– 37º Contemporary Art Salon Luiz Sacilotto, Santo André, Brazil
– “Alcova”, curated by Marcelo Campos, Galeria Laura Marsiaj, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Nouvelle Vague”, curated by Jacopo Visconti, Galeria Laura Marsiaj, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2008
– “2000 e Oito”, SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Grupo 2000e8”, Museu Victor Meirelles, Florianópolis, Brazil
– “Arte Brasileira Contemporânea: 18 propostas”, curated by Celso Fioravante, Galeria Murilo Castro, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Do Lado de Lá”, Museum of Brazilian Art, São Paulo, Brazil
– “As Constituições do Brasil”, Museum of Brazilian Art, São Paulo, Brazil
2007
– 39ª Anual de Artes Plásticas, Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Homens Trabalhando”, Galeria Florence Antonio, São Paulo, Brazil
– “As Constituições do Brasil”, Palácio do Planalto, Brasília, Brazil
– “Coletiva Galeria Florence Antonio”, Casa dos Macacos, São Paulo, Brazil
– “É Junho Mas Parece Novembro”, Galeria Polinésia, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Coletiva Florence Antonio”, Escola São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2006
– 38a Anual de Artes Plásticas, Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, São Paulo, Brazil
2005
– 37a Anual de Artes Plásticas, Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado, São Paulo, Brazil
Awards
2011
– Concurso de Videoarte Prize, Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Recife, Brazil
– SESC_Videobrasil Prize, Ateliê Aberto, São Paulo, Brazil
2009
– Destaque da Bolsa Iberê Camargo Prize, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2006
– First prize of the 38ª Anual de Artes Plásticas, FAAP, São Paulo, Brazil
