(this page was last updated in July 2016)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1967.
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
PIPA 2012 nominee.
The main question at Tatiana Grinberg’s works is in the relationship between bodies and space. The works happens as fluxes, processes and experimentation. Build themselves as a contact’s net between bodies, objects, and ambience, through recognizable and unfamiliar situations. And in succession of potentiation and anesthetization of the sensible, time intricacies and spatial tension multiplications, she search for a new corporeality. The interactions, migrations, occurred transformations, the exchanges, the scars become vital here.
Since the 90’s Tatiana Grinberg has been developing projects/researches which are presented as exhibitions: drawings, sets of objects such as “Surgical Cenesthesia, Wall, Desocupado and Muse, Partition and Cuts or Peles”, as well as interventions, such as “White space between 4 walls” – through which was started a collaboration with Cia Dani Lima for the creation of a performance and the dance spectacle “Do the parts speak of the whole? All of them require our presence”.
The “Placebo” project, exhibited in 2011 at the Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art, involved a research with which professionals from different areas of knowledge collaborated. It also received the support from Secretaria de Estado de Cultura do Rio Janeiro through the Edital de Artes Visuais. Recently a book was launched on the project, which brings annotations, drawings, presentation, photos and experts of a conversation, which happened during the show between Tatiana Grinberg, Cecilia Cotrim and Ricardo Basbaum.
Education
– Post-graduate Diploma in Fine Arts from the Goldsmiths’ College, University of London, London, UK.
– BA in Visual Communication from Escola de Belas Artes, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– Attended courses and studios at Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Bloco Escola, Modern Art Museum Rio de Janiero and PUC Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– Took part in UNIARTE, FAPERJ, UFRJ first group of artists researchers and in the International Studios Programme da Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin with Bolsa de Cultura Virtuose, the MinC’s scholarship.
– Tatiana was invited as resident artist both at Gasworks in London, UK, and at Watermill Centre in Long Island, USA.
– She taught at Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage and Instituto de Artes, UERJ.
Projects/ Solo Exhibitions
2011
– “Placebo”, Modern Art Museum Rio de Janeiro (MAM RJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Anotações, ensaios e embates”, Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2005
– “Peles”, Laura Marsiaj Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2003
– “Falam as Partes do Todo?”, with Cia Dani Lima, Espaço Cultural Sérgio Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2002
– “Tatiana Grinberg”, Laura Marsiaj Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2001
– “Tatiana Grinberg”, Projeto Novas Direções, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2000
– “Tatiana Grinberg”, Espaço AGORA/Capacete, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1999
– “Tatiana Grinberg”, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany.
1997
– “Fixo no Absurdo”, intervention in window, Livraria Dantes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1996
– “Cenestesia Cirúrgica”, IBEU Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Desenhos sobre o tempo”, IBEU Madureira, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Continentes”, Centro de Artes Calouste Gulbenkian, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1994
– “Armadilha”, Espaço Cultural Sérgio Porto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1991
– “Desenhos”, Artespaço, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2012
– “Novas Aquisições 2010 2012”- Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand, Modern Art Museum Rio de Janeiro (MAM RJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “E os amigos sinceros também”, Galeria IBEU, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2011
– “Bazzar em giz”, Bazzar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “coletiva 11”, Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2010
– “coletiva 10”, Mercedes Viegas Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2008
– “Interventions at Morro da Conceição”, A Gentil Carioca/IPHAN, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Morro da Artes”, IPHAN/Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Travessias Cariocas”, Caixa Cultural, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2007
– “Camiseta Educação”, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “A Imagem do Som”, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2006
– Prêmio Projéteis de Arte Contemporânea 2005-06, FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Manobras Radicais”, CCBB, São Paulo, Brazil.
– “É HOJE na arte brasileira contemporânea”, Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
– “Presente Líquido”, Casa Andrade Muricy, Curitiba TransVerso, Galeria da FAV, Goiânia, Brazil.
– “Coletiva de Abertura”, Carminha Macedo Contemporary Art, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
– “Fotografia Contemporânea”, Laura Marsiaj Contemporary Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2005
– “Eduação Olha!”, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Arte Brasileira Hoje”,Modern Art Museum Rio de Janeiro (MAM RJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “30 anos da EAV”, Palácio Gustavo Capanema, FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “O Corpo na Arte Contemporânea Brasileira”, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil.
– “Brazil”, Watermill Center, Watermill Long Island, USA.
– “Falam as partes do todo?”, Brasil move berlin 2005, Hau 2, Berlin, Germany.
2004
– “Unbound”, Parasol Unit, London, UK.
– “Poly/Graphic San Juan Trienal”, Latin America and Caribbean, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
– “Objeto como Imagem”, Galeria Virgílio, São Paulo, Brazil.
– “Imagem Sitiada”, Espaço Sesc Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Múltiplos”, Laura Marsiaj Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Grande Orlândia: artistas abaixo da linha do Equador”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Four Artists and I”, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland.
2003
– “Tatiana Grinberg/Lenora de Barros”, Laura Marsiaj Arte Contemporânea, Futuribles ARCO’03, Madrid, Spain.
– “Infantil”, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2002
– “Love’s House”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Vivências”, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK.
– 11º Panorama RioArte de Dança, Teatro Carlos Gomes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Retratos”, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “A Cultura em Tempos de Aids”, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– 27º Panorama da Arte Brasileira, Museu de Arte Moderna, Salvador, Brazil.
– “Caminhos do Contemporâneo 1952-2002”, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Coletiva 1”, Laura Marsiaj Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “poT”, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil.
– 11º Panorama de Dança, Teatro Carlos Gomes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2001
– 27º Panorama da Arte Brasileira, Museum of Modern Art São Paulo (MAM SP), São Paulo, Brazil.
– “The Thread Unravelled/O Fio da Trama”, El Museo del Barrio, New York, USA.
– “Scenario”, espace Quai Voltaire, Paris, France.
– “Non-lieu 2 (jeux doubles)”, Rio Scenarium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Muestra del Redescubrimiento”, Museu de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
– “Trajetória da Luz na Arte Brasileira”, Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil.
– 1º Salão Nacional de Arte de Goiás, no Flamboyant Shopping Center, Goiás, Brazil.
2000
– “Deslocamentos do Feminino”, Galeria do Conjunto Cultural da CEF, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Século das Mulheres”, Casa de Petrópolis, Petrópolis, Brazil.
1999
– “Brandenburgische Kunsttage”, Internationales Kunstforum Drewen V, Drewen bei Kyritz
– “La Belle Jardinière”, Künstlerhaus Schloss Wieperdorf, Wieperdorf, Germany.
1998
– Gasworks, London
– Prêmio Brasília de Artes Visuais 98, Museu de Arte de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
– XVI Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1997
– “Lines from Brazil”, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
– “Escultura Plural”, Museum of Modern Art Rio de Janeiro (MAM RJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “AR”, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– IV Salão MAM/Bahia, Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
– 25º Salão de Nacional de Arte de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
– “A Arte Contemporânea da Gravura”, Museu Metropolitano de Arte de Curitiba, Brazil.
1996
– <“Antártica Artes com a Folha”, Antiga Sede da Prefeitura Parque do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil.
– 20º Salão Carioca de Artes, Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Escultura Plural”, Museum of Modern Art Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
1995
– “Goldsmiths’ College Degree Show”, Goldsmiths’ College, London, UK.
1994
– “Novos Noventa”, no Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Plural/Singular”, na Galeria de Arte UFF, Niterói, Brazil.
– “Via Fax”, no Museu do Telephone, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1993
– “Tatiana Grinberg/Raul Mourão”, no Museu Guido Viaro, Curitiba, Brazil.
1991
– “EAV-Processo 738.765-2”, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1990
– “Coletiva”, Instituto Brasil-Argentina, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Gravura”, na Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– “Novos Novos”, na Galeria Centro Empresarial Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Awards
2005
– Prêmio Projéteis de Arte Contemporânea, FUNARTE, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1998
– Prêmio Brasília de Artes Visuais 98 do Museu de Arte de Brasília, Brazil.
1997
– Menção Especial IV Salão MAM/Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.
Works at institutions’ collections
– Instituto Brasil Estados Unidos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand / Museum of Modern Art Rio de Janeiro (MAM RJ), Brazil.
– Museu de Arte de Brasília, Brazil.