(this page was last updated in August 2021)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1985.
Lives and works in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
PIPA 2021 nominee.
Race, gender, identity, the consequences of a lively and pungent coloniality in contemporary society presides as primordial issues in Priscila Rezende’s work. The images displayed in her work are visceral and regularly bring discomfort to the viewer, and when they do, they fulfill their role. By establishing a direct and clear dialogue with the public, her work proposes tensioning, causing displacements and contesting privileges, not allowing possibilities for evasion or digression.
Site: www.priscilarezendeart.com
Video produced by Do Rio Filmes exclusively for PIPA 2021:
“Barganha”, 2014. Duration: 2’59”
“Como erguer baronatos”, 2018. Duration: 5’53”
“Agosto”, 2020. Duration: 32’23”
Education
2011
– Fine Arts, Guignard School, State University of Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Works and group exhibitions
2021
– “I chocked and died countless times in your presence”, Perpendicular Em Casa, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “My Cloud”, Cine Human Rights 21 Festival, Brazil
– “My Cloud”, Every Woman: Women in Network Show, Brazil
– “My Cloud”, Cine Baru – Sagarana Cine Festival, Brazil
– “My Cloud”, Tela Curta Cachoeiro Festival, Brazil
2020
– “My cloud ”, short film, Negras Autoras . Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Deformation”, Voices Against Racism Exhibition, public space, São Paulo, Brazil
– “August”, IMS Convida, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Bienal Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Casa Carioca Exhibition, Rio Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Welcome or Practices for a good reception – Pennant Project”, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2019
– “Deformation”, Mulheres na Arte Brasileira – Entre Dois Vértices, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
– “How to raise baronates”, BrASA, Mama/Cadela, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Bargain”, Ipeformático Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Campo Grande, Brazil
– “Nau Frágil”, Ballhaus Naunynstrasse, Berlim, Germany
– “131”, Festival of Black Art, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Yell”, Sesiminas Theater, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “The banquet”, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Ties”, Women’s Strategies exhibition, Farol Santander, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Disturbances in theological doctrines – I bless your money”, Espanca! Theater, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Nau Frágil”, Malta Festival, Poznan, Poland
– “November 29, 1781”, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
– “Come… to be unhappy”, International Festival of Theater and Street Arts, Valladolid, Spain
– “Genesis 03:16”, Sesc Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil
2018
– “Yell”, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “130”, Abolition Museum, Recife, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Sesc Cariri Exhibition of Cultures, Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Sesc Cariri Exhibition of Cultures, Crato, Brazil
– “Ties”, Palco de Arte, Uberlândia, Brazil
– “Purification I”, Sesc Santo Amaro, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Genesis 3:16”, Popular Market, Oiapoque, Brazil
– “Minas”, Central Station Square, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Deformation”, Liberty Square, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “How to raise baronates”, Tomie Ohtake Institute, Sao Paulo, Brazil
– “Deformation”, Sesc Carmo, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Sesc Carmo, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Sesc Bauru, Bauru, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Garanhuns Winter Festival, Garanhuns, Brazil
– “Reeducation”, UFMG Music Conservatory, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Washington Square Park, New York, United States of America
– “All of which are american dreams”, Art Omi, New York, United States of America
– “Bombril”, Alfândega Square, Porto Alegre, Brazil
– “Yell”, Sesc Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Deformation”, Sesc Ipiranga, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Bargain”, Sesc Ipiranga, São Paulo, Brazil
– “November 29, 1781”, Sesc 24 de Maio, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Leicester Square, London, England
– “November 29, 1781”, Central Saint Martins, London, England
– “£20m”, Central Saint Martins, London, England
2017
– “Bargain”, Corpus Urbis, Macapá, Brazil
– “Bargain”, Settlement Seeds Exhibition, Boa Vista, Brazil
– “Bargain”, Amewa Exhibition, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Sesc Paraty, Paraty, Brazil
– “Ties”, Caixa Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Sesc Tocantins, Palmas, Brazil
– “Black Indices Exhibition”, Caixa Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Purification I”, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Sesc Araraquara, Araraquara, Brazil
– “Bargain”, Sesc Araraquara, Araraquara, Brazil
– “Come… to be unhappy”, Espanca Theater, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Purification I”, Aarão Reis Street, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Genesis 03:16”, Sete de Setembro Square, Brazil
– “Ouro Preto or Escape Routes”, Ouro Preto, Brazil
– “Come… to be unhappy”, Sesc Santos, Santos, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Museum of Tomorrow, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Purification I”, Settlement Seeds Exhibition, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo – Horizonte, Brazil “Reeducation”, Sesc Santana, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Come… to be unhappy”, Sesc Palladium, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Sesc Belenzinho, São Paulo, Brazil
2016
– “Deformation”, Sesc Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Re-education”, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
– “Purification I”, UFOP, Ouro Preto, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Sesc Santana, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Ouro Preto, Brazil
2015
– “Bombril”, Espírito Santo Art Museum, Vitória, Brasil
– “Deformation”, Maleta Building, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Genesis 9:25”, BDMG Cultural Center, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2014
– “Bargain”, Ceasa MG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Rabieh Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
– “Purification II”, Entre! Exhibition, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
2013
– “Purification I”, Maré Arts Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
– “Ties”, Pampulha Art Museum, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
– “Bombril”, Memorial Minas Gerais Vale, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2010
– “Bombril”, Guignard School, Minas Gerais, Brazil
– “Ties”, Guignard School, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2009
– “Urbanográfico”, Guignard School, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Residencies
2018
– SESCSP/CSM – Central Saint Martins, London, England
– Art Omi – Ghent, New York, United States of America
– Corpus Urbis Oiapoque Edition– Oiapoque, Amapá, Brazil
Collections
– Art Omi, Ghent, New York
– Das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Awards
2018
– Leda Maria Martins Award Performance Category of Tempo Espiralar, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2012
– 3rd place Professional Category Contest Pictures of Minas BDMG, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Bombril, PRISCILA REZENDE em PERFORMANCE NO MEMORIAL , 2013. Duration: 2’30”
GÊNESIS 09:25, 2015 – Saldo de Performance, 2015. Duration: 6’17”
Performance Bombril / Oficina Identidade e afrontamento com Priscila Rezende, 2015. Duration: 4’29”
CULTNE DOC Performance Bombril em Museu do Amanhã, 2018. Duration: 3’30”
TV UFMG Performance repensa religiões eurocêntricas no Conservatório UFMG, 2018. Duration: 2’14”