MARIA LAET
Born in 1982, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Education
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2011 - 2012 PIESP, São Paulo, Brasil
2007 - 2008 Camberwell College of Art, London, England
MA Theory and Practice of Transnational Art
2007 Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, England
Post Graduation Diploma in Fine Art
2000 - 2006 PUC, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Degree in Graphic Design
Solo Shows
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2014 Stone Gap, A Gentil Carioca Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Curated by Michael Asbury
2014 Situação de água, Marília Razuk Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil. Curated by Luisa Duarte
2013 La voix/e des choses, MdM Gallery, Paris, France. Curated by Felipe Scovino
2012 O que vive é espesso, Galeria a Gentil Carioca Lá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Curated by Frederico Coelho
2010 Gesto Mínimo, Galeria Riccardo Crespi, Milão, Italia. Curated by Federica Bueti
2010 Desenhos de Ar, Centro Universitário Maria Antonia, São Paulo, Brazil
2010 Eu fiz o nada aparecer (verso de Manoel de Barros). Galeria A Gentil Carioca,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Selected group shows
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2015 Lignes de tangence, MSK Fine Arts Museum, Gent, Belgium. Curated by Catherine de Zegher
2015 O tempo da duração, Exposição expérimento, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2015 Atributos do Silêncio, curated by Felipe Scovino, Galeria Bergamin, São Paulo, Brazil
2015 R Encruzilhada, Escola de Artes Visuais, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2014 Rumors of the Meteore, Frac Lorraine, Metz, France. Curated by Beatrice Josse
2014 Everydayness, Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdansk, Poland. Curated by Beatrice Josse and Aneta
Szylak
2014 Jaro 3, Rooster Gallery in association with Residency Unlimited, New York. Curated by Caroline
Taylor
2014 A Invenção da Praia, Paço das Artes, São Paulo. Curated by Paula Azulgaray
2014 Único, Carbono Gallery, São Paulo. Curated by Paulo Venâncio Filho
2013 Correspondências (exposição em homenagem ao centenário da artista Tomie Ohtake), Centro
Cultural dos Correrios, Rio de Janeiro. Curated by Agnaldo Farias e Paulo Miyada
2013 Brutalidade Jardim, Marília Razuk Gallery, São Paulo. Curated by Kiki Mazzucchelli
013 Chambres à Part VIII: Seeing is a Fable, Paris, France
2013 Lugar comum, SESC Quitandinha, Petrópolis. Curated by Marcelo Campos
2012 PIESP. Programa Independente da Escola São Paulo, Instituto Cervantes, São Paulo.
Curated by Adriano Pedrosa e Luiza Proença
2012 “...(chamo silêncio à linguagem-que-já-não-é-orgão-de-nada)...” (after Pascal Quignard),
Quase Galeria- Espaçot, Porto, Portugal. Curated by Fátima Lambert
2012 from the margin to the edge, Somerset House, London, UK. Curated by Rafael Cardoso
2012 18th Biennale of Sydney: all our relations, Art Gallery NSW and MCA, Sydney, Australia.
Curated by Catherine de Zegher and Gerald McMaster
2012 Rumos Itaú Cultural Artes Visuais, São Paulo, Belém, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Curated by Agnaldo Farias, Ana Maria Maia, Felipe Scovino, Gabriela Motta, Paulo Miyada,
Alejandra Muñoz, Carlos Franzoi, Júlio Martins, Luiza Proença, Marcelo Campos, Matias Monteiro,
Sanzia Pinheiro e Vânia Leal.
2010 Chez Toi – Exposition Éphémère N.1, See Art, Paris, França. Curated by Maria do Mar Guinle
2010 Silêncio, Galeria Zipper, São Paulo, Brazil. Curated by Paula Braga
2010 O lugar da linha, Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Niterói, Brazil. Curated by Felipe Scovino
2010 O lugar da linha, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil. Curated by Felipe Scovino
2010 Natura e Destino, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milan, Italia
2009 TrAIN to Bad Ems, Galerie Nord, Berlin, Alemanha. Curated by Danièle Perrier
2008 O Contrato do Desenhista, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon, Portugal. Curated by Paulo Reis
2008 Little Things, The Parlour Project Space Gallery, London, England
2008 Reflect refract, Rich Gallery, London, England. Curated by Lucía Pizzani
2008 Realidades Imposibles, Fototeca Juan Malpica Mimendi, Vera Cruz, Mexico
2008 MA Theory and Practice of Transnational Art, House Galery, London, England.
Curated by Michael Asbury
2008 Paper Trail: 15 Brazilian Artists, Allsopp Contemporary, London, England.
Curated by Maria do Mar Guinle
2007 Upstaging Nature, Lookoutpost, in collaboration with London Wildlife Trust,
Sydenham Hill Wood, London, England
2007 Novas Aquisições 2006/2007, Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand, Museu de Arte Moderna,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Awards
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2011/ 2012 Programa Rumos Itaú Cultural Artes Visuais, São Paulo
Indicated to PIPA Prize 2010, 2011, 2012
Residency
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2014 RU Residency Unlimited, New York
2010 Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Lisboa, Portugal
2009 Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
Collection
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MAC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Niteroi, Brazil
Gilberto Chateaubriand, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
FRAC Lorraine, France
Musée des Beaux Arts de Gand, Belgique
Texts
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2013 Felipe Scovino, Sobre o silencioso despertar das coisas, texto para exposição
La voix/e des choses
2012 Luisa Duarte, Devagar e sempre, texto para o Segundo Caderno do jornal O Globo,
de 12/11/2012
2012 Frederico Coelho, texto para a exposição O que vive é espesso
http://objetosimobjetonao.blogspot.com.br/2012/10/o-texto-abaixo-foi-escrito-para.html
2011 Moira Roth, interview for the Biennale of Sydney’s blog
http://moirarothsgleanings.tumblr.com/post/13516744523/gleanings-7-maria-laet
2011 Alessandra Alliata Nobili, text for the Italian magazine Arte Contemporanea number 26
2010 Federica Bueti, text for exhibition Gesto Minimo
2010 Cauê Alves, Desenhos de Ar, text for exhibition Desenhos de Ar
2010 Federica Bueti, text for exhibition Natura e Destino
2010 Felipe Scovino, Maria Laet e Paulo Sergio Duarte, Imperativo e acidente
2009 Suzana Vaz, Maria Laet. The might beyond duality, text for exhibition TrAIN to Bad Ems
http://www.suzanavaz.org/resources/The%20Might%20Beyond%20Duality.pdf
2009 Danièle Perrier, text for exhibition TrAIN to Bad Ems
2008 Isobel Whitelegg, text for exhibition MA Theory and Practice of Transnational Art
2008 Michael Asbury, interview for Abre Alas Magazine, A Gentil Carioca
2008 Michael Asbury, Some Articulations of Modesty and Ambition
2007 Paulo Reis, Espaço de Sensação
Other projects
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2011 Collaboration at Lado7 magazine, first number, Editora 7Letras, editor Jorge Viveiros de Castro
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