ESTÚDIO
ZORAVIA BETTIOL
1) RESUME
Zoravia Bettiol is an artist who works with graphic arts, textile art, painting, jewelry design, surface pattern
design, murals, art installations, and performances. She was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1935. After living
during 15 years in São Paulo and in San Francisco (USA), she returned to Porto Alegre in 2000. Zoravia
participated in 135 individual exhibitions between 1959 and 2015, in South America, Europe, the United States
and Japan. Her most important individual exhibition was Zoravia Bettiol, The Simplest Complexity, in
commemoration of her fifty years dedicated to the fine arts and the presentation of the homonymous book
about her art work, both in the Art Museum of Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagoli, Porto Alegre, in 2007.
2) EDUCATION (selected)
2011
Shibori Course – Daniela Adams. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1996
Image West Design School, San Francisco, USA, surface pattern design.
1989
Utilização artística de Fibras Naturais, com Inese Birstins. Museu de Arte Contemporânea da
Universidade de São Paulo, SP
1987
Oficina-Escola de Joalheria (Jewelry School Workshop), São Paulo, Brazil, jewerly design.
1968
Studio Maria Laskiewicz, Varsóvia (Warsaw), Poland, textile art.
1961
Curso de Litografia, com Marcelo Grassmann, Atelier Livre da Prefeitura.Porto Alegre, RS.
1956-57
Studio Vasco Prado, Porto Alegre, Brazil, drawing and woodcut.
1952-55
Instituto de Belas Artes (Fine Arts Institute), Porto Alegre, Brazil, painting.
3) INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2015
Obra Gráfica – Zoravia Bettiol. Woodcut. Museu da Casa da Xilogravura. Campos do Jordão,
Brazil.
2014
Arte Têxtil – um percurso da bi e tridimensionalidade. Tapestry and soft sculptures. Galeria
Espaço Cultural Duque. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2013
Encantações e Musas. Painting, drawing, woodcut and art installation. Galeria Espaço Cultural
Duque. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2012
Homenagem a Simões Lopes Neto – Mostra de ilustrações de Zoravia Bettiol. Drawing.
Espaço de Artes da Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA).
2011
Aos Grandes Mestres – Zoravia Bettiol. Print,drawing and object. Preview of the movie:
Zoravia, directed by Henrique de Freitas Lima. Centro Cultural CEEE Érico Veríssimo. Porto
Alegre, Brazil.
2010
Celebration. Textile design. Purses and placemats. Espaço Cultural Galeria Arte Aplicada.
Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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2009
Verde que te Quiero verde- art installation, drawings and ecologycal texts. Memorial of Rio
Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2007
Retrospective Show: Zoravia Bettiol: The Simplest Complexity, engraving, drawings, painting,
textile art, art installation, object and performance. Ado Malagoli Art Museum of Rio Grande
do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2007
Zoravia Bettiol: O Desdobramento das Formas (“The Unfolding of Shapes”). Tapestries,
woven tridimensional shapes Faculdades Riograndenses (FARGS) Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2006
Quintana’s Trans-figuration. Art Installation, drawing, and monotype. Studio Zoravia Bettiol,
Porto Alegre, Brasil.
2004
Chairs, what do I need you for? Objects and art installation. Érico Veríssimo Cultural Center,
Porto Alegre, Brasil.
1999
Spring Exuberance – nº I and II, silkscreen and monotype.Gravura Gallery, Porto Alegre,
Brazil.
1999
Studio Zoravia Bettiol, San Francisco, USA, textile art, paintings, engraving and jewelry.
1998
Persona-Personagem – Headdress and Costume. Ado Malagoli Art Museum of Rio Grande do
Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1994
Augusta Savage Gallery, Amherst, USA, woodcut and tapestry.
1994
Pathways by Zoravia Bettiol. Woodcut, Tapestry and woven forms. Augusta Savage Galerry,
Amherst, MA, USA.
1993
The transformed world of Zoravia Bettiol. Painting, tapestry and woven shape. John Francis
Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA.
1993
Zoravia Bettiol: Poetry Illustration. Painting. VII Festival of Poetry in the arts. Fort Mason
Center, San Francisco, CA, USA.
1993
John Francis Gallery, San Francisco, USA, painting, tapestry and woodcut.
1993
Menlo Park City Hall, Menlo Park, USA, painting, tapestry and woodcut.
1992
Studio Zoravia Bettiol, São Paulo, Brazil, textile art, drawing, jewelry and woodcut.
1992
Art Museum of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Textile art and jewelry.
1990
Marisa Soilbelmann Gallery, Porto Alegre, Brazil, textile art and jewelry.
1988
Centro de Estúdios Brasileños, Assunção, Paraguay, woodcut.
1986-85
The Art of Zoravia Bettiol, a retrospective from 1955 to 1985, textile art, drawing, art
installation, jewelry and woodcut. Brazilian Art Museum, Armando Álvares Penteado
Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil (1986) and Art Museum of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre,
Brazil (1985).
1986
Bilbao Bank, Huelva, Spain, woven tridimensional shapes and tapestry.
1984
Kunstindustriemuseet, Oslo, Norway, woven tridimensional shapes and tapestry.
1984
Transfigurations of the Stone #1 and #2, woven tridimensional shapes and tapestry.
Latina Gallery, Montevidéu, Uruguay.
1983
Transfigurations of the Stone #1, tapestry. Studio Zoravia Bettiol, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1982
Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway, woodcut.
1982
Latina Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden, woodcut.
1980
The World of Franz Kafka, woodcut. Art Gallery of Brazilian American Cultural Institute,
Washington, USA.
1979
Zeigt Holzchnitte der Brazilianerin Zoravia Bettiol. Woodcut. Galerie Boisserée Am Museum,
Köln, Germany.
1979
Verde que te Quiero Verde, drawing, art installation, music, and ecologycal texts.
Art Museum of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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1978
Galerie Boisserée Am Museum, Köln, Germany, Zeigt Holzchnitte Der Brasilianeri Zoravia
Bettiol, woodcut.
1978
Praxis Gallery, Buenos Ayres, Argentina, textile art and woodcut.
1977
Pousada do Carmo Gallery. Woodcut. Museum of Modern Art, Salvador, Brazil.
1976
Zoravia Bettiol Gravures et Tapesseries, woven tridimensional shapes, tapestry and woodcut.
Galerie Debret, Paris, France.
1976
Casa del Brasil, Madrid, Spain, woven tridimensional shapes and tapestry.
1976
Zoravia Bettiol, Incisioni, textile art and woodcut. (Italian – Brazilian) Art Gallery Ítalo-brasileira,
Milan, Italy.
1974
The Art of Zoravia Bettiol – 1954 -1974, textile art and woodcuts. Museum of Modern Art, São
Paulo, Brazil.
1974
Galeria D’Arte of Pallazzo Doria Pamphili, Roma, Italy, woven tridimensional shapes, tapestry
and woodcut.
1973
Luiz Angel Arango Library, Banco de la República, Bogotá, Colômbia, textile art and woodcut.
1973
Salon Municipal, La Paz, Bolívia, textile art and woodcut.
1971
Zoravia Bettiol - Fifteen Years of Engraving, linoleum prints, litograph, and woodcut.
Porto Alegre City Hall, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1970
Bonino Gallery. Woodcut. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1968
Foz Palace. Woodcut. Lisbon, Portugal.
1969
Simon Patino Gallery. Woodcut. Cité Universitaire, Genéve, Switzerland.
1968
Rzezby Gallery. Woodcut. Warsaw, Poland.
1968
Mestska Knihovna. Woodcut. Prague, Czechoslovakia.
1967
Art Gallery of Brazilan American Cultural Institute, Washington, USA.
1966
Gênesis, woodcut. Espaço Gallery, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1965
Artes y Letras Center. Woodcut. Punta del Este, Uruguay.
1961
Astréia Gallery. Woodcut. São Paulo, Brazil.
1959
A Salamanca do Jarau, woodcut. School of Architecture at the University of Rio Grande do
Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1959
Arte Bella Gallery, Montevidéu, Uruguay, drawing, linoleum prints, and woodcut.
1959
II Day Pan-American Poetry, Piriápolis, Uruguay, Brazilian Illustrated Poetry, painting,
monotypes, and collage.
4) COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2015
1º Encontro França-Brasil - Exposição. Paintings. Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana. Porto
Alegre, Brazil.
2015
24th and 25th International Miniart Moda/Fashion Exchange. Galeria Gravura and Museu da
Moda. Porto Alegre and Canela,Brazil.
2015
Caro, Cara - Retratos correspondentes no acervo MARGS e artistas convidados. Silk Screen.
Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagolli. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2014
Estação das Águas. Drawing. Jardins do DMAE e Orla de Ipanema. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2014
Geografias da Criação – Arte, moda e design. Tapestry. Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul
Ado Malagolli. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2014
Resistir é Preciso. Lithography. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo
and Belo Horizonte.
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2013
XXV Exposição de Artes. Paintings and drawings. Germania – Associação Sociocultural
Esportiva. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2013
18th International Miniart Exchange. Painting over photography. Casa de Cultura Mario
Quintana. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2013
III TENET. Soft Sculpture. A Casa – Museu do Objeto Brasileiro. São Paulo, Brazil.
2012
Águas em Movimento. Painting. Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Rio Grande do Sul (MACRS). Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2012
TENET – Tecendo na Net. Soft Sculpture. A Casa – Museu do Objeto Brasileiro. São Paulo,
Brazil.
2012
16th International Miniart Exchange Faces. Drawings. Centro Cultural Francisco Paco Urondo
– UBA and. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2012
15th International Miniart Exchange Sport. Drawings The Waterfront Hall. Belfast, North Irland.
2011
Aire- 6™ World Textil Art Biennial – Guest artists – USBI’s garden, Xalapa, México.
2011
Arte ao Cubo. Object. Centro Cultural Usina do Gasômetro. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2010
Cow Parade- Cow-lice in the Wonderland. Object. Porto Alegre Edition, Brazil.
2010
No Mundo da Arte, Poluição a Parte. Installation. FIEMA - International Fair of Technology and
Environment. Bento Gonçalves, Brazil.
2009
The Imaginary Luggage of Zoravia Bettiol. Installation. Centro Cultural Érico Veríssimo, Porto
Alegre, Brazil.
2009
Collective Exhibition of Prints from South Brazil, monotype. Cultural Center of Brazilian
Embassy, Livio Abramo Gallery, Assunción, Paraguay.
2007
R_ECOnstruindo a Vida. Installation and performance. Essa POA é Boa - Show DC Shopping,
Porto Alegre, Brasil.
2007
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, New acquisitions MAM; Gilberto Chateaubriand
Collections. Object.
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2007
4 International Miniart Exchange. Painting Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2006
Quintana”s Porto Alegre. drawingPorto Alegre City Hall, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2003-04
Paráguas Intervenidos, object.Museum of Fine Arts, Rafaela, Argentina; V Biennial Caribbean,
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and PUC Museum of Science and Technology, Porto
Alegre, Brazil.
2003-04
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1 International Miniart Exchange, Painting. Usina do Gasômetro, Porto Alegre, Brazil, and
Gomboc Gallery, Midleswan, Australia.
2002
Show See & Reveal, woodcut Art Museum of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2002
Design and Light, luminary exhibition, luminary D House Shopping, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2000
Show Object Brasil – Design in the 500 years, woven tridimensional shapes and jewelry.
São Paulo State Art Gallery, São Paulo, SP.
2000
Image navigators – photographs, photographic art installation. Usina do Gasômetro, Porto
Alegre, Brazil.
1999
USA Craft Today 99. Jewelry. Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, USA.
1999
Artwear 99. Textile ornament Fort Waine Museum of Art, Fort Waine, USA.
1999
Prints Todays – Show Rio. Print and monotype. Gustavo Capanema Palace, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. São Paulo, SP.
1998
Square Foot. Jewelry. In Sight Gallery. San Francisco, USA.
1997
15 Ars Textrina Internacional Exhibit. Woven shapes, Oklahoma University, Oklahoma, USA.
1995
II International Symposium on Textile – White Nights, St. Petersburg, Russia, II International
Exhibition, Textile Art and Industrial Textile. Textile ornament.
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1995
Global Focus Exhibition. Drawing. United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women,
Beijing, China.
1995
Fort Mason Conference Center, Bayfront Gallery, São Francisco, USA, We Are All Conected,
S.F.W.A. U. N. Conference Exhibition, painting.
1994
Brazilian Arts and Craft Festival, tapestry and drawing. San Francisco County Fair, San
Francisco, USA.
1993
7th Festival of Poetry in the Arts, Brazilian Poetry Illustration, painting.Fort Mason Conference
Center, San Francisco, USA.
1993
Gravuras e Matrizes Brasileiras. Coleção Guita e José Mindlin. Matrix and woodcut. Fundação
Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, PT.
1993
Montage: Elements of Life, painting and woodcut. Fort Mason Conference Center, San
Francisco, USA.
1993
Brazilian Print. Woodcut. Palácio de las Convenciones, Havana, Cuba.
1992
America: pathways of a lost time, painting SESC Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil.
1991
Citizenship – 200 years of the declaration of human rights and citizenship. Lithography.São
Paulo State Art Gallery), São Paulo, Brazil.
1989
Collective Exhibition of Textile Art. Companionship Center, Campinas, Brazil.
1989
Art South 89, woven tridimensional shapes.
Art Museum of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1988
Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil, woodcut.
1987
18 Graphic Arts International Biennial, woodcut Modern Gallery, Liubliana,Yugoslavia.
1987-86
Brazilian Graphic Arts and Drawing. Woodcut.Brazilian Embassy, Zagred, Silsak, Titovo,
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Valenge and Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
1986-85
Textil 85 Event, in various cultural institutions, museuns, and galleries of Porto Alegre, São
Paulo, Belo Horizonte, and Curitiba, Brazil. Tapestry.
1985
Woodcut in the history of Brazilian art. Travelling exhibition in several Brazilian cities.
Woodcut. FUNARTE’s Sergio Miliet Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1984
Textilmuseum Max Berk, Heidelberg, Germany, Tapisserien aus Brasilien. Tapestry.
1984
First Biennial of Habana, woodcut Nacional Museum of Habana, Cuba.
1982-79-76
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and 1 Tapestry Triennial, woven tridimensionais shapes and tapestry.
Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo, Brazil.
1982
Art from Brazil, woodcut. Port of History Museum at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, USA.
1981
Third Graphic Arts Biennial. Woodcut. Seul, Korea.
1981
Textilkünst 81. Woven Shapes. Kunstlerhaus, Vien, and Stadtausstellung, Linz, Austria, AT.
1981-79-74-72-70 5th, 4th , 3th, 2nd and
1st Latin American Biennial, woodcut.Cultura Puertorriqueña
Institute, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1979
First Latin American Triennial of Engraving, Buenos Aires, Argentina, woodcut.
1978-76
Second and First Triennial of Fiber Arts, woven tridimensional shapes.The Central Museum of
Textiles, Lodz, Poland.
1977
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan, Fiber Works, Americas and
Japan, woven tridimensional shapes. Japan.
1977
Primero Encuentro Argentino, Brasileño, Uruguayo de Tapiceria, woven tridimensional
shapes. Visual Arts Museum, Buenos Ayres, Argentina.
1977
Modern Art of Iberoamerica, woodcut. Cultural Center, Madrid, Spain.
1976
Grande Resegna D’Arte Contemporânea, Munich, Germany, woodcut.
1976
Milan City Hall, Italy, International Contest of Graphic Arts Drawing and Sculpture. Woodcut
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1975
Subte Municipal, Montevideo, Uruguay, Primero Encuentro Brasileño-Uruguayo de Tapiceria,
woven tridimensional shapes.
1975
Young Artist – Print 75, woodcut. Union Carbide Building, New York, USA.
1974-72
Ibizagraphic. Woodcut. Museum of Contemporary Art, Ibiza, Spain.
1974-72-70-68 Fifth, Fourth, Third, and Second Graphic Arts Biennial. Woodcut. Kracow, Poland.
1972
Bradford City Art Gallery and Museum, Bradford, England, Third British International Graphic
Arts Biennial, woodcut.
1972
Carpi Print Triennial, Carpi, Italy, woodcut.
1971
Figura Bilder zur Literatur, International Book Art Exhibition, woodcut. Messhaus Am Markt,
Leipzig, Germany.
1970
Color Prints of Americas. Woodcut. New Jersey Museum, New Jersey, USA.
1969
4th International Biennial of Tapestry. Tapestry. Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts, Rumine
Palace, Lausanne, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland.
1968
II Biennial of Graphic Art, Santiago, Chile, woodcut.
1967
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International Art Biennial of São Paulo. Woodcut. São Paulo Biennial Foundation, São
Paulo, Brazil.
1966
Art Homma Yagamata Museum, Sakata; Nakamuya Gallery, Osaka, and in Kanazawa, Nikko,
and Suzu, Japan, Contemporary Print of Brazil – Rio Grande do Sul Artist. Woodcut.
1965-63-61
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International Arts Biennial. Woodcuts. São Paulo Biennial Foundation, São
Paulo, Brazil.
1962
Brazilian Woodcut from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, woodcut. Pan American Union,
Washington, Salt Lake City, Chicago e Denver, USA.
1961
6ª Bienal Internacional de São Paulo. Xilogravura. Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, SP.
1960
VII Salão Câmara Municipal de Porto Alegre. Drawing and tapestry. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1960
XII Salão da Associação Riograndense de Artes Plásticas Francisco Lisboa. Drawing. Porto
Alegre, Brazil.
1960
Coletiva de Mini-Trabalhos. Galeria Yázigi, Porto Alegre, RS.
1959
1º Salão de Artes Plásticas – Associação Cultural dos Ex-alunos. Engraving. Instituto de Belas
Artes do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1959
XI Salão da Associação Riograndense de Artes Plásticas Francisco Lisboa. Drawing and
linoleum, Porto Alegre. Brazil.
1958
1º Salão Pan-Americano de Arte. Linoleum. Instituto de Belas Artes do Rio Grande do Sul,
Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1958
IX Salão da Associação Riograndense de Artes Plásticas Francisco Lisboa. Watercolor and
drawing. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1958
V Salão Câmara Municipal de Porto Alegre. Linoleum. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1958
X Salão de Arte da Associação Riograndense de Artes Plásticas Francisco Lisboa. Drawing
and linoleum. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1957
IV Salão Câmara Municipal de Porto Alegre. Linóleogravura e desenho. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1957
IX Salão da Associação Riograndense de Artes Plásticas Francisco Lisboa. Watercolor,
drawing e linoleum. Porto Alegre. Brazil.
1956
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6 Salão do Instituto de Belas Artes do Rio Grande do Sul. Paint. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
5) PUBLIC ART– MURALS AND ART INSTALLATONS
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Collective Exhibitions
2011
Projeto Artemosfera. Freedom sculpture (object). Guaíba’s Riverfront, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2007
Evento Essa POA é Boa. O Buffet de Filomena. Performance. DC Shopping. Porto Alegre,
Brazil.
2007
Reciclarte – Art installation H 4m x D 3m, R_ECOnstruindo a Vida Group, Essa POA é Boa,
Renner’s Factory, Shopping DC, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2005
Project Anta – urban interventions and performance. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2003
Global Mural – What world is this? – mural art painting, H 21 x L 13 m, School of Psychology
Building – UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2002
Mural Arte – mural art painting, H 2.50 x L 24 m, Mauá Avenue wall, Porto Alegre – Brazil.
1999
Brazil 500 years – Image Navigators – painting art installation,18 sails of H 9 x L 2.40 m,
planted on the Guaíba shoreline, next to Usina do Gasômetro, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1997
Me Dejas Loco América – painting installation, 20 modules of H 2 x L 1m, facade of the Public
Market to the side of Largo Glênio Peres, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1992
Protect Life – traveling painting art installation, 12 modules of H 3.50 x L 1.20 m and one
module of H 7 x L 2.40 m, in front of the Mário Quintana House of Culture (Porto Alegre,
Brazil), in front of Menezes Campos parking (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Ecco 92 (Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil), Sé Cathedral metro station (São Paulo, Brazil), the Palace of Fine Arts (San Francisco
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– USA), 1 World Social Forum, in the Pontifical Catholic University – PUC (Porto Alegre,
Brazil).
Individual Exhibitions
2013
O Buffet de Filomena. Performnce. Santander Cultural. Porto Alegre, Brazil
2013
Filomena e a Ecologia – De Brasília a Porto Alegre. Performance. Praça Dom Sebastião.
Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2012
Filomena e a Ecologia – Da Amazônia a Porto Alegre. Performance. Projeto Artemosfera.
Guaíba’s Riverfront. Porto Alegre, RS.
2005
Filomena Organiza a Votação. Performance. Projeto Anta da Associação Riograndense de
Artes Plásticas Francisco Lisboa. Porto Alegre, Brasil.
2004
Filomena na Escalada do Sucesso. Performance. Exposição Impressões, Santander Cultural.
Porto Alegre, Brasil.
1992
Oxúm. Wall in cimente. Arrenius Bettiol e Doroty Collares’s Residence, Atlântida Sul, Brazil.
1992
Filomena na Era Collor. Performance. Manifestation Pro- impeachment of President Collor.
São Paulo, SP.
1989
Penélope and Ulisses’ wardrobe was discovered, enjoy it – textile art installation, H 3 x L 4 x C
10 m, the event was part of the Center Paulista Tapestry, SESC-Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil.
1984
Star South – painted mural, H 22 x L 7.40 m, Sibisa building, Porto Alegre - Brazil.
1984
The walk in the park – iron wire mural, H 3.30 x L 3.36 m, Moinhos de Vento Hospital, Porto
Alegre, Brazil.
1982
The birds – Cut aluminum mural, H 3 x L 3 m, General Vitorino Gallery Hall - Porto Alegre,
Brazil.
1982
Iemanjá and Sailors on Four Moon Night– cement mural, H 1.56 x L 5.50 m, John Paul I
School, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1979
Will We Survive? – art installations with various elements and materials, part of the exhibition
Verde que te Quiero Verde, Art Museum of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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1978
Lunations – Aluminum mural, H 2.50 x L 12 m, Vasco Prado project with the collaboration of
Zoravia Bettiol, Banrisul – Airport agency, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1960
Herons – Mosaic mural, H 1.50 x L 3.50m, residence of the architect Joaquim Melo Pedreira,
Porto Alegre, RS.
6) AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS (selected)
2013
Best scenery. 2º Festkaos. Sobre Ajnjos e Grilos. Cubatão, Brazil.
2012
Prêmio Líderes e Vencedores. Category: Cultural Expression. Assembléia Legislativa do
Estado do Rio Grande do Sul e Federasul. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2012
VI Prêmio Açorianos de Artes Plásticas. Nominated for best Collection/Memory by for Zoravia
Bettiol – Aos Grandes Mestres – Centro Cultural Erico Verissimo (CCEE). Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2008
Awarded for her artistic careed at XVII Encontro de Artes Plásticas. Atibaia, Brazil.
2008
2º Prêmio Açorianos de Artes Plásticas. Nominated for Best Individual Art Exhibition for
Zoravia Bettiol - A Mais Simples Compexidade, Nominated for Writings, Catalogues and
Published Books for Zoravia Bettiol - A Mais Simples Compexidade, Nominated for Best
Exhibition Curator (Paulo Gomes) for Zoravia Bettiol - A Mais Simples Compexidade.
2008
Joaquim Felizardo Award. Plastic Arts Category, the Municipal Secretary of Culture in Porto
Alegre, Brazil, for outstanding contribution of artistic, historical and cultural significance to the
city.
2007
Special Jury Prize, the 2nd National Theater Festival in Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil, the
scenario part About Angels & Crickets.
2007
Best Scenario Adult Category, 14th Theater Festival Isnard Azevedo of Florianopolis, Brazil,
for About Angels & Crickets.
2006
Best Scenery, Rezende Theater Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for About Angels & Cricket
(indication).
2002
Pedro Weingartner Commendation, for services provided to the community, City Council of
Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2001
First Trophy Negrinho do Pastoreio AGM – Painting category, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1998
Honorable Mention – First Latin American Biennial of Painting and Tapestry, Panche-be, Porto
Alegre, Brazil.
1997
Second Prize – Ars Textrina International Exhibit, Oklahoma, USA.
1987
Trophy for Fine Arts 87, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1985
Prize Medal City of Porto Alegre, for services provided to the community, Porto Alegre City
Hall, Brazil.
1985
Emeritus Citizen of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre Town Hall, Brazil.
1976
Tavolozza d’Oro, International Contest of Graphic Arts, Drawing, woodcut and Sculpture.
Milan City Hall, Italy.
1975
Honorable Mention, First Art Salon of Rio Grande do Sul. Woodcut. Art Museum of Rio
Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1974
Honorable Mention, First Exhibition of Brazilian Tapestry. Tapestry. Armando Álvares
Penteado Foundation – FAAP, São Paulo, Brazil.
1966
First Prize, Second Hall of Brazilian Religious Arts, Woodcut. Londrina, Brazil.
1966
First National Print Prize, First Biennial of Bahia, Woodcut. Salvador, Brazil.
1964
Gold Medal, Spring Salon, Woodcut. Curitiba, Brazil.
1962
First Prize in Drawing, XVII Municipal Salon of Fine Arts, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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1955
Prêmio “Condomínio Grande Hotel”. Xilogravura. XVIIº Salão de Artes Plásticas do Museu de
Arte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
1957
Honorable Mention. Engraving. 1º Salão Pan-Americano de Arte. Instituto de Belas Artes do
Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1958
Prize Acquiring in the X Salão de Arte da Associação Riograndense de Artes Plásticas
Francisco Lisboa. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1959
Second Prize in Engraving. V Salão da Câmara Municipal de Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1958
Honorable Mention in the I Salão Pan-americano de Porto Alegre, Instituto de Belas Artes,
Porto Alegre, Brazil.
7) MUSEUNS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Zoravia Bettiol production is presented in the following museums and cultural institutions:
Germany:
Textilmuseum Max Berk, Heidelberg
Argentina:
Museu del Grabado, Buenos Ayres
Austria:
Albertina Museum, Vienna
Brazil:
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Art Gallery of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP.
National Museum of Arts, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Ado Malagoli Art Museum of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS.
Presidential Collection, Planalto Palace, Brasília, DF.
Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP.
Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, SP.
Museu de Arte Brasileira da Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, São Paulo, SP.
Pinacoteca de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP.
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagoli, Porto Alegre, RS.
Museu de Arte de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, MG.
Museu de Arte Contemporânea José Pancetti, Campinas, SP.
Acervo da Presidência da República, Palácio do Planalto, Brasília, DF.
Pinacotecas Ruben Berta e Aldo Locatelli, Porto Alegre, RS.
Museu de Arte do Espírito Santo - Dionísio Del Santo, Vitória, ES.
Museu da Gravura, Bagé, RS.
Museu de Artes Visuais Ruth Schneider, Passo Fundo, RS.
Centro Cultural Itaú, São Paulo, SP.
Goethe Institut, Porto Alege, RS.
Casa da Gravura, Campos do Jordão, SP.
Casa da Cultura Laura Alvim, Rio de Janeiro, RJ .
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Acervo Artístico-Cultural dos Palácios do Governo do Estado de São Paulo, Palácio
Bandeirantes, São Paulo, SP.
Museu Regional, Feira de Santana, BA.
Pinacoteca de Paraty, Parati, RJ.
Centro Municipal de Cultura Inah Emil Martensen, Rio Grande, RS.
Casa de Cultura Percy Vargas de Abreu e Lima, Caxias do Sul, RS.
Unites States of America:
The Metropolitan Museum, New York
The Brooklyn Museum, New York
The Library of Congress, Washington DC
The New York Public Library, New York
The Indianapolis Art Museum, Indianapolis
France:
Bibliothèque National, Paris
Italy:
Museo Ugo de Carpi, Carpi
Japan:
The Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
Norway:
Kunstindustriemuseet, Oslo
Poland:
The National Museum, Warsaw, Krakow
Czech Republic:
Prague National Gallery, Prague
Uruguay:
Museo Americano, Maldonado
8) PARTICULAR COLLECTIONS
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Ada Frota Faviero
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Adib Domingos Jatene
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Alberto e Vera da Costa e Silva
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Alberto Magno Caldeira
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Antônio Andrade
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Antonio D’amico
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Banco Económico da Bahia
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Berta Isdra
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Carlos e Olga Reverbel
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Carlos Frederico Hoffmeíster
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Carlos Grossman
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Carlos Lacerda
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Carlos Urbim
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Ceferino Alvarez
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Celso Egreja
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Celso Finkler
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Chichita Albornoz
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Círio Simon
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Clara Pascowitch
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Cláudio Garcia de Souza
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Corina Sá Freire
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Dante D’Angelo
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Dilmer Bettiol
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Dináh Coelho
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Djalma e Nemônia Johann
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Eduardo Zylberlicht
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Einar Hellçm
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Eleonora Bettiol Prado
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Eleonora Giancolini
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Emanuel Massarani
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Erico e Mafalda Veríssimo
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Eugene Gordon
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Eva Sopher
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Flávio Oliveira
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George Isidore
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Geraldo T. Linck
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Gerd Borheim
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Gerrard e Arilda Larragoiti
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Gilberto Chateaubriand
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Gilda Hirschberg
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Helen Hancke
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Howard M. Faulkner
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Ilza Brans
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Instituto Goethe de Porto Alegre
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Ipiranga
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Ismael e Lívia Chaves Barcellos
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Jacob Klintowitz
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Jacob Milnitski
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Jacques Van de Beuque
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Jean Luc Descaves
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João Bez Batti
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Jochen Klóss
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John Vince
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Jorge e Zélia Amado
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Jorge Gerdau Johanpeter
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Jorge Max Berg
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José Augusto Lindmer
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José e Guita Mindlin
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José Neinstein
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Kiwiati Yae
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Lauro e Wilma Sturm
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Livio Abramo
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Loreno e Zaida Brentano
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Lucila Osório
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Luiz Antônio e Marisa Grassi
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Luiz Fernando e Lucia Veríssimo
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Luiz Solari
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M.P.M Propaganda
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Madelaine Jarry
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Marcel Hasslocher
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Marcos e Esther Nestrovsky
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Maria Cristina Spiazzi
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Marilinda Fernandes
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Mário Papa
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Mário Schemberg
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Marlene Gastal
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Marta Lawson
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Martha Kearns
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Martins Andrade Ltda
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Mastercard
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Maurício e Luiza Rosenblat
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Mina Wainberg
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Mirna Broide
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Moacyr Scliar
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Nicanor Zabaleta
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Norberto Nicola
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Oscar Niemeyer
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Paulo Boavista
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Peder Aarsethout
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Petter Bardtt
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Pierre Foucher
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Pietrina Checcacci
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Radhá Abramo
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Ricardo e Beba Levacov
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Roberto Burle Marx
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Roberto Pontual
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Rosa Maroquin
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Roseli Gertum Becker
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Roy Fleming
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Ruben e Liba Knijnik
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SAMRIG
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Sara Goldman
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Sérgio e Esther Grossi
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Sílvia C. Ribeiro
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Silvia Hutz
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Sílvia Ribeiro
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Silvio Sibemberg
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Suzan Clyde
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The Braniff International Airways Collection
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Thomas Farkas
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VARIG
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Vera Felli
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Verona Seiter
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Yacoff Sarcovas
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Zitelman Oliva
9) MINISTERED COURSES
2001-14
Courses of artistic drawing, painting and surface design; Plastic composition with moving
parts; Stamp: textile, graphic and pictorial resources; Studio of Plastic Arts: organization and
functioning, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1998
Creating
headdresses
–
workshop,
M.
H.
de
Young
Memorial
Museum,
San
Francisco, USA.
1998
Enjoy yourself creating headdresses – Krapok Art School, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1998-96
Introduction to the design surface - Krapok Art School, Porto Alegre; Studio 65, São Paulo;
Municipal Culture Center, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1993
Headdress Courses, the Whitney Young Child Development Center, San Francisco, USA.
1992
Drawing and Painting Courses, Studio Zoravia Bettiol, São Francisco, USA.
1992-89
Drawing, jewelry design, and textile art courses, Studio Zoravia Bettiol, São Paulo, Brazil.
1992
Space Liberation – Art Installation Course, Mário Quintana Culture House, Porto Alegre,
Brazil.
1992
Jewelry Design Course, Art Museum of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1990
Textile Art Course, State University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
1981-79
Drawing Course, Studio Zoravia Bettiol, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1973-72-71-69 Textile Art Course, Studio Zoravia Bettiol, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
10) ASSOCIATIONS
2014 – 2015
Associação Amigos do Museu das Águas de Porto Alegre. President. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2013 – 2015
Associação Riograndense de Artes Plásticas Francisco Lisboa – Audit Comitee. Porto Alegre,
Brazil
2011 - 2015
AGAPAN (Natural Environment Preservation Association), Superior Member of Council. Porto
Alegre, Brazil.
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2008
Movimento em Defesa da orla do Guaíba (Guaíba Riverbank Defense Movement), Porto
Alegre, Brazil.
2002-12
Cristal Florido Association, founding member, former president and now day council member.
1995
Brazilian Council of Citizens, San Francisco, USA.
1994
Brazilian Cultural Movement, San Francisco, USA, founding member.
1994
San Francisco Women Artists Association, San Francisco, USA.
1993
Textile Art Council, San Francisco, USA.
1993
Tapestry Weavers West, San Francisco, USA.
1992
Professional Association of Plastic Artistic of São Paulo – APAP, São Paulo, Brazil.
1988
National Association of Art Researchers – ANPAP, São Paulo, Brazil.
1988
Graphion São Paulo, founding member. São Paulo, Brazil.
1983-2010
Natural Environment Protection Association of Rio Grande do Sul – AGAPAN, Porto Alegre,
Brazil.
1981
Contemporary Tapestry Center of Rio Grande do Sul - CGTC, Porto Alegre, Brazil, founding
member.
1980
Culture Defense Movement of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, founding member,
vice-president (1980), president (1981-82). 1979 -07. Francisco Lisboa Association of Plastic
Arts of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, president (1980 e 1981-82); secretary (20032004) and council member (2004-2007).
1976
Brazilian Center of Contemporary Tapestry, São Paulo, Brazil, founding member, vicepresident (1976-77), president (1977-78).
11) OTHER ACTIVITIES
2011
Projeto Quem Ama Abraça. Object. Urban intervention. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2011
Jury member of anual public notice of the Associação Riograndense de Artes Plásticas
Francisco Lisboa. Porto Alegre, Brazil.
2007
Artist anchor – Essa POA é Boa – R_ECOnstruindo a vida Group. Lectures, performances,
theatrical play, choral music, and plastic arts courses. Renner’s Factory, DC Shopping, Porto
Alegre, Brazil.
2006
About Angels&Crickets: the Mario Quintana universe, theatrical with Deborah Finocchiaro,
images for scenery, postcards and program by Zoravia, Porto Alegre, Brazil; presented in
several Brazilian cities.
2005
Soirèe Visual Quintanartes: the Plasticity of Poetry, with Deborah Finocchiaro and Zoravia
Bettiol, Mario Quintana Culture House, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Book Fair of Quarai, Brazil; Book
Fair of Caxias do Sul, Brazil, SESC, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
2004
Project coordinator, Paraguas Intervenidos, art installation of umbrellas and roundtable,
Pontifical Catholic University Museum of Science and Technology, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1999
Coordinator of Brazil 500 Years Exhibition – Image Navigators Photographic Register Usina do
Gasômetro, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
1997
Organizer of and participant in the installation Me dejas loco América, Public Market, Porto
Alegre, Brazil.
1992-93-95
Coordinator of and participant in the ecological art installation Protect Life, in Mário Quintana
Culture House, Porto Alegre; Garage Menezes Cortes parking and “Rio 92”, both in Rio de
Janeiro; Sé Metro Station, São Paulo, and the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, USA.
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1994
Organizer of and participant in the Brazilian Arts and Crafts Festival, presented at San
Francisco Country Fair, San Francisco, USA.
1992
Coordinator of and participant in the exhibition America: Pathways of a Lost Time, SESC –
Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil.
1985-86
Participant in and one of the organizers of the exhibition, installation and symposium Textile
Event 85, which took place in various state capitals: Porto Alegre, Curitiba, São Paulo, Rio de
Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
1985
Coordinator of the group of artists for the creation of the Textile Museum of Art in Brazil,
sponsored by the Contemporary Tapestry Center of Rio Grande do Sul – CGTC, Porto Alegre,
Brazil.
12) PUBLISHED WORKS
Individual Works
BETTIOL, Zoravia. Oficina Retrato de Corpo e Alma – uma experiência em artes plásticas. IN: Anais do 17º
Seminário Nacional de Arte e Educação.p. 57-59. Montenegro: Editora da Fundarte, 2003.
BETTIOL, Zoravia. Oxumaré Textile Ornaments: A Reflection On Personal Adornment And Clothing. IN: Ars
Textrina, Journal of Textiles and Costume, Vol. XXXI, junho de 1999. p.23-73. Winnipeg: 1999.
BETTIOL, Zoravia. Se você perder a cabeça, use o chapéu mais próximo...de sua alma. Pesquisa sobre
Headdresses. IN: Anais do IX Encontro Nacional da ANPAP (Associação Nacional de Pesquisadores em
Artes Plásticas). P.256-263. SP: 1997.
Collective Works
BETTIOL, Zoravia. Ilustrations. AMADO, Jorge. Written Text. Namorados. São Paulo: Editora Cesar, 1969.
PETRY, Lívia. Written Text. BETTIOL, Zoravia. Ilustrations and Cover. As Aventuras do Menino Anjo. Porto
Alegre: Nova Prova, 2010.
RAMOS, Paula e outros. BETTIOL, Zoravia, Coordenação. Zoravia Bettiol – A mais simples complexidade
(Zoravia Bettiol: The Simplest Complexity). Porto Alegre: Território das Artes, 2007.
SANTOS, Irene. Coordenação editorial. SILVA, Cidinha da. Written Text. FIALHO, Dorvalina Elvira Pinto.
Pesquisa histórica e revisão.
URBIM, Carlos. Written Text. BETTIOL, Zoravia. Ilustrations and Cover. Admissão ao Ginásio. Porto Alegre:
Escritos, 2008.
LOPES NETO, Simões. Written Text. BETTIOL, Zoravia. Ilustrations and Cover. 14 Contos e uma Lenda.
Brasilis. Confraria dos Bibliógrafos do Brasil, 2010.
BARCELLOS, Vera Daisy. Written Text. BETTIOL, Zoravia. Graphic Project. Colonos e Quilombolas. Porto
Alegre, 2010.
PERIN, Gilberto. Creation and Photogaphy. BETTIOL, Zoravia. Intervation. Fotografias para Imaginar. Porto
Alegre: Multiarte, 2015.
13) BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES ON THE ARTIST
ALVES, José Francisco. A escultura Pública de Porto Alegre – história, contexto e significado. Porto Alegre:
Artfolio, 2004.
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ANDRADE, Geraldo Edson de. Aspectos da Tapeçaria Brasileira. Rio de Janeiro: Spala, 1977.
BARDI, P. M. História da Arte Brasileira. São Paulo: Melhoramentos, 1976.
BARDI, P.M. Profile of the New Brazilan Art. Rio de Janeiro: Kosmos, 1970.
CASCALES, Liliana et alli. Anuário Latino Americano de las Artes Plásticas. Buenos Aires: Correo Editorial,
1986.
CAURIO, Rita. Artêxtil do Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Funarte, 1985.
CAVALCANTI, Carlos. Dicionário Brasileiro de Artes Plásticas. Brasília: MEC, 1973.
KLINTOWITZ, Jacob. A Natureza na Arte Brasileira. São Paulo: Volkswagen do Brasil, 1989.
KLINTOWITZ, Jacob. Artistas da Tapeçaria Brasileira. São Paulo: Volkswagen do Brasil, 1987.
JARRY, Madeleine. La Tapisserie l’Art du Xxème Siècle. Paris: Cosmopress, 1974.
LEWANDOSKA, Maria. Artists Statements on Tapestry. Linz: Textile Art Symposium, 1981.
LOUZADA, Júlio. Artes Plásticas no Brasil. São Paulo: Editora Inter/Arte/Brasil, 1986
MELLO NETO, Horácio Ernani de. Anuário Ernani de Arte. Rio de Janeiro: Leo Cristiano Editorial, 1984
PONTUAL, Roberto. Dicionário das Artes Plásticas no Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 1969.
ROSA, Renato e PRESSER, Décio. Dicionário de Artes Plásticas no Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre: Editora
da UFRGS, 1997.
SCARINCI, Carlos. A Gravura no Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre: Ática, 1982.
VERLET, Pierre e outros.The Book of Tapestry. Lausanne: Lausanne Edita, 1978.
ZATTERA, Vera Stedile. Arte Têxtil no Rio Grande do Sul. Caxias do Sul: Editora São Miguel, 1988.
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