Maria Laet
Born in Rio de Janeiro, 1982.
Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.
Studied at Camberwell College of Art, where she got a master in 2008. She participated in art residencies such as Schloß Balmoral (Bad Ems, Germany, 2009), Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa (Lisbon, 2010), and Residency Unlimited (New York, 2014). She has exhibited her work individually in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paris, Lisbon, Milan and New York. Maria Laet has participated in group shows such as 33rd Bienal de São Paulo: Affective Affinities (Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2018); Cosmogonies, au Gré des Éléments (MAMAC, Nice, 2018); Video Art in Latin America (LAXART,Los Angeles, 2017); La Vie Aquatique (Musée régional d’art contemporain, Occitanie/ Méditerranée, France, 2017); The Valise (The Museum of Modern Art,New York, 2017); Tangents (MSK, Ghent, Belgium, 2015); Encruzilhada (Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, 2015); Rumors of the Meteore (49 Nord 6 est – Frac Lorraine, Metz, France, 2014); Everydayness (Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdansk, Poland, 2014); From the Margin to the Edge (Somerset House, London, 2012); 18th Biennale of Sydney: All Our Relations (2012); Convite à Viagem (Rumos Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, 2012); and O Lugar da Linha (Museu de ArteContemporânea de Niterói and Paço das Artes in São Paulo, 2010). Her work is part of collections such as MAM, Gilberto Chateaubriand, Rio de Janeiro; Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói; 49 Nord 6 est – Frac Lorraine, Metz, France; MSK, Ghent, Belgium; AGI Verona, Italy; Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros; and MoMA, New York.
Multimedia artist, Maria Laet's choice of materials and mediums avoid meaning, any codification of sense, bringing nearer the very episode of creation. In her own words, “there is an act, as a ritual, in which the first poetry of the work is condensed.” In her creative process, she uses candid objects, concrete, accurate, like a needle or that bear quality of elasticity or fluidity, such as gauze, balloons, thread. She also uses natural elements or substances, such as air, wind, sand, wood sticks, chalk, milk, whereby her poetics of creation can be homologized to creative dynamics of nature, in opposition to the codified means of established artistic creation.
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Entre elas (alguma coisa concreta, capaz de se deixar quebrar), 2020 -
Limiar, 2020
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Sustentação (II), 2020
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Caminho (11.03.15,16ː50), 2015
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Caminho (12.01.15,14:10), 2015
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Dobra, 2015
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Terra (Parque Lage), 2015
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Propagação, 2014
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Separação, 2013
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Notas sobre o limite do mar, 2011
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Pedra do Reai, 2011
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Untitled (Ausência), 2011
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Untitled (Gangorra), 2011
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O Lugar da Linha, 2010
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Gaze e Água (Mar), 2008
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Milk on Pavement, 2008
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Untitled, 2008
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Untitled (Costura, Londres), 2008
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Untitled, 2007
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Untitled, 2007
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Gesto Mínimo
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A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN
Group show 23 Nov 2023 - 2 Feb 2024A room of one's own. Or would it be a room all ours? The group exhibition of women artists, which will take place at Galeria Marilia Razuk from November 23,...Read more -
MARIA LAET: SUSTENTAÇÃO E ABISMO
OPEN COLLECTION 8 Oct - 5 Nov 2022The series 'Open Collection', by the Galeria Marília Razuk, presents the show Sustenance e Abyss, by Maria Laet. The exhibition brings together a group of works carried out since 2008,...Read more -
Through the Cracks: Ana Vitória Mussi, Márcia Xavier and Maria Laet
Curated by Claudia Calirman and Gisela Gueiros 3 - 12 Feb 2022Pelas Frestas: Ana Vitória Mussi, Márcia Xavier e Maria Laet “There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in” Leonard Cohen Pelas Frestas:...Read more -
4x5 Curated by Douglas de Freitas
31 Jul - 20 Nov 20214x5 é uma exposição em processo. Constituída por obras de 20 artistas – 10 representados pela Galeria Marilia Razuk, + 10 convidados –, a exposição se divide em módulos, cada...Read more
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FICAREMOS BEM (?)
CURATED BY FERNANDO MOTA E MARIANA LORENZI 13 Sep - 1 Nov 2019FICAREMOS BEM (?) Curadoria Fernando Mota e Mariana Lorenzi A Galeria Marilia Razuk apresenta a exposição Ficaremos bem(?), com curadoria de Fernando Mota e Mariana Lorenzi. A mostra conta com...Read more -
MARIA LAET: PORO
27 Aug - 20 Oct 2018The sheet of paper leafed through by time Between birth and death we experience the many, as many as possible, variations of time that direct our journeys, whose lengths expand...Read more -
MARIA LAET: SITUAÇÃO DE ÁGUA
27 Mar - 30 Apr 2014Situação de água / MARIA LAET Curated by Luisa Duarte In her first solo show in Galeria Marilia Razuk, Maria Laet presents a set of approximately 12 works, including photography,...Read more -
BRUTALIDADE JARDIM
CURATED BY KIKI MAZZUCCHELLI 31 Oct - 30 Nov 2013Curated by Kiki Mazzucchelli Galeria Marilia Razuk presents, from October 30th to November 30th, the group show Brutalidade Jardim, under the theme of the formation process of Brazilian society starting...Read more
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MARIA LAET AT MAM RIO
On display until May 26, 2024 February 18, 2024Maria Laet participates in the group exhibition 'LUGAR DE ESTAR: THE LEGACY OF BURLE MARX' at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro....Read more -
Open Collection: Maria Laet
08.10.22 - 05.11.2022 October 8, 2022The series Acervo Aberto (Open Collection), by the Galeria Marília Razuk, presents the show Sustentação e Abyss, by Maria Laet. The exhibition brings together a...Read more -
Maria Laet at 37˚ Panorama da Arte Brasileira - MAM
23.07.2022 - 15.01.2023 - MAM SP, Parque do Ibirapuera, São Paulo. July 23, 2022Maria Laet participates in the 37th Panorama of Brazilian Art - MAM: 'Sob cinzas, brasa'. With a diverse curatorial group, composed by Claudinei Roberto da...Read more -
ArPa - Art Fair
01.06.2022 - 05.06.2022 June 1, 2022We will participate at ArPa Art Fair, Sao Paulo Stand C01 with Maria Laet, Alexandre Wagner, Zé Carlos Garcia, Rodrigo Bueno Arte em Campo Curated...Read more
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Frieze Viewing Room 2021
05.05.2021 - 14.05.2021 May 4, 2021We will participate at Frieze Viewing Room / NY Edition With José Leonilson, Eleonore Koch, Johanna Calle, Maria Laet, Vanderlei Lopes and Mariana Serri. Frieze...Read more -
Maria Laet at IAC, France
29.05.2019 - 11.08.2019 May 28, 2019Maria Laet participates at the show OTIUM #4 IAC - Institut d'Art Contemporain de Villeurbanne/ Rhône-Alpes, França. opening 28.05, 18h30 - 21hRead more -
Next Art Fairs: Frieze NY
02.05.2019 - 05.05.2019 May 1, 2019Galeria Marilia Razuk participates at Frieze NY with two stands: Main Section and Spotlight (SP4) FRIEZE NY Randall’s Island ParkRead more -
Maria Laet in Bruxelles
27.04.2019 - 06.06.2019 April 25, 2019Maria Laet participa da exposição Matters of Concern / Matières à Panser, com curadoria de (curated by) Guillaume Désanges na Fondation Hermès, . In La...Read more
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Maria Laet at Fundação Eugênio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal
13.04.2019 - 29.09.2019 April 12, 2019Maria Laet participates at Studiolo XXI – desenho e afinidades, curated by Fátima Lambert. Fórum Eugénio de Almeida – Centro de Arte e Cultura, Évora,...Read more -
Arco Madrid 2019
27.02.2019 - 03.03.2019 February 20, 2019A Galeria Marilia Razuk participa mais uma vez da ARCO Madrid, com os artistas: José Leonilson, Johanna Calle, Maria Laet e José Bechara PAVILHÃO 9...Read more -
Maria Laet at 33rd Sao Paulo Biennial
07.09.2018 - 09.12.2018 September 5, 2018Maria Laet is one of the artists selected for the 33rd São Paulo Biennial, 'Affective Affinities', curated by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro. 33a Bienal de São Paulo...Read more -
Maria Laet at MAMAC, Nice, France
08.06.2018 - 16.09.2018 June 7, 2018Maria Laet participates at the exhibition 'Cosmogonies, au gré des éléments' curated by Hélène Guenin MAMAC Place Ives-Klein, Nice, France Participating artists: Marina Abramovic, Dove...Read more
Rio de Janeiro, 1982
Vive e trabalha no Rio de Janeiro / Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro
EXPOSIÇÕES INDIVIDUAIS/ SOLO SHOWS
2022
Sustentação e Abismo, curadoria José Augusto Ribeiro, Acervo Aberto Galeria Marilia Razuk, São Paulo
2019
Quase um nada, Galeria 3+1, Lisboa, Portugal (em breve)
Sobrecéu, Galeria do Lago, Museu da República, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (em breve)
A medida do fôlego, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (em breve)
Quase um nada, OTIUM #4, curadoria (curated by) Nathalie Ergino. IAC - Institut of contemporary art - Villeurbanne, Rhône-Alpes, France
Solo ArtRio, Galeria Marilia Razuk, Marina da Glória, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2018
Poro, curadoria (curated by) Bernardo José de Sousa, Galeria Marilia Razuk, São Paulo
Poro, curadoria (curated by) Bernardo José de Sousa, Galeria A Gentil Carioca, São Paulo
2016
Com a Pele, MDM Gallery, Paris, France
2014
Situação de Água, curadoria (curated by) Luisa Duarte - Galeria Marilia Razuk, São Paulo
Pedra Vão, curadoria (curated by) Michael Asbury - Galeria A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro
2013
La Voix/Voie des choses, MDM Gallery, Paris
‘pela superfície’, 3+1 Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2012
O que vive é espresso, curadoria (curated by) Frederico Coelho, Galeria A Gentil Carioca Lá, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2010
Gesto Mínimo, curadoria de (curated by) Federica Bueti, Galeria Riccardo Crespi, Milano, Italy
Desenhos de Ar, Centro Universitário Maria Antonia, São Paulo, Brasil
Eu fiz o nada aparecer, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
EXPOSIÇÕES COLETIVAS/ GROUP SHOWS
2023
Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond, Curadoria (Curated by) Inés Katzenstein, Julia Detchon. The Museum of Modern Art, New York
2022
37. Panorama da Arte Brasileira, Sob as cinzas, brasa. Curadoria (Curated by) Claudinei Roberto da Silva, Vanessa Davidson, Cristiana Tejo & Cauê Alves, MAM - SP, São Paulo
Selon notre regard. Curadoria (Curated by) Liberty Adrien, Trafó Art Center, Budapest
Pelas Frestas, Curadoria (Curated by) Claudia Calirman & Gisela Gueiros. Art Preview and Galeria Marilia Razuk, São Paulo.
Espelho Labirinto (Sérgio Carvalho collection), Curadoria (Curated by) Vicente de Mello and Aldones Nino. CCBB Brasilia.
2021
Panta Rei, Curadoria (Curated by) Marina Dacci. Anna Marra Gallery, Roma.
Bum bum Paticumbum Prugurundum, A Gentil Carioca, São Paulo
4x5.4 – Corpo, Curadoria (Curated by) Douglas de Freitas. Galeria Marilia Razuk, São Paulo.
Mirror, on line show at Vortic/ A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro
An(Other) Storyteller, Curadoria (Curated by) Periferia Projects - online show at Vortic
2020
Ao ar, livre, território Brasileiro. Curadoria (Curated by) Tiago de Abreu Pinto
Lost in Translation, Galeria A Gentil Carioca, Brasil. Exposição virtual.
MIRA, ArtRio, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Curadoria (Curated by) Victor Gorgulho
Conversation Pieces, Galeria Mercedes Viegas, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2019
Otium #4, Institut d`Art Contemporaine, Villeurbaine/ Rhône Alpes, França
Ficaremos bem (?), curadoria (curated by) Fernando Motta e Mariana Lorenzi, Galeria Marília Razuk, São Paulo, Brasil
Cut-Out. LMKA Gallery, New York, USA
I Remember Earth, curadoria (Curated by) Beatrice Josse. Magasin des Horizons, Grenoble, França.
XXI: Desenho e afinidades, curadoria (curated by) Fátima Lambert, Fundação Eugênio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal
Bauhaus: Utopia in Crisis, curadoria (curated by) Professor Daniel Sturgis, Camberwell Space, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK (em breve)
Tecer mundos, curadoria (curated by) Daniela Name. SESC Quitandinha, Petrópolis, Brasil
Da linha, o fio, curadoria (curated by) Shannon Botelho. Espaço Cultural BNDES, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Matters of Concern, La Verrière, curadoria (curated by) Guillaume Désanges. Fundacion D’entreprise Hermès, Brussels, Belgium
Apuntes para un tiempo geológico. curadoria (curated by) Virginia Torrente Galeria Ángeles Baños, Badajoz, Spain
Play-list 2, Galeria Martine Aboucaya, Paris, France
Correspondance, autour de Jacques Roubaud, Galeria Martine Aboucaya, Paris, France
2018
33a. Bienal Internacional de São Paulo: Afinidades Afetivas, Curadoria (Curated by) Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, São Paulo, Brasil
Cosmogonies, au gré des éléments, Curadoria (Curated by) Hélène Guenin MAMAC, Nice, França.
L’invitation aux musées/ Magasin des horizons, Curadoria (Curated by) Béatrice Josse. Centre Nacional de la Dance, França.
Monumental/ A arte delas, Marina da Glória, Curadoria (curated by) Marc Pottier, Rio de Janeiro.
Mulheres na coleção MAR, Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro
Elas, Galeria Mercedes Viegas, Rio de Janeiro
2017
Video Art in Latin America, curadoria (curated by) Glenn Phillips e Elena Shtromberg, LAXART, Los Angeles, USA
Temps Variables et autres horizons, Galeria da Escola Superior de Artes de Lorraine, Metz, France
La Vie Aquatique, curadoria (curated by) Sandra Patron, Musée regional d’art contemporain, Occitanie/ Méditerranée, França
Imaginaires d’un monde tranquille, curadoria (curated by) Caroline Bissière, Jean-Paul Blanchet e Eglantine Bélêtre. Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac, França
Circularidade Vã, curadoria (curated by) Guilherme Marcondes, João Paulo Quintella e assistência de Ana Bourdagohe,Z42 Arte Contemporânea, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
A Invenção da Praia: cassino, curadoria (curated by) Paula Alzugaray, Antigo Cassino da Urca, Instituto Europeo di Design, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Sobre a Terra, curadoria (curated by) Bernardo Mosqueira, Galeria A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
MA, curadoria (curated by) Luisa Duarte, Galeria Luciana Caravello, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Constelar, curadoria (curated by) Marcelo Campos, Instituto Pró-Saber, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2016
Pequenos Formatos: Dimensão e Escala, Cidade das Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Indelével, curadoria (curated by) Luisa Duarte, Clube Jacaranda, Vila Aymoré, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Hiato, curadoria (curated by) Luisa Duarte, SIM Galeria, Curitiba, Brasil
2015
Moving Image NY, Waterfront New York Tunnel, New York, USA
Lines of Tangency, curadoria (curated by) Catherine de Zegher, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium
Atributos do Silêncio, curadoria (curated by) Felipe Scovino, Galeria Bergamin & Gomide, São Paulo, Brasil
Encruzilhada, curadoria (curated by)Bernardo Mosqueira, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2014
Rumors of the Meteore, curadoria (curated by) Beatrice Josse , Frac Lorraine, Metz, França
Everydayness, curadoria (curated by) Beatrice Josse e Aneta Szylank, Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdansk, Poland.
Jaro 3, Curadoria (curated by) Caroline Taylor, Rooster Gallery em associação com Residency Unlimited, Nova York.
A Invenção da Praia, Curadoria (curated by) Paula Alzugaray, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brasil
2013
Brutalidade Jardim, curadoria (curated by) Kiki Mazzucchelli, Galeria Marilia Razuk, São Paulo
Lugar comum, curadoria de (curated by) Marcelo Campos, SESC Quitandinha, Petrópolis,Brasil
Correspondências, exposição em homenagem ao centenário de Tomie Ohtake, curadoria Agnaldo Farias e Paulo Miyada, Centro Cultural dos Correios, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
2012
PIESP – Programa Independente da Escola São Paulo, curated by (curadoria de) Adriano Pedrosa e (and) Luiza Proença, Instituto Cervantes, São Paulo, Brasil
...(chamo silêncio à linguagem-que-já-não-é-orgão-de-nada)..., curadoria (curated by) Fátima Lambert, Quase Galeria – Espaçot, Porto, Portugal
From the Margin to the Edge, curadoria (curated by) Rafael Cardoso, Somerset House, London, England
18th Biennale of Sydney: all our relations, curadoria (curated by) Catherine de Zegher and Gerals McMaster Art Gallery NSW and MCA, Sydney, Australia
Rumos Itaú Cultural Artes Visuais, curadoria (curated by) Agnaldo Farias, Ana Maria Maia, Felipe Scovino, Gabriela Motta, Paulo Piyada, Alejandra Muñoz, Carlos Franzoi, Júlio Martins,Luiza Proença, Marcelo Campos, Matias Monteiro, Sanzia Pineiro and Vânia Leal, São Paulo, Brasil
2010
‘Chez Toi – Exposition Éphémère N.1’, curadoria (curated by) Maria do Mar Guinle, Paris, France
Silêncio, curadoria (curated by) Paula Braga, Galeria Zipper, São Paulo, Brasil
O lugar da linha, curadoria (curated by) Felipe Scovino, Museu de Arte Contemporâneo, Niterói, Brasil
O lugar da linha, curadoria (curated by) Felipe Scovino, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brasil Natura e Destino, Galeria Riccardo Crespi, Milano, Italy
2009
TrAIN to Bad Ems, curadoria (curated by) Danièle Perrier, Galeria Nord, Berlin, Germany 2008
O Contrato do Desenhista, curadoria (curated by) Paulo Reis, Plataforma Revolver, Lison, Portugal
Little Things, The Parlour Project Space Gallery, London, England
Reflect refract, curadoria (curated by) Lucía Pizzani, Rich Gallery, London, England
Realidades Imposibles, Fototeca Juan Malpica Mimendi, Vera Cruz, Mexico
MA Theory and Practice of Transnational Art, curadoria (curated by) Michael Asbury, House Galery, London, England
Paper Trail: 15 Brazilian Artists, curadoria (curated by) Maria do Mar Guinle, Allsopp Contemporary, London, England
2007
Upstaging Nature, Lookoutpost in collaboration with London Wildlife Trust, Sydenham Hill Wood, London, England
Novas Aquisições 2006/2007, Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
PRÊMIOS E RESIDÊNCIAS ARTISTICAS / AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2014
Residency Unlimited, Nova York
2011/12
Programa Rumos Itaú Cultural Artes Visuais, São Paulo, Brasil
2010
Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Lisbon, Portugal2009 Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
2009
Schloß Balmoral,Bad Ems, Germany
2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 - Indicada ao Prêmio PIPA, Rio de Janeiro
COLEÇÕES PÚBLICAS / PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
MAM, Gilberto Chateaubriand, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
MAC, Niterói, Brasil
49 Nord 6 est – Frac Lorraine, Metz, France
MSK, Ghent, Belgium
MoMA, New York
Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
AGI, Verona, Italy
Maria Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation, Madrid, Spain
Figueiredo Ferraz Institute, São Paulo, Brasil
Special Collections, The Getty Research Institute
Rare Books and Special Collection, Princeton University
The Bienecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Ivorypress Artist’s Books Collection, Madrid, Spain
Uría Menéndez Collection, Spain
MAR, Rio de Janeiro