MARIA VILLARES
1940 São Paulo - SP
www.mariavillares.art.br
Training in drawing, painting, printmaking, and ceramics.
Main solo exhibitions
2019 Maria Villares, Tecendo o Tempo (Maria Villares, Weaving Time). Brasiliana Guita and José Mindlin Library, São Paulo. (curated by Luiz Bagolin and Fabrício Reiner).
2018 Cenário Provisório (Temporary Scenery). Espaço Nexus (Nexus Space), São Paulo. (curated by Ana Angélica Albano).
Série Nexus (Nexus series). Espaço Nexus (Nexus Space), São Paulo. (curated by Ana Angélica Albano).
2017 Pinturas e Desenhos (Paintings and Drawings) de Maria Villares. Espaço Nexus (Nexus Space), São Paulo. (curated by Ana Angélica Albano).
2015 Opening of the Nexus Space with paintings by Maria Villares. Espaço Nexus (Nexus Space), São Paulo. (curated by Roseli Nakagawa).
Entre Nós (Between Us) - lithographies and watercolors. Graphias Casa da Gravura (Graphias House of Printmaking), São Paulo. (curated by Vera d’Horta).
2008 Maria Villares - paintings, monotypes, and objects. Galeria Berenice Arvani (Berenice Arvani Gallery), São Paulo. (curated by Maria Alice Milliet).
2006 Encontros, gravuras e aquarelas (Encounters, prints and watercolors). Gravura Brasileira (Brazilian Engraving), São Paulo. (simultaneous individual).
2004 Maria Villares Sobre Papel (On Paper) - Galeria UNAMA (UNAMA Gallery) Belém.
2001 Papeis: 1998 0 2001 (Papers: 1998 – 2001). Galeria Nara Roesler (Nara Roesler Gallery
Muito Além da Maçã (Beyond the Apple), Culture State Ministry Hall. Curitiba.
1999 Muito Além da Maçã (Beyond the Apple), Galeria Nara Roesler (Nara Roesler Gallery) São Paulo. (curated by Maria Alice Milliet).
1997 Maria Villares – pinturas (paintings). Brazilian - American Cultural Institute, Washington D.C.
1995 Gravetos com História (Driftwood with history) Paço Municipal (Municipal Palace), Santo André.
1994 Maria Villares. Galeria Nara Roesler (Nara Roesler Gallery), São Paulo.
Latest group exhibitions
2019 VIII Bienal Internacional de Arte Textil Contemporâneo WTA (VIII International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art WTA), Madrid.
Tramares, Un recorte del têxtil brasileño (A clipping of the Brazilian textile), Casa do Brasil Cultural Center, Madrid.
4th Global Print, Douro region.
2018 Graphias Casa da Gravura, Graphias quinze anos (Graphias fifteen years), São Paulo.
9th International Printmaking Biennial – Douro 2018, Douro.
2017 MADE, Mercado de Arte e Design (Art and Design Market), represented by Casa Contemporânea, Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo.
Territorien / Territórios (Territories), AEG Cultural Space, Nuremberg. (curated by Ana Cristina Mendes).
3th Global Print, Douro region.
46th Chapel Art Show. Escola Maria Imaculada (Maria Immaculate School), São Paulo. 2
APAP 35 anos. MAC Museu de Arte Contemporânea (Museum of Contemporary Art), Campinas. APAP 35 anos. Mackenzie Centro Histórico e Cultural (Mackenzie Historical and Cultural Center), São Paulo.
Pistas (Tracks) – Ponte Cultura. Espaço Nexus (Nexus Space), São Paulo. (curated by Luciana Eloy)
Tão Perto, Tão Distante (So close, so far), Casa Contemporânea (Contemporary House), São Paulo. (curated by Ana Angélica Albano).
2016 APAP 35 anos. Galeria Marta Traba (Marta Traba Gallery), Memorial da América Latina (Latin America Memorial), São Paulo. Imagem & Haicai (Image & Haiku). Museu Histórico Paulo Setúbal (Paulo Setúbal Historical Museum), Tatuí. APAP 35 anos. Pinacoteca Benedicto Calixto, Santos. Projeto 15 X 15 APAP. Espaço Cultural UNESP (UNESP Cultural Space), São Paulo.
2015 45th Chapel Art Show. Escola Maria Imaculada (Maria Immaculate School), São Paulo.
Bienal de Florença - Arte Contemporânea (Florence Biennale - Contemporary Art). Florença.
Imagem & Haicai (Image & Haiku). Biblioteca do Memorial da América Latina (Memorial Library of Latin America), São Paulo.
Special projects
2003 Panel at the West Tower Atrium of the United Nations Business Center. CENU, São Paulo.
1998 Mural Painting on the facade of Tropical Planalto Hotel. Pro-center Project - Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo. Av. Casper Líbero, 117, São Paulo.
1992 Design and execution of sculpture, Trophy Uirapuru, for Chamber Music Contests at Faculdade Santa Marcelina (Santa Marcelina College), São Paulo.
Works in collections
Fundação Iberê Camargo (Iberê Camargo Foundation), Porto Alegre, RS.
Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende (Salvador Allende Solidarity Museum), Santiago, Chile.
Museum of Latin American Art - MoLAA Long Beach, CA, USA.
Biblioteca Escola de Belas Artes da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Library School of Fine Arts, Federal University of Minas Gerais), Pampulha, MG.
Centro Cultural Itaú (Itaú Cultural Center), São Paulo, SP.
Panel at the West Tower Atrium of the United Nations Business Center, CENU, São Paulo, SP.
Municipal Library Mário de Andrade, São Paulo, SP.
Museu AfroBrasil (AfroBrasil Museum), Secretaria Municipal da Cultura, São Paulo, SP.
MAM – Museu de Arte Moderna (Modern Art Museum), São Paulo, SP.
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP.
Coleção Municipal (Municipal Collection), Ribeirão Preto, SP.
Museu de Arte Contemporânea (Contemporary Art Museum), Curitiba, PR.
Museu da Gravura Cidade de Curitiba (Museum of Engraving City of Curitiba), Curitiba, PR.
Museu da Universidade Federal do Pará (Pará Federal University Museum), Belém, PA.
Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Centro Dragão do Mar (Contemporary Art Museum Dragão nike air dunk high do Mar Center), Fortaleza, CE.
Brazilian-American Cultural Institute, Washington DC, USA.
Kobe Museum, Kobe, Japan
Art Center CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, Holanda
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