erika verzutti - Peter Kilchmann

ERIKA VERZUTTI
1971 Born in São Paulo, Brasil
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brasil
EDUCATION
2000 Associate Research Student in Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
1999 Postgraduate Diploma in Fine Arts, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
1991 Graduate in Industrial Design [Graduate in Graphics], Universidade Mackenzie, São Paulo, Brasil
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 “Antonio Malta & Erika Verzutti”, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, cur. José Augusto Ribeiro, March
10 – May 27
2011 “Missionary”, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil, May 14 – July 16
2010 “AIT Backers Residency Exhibition”, Side 2 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, May 22 – June 12
“Chopping Board”, Misako & Rosen Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Apr. 18 – May 23
“Bicho de Sete Cabeças”, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil, Sept. 19 – Dec. 18
2009 “Erika Verzutti”, Misako and Rosen Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 26 – Feb. 22
“Erika Verzutti”, Swallow Street, London, UK, Sept. 4 – Oct. 3
2008 “Pet Cemetery”, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil, Oct. 11 – Dec. 13
2007 “Bicho de 7 Cabeças [7 Headed Monster]”, Blow de la Barra, London, UK, Oct. 8 – Nov. 10
2006 “In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower”, Galeria Forte Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil, May 4 – May 27
2003 “Sculptures”, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil, July 8 – Aug. 8
1997 Meditation Platform, Centro Cultural UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1995 Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil
Exhibitions Program Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 “Armin Boehm, Fabian Marti, Erika Verzutti”, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland, Sept. 31 – Oct. 10
“Home Again”, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 28 – Nov. 18
“Lilliput”, High Line Art, New York, NY, USA, Apr. 19 – Apr. 14, 2013
2011 “Mythologies”, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, cur. Kiki Mazzucchelli, Dec. 7 – Dec. 21
“New Barazilian Sculpture – Heritage and Diversity”, Caixa Cultural Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 14
– Jan. 01
“A terrible Beauty is born”, 11th Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France, cur. Victoria Noorthoorn, Sept.15 – Dec. 31
2010 “Law of the Jungle”, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, USA, Dec. 10 – Jan. 29
“Use & Mention”, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, London, UK, cur. John Chilver, Jan. 26 –
Feb. 26
2009 “Paper Moon”, Sommer & Kohl, Berlin, Germany, Oct. 31 – Dec. 19
“Studio Voltaire”, BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 31 – Dec. 19
“Alcova”, Galeria Laura Marsiaj, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, cur. Marcelo Campos, July 8 – Aug. 9
“Geba Geba summer show – Geba geba 4 weeks”, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan, June 22 – July 19
“Once Upon a Time…Art Tells Stories of the World”, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil, cur. Katia
Canton, Apr. 21 – June 21
“Nudes”, Galeria Fortes Vilaça and Galeria Bergamin, São Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 14 – Apr. 4
“Trickle–down Theory – If I get 10 Lexus SUVs, You Might Get a Pair of Flip-flops”, Korjaamo Gallery, Helsinki,
Finland, cur. Riiko Sakkinen, Apr. 17 –
"Erika Verzutti /Tiago Carneiro da Cunha", Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 26 – Feb. 22
2008 “Haptic”, Tokyo Metropolitan Fundation for History and Culture, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan, cur. Vik Muniz,
Nov. 22 – Jan. 12
“When Lives Become Form – Contemporary Brazilian Art: 1960 to the Present”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts,
San Francisco, USA, cur. Yuko Hasegawa, Nov. 5 – Jan. 31
“De Perto e de Longe”, Paralela 08, Liceu de Artes e Oficios de São Paulo, Brazil, cur. Rodrigo Moura, Oct. 28 –
Dec. 7
“Secret Passages”, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brasil, cur. Gilberto Mariotti, Oct. 25 – Dec. 21
“When Lives Become Form – Contemporary Brazilian Art: 1960 to the Present”, Museum of Contemporary Art
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, cur. Yuko Hasegawa, Oct. 22 – Jan. 12
“Drawing in all directions – Festival de Invierno SESC Estado do Rio de Janeiro”, SESC Petrópolis, Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, July 17 – Aug. 3
“Legend”, Centre Artistique et Culturel, Chamarande, France, cur. Alexis Vaillant, May 25 – Sept. 28
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“When Lives Become Form: Dialogue with the Future – Brazil, Japan”, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo,
Brazil, cur. Yuko Hasegawa, Apr. 10 – June 22
“Martial Museum of Terrestrial Art”, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK, cur. Francesco Manacorda and Lydia Yee,
March 6 – May 18
“Communism of the Form: Sound + Image + Time – The Strategy of Music Video”, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo,
Brazil, cur. Fernando Oliva and Marcelo Rezende, July 20 – Aug. 4
“Animal World”, Escola São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, July 3
“The Juddykes”, The Old Art Shop at John Jones, London, UK, cur. Howard Dyke and Ben Judd, June 1- June 30
“Contemporary Design”, MCO Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Portugal, cur. Marcelo Campos
“Everything must go”, VTO Gallery, London, UK, March 25 – Apr. 29
“Choque Cultural at Fortes Vilaça and Fortes Vilaça at Choque Cultural”, Choque Cultural and Fortes Vilaça, São
Paulo, Brazil, March 18 – Apr. 20
“Paralela 2006”, Pavilhão Armando de Arruda Pereira, Parque do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil, cur. Daniela
Bousso, Oct. 7 – Nov. 19
“That's Us/Wild Combination”, Three Colts Gallery, London, UK
Aderências, SESC Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
“Education, Look!”, A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 17 – Oct. 15
“Plastic.o.rama”, Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, cur. Erika Palomino, March 17 – March 27
“Summer Bazaar”, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil, Dec. 20 – Feb. 19
“Paralela 2004”, São Paulo, Brazil, cur. Moacir Dos Anjos
“PASTE IT! ”, Angel Studios, Berlin, Germany, cur. Jean Lee and Martina Schmacher
“Colapso”, Amp Galaxy, São Paulo, Brazil
“poT”, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil, Dec. 19 – Feb. 28
“PoT: The Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art–The Independent,” Commercial Unit 6 Square, Liverpool, UK,
cur. Erika Verzutti, Sept. 14 – Nov. 24
Aprilʼs Fool Day, São Paulo, Brazil
Feira, Espaço Virgílio, São Paulo, Brazil
Aprilʼs Fool Day, São Paulo, Brazil
BBQ Project Gallery, in collaboration with Camila Sposati, Berlin, Germany
“Zig Zag”, Thomas Cohn Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
“Assembly”, Stepney City, London, UK, cur. David Gyscek and Gordon Cheung, Oct. 5 – Oct. 31
“Dilated Pupils”, VTO Gallery, London, UK
“The Armchair Project”, Cinch, London, UK, cur. Paul McDevitt and Declan Clarke, Oct. 11 – Oct. 28
Non Stop Opening Lisboa, Ze dos Bois Gallery, Lisboa, Portugal
“Antartica Arts with Leaf – book”, Casa Triângulo Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
“Antartica Arts with Leaf – book”, Manoel da Nóbrega Pavillion, São Paulo, Brazil
“Beyond the Rainbow”, FAAP Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil
“Contemporary Legacies”, MAC Contemporary Art Museum, São Paulo, Brazil
“Non Stop Opening”, Central Point Gallery, London, UK
“Dobras de Corpo”, Múltipla Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
Antartica Artes com a Folha, Manoel da Nóbrega Pavillion, São Paulo, Brazil
“Limits Do Not Exist”, Maternidade Filomena Matarazzo, São Paulo, Brazil
“Works on Paper”, Casa Triângulo Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil
BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTED BOOKS & EXHIBITION CATALOGUES)
2009 “Era Uma Vez…Arte Conta Histórias do Mundo”, CCBB – Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil
2008 “Neo Tropicália – When Lives Become Form, Contemporary Brazilian Art: 1960ʼs to the Present”, MOT – Museum
of Contemporaty Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
“Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art. Encyclopedia of Terrestrial Life. Volume VIII”, Barbican Centre, Merrell,
London, UK
“Desenho em todos os sentidos. Festival de Invierno Rio de Janeiro”, SESC Nova Friburgo, Tisara, Brazil
2007 “Erika Verzutti”, Rodrigo Moura, Ed. Cobogó, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTED PRESS ARTICLES & REVIEWS)
2012 “Artifacts – Gilding the “Lilliput”, Linda Yablonsky, T Magazine, New York, April 30
2012 “See the Diminutive Sculptures From the High Lineʼs First Group Show, “Lilliput”, Benjamin Sutton, In the Air, New
York, April 25
2008 “Haptic”, Lucy Birmingham, Artforum.com, December 22
2003 “Gallery walk: São Paulo”, Celso Fioravante, Art on paper, May-June, No. 7, p. 82