LAURA BELÉM

BORN IN 1974, IN BELO HORIZONTE, BRASIL
LIVES AND WORKS IN BELO HORIZONTE, BRASIL
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Evading-Place (detail), 2009
Installation/ Compacted sand (sand, water, glue).
50 square meters aprox.

ABOUT

THE ARTIST

1999/2000
Master of Arts in Fine Arts. Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London.
Bursary CAPES/CBN (Brazilian Ministry of Education): APARTES Program (Funds for the encouragement and promotion of young artists).
1993/1996
Bachelor of Arts. Escola de Belas Artes da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

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SOLO

EXHIBITIONS

2010
The Temple of a Thousand Bells. Instalação para a Bienal de Liverpool, Inglaterra.
Meeting Point, Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada.
2008
Laura Belém: recent works. Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil.
2007
Paisagens Flutuantes. MAMAM no Pátio, Museu de Arte Aloísio Magalhães. Recife, Brazil.
2006
Fruit Market. Art Positions / Galeria Punto Gris. Art Basel Miami Beach 06. Miami, Florida.
Project: Laura Belém. Galeria Luisa Strina. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa. São Paulo, Brazil.
2005
Ainda Outono. Centro Mariantonia, São Paulo, Brazil.
2004
Bolsa Pampulha: Quatro Ensaios sobre o Amor. Curated by Rodrigo Moura. Museu de Arte da Pampulha. Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
2002
Projeto Pampulha. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa. Museu de Arte da Pampulha. Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
2001
Volto em 5 minutos. Palácio das Artes and Celma Albuquerque Galeria de Arte. Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

EXHIBITIONS

2010
Paisagem Incompleta. Centro Cultural Usiminas, Ipatinga, Brasil
2009
Communism of Forms. Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada.
Meeting Point. Curated by Earl Miller. Doris Mac Carthy Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
Nova Arte Nova. Curated by Paulo Venâncio Filho. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo.
2008
Oferenda. Rhys Mendes Gallery, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Blooming: Brasil-Japan, where you are. Curated by Yoko Nose. Toyota Municipal Museum of Art. Toyota Aichi, Japan.
This is not a void. Curated by Jens Hoffmann. Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo.
Nova Arte Nova. Curated by Paulo Venâncio Filho. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro.
Worlds on Video. Curated by Anita Beckers. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy.
Paralela 2008: from near and far. Curated by Rodrigo Moura. Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, São Paulo.
11a Mostra Internazionale di Architettura / La Bienale di Venezia. Curated by Roberto Loeb. Brazilian Pavillion, Venice, Italy.
Brazilian Video Art. Curated by Pedro Mendes. Galerie Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany.
Loop Diverse. Loop Video Festival, Barcelona, Spain.
ARCO Art Fair, Madrid, Spain.
2007
Panorama da Arte Brasileira. Curated by Moacir dos Anjos. Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo. São Paulo, Brasil.
Iberoamérica Global: entre la globalización y el localismo. Curated by Lorena y Dennys Mattos. Casa de América, Madrid, Spain.
Nuit Blanche Toronto. Curated by Rhonda Corvese. Toronto, Canada.
Extra(ordinary): new art from Brasil. Curated by Earl Miller. York Quay Centre, Toronto, Canada.
VI Bienal de Artes Visuais do Mercosul, Section “Conversas”. Curated by Alejandro Cesarco, Porto Alegre, Brasil.
Drawing is a verb. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa. Coleção Madeira Corporate Services. Ilha da Madeira, Portugal.
Platform for Urban Investigation. Island6 Arts Center, Shanghai, China.
2006
Paralela 2006: a comprehensive exhibition of contemporary art in Brazil. Curated by Daniela Bousso. Pavilhão Armando de Arruda Pereira, Parque Ibirapuera, São Paulo.
Geração da Virada - 10 + 1 – Recent Years of Brazilian Art. Curated by Agnaldo Farias and Moacir dos Anjos. Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brasil.
Contrabando. Curated by Carolina Grau. Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brasil.
Zoo Porfolio. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa. Zoo Art Fair, Regent´s Park, London, UK.
Situ/ação: aspectos do documentário contemporâneo. Curated by Paula Alzugaray. Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brasil.
Con los ojos del otro. Curated by Agnaldo Farias. Centro Cultural de España. Montevideo, Uruguay.
Videometry: video as measuring device in contemporary Brazilian Art. Curated by Paula Alzugaray. Galeria dels angels, Barcelona, Spain.
Exposição de verão. Galeria Silvia Cintra, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
2005
Art Perform. Curated by Jens Hoffmann. Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA.
51st Venice Biennale - Always a little further. Curated by Rosa Martínez., Arsenale Galleries, Venice, Italy.
Videoformes. Parallel screening. Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Abre Alas. A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
2004
Vol. Curated by Fernando Oliva. Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo, Brasil.
Fragmentos e souvenirs paulistanos. Curated by Adriano Pedrosa. Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brasil.
Obra colecionada 1943-2003. Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
Imagem Sitiada. SESC Campos. Campos (RJ), Brasil.
2003
Prague Biennale I: Peripheries become the Center. Curated by Jens Hoffmann. Veletrzní Palác, Prague, Czech Republic.
Ok Video. Jakarta Video Art Festival 2003. Galeri Nasional Indonesia.
Convocatória TRAMA. Teatro Auditorium. Mar del Plata, Argentina.
2000/2001
Programa Rumos Visuais I. Instituto Itaú Cultural. São Paulo/Recife/Fortaleza, Brasil.
2000
MA Fine Art Degree Show. Central Saint Martins College of Art, London.
1999
Nydia Negromonte, Roberto Bethônico, Marconi Drummond, Laura Belém. Celma Albuquerque Galeria de Arte. Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
10 anos do Centro Cultural UFMG. Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
1998
Open House. Headlands Center for the Arts. Sausalito, USA.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2008
Blooming: Brasil-Japan, where you are. Toyota Municipal Museum of Arts. Toyota City, Japan, 2008.
2007
Geração da Virada 10 + 1 [The turn generation 10 + 1]: Brazilian Art in Recent years. Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, 2007.
2006
PEDROSA, Adriano (org.). Desenhos [drawings]: A – Z. Coleção [Art Colection] Madeira Corporate Services. Lisboa: Soartes, 2006.
Con los ojos del otro. Text by Agnaldo Farias. Centro Cultural de España, Montevideo, Uruguay. (Exhibition Catalogue).
MOURA, Rodrigo. Review: Laura Belém / Centro Universitário Maria Antonia. In: Flash Art International. V.XXXIX, n.246, January-February 2006. P.104.
Future Greats 2005. In: Art Review. December/January 2006, International Edition. V.3, n.12. P.82.
2005
MILLER, Earl. Review: 51st Venice Biennale. In: C-Magazine – International Contemporary Art. Issue 88, Winter 2005.
OLIVA, Fernando. Crítica / Review: Laura Belém. In: Lapiz - Revista Internacional de Arte. Año XXIV, n.217, 2005, p.85.
ALZUGARAY, Paula. Bienal Feminista. In: Istoé. N.1866, 20 de julho de 2005. P.90-93.
Always a little further. La Biennale di Venezia 2005 – 51st International Art Exhibition. P.34-39. (Exhibition catalogue).
HOFFMANN, Jens & JONAS, Jonas. Perform. London: Thames and Hudson, 2005. P.124-125.
CONNOLLY, Maeve. In conversation: experience and alterity at the 51st Venice Biennale. In: Contemporary. Issue 74, Venice Biennale, 2005. P.22-24.
2004
Bolsa Pampulha 2003-2004: 27o Salão Nacional de Arte de Belo Horizonte / organização Rodrigo Moura; English translation Veronica Cordeiro e Alberto Dwek. Belo Horizonte: Museu de Arte da Pampulha, 2004.
Fragmentos e souvenirs paulistanos. Adriano Pedrosa (org.). São Paulo: Galeria Luisa Strina, 2004. (Exhibition catalogue).
The Next Documenta should be curated by an artitst. Jens Hoffmann (ed.). Frankfurt: Revolver Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, 2004. P.16-17.
2003
Prague Biennale 1: peripheries become the center. Milão: Ottavio Capriolo, 2003. P.130-133. (Exhibition catalogue).
MOURA, Rodrigo. Beyond sculpture: new perspectives on space in Brazil. In: Flash Art International. V.36, n.230, May-June 2003. P.118-121.
OK Video. Jakarta Video Art Festival 2003. Jakarta: Ruangrupa, 2003. P.90 e 106. (Exhibition catalogue).
2002
Projeto Pampulha. Texto de Adriano Pedrosa e Rodrigo Moura. Belo Horizonte: Museu de Arte da Pampulha, 2002. (Exhibition leaflet).
1999
Exhibition catalogue - Celma Albuquerque Galeria de Arte. Texto de Lisette Lagnado. Belo Horizonte: Celma Albuquerque Galeria de Arte, 1999.