Renata Lucas




Biography

Exhibitions at the Gallery

Publications

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Fontes e Sequestros
Plan de Evasión
Prototipo para un suelo resbaladizo (Protótipo para um terreno escorregadio)
Venice Suitcase
Sistema de falta/Sistema de sobra (System of lack/System of rests)
La cuarta Parte
Matemática Rápida (Quick mathemathics)
Barulho de fundo (Background noise)
Febre (Fever)
Falha (Failure)
Cruzamento (crossing)
Mau Gênio (Evil genius/Bad character)
Barravento
Biography

Born in 1971, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
Lives and work in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Education

    1990-1993

  • Degree in Fine Arts, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil.

    • 1996-1999

  • Master in Fine Arts, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil.

    • 2004-2008

  • PhD at the Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA-USP), São Paulo, Brazil.

Awards

    2013

  • Absolut Art Award, Stocklhom, Sweden.

    • 2010

  • Pipa Prize, MAM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    • 2009

  • Dena Foundation, Paris, France.
  • Ernst Schering Foundation, Berlin, Germany.

    • 2007-2008

  • Marcelino Botín Grant, Santander, Spain.

    • 2006-2007

  • CIFO (Cisneros Fontanals Foundation), USA.

    • 2004-2005

  • SESI-CNI Marcantonio Vilaça, Brasil.

Scholarships

    2004-2008

  • CNPQ Post-graduation Grant, Universidade de São Paulo (ECA-USP), Brazil.

Residencies

    2019

  • Estancia FEMSA Casa Barragán, Mexico City.

    • 2011

  • Gasworks, London, England.

    • 2010

  • IASPIS, Estocolmo, Suécia.
  • Magnificent Seven, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA.

    • 2009

  • DAAD, Berlin, Germany.

Individual Exhibitions

    2015

  • fontes e sequestros, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany.

    • 2014

  • Ø, Secession, Vienna, Austria.
  • [ ], Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil.

    • 2011

  • Third Time, Peep-Hole, Milan, Italy.

    • 2010

  • Cabeça e cauda de Cavalo, Ernst Schering Foundation Art Award, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany.

    • 2007

  • Resident, Gasworks, London, England.
  • Falha, Redcat, Los Angeles, USA.

    • 2006

  • Atlas, Galeria Millan Antonio, São Paulo, Brazil.

    • 2005

  • Gentileza, Galeria A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    • 2003

  • Cruzamento, Castelinho do Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Antifogo, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil.

    • 2002

  • Comum de Dois, Centro Universitário Maria Antonia, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Mau Gênio, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

    • 2001

  • Barravento, Galeria 10,20 x 3,60, São Paulo, Brazil.

Collective Exhibitions

    2019

  • Walking Through Walls, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany (september).
  • Artefact 2019: Parallel Crossings, Courtisane, Leuven, Belgium.

    • 2018

  • rejuvenesça!, Casa do Povo, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • 8th Melle Biennale, France.

    • 2017

  • Condemned to be Modern, LAMAG Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
  • Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, Shenzhen, China.
  • A Gentil Carioca @ Jaqueline Martins, Galeria Jaqueline Martins, São Paulo, Brazil.

    • 2015

  • United States of Latin America, MOCAD Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, USA.
  • Invento, Oca Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Encruzilhada, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    • 2014

  • Impulse, Reason, Sense, Conflict, CIFO Ella Fontanals-Cisneros, Miami, USA.

    • 2013

  • "Projeto Casa de Vidro", Instituto Lina Bo Bardi, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes. Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, USA.

    • 2012

  • "One on One", Kunstwerk, Berlin, Germany.
  • "Planos de fuga – Uma exposição em obras, CCBB São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Inhotim – Instituto de arte Contemporânea, Galeria Mata, Brumadinho, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
  • "Parque Industrial", Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • "Sense and Sustainability", Urdaibai Art 2012, Spain.
  • "To the Moon via the Beach", Luma Foundation, Arles, France.
  • dOCUMENTA(13), Kassel, Germany.

    • 2011

  • 12th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • "The Spiral and the Square, Exercises in Translatability", Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden.

    • 2010

  • Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (residence program and exhibition) San Francisco, USA.
  • "Entre desejos e Utopias", a Gentil Carioca Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • "Open House", IASPIS International Artists Studio Program, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • "Prêmio Pipa", MAM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    • 2009

  • "Short Time", Half House, Barcelona, Spain.
  • "Tiempo como materia". Colección MACBA. Nuevas incorporaciones, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain.
  • 53ª Biennale di Venezia, Italy.
  • Biennale Cuvée, OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, Austria.
  • San Juan Triennale, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

    • 2008

  • "This is not a Void", Luisa Strina gallery, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • "Revolutions: Forms that Turn", Biennale of Sydney, Australia.
  • "God is Design", Fortes Vilaça gallery, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • "The world as a Stage", ICA, Boston, USA.

    • 2007

  • "The world as a Stage", Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom.
  • "For Sale", Cristina Guerra gallery, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • "Positions in Context: 2007 CIFO Grants Program Exhibition, Miami, USA.
  • Encuentro Internacional Medellín, Medellín, Colombia.
  • "Accident", Brazilian Vídeo, MNAC, Bucarest, Romania.

    • 2006

  • 27th São Paulo Biennial, Brazil.
  • SESI-CNI Marcantonio Vilaça Award, exhibition tour through the main Brazilian capitals, Brazil.

    • 2004

  • Vol, Vermelho Gallery, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Fragmentos e Souvenirs Paulistanos – vol.1, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Bienal de Santos, Brazil.
  • Posição 2004, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    • 2002

  • 10,20 x 3,60, Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
  • Salão Paranaense, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Curitiba, Brazil.
  • Salão de Arte de São José dos Campos, Fundação Cassiano Ricardo, Brazil.

    • 2001

  • Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

Public Collections

     

    Fundación Marcelino Botín, Santander, Spain.

    Inhotim Institute, Brumadinho, Brazil.

    MAC-PR Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.

    MACBA Museu d'Art Contemorani, Barcelona, Spain.

    MAM-Rio Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    MAMAM Museu de Arte Moderna Aluísio Magalhães, Recife, Brazil.

    MARP, Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

    Museu de Arte Contemporânea MAC Curitiba, Brazil.

    Zabludowicz Collection, London, England.

Bibliography

     

    Books.

    2010

  • “Renata Lucas: Kunst-werke, 2010 (cabeça e cauda de cavalo)”. Edited by Susanne Pfeffer, Kw Institute for Contemporary Art; Heike Catherina Mertens, Schering Stiftung. Berlin: Argobooks.

    • 2009

  • Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn. Renata Lucas: Postpone the end. Paris: Dena Foundation for Contemporary Art.

    • 2007

  • PEDROSA, Adriano, KIM, Clara and ZELEVANSKY, Lynn. Renata Lucas. Los Angeles: Redcat publishers.
  • Magazines.

    • 2012

  • "Questionnaire Renata Lucas: What is Art for?" In: Frieze, London, UK, no 149/september 2012.

    • 2009

  • MARTÍNEZ, Chus. “Renata Lucas”. In Artforum, New York, USA, XLVII, no 10/Summer 2009.

    • 2008

  • FABBRIS, Eva. “Manipulating Architecture”. In Mousse Magazine, Milano, Italy, no 12/janeiro 2008.
  • MOURA, Rodrigo. “Renata Lucas”. In Suplemento Especial Arco, Exit Express, Madrid, España. Fev., mar/ 2008.
  • MARTINS, Sérgio. “Mi propio suelo para pisar”. In Dardo Magazine, Lisboa, Portugal, no7/fev. 2008.

    • 2007

  • BEDFORD, Christopher. “Review on Renata Lucas, Redcat”. In Artforum, New York, USA, XL VI no 3/nov.2007.
  • LAGNADO, Lisette. “Turning so many corners”. In: Frieze, London, UK, no 107/may 2006.
  • COHEN, Ana Paula. “Renata Lucas”. In: Exit Express, Madrid, no18/march 2006.

    • 2004

  • RIBEIRO, José Augusto. “Renata Lucas – Paço das Artes”. In: Artnexus, Colombia, no 53/ jul. – sept. 2004.

    • 2003

  • MOURA, Rodrigo. “Beyond Sculpture”. In: Flash Art, Milano, no 230/jun. 2003.
  • MOURA, Rodrigo. “Renata Lucas – Castelinho do Flamengo”. In: Artnexus, Colombia, no 50/september2003.
  • Group Shows / Books / Catalogues.

    • 2013

  • "Contemporary Art Brazil". London: Thames and Hudson.

    • 2012

  • "Plano de Fuga: um livro em obras". São Paulo: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil.

    • 2011

  • "Defining Contemporary Art: 25 years in 200 Pivotal Artworks". London: Phaidon Press.

    • 2010

  • “Creamier: Contemporary Art in Culture”. London: Phaidon Press.

    • 2009

  • Daniel Birnbaum, Jochen Volz. “53a Bienalle di Venezia: Making Wolrds”. Published by La Biennale di Venezia, Italia.
  • Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation. London: Phaidon Press.

    • 2008

  • Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, with contributions from Iwona Blazwick, Jonathan Crary, Charles Harrison. “2008 Biennale of Sydney: revolutions-forms that turn”. Published by Biennale of Sydney in association with Thames & Hudson, Sydney, Australia.
  • Paulo Venâncio Filho. “Nova Arte Nova”. Rio de Janeiro: Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil.

    • 2007

  • Jessica Morgan & Catherine Wood. “The World as a Stage”. Tate Publishing, London, UK.
  • Jens Hoffmann. “For Sale”. Published by Galeria Cristina Guerra, Lisboa, Portugal.
  • “Positions in Context: cifo Grants Program Exhibition” . Published por Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, USA.

    • 2006

  • Lisette Lagnado, Adriano Pedrosa (editores). “27a Bienal de São Paulo: Como viver Junto: Guia”. Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil.

    • 2004

  • MAMMí, Lorenzo. SESI-CNI Marcantonio Vilaça Award Catalogue.
  • Adriano Pedrosa (org.). “Fragmentos e Souvenirs Paulistanos”. Vol. 1. Galeria Luisa Strina 30 Anos. Published by Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil.
Exhibitions at the Gallery

2014

Publications
  • ABC – Arte Brasileira Contemporânea
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  • Contemporary Art Brazil
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News
  • Artefact 2019: Parallel Crossings. February 21 — March 10 2019 Leuven, BE.
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  • 8a Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporânea de Melle. June 30 — September 23 2018 Melle, FR.
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  • Condemned to be Modern. September 10 2017 — January 28 2018 Los Angeles, US.
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  • Arte en el cambio de siglo. June 23 2017 — June 03 2018 Santander, ES.
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  • Avenida Paulista. February 16 — May 28 2017 São Paulo, BR.
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  • United States of Latin America. September 18 2015 — January 03 2016 Detroit, US.
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  • Invento. August 05 — October 04 2015 São Paulo, BR.
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  • fontes e sequestros. May 02 — 31 2015 Berlin, DE.
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  • Encruzilhada. April 28 — June 02 2015 Rio de Janeiro , BR.
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  • Impulse, Reason, Sense, Conflict. December 03 2014 — March 08 2015 Miami, US.
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  • Renata Lucas. November 21 2014 — January 25 2015 Vienna, AT.
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  • Artes Mundi 6. October 24 2014 — January 22 2015 Cardiff, GB.
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  • Prêmio Absolut Art 2013. Notícia, Thursday September 11 2014 Rio de Janeiro, BR.
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  • 6th Gwangju Biennale | Burning Down The House. Notícia, May 09 — September 11 2014 Gwangju, KR.
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