Débora Bolzsoni

Débora Bolsoni is known for her works with three-dimensional forms and that relates to the architecture of spaces and urbanism in cities. The artist appropriates the diverse artistic possibilities offered by the environment and resignifies the limits that were traditionally standardized. When looking for new references, inside and outside the field of art, Bolsoni encourages the use of singular languages in experimentation, interested in materializing and objectifying what she experiences.

“Many times, for instance, I am attempt to relate the urban landscape transformations I experienced in my childhood in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro with my visual think- ing processes and technical repertoires. I am also very interested in popular culture as a source of invisible axioms, even truths, in the sense of historical and identitarian constructs that shape us inadvertently. Drawing, writing, making installations, site specic pieces, sculptures and objects is my palpable practice”, points out Débora Bolsoni.

Master in Visual Poetics by Escola de Comunicações e Artes – Universidade de São Paulo (2014). Studied at EAV Parque Lage in Rio de Janeiro (1991 to 1993) and at Saint Martin School of Art in London (1993). Was in artistic residency at Résidence Box (2019) and Cité Internationale dês Arts (2017), both in France.

Among her main solo exhibitions are: 2019 - Lição de Mimese (Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil); 2018 - Coffee and alphabets (Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain – Paris, France); 2017 - No names but names (Drawing Lab - Paris, France); Pra Aquietar (Galeria Athena - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); 2016 - Descaracter (Galeria Jaqueline Martins – São Paulo, Brasil); 2006 - Gruta Pampulha (Museu de Arte da Pampulha - Belo Horizonte, Brazil).

Among her main group exhibitions are: 2020 - Até onde a vista alcança (Galeria Athena – Rio de Janeiro, Brasil); Arte em Campo (Estádio do Pacaembú – São Paulo, Brazil); 2018 - A poesia e as artes visuais (Galeria Superfície – São Paulo, Brazil); 2017 - Intervenções Urbanas (Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) 2016 - Condo (The Sunday Painter – London, United Kingdon); 2015 - Panoramas do Sul – 19º Festival de Arte Contemporânea SESC_Videobrasil (SESC Pompéia – São Paulo, Brazil); 2014 - Alimentário | Arte e Construção do Patrimônio Alimentar Brasileiro (Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro, Brasil); 2009 - 7ª Bienal do Mercosul: Grito e escuta – Mostra Absurdo (Porto Alegre, Brasil); among others. Her works are in important collections such as Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil), Museu de Arte do Rio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Remisen-Brande Art Collection (Brande, Denmark), Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil), among others.

1975 . Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.

Education
2014

Master in Visual Poetics – Universidade de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

2002

Bachelor of Arts – Instituto Metodista Bennet – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2000

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Engraving) – Universidade de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

1993

Alternative Drawing – Saint Martin School of Art – London, United Kingdom

1991

School of Visual Art | Parque Lage – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Solo exhibitions
2019

Débora Bolsoni: Lição de Mimese – Pinacoteca de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil
Three artists in simultaneous projects: Débora Bolsoni, G. T. Pellizzi e Matheus Rocha Pitta – Auroras – São Paulo, Brazil

2018

O inferno de boazinha – Galeria Superfície – São Paulo, Brazil
Coffee and alphabets – Bendana-Pinel Art Contemporain – Paris, France
I Mostra 2018: Programa de Exposições – Centro Cultural São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

2017

To Calm – Galeria Athena Contemporânea – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
No names, but names – Drawing Lab – Paris, France

2016

Descaracter – Galeria Jaqueline Martins – São Paulo, Brazil

2015

General Urbanism – Galeria Athena Contemporânea – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2014

Inside Out – Galeria Marília Razuk – São Paulo, Brazil
Luminoso de portão – Coletivo 2&1 – São Paulo, Brazil

2011

Feira de Rua – ZonaMACO/Solo Project – Mexico City, Mexico

2010

Leitura de Praia – Galeria Marília Razuk – São Paulo, Brazil

2007

Changing Places – Galeria Marília Razuk – São Paulo, Brazil
Fazer Crer – Museu de Arte Moderna Aloisio Magalhães – Recife, Brazil

2006

Porta com Medalha – Centro Universitário Maria Antônia – São Paulo, Brazil
Gruta Pampulha – Museu de Arte da Pampulha – Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2005

Débora Bolsoni – Mostra Individual do Programa de Exposições do CCSP – Centro Cultural São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

2001

Individual e Simultânea – Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade – São Paulo, Brazil

2000

Baldios – Zouk Atelier e Galeria de Arte – São Paulo, Brazil

Group exhibitions
2020

As far as the eye can reach – Galeria Athena – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Obras Recentes – Galeria Superfície – São Paulo, Brazil
Narrativas em Processo: Livros de Artista na Coleção Itaú Cultural – Museu de Arte de Santa Catarina – Florianópolis, Brazil
Together We Stand – Bendana Pinel Art Contemporain – Paris, France
United we rise – Bendana Pinel Art Contemporain – Paris, France
Arte em Campo – Estádio do Pacaembú – São Paulo, Brazil

2019

O que não é Floresta é prisão política – Ocupação 9 de julho – Galeria Reocupa – São Paulo, Brazil
Narrativas em Processo: Livros de Artista na Coleção Itaú Cultural – Museu de Arte Moderna Aluisio Magalhães (Mamam) – Recife, Brazil
Bifê – Olhão – São Paulo, Brazil
Narrativas em Processo: Livros de Artista na Coleção Itaú Cultural – Palácio das Artes – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Collapse – Galeria Athena – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dulce e João Carlos Figueiredo Ferraz: Construções e Geometrias – MuBE – Museu Brasileiro de Escultura e Ecologia – São Paulo, Brazil
Migalhas – Galeria O Quarto – São Paulo, Brazil

2018

With the air too heavy to breathe – Galeria Athena – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Poetry and the Visual Arts – Galeria Superfície – São Paulo, Brazil

2017

Urban Interventions – Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Purity is a Mithy – Galeria Nara Roesler – São Paulo, Brazil
Miniatures, Models, Voodoo and Other Political Projections – Blau Project – São Paulo, Brazil

2016

A spear a spike a point a nail a drip a drop the end of the tale – Ellen de Brujine Projects – Amsterdan, Netherlands
Nós vivemos na melhor cidade da América do Sul – Átomos Art Space – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Always a Knit of Identity, Always Distinction – Galeria Jaqueline Martins – São Paulo, Brazil
Utensílio – Galeria Sankovsky – São Paulo, Brazil
Apparition – Caixa Cultural – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
O Estado da Arte – Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz – Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Condo – The Sunday Painter – London, United Kingdom
Transparência e Reflexo – Museu Brasileiro da Escultura – São Paulo, Brazil

2015

Tout Doit Disparaître – La Maudite – Paris, France
Southern Panoramas – 19o Festival de Arte Contemporânea SESC_Videobrasil – SESC Pompéia – São Paulo, Brazil
Tudo que é sólido desmancha no ar – Galeria Jaqueline Martins – São Paulo, Brazil
Alimentário | Art and Construction of the Brazilian Food Heritage – Expo Milano 2015 – Milan, Italy
Alimentário | Art and Construction of the Brazilian Food Heritage – OCA – São Paulo, Brazil
Mostra Retrospectiva – 25 anos do Programa de Exposições – Centro Cultural São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

2014

Alimentário | Art and Construction of the Brazilian Food Heritage – Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Apparition – Galeria Athena Contemporânea – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Grave – Laboratório Curatorial SP-arte – São Paulo, Brazil

2013

Brutalidade Jardim – Galeria Marília Razuk – São Paulo, Brazil
Imagine Brazil: Artist’s Books – Astrup Fearnley Museet – Oslo, Norway
Betão à Vista – Museu Brasileira de Escultura – São Paulo, Brazil
Escalas – Estúdio Álvaro Razuk – São Paulo, Brazil

2012

O Retorno da Coleção Tamagni | Até as estrelas por caminhos difíceis – Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

2011

Eu estou aqui – Galeria Marília Razuk – São Paulo, Brazil
Dublê – Centro Cultural São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil
Encontros com o Outro Mundo – ECARTA Gallery – Porto Alegre, Brazil

2010

Paralela | A Contemplação do Mundo – Liceu de Artes e Ofícios – São Paulo, Brazil
Kierkegaard’s Walk – Galeria Marília Razuk – São Paulo, Brazil
Sempre à Vista – Mendes Wood DM – São Paulo, Brazil
3o Rodada – Centro Cultural Bradesco – Florianópolis, Brazil
Corsário Cassino Museu – Museu de Arte da Pampulha – Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2009

Absurdo – 7th Mercosur Biennial: Screaming and Listening – Porto Alegre, Brazil
Exposição de Verão 6 – Galeria Silvia Cintra + Box 4 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Realidade Imprecisas – SESC Pinheiros – São Paulo, Brazil

2008

Temporada de Projetos – Paço das Artes – São Paulo, Brazil
Contraditório: Panorama da Arte Brasileira – Sala Alcalá 31 – Madrid, Spain
Quase Líquido – Itaú Cultural – São Paulo, Brazil
Intimidade Pública – Éden – São Paulo, Brazil
De Perto, De Longe: Mostra Paralela – Liceu de Artes e Ofícios – São Paulo, Brazil
Cover: Reencenação + Repetição – Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

2007

Contraditório: Panorama da Arte Brasileira – Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil
Intimidades: Homenagem a Leonilson – Galeria Marília Razuk – São Paulo, Brazil

2006

MAM na Oca: Mostra da Coleção do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo – OCA – São Paulo, Brazil
Singular e Plural – Galeria Marília Razuk – São Paulo, Brazil

2005

Programa de Exposições do Centro Cultural São Paulo – Centro Cultural São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil
Verbo – Galeria Vermelho – São Paulo, Brazil
Mostras SESC de Artes Mediterrâneo – São Paulo, Brazil

2004

Final Exhibition of the Residence of Arts Remisen-Brande – Brande City Hall Gallery – Brande, Denmark
Lord Palace Hotel – Lord Palace Hotel – São Paulo, Brazil
Labdart – SESC Pinheiros – São Paulo, Brazil

2002

Situation #1 – Edifício Copan – São Paulo, Brazil
Plano Copan – Edifício Copan – São Paulo, Brazil
30o Salão de Arte Contemporânea de Santo André – Paço Municipal – Santo André, Brazil
Três Tridimensionais – Adriana Penteado Arte Contemporânea – São Paulo, Brazil

2001

1ª Bienal de Gravura de Santo André – Paço Municipal – Santo André, Brazil
Figura Impressa – Adriana Penteado Arte Contemporânea – São Paulo, Brazil
Deslocamentos: Rumos Itaú Cultural – Centro de Cultura Dragão do Mar – Fortaleza, Brazil
Exposições de formandos em Artes Plásticas – ECA/USP – Casa das Rosas – São Paulo, Brazil

2000

Deslocamentos: Rumos Itaú Cultural – Fundação Joaquim Nabuco – Recife, Brazil
Realidades Sobrepostas – Centro Universitário Maria Antônia – São Paulo, Brazil
Casa de Todos – Mostra do Projeto Linha Imaginária – São Paulo, Brazil
Há Margem – Centro de Comunicações e Artes do SENAC – São Paulo, Brazil

1999

Paisagem e Arte: A Invenção da Natureza, a Evolução do Olhar – Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado – São Paulo, Brazil
24o Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto – Casa de Cultural – Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

1998

Investigações: Rumos Itaú Cultural – Itaú Cultural – São Paulo, Brazil Mostra Rio Gravura – FUNARTE – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Curatorship
2010

Cadavre Exquis – curatorship with Fernanda Lopes, art exhibition for children with the Collection of the city of São Paulo – Centro Cultural São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

2008

Passagens secretas: 10 curadores para 10 artistas – Centro Cultural São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

Prizes and Residencies
2019

Résidence Box, Galerie La Box da École Nationale Supérieure d’Art de Bourges – Bourges, France

2017

Artistic Residency at Cité Internacionale dês Arts – Paris, France

2015

Artistic Residency URRA Project – Buenos Aires, Argentina
ProAc Award for Artist Book. Secretaria de Cultura do Estado de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

2010

CNPQ master’s degree scholarship for Visual Poetry at Escola de Comunicações e Artes da Universidade de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil

2007

Artistic Residency at Museu de Arte Moderna Aluísio Magalhães – Recife, Brazil

2005

Bolsa Pampulha – Artistic residency award of Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte and Museu de Arte da Pampulha – Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2004

Laboratório de Arte – SESC Pinheiros – São Paulo, Brazil Residency of Arts at Remisen-Brande – Brande, Denmark

2002

Acquisition Prize of Salão de Arte de Santo André – Coleção de Arte do Município de Santo André – Santo André, Brazil

Public collections

Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil
Museu de Arte do Rio – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Remisen-Brande Art Collection – Brande, Denmark
Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil
Museu de Arte da Pampulha – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Coleção de Arte da Cidade – São Paulo, Brazil
Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto – Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Bibliography
2018

“O inferno de boazinha”. São Paulo, 2018. Exhibition catalogue
“Prêmio IP Capital Partners de Arte 2018”. Rio de Janeiro. 2018. p.112-113. Catalogue
“I Mostra do Programa de Exposições 2018”, Centro Cultural de São Paulo. São Paulo. 2018. p. 20-21. Exhibition Catalogue.

2014

VISCONTI, Jacopo Crivelli; VILLELA, Rodrigo; RIBENBOIM, Felipe. “Alimentário: Arte e Construção do Patrimônio Alimentar Brasileiro”, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, 2014. p.39 e p.116. Catalogue.

2013

PEDROSA, Adriano; DUARTE, Luisa. “Arte Brasileira Contemporânea”. São Paulo. Cosac Naify. p. 302-305.

2009

“7th Mercosur Biennial: Screaming and Listening”. Porto Alegre: Fundação Bienal do Mercosul, 2009. p. 356 e 357.

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