Maria Nepomuceno
Nepomuceno makes painting her own as she stretches out time in manual work as well as the collision between artist and material.
– Luisa Duarte, Artforum, 2014
Brazilian artist, lives and works in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Her works are dedicated to drawing, painting and sculpture, creating “organisms” in wefts that include fabric, bead, rope, plastic, straw, clay, wood and several other materials from popular Brazilian crafts. From research and travel Maria incorporates in her work references from collective works of indigenous communities and weavers as a way of network with space, with time, with the diversity of manufacturing and the origin of everyday symbolic objects. In her sculptural work it is very common to mix vibrant colors and the incidence of balance as a propellant of anachronism between times, a kind of living mathematics that incorporates its materials into an intense and afective poetic reasoning. The movement of her typical materials generates the creation of treasures of special beauty, something incalculable and which offers the viewer a way to recreate a lively and magical atmosphere.
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Bola Amor / Expiro (2006) de Maria Nepomuceno
20 Sep 2020'Uma bola cor-de-rosa de dois metros de diâmetro com a inscrição da palavra AMOR é atirada ao público. A imagem da bola passando sobre as...Read more -
Dior Lady Art #4
12 Dec 2019Evoking the joyful atmosphere of Carnival, Brazil-born artist Maria Nepomuceno painstakingly embroidered a heady mix of flowers and mouths on her sensual creation for Lady...Read more -
Space to Dream: Maria Nepomuceno
19 May 2016Brazilian artist Maria Nepomuceno discusses her work in 'Space to Dream: Recent Art from South America'. 'Space to Dream' is the first major exhibition in...Read more -
Maria Nepomuceno On Art And Umbilical Cords
8 May 2014Drawing from a frightening experience during her pregnancy, this Brazilian installation artist weaves life into art.Read more -
Maria Nepomuceno on Tempo para Respirar (Breathing Time) at Turner Contemporary
31 Oct 2012The second artist commission for our Sunley Gallery is Tempo para Respirar (Breathing Time) by Brazilian artist Maria Nepomuceno. Artists and makers from Margate took...Read more
Brazilian artist, lives and works in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Her works are dedicated to drawing, painting and sculpture, creating “organisms” in wefts that include fabric, bead, rope, plastic, straw, clay, wood and several other materials from popular Brazilian crafts. From research and travel Maria incorporates in her work references from collective works of indigenous communities and weavers as a way of network with space, with time, with the diversity of manufacturing and the origin of everyday symbolic objects. In her sculptural work it is very common to mix vibrant colors and the incidence of balance as a propellant of anachronism between times, a kind of living mathematics that incorporates its materials into an intense and affective poetic reasoning. The movement of her typical materials generates the creation of treasures of special beauty, something incalculable and which offers the viewer a way to recreate a lively and magical atmosphere.
In 2019, she participated in the group shows “Vaivém”, at Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, “Amazones - A selection of works by women artists from Latin America from the collection of Catherine Petitgas”, at Art Paris 2019, France, and “Memento Mons”, at the Beaux-Arts Mons Museum in Belgium. In 2018 she opened the solo shows “Pelo Amor...”, at A Gentil Carioca Gallery, Rio de Janeiro and “Vital” at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Gallery, New York, and took part in the “Sutures” collective at Marc Straus Gallery, Nova York and “Pulling at Threads” at the Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa. In 2017, she opened the solo show “Afetosyntesis” at Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger and at Kunsthuset Kabuso, Oystese, both in Norway. In 2017 she participated in the “Hello, City!” at Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, South Korea, “More Simply Put” at Sikkema Jenkins Gallery, New York and “Between I & Thou” at Hudson Valley Center of Contemporary Art in Peekskill, New York. In 2016 she opened the individual “Yes”, at the Victoria Miro Gallery and “Cosmic Teta”, at the Barbican Gallery, both in London.
Her works are in the collections of the Museu de Arte da Bahia; Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection I MAM, Rio de Janeiro; Museum of Fine Arts Boston, USA; Guggenheim Museum, USA; Pérez Art Museum Miami, USA; Rubell Museum, USA; Galerie Volker Diehl, Germany and Magasin 3 Stockolm Konsthall, Sweden.