biography

Ana Prata, born 1980, is a Brazilian artist who graduated in Visual Arts from the University of São Paulo. Since the beginning of her career she has been developing and specializing her research in painting. Her works vary formally by offering different scales, themes and materials as she understands the medium as a way to experiment and as a language. In contrast to other contemporary artist colleagues she explores the possibilities the medium provides by first mastering the very traditional motifs such as landscapes and still lifes. In this way she follows a modernistic approach towards painting and its didactics without being nostalgic. The results are lush works oscillating between decorative arts and graphism with dynamic strokes and hints at the different layers of paint that evoke an atmospheric and light image.  

 

She has taken part in group exhibitions at institutions such as the Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo; Caixa Cultural (Rio de Janeiro, 2017); Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz (Ribeirão Preto, 2015); SESC_Videobrasil (São Paulo, 2011 and 2013); Instituto Tomie Ohtake (São Paulo, 2011); Instituto Moreira Salles (Rio de Janeiro, 2013).

 

She was one of the nominees for the PIPA Award in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. In 2011, she was a resident artist at the Red Bull Art House in São Paulo and at Unlimited residence, New York in 2016.

Her work is part of international collections including Pinault Collection; Jorge Pérez, Miami; Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo; MAC, São Paulo and Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo.

 

In 2022 she will have a solo exhibition at Centro Cultural SESC Pompeìa in São Paulo.

 

The artist lives and works in São Paulo.

 
selected solo exhibitions

2020

The Life of Things, Tobias Mueller Modern Art, Zurich

Ofrenda, Galeria Travesia Cuatro, Guadalajara

Ritual de lo Habitual, Galeria Travesia Cuatro, Madrid

 

2019

Sorte, Galeria Isla Flotante, Buenos Aires

Retratos e Biombos, auroras, Sao Paulo

 

2018

Para Hilda Hilst, Biblioteca Municipal Mario de Andrade, Sao Paulo

 

2017

Miss Natural e outras pinturas, Galeria Millan, Sao Paulo

Portraits, Discoveries, Art Basel Hong Kong

 

2016

Gone Astray, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London

 

2015

Vitrine, Kunsthalle, Sao Paulo

Minutem, La Maudite, Paris

Bikini Projects #1, Kubikgallery, Porto

 

2014

O Sol e a Diferenca, Galeria Millan, Sao Paulo

 

2012

E tambem o elevador, o vulcao e o jantar, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo

 

2010

Nada pertence, Galeria Marilia Razuk, Sao Paulo

 

2009

Jogo de Desmontar, Centro Universitario Maria Antonia, Sao Paulo

Sala de Espera, Centro Cultural Sao Paulo