YIA ART FAIR EXHIBITION

23 >> 26 OCTOBER 2014

Le carreau du Temple
4 rue Eugne Spuller
75003 Paris

MARIA LAET

Milk on Pavement
2008
pigment ink on cotton paper
100 x 80 cm
Ed. of 5 + 2AP

Separao
2013
video, 346
Ed. 1of 5 + 2AP

Untitled (Dialogue series. Balloon and body)

2008-2009
ink on tracing paper
136 x 98 cm
Unique edition

Untitled (Dialogue series. Balloon and body)

2008-2009
ink on tracing paper
138 x 98 cm
Unique edition
!

Untitled (Dialogue series. Balloon and body)

2008-2009
ink on tracing paper
135 x 98 cm
Unique edition

Untitled (Dialogue series. Balloon and body)

2007
analogic print on fiber paper
39.5 x 58.5 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP

Untitled (Dialogue series. Balloon and body)

2007
analogic print on fiber paper
39.5 x 58.5 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP

MARIA LAET
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Born in 1982 in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Lives and works in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Education

2011 - 2012 PIESP, So Paulo, Brasil

2011 - 2012 PIESP, So Paulo, Brasil
2007 - 2008 Camberwell College of Art, London, England MA Theory and Practice of Transnational Art
2007 Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, England Post Graduation Diploma in Fine Art
2000 - 2006 PUC, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Degree in Graphic Design
Solo Shows

2014 Stone Gap, A Gentil Carioca Gallery, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Curated by Michael Asbury
2014 Situao de gua, Marlia Razuk Gallery, So Paulo, Brasil. Curated by Luisa Duarte
2013 Pela superfcie, 3+1 Contemporary Art Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2013 La voix/e des choses, MdM Gallery, Paris, France. Curated by Felipe Scovino
2012 O que vive espesso, Galeria a Gentil Carioca L, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Curated by Frederico Coelho
2010 Gesto Mnimo, Galeria Riccardo Crespi, Milo, Italia. Curated by Federica Bueti
2010 Desenhos de Ar, Centro Universitrio Maria Antonia, So Paulo, Brasil
2010 Eu fiz o nada aparecer (verso de Manoel de Barros). Galeria A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Selected group shows

2014 Rumors of the Meteore, Frac Lorraine, Metz, France. Curated by Beatrice Josse
2014 Everydayness, Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdansk, Poland. Curated by Beatrice Josse and Aneta Szylak
2014 Jaro 3, Rooster Gallery in association with Residency Unlimited, New York. Curated by Caroline
Taylor
2014 A Inveno da Praia, Pao das Artes, So Paulo. Curated by Paula Azulgaray
2014 nico, Carbono Gallery, So Paulo. Curated by Paulo Venncio Filho
2013 Correspondncias (exposio em homenagem ao centenrio da artista Tomie Ohtake), Centro Cultural
dos Correrios, Rio de Janeiro. Curated by Agnaldo Farias e Paulo Miyada
2013 Brutalidade Jardim, Marlia Razuk Gallery, So Paulo. Curated by Kiki Mazzucchelli
2013 Chambres Part VIII: Seeing is a Fable, Paris, France
2013 Lugar comum, SESC Quitandinha, Petrpolis. Curated by Marcelo Campos
2012 PIESP. Programa Independente da Escola So Paulo, Instituto Cervantes, So Paulo. Curated by
Adriano Pedrosa e Luiza Proena
2012 (chamo silncio linguagem-que-j-no--orgo-de-nada)... (after Pascal Quignard), Quase
Galeria- Espaot, Porto, Portugal. Curated by Ftima Lambert
2012 From the margin to the edge, Somerset House, London, UK. Curated by Rafael Cardoso
2012 18th Biennale of Sydney: all our relations, Art Gallery NSW and MCA, Sydney, Australia. Curated by
Catherine de Zegher and Gerald McMaster
2012 Rumos Ita Cultural Artes Visuais, So Paulo, Belm, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Curated by
Agnaldo Farias, Ana Maria Maia, Felipe Scovino, Gabriela Motta, Paulo Miyada, Alejandra Muoz, Carlos
Franzoi, Jlio Martins, Luiza Proena, Marcelo Campos, Matias Monteiro, Sanzia Pinheiro and Vnia Leal.
2010 Chez Toi Exposition phmre N.1, See Art, Paris, Frana. Curated by Maria do Mar Guinle
2010 Silncio, Galeria Zipper, So Paulo, Brasil. Curated by Paula Braga
2010 O lugar da linha, Museu de Arte Contempornea, Niteri, Brasil. Curated by Felipe Scovino
2010 O lugar da linha, Pao das Artes, So Paulo, Brasil. Curated by Felipe Scovino
2010 Natura e Destino, Galleria Riccardo Crespi, Milan, Italia
2009 TrAIN to Bad Ems, Galerie Nord, Berlin, Alemanha. Curated by Danile Perrier
2008 O Contrato do Desenhista, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon, Portugal. Curated by Paulo Reis
2008 Little Things, The Parlour Project Space Gallery, London, England!

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2008 Reflect refract, Rich Gallery, London, England. Curated by Luca Pizzani
2008 Realidades Imposibles, Fototeca Juan Malpica Mimendi, Vera Cruz, Mexico
2008 MA Theory and Practice of Transnational Art, House Galery, London, England. Curated by
Michael Asbury
2008 Paper Trail: 15 Brazilian Artists, Allsopp Contemporary, London, England. Curated by Maria do
Mar Guinle
2007 Upstaging Nature, Lookoutpost, in collaboration with London Wildlife Trust, Sydenham Hill
Wood, London, England
2007 Novas Aquisies 2006/2007, Coleo Gilberto Chateaubriand, Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de
Janeiro, Brasil
Grants

2011/ 2012 Programa Rumos Ita Cultural Artes Visuais, So Paulo Indicated to PIPA Prize 2010,
2011, 2012
Residency

2014 RU Residency Unlimited, New York

2010 Carpe Diem Arte e Pesquisa, Lisboa, Portugal 2009 Schlo Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
2009 Schlo Balmoral, Bad Ems, Alemanha
Collection

MAC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Niteroi, Brasil Gilberto Chateaubriand, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
FRAC Lorraine, France, Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium
Texts

2014 Michael Asbury, Pedra Vo, text for exhibition Pedra Vo http://maria-laettextos.tumblr.com/post/97004854764/michael-asbury
2014 Luisa Duarte, Situao de gua, text for exhibition Situao de gua http://maria-laettextos.tumblr.com/post/81882846411/luisa-duarte
2013 Felipe Scovino, Sobre o silencioso despertar das coisas, text for exhibition La voix/e des choses
2012 Luisa Duarte, Devagar e sempre, texto para o Segundo Caderno do jornal O Globo, de
12/11/2012
2012 Frederico Coelho, text for exhibition O que vive espesso
http://objetosimobjetonao.blogspot.com.br/2012/10/o-texto-abaixo-foi-escrito-para.html
2011 Moira Roth, interview for the Biennale of Sydneys blog
http://moirarothsgleanings.tumblr.com/post/13516744523/gleanings-7-maria-laet
2011 Alessandra Alliata Nobili, text for the Italian magazine Arte Contemporanea number 26
2010 Federica Bueti, text for exhibition Gesto Minimo
2010 Cau Alves, Desenhos de Ar, text for exhibition Desenhos de Ar
2010 Federica Bueti, text for exhibition Natura e Destino
2010 Felipe Scovino, Maria Laet e Paulo Sergio Duarte, Imperativo e acidente
2009 Suzana Vaz, Maria Laet. The might beyond duality, text for exhibition TrAIN to Bad Ems
http://www.suzanavaz.org/resources/The%20Might%20Beyond%20Duality.pdf
2009 Danile Perrier, text for exhibition TrAIN to Bad Ems
2008 Isobel Whitelegg, text for exhibition MA Theory and Practice of Transnational Art
2008 Michael Asbury, interview for Abre Alas Magazine, A Gentil Carioca
2008 Michael Asbury, Some Articulations of Modesty and Ambition
2007 Paulo Reis, Espao de Sensao

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