BACK TO HOME PAGE
ARTISTS PROFILES
MARIANNITA LUZZATI
FINE ARTS
 
Born in Brazil, Mariannita Luzzati lives and works in

São Paulo and London

Piercing humanity, clarity and poise of the paintings that concern themselves with triumphs and frailties of humble, everyday lives.

Frequently using distant sites with anonimous people , luzzati has capture the rhythms and rituals of life, with the quiet intensity and lyricism.

click to open!!!


“I firmly believed that painting emerges from real life”

“For me , art is a state of mind and a process of analysis from a series of detailed observations. When I walk into a place, I notice all the details in close-up. Similarly with human beings , their internal lives, their souls , are imprinted on their external features”

Luzzati has based many of her paintings on photographs found in books, magazines and newspapers , or taken by the artists herself .Adapting these images into a canvas. Mariannita succeeded in distancing her practice from ideas of gestural expressiveness and personal style. Her use of a seemingly flat surface and “blurred” effect reject pictorial depth to create a zone of visual ambiguity.

 

Solo Exhibitions

2005 Purdy Hicks Gallery, London, England

2004 Galeria Thomas Cohn , Sao Paulo , Brazil

Galeria Laura Marciaj , Rio de Janeiro , Brazil

Galeria Casa da Imagem, Curitiba, Brazil

click to open!!!
“Abrigo 1 “oil on canvas 200 x 256cm

2002 Galeria Thomas Cohn , São Paulo , Brazil

2001 Purdy Hicks Gallery, London,England

2000 Galeria Thomas Cohn, São Paulo, Brazil

1999 The White Gallery, Brighton, England

Purdy Hicks Gallery, Londres,England

click to open!!!

1998 Casa da Imagem, Curitiba, Brazil

1997 Purdy Hicks Gallery, London,England

Vento Forte, Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil

Alagados, Galeria Cohn Edelstein, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1994 Art Collector’s Gallery-Coral Gables, Flórida, USA

1993 Galeria Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil

1991 Subdistrito Comercial de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

Galeria Macunaíma, São Paulo, Brazil

1990 Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

click to open!!!

 

Group Exhibitions

2004 Paralela 2004

2003 Casa da Imagem – Curitiba , Brazil

2002 Prints –Six Chapel Row –Contemporary Art –Bath,England

Prints – Purdy Hicks Gallery , London ,England

Rose´s Choice, International Museum of Women in Art, Scontrone, Itália

2001 Brazil in Mind, Museum of London – London

Brasileiros em Londres, Centro Cultural Britânico, São Paulo, Brasil

O Espírito de Nossa Época, MAM Rio de Janeiro / MAM São Paulo, Brasil

2000 Pensieri D´Arte, Galeria Scoglio del Quatro, Milão, Itália

1999 Prints, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London,England

1998 A Última Figuração, Casa da Imagem, Curitiba, Brazil

 

1997 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Purd-Hicks Gallery, London, England

Arte-Lixo, São Paulo, Brazil

Projeto ‘Novos Talentos’, Palácio do Planalto/ Presidência da República, Brasília, Brazil

Casa da Imagem, Curitiba, Brazil

click to open!!!

Brazil: New Proposals, Ruth Benzacar, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Feminino Plural, Museu Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1996 Projeto ‘Reciclalixo’, São Paulo, Brazil

Fachadas Imaginárias, Arcos da Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Purdy-Hicks Gallery, London,England

Cynthia Bourne Gallery, London,England

1995 Purdy-Hicks Gallery, London,England

Junge Kunst aus Lateinamerika, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin,Germany

Subdistrito 10 anos, Galeria Millan, São Paulo, Brazil

1995/94 Vendo Sul, Centro Cultural Gilberto Maiar, Cascavel, Brazil

Palácio da Cultura Gustavo Capanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Curitiba, Brazil

Museu de Arte São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Centro Cultural da Cidade, Assunção, Paraguai

Casa de América, Madrid,Spain

1994 22a Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Marinhas, Galeria Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil

1993 International Prints Exhibition, Machida City of Grafic Arts,Tokio, Japan

Panorama da Arte Atual Brasileira, Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil

 

Encontros e Tendências, Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Brazilian Contemporary Art, , Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de --São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Galeria Casa da Imagem, Curitiba, Brazil

click to open!!!

1993/92Gravidade e Aparência, Museu Municipal de Arte, Curitiba, Brazil

1992 Festival Nacional de Pintura, Musée Chateau, Cagnes-Sur-Mer,France

Gravuras, Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil

João Sattamini/Subdistrito, Casa das Rosas, São Paulo, Brazil

Subdistrito Comercial de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

Mostra América/ X Mostra de Gravura, Curitiba, Brazil

Artisti Contenporanei, Galeria Candido Portinari/ Embaixada do Brasil, Roma, Italia

1991 Gravuras, Fundação Cultural de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil

XIV Salão Nacional, / Prêmio Brasília, Museu de Arte de Brasília, Brasília / IBAC, Rio de Janeiro

1990 Artistas Brasileiros, Colégio Mayor / Casa do Brasil, Madrid,Spain

IX Mostra de Gravura da Cidade de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil

Gravuras, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

XVI Salão Paulista de Arte Contemporânea, Pavilhão Bienal, São Paulo, Brazil

1989 Galerie Debret, Paris,France

Intergrafik 90, Berlim, Germany

XV Salão Paulista de Arte Contemporânea, Pavilhão Bienal, São Paulo, Brazil

XIV Salão de Arte Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Public Collections

· Fundação Itaú Cultural – São Paulo

· British Museum, London

· Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro

click to open!!!

 

· Fundação Cultural de Curitiba

· Fundação Padre Anchieta –São Paulo

· Museu de Arte de Brasília

· Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts,Tokyo

· Accenture - London

· Coudert Brothers - London

· Credit Suisse First Boston - London

· Halifax plc - London

· Herbert Smith - London

· Pearson plc – New York

· Rexam plc – London

· Usiminas – Minas Gerais

· MIDA – Scontrone - Italy

· Teodore Goddard – Jersey

click to open!!!

Further info CLICK HERE


The A-Z of Brazilian Arts, Entertainment and Cultural Events in the UK

Have you spotted a mistake in this page ? Click here.