BEATRIZ MILHAZES

Beatriz Milhazes was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1960, where she lives and works. In the last decade, the artist has held important solo shows at prestigious venues which most notably include Quatro Estações, Centro de Arte Moderna - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal, and Panamericano, MALBA, Argentina (2012); Fondation Beyeler, Switzerland (2011); Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, France (2009); Beatriz Milhazes - Pinturas e Colagens, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil (2008); 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan, (2004); and Domaine de Kerguéhennec-Centre d’Art Contemporain, France (2003). The artist represented Brazil at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003, and participated in the 2006 Shanghai Biennial, in China, and at the 24th and 26th editions of the Bienal de São Paulo in 1998 and 2004. Her works figure in the most important collections in the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA); the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Madrid; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Courtesy Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel