Germana Monte-Mór

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1958.
Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.

Germana Monte-Mór is a graduate in Fine Arts from FAAP (1989), in Anthropology from IFCS-UFRJ (1982), and holds a master’s degree in Visual Poetics from ECA-USP (2002). Despite the strong experimental character of her works, Monte-Mór remains faithful to the exploration of form. The relationship between figure and ground, chromatic contrasts, and the different textures of the materials used are explored by the artist through the unprejudiced use of techniques and materials.

For the past ten years, her production has focused on painting. In some works, she overlays one perforated canvas onto another, creating a play of light and shadow within her compositions. Monte-Mór has held solo and group exhibitions in the São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte circuits since the 1990s.,/p>

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1958. Lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil.

Education

2002 Master deegre in Visual Poetics, at ECA-USP, São Paulo, Brazil

1989 Fine Arts, FAAP, São Paulo, Brazil

1981 Social Sciences, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Solo Exhibitions

2023 I’m alive (curated by Taisa Palhares), Galeria Albuquerque Contemporânea, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

2022 (curated by Camila Bechelany), Galeria Estação, São Paulo, Brazil

2020 Galeria Estação, São Paulo, Brazil

2017 Percursos da Imaginação (curated by Rodrigo Naves), Galeria Estação, São Paulo, Brazil

2013 Da cabra (curated by Tiago Mesquita), Marília Razuk Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

2010 Carminha Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2009 Luz negra, Anita Schwartz Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2008 Marília Razuk Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

2005 Entrantes, Estação Pinacoteca, São Paulo, Brazil

2004 Marília Razuk Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

2002 Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2001 Marília Razuk Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

2001 Projeto Arte em Londrina, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

2001 Capela do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil

1998 Marília Razuk Galeria de arte, São Paulo, Brazil

1997 Quase desenhos, AS Studio, São Paulo, Brazil

1995 Guest artist, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brazil

1994 Guest artist, Itaú Galeria, São Paulo, Brazil

Group Exhibitions

2022 Baião de Dois, conversa entre artistas (curated by Vilma Eid), Galeria Estação, São Paulo, Brazil

2022 Abstração: a realidade mediada (curated by Rodrigo Naves), Galeria Millan, São Paulo, Brazil

2021 De terra e Gás, Germana monte-Mór, Paulo Monteiro e Solange Pessoa (curated by Cláudio Cretti), Casa de Cultura do Parque, São Paulo, Brazil

2020 Triangular: arte deste século (curated by Ana Candida de Avelar), Museu Casa de Niemeyer, Brasília, Brazil

2019 Da tradição à experimentação, Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil

2017 MAC USP no século XXI: a era dos artistas (curated by Katia Canton), MAC USP, São Paulo, Brazil

2017 Modos de ver o Brasil: Itaú cultural 30 anos (curated by Paulo Herkenhoff), Oca, Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil

2016 Coletiva (curated by Maneco Muller), Galeria A2 + Múltiplo Espaço de Arte, Vale das Videiras, Petrópolis, Brazil

2016 Na soleira da noite (curated by Claudio Cretti) Galeria Sancovsky, São Paulo, Brazil

2016 BR 2016, Galeria Virgílio, São Paulo, Brazil

2015 O espírito de cada época (curated by Rejane Cintrão), Instituto Figueredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

2014 Coletiva de Fotografias, Anita Schwartz Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2012 Superfície de contato, Galeria Penteado, Campinas, Brazil

2012 [algunsde] NÓS (curated by Claudio Cretti), Marilia Razuk Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

2012 Colecionador de sonhos (curated by Agnaldo Farias), Instituto Figueredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

2012 Entre colchetes, Espaço coleção particular – Oswaldo Correa da Costa, São Paulo, Brazil

2012 Desenhos e diálogos, Anita Schwartz Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2011 Arte Brasileira: além do sistema (curated by Sergio Duarte), Galeria Estação, São Paulo, Brazil

2011 Novas aquisições, Anita Schwartz Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2010 Notas de acervo, curadoria Guilherme Bueno, Anita Schwartz Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2009 Modernstarts-Arte contemporânea na coleção Século XX de Pila Citoler, Córdoba, Spain

2009 Desenhos de lugares, Marilia Razuk Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

2008 Ano_01, Anita Schwartz Galeria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2008 Arte Contemporânea, aquisições recentes do acervo da Pinacoteca do Estado, Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

2007 I Circuito de Fotografia I contemporâneo, São Paulo, Brazil

2006 Impressões originais; a gravura desde o século XV, Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2006 Brazilian Art, São Paulo, Brazil

2006 Designu desdobramentos, Museu de arte contemporânea, Centro Dragão do Mar, Fortaleza, Brazil

2006 II Bienal internacional Ceará de gravura, Fortaleza, Brazil

2006 Singular e Plural (curated by Cauê Alves), Marília Razuk Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

2006 Mostra da coleção de gravuras do Museu Chácara do Céu, Sesc, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2005 Bienal do Mercosul (curated by Paulo Sergio Duarte), Porto Alegre, Brazil

2004 Arte contemporânea no acervo municipal, Centro Cultural São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

2003 Layers of Brazilian Art, Falcouner Gallery, Grinnell, Iowa, United States

2002 Genius Loci – O espírito do lugar (curated by Lorenzo Mammì), Centro Cultural Maria Antônia, São Paulo, Brazil

2002 10 anos, Marília Razuk Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

1997 Galerie Douyon, Miami, United States

1997 Bienal Nacional de Santos, Santos, Brazil

1997 25º Salão Nacional de Arte de Belo Horizonte, Brazil

1996 HABITAR, Conjunto Cultural da Caixa Economica Federal, São Paulo, Brazil

1996 III Salão MAM – Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

1995 Works on Paper, Casa triângulo Galeria de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

1995 8, Solar Grandjean de Montigny, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1995 19º Salão Carioca de Arte, Parque Laje, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1995 15º Salão Nacional de Artes Plásticas, FUNART, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1995 Coletiva 34, Adriana Penteado Escritório de Arte, São Paulo, Brazil

1995 Tradição e Pionerismo, Museu de Arte Moderna, São Paulo, Brazil

1994 8, Centro Cultural da UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

1993 Desenhos, Manoel Macedo Galeria de Arte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

1993 Bienal Nacional de Santos, Santos, Brazil

1990 Treze Artistas, Centro Cultural São Paulo, Brazil

1990 Treze Artistas, Grande Galeria, Palácio das Artes, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

1990 5 Artistas de São Paulo, Galeria Angelus, Belém, Brazil

1990 A Presença do Desenho, Paço das Artes, São Paulo, Brazil

1989 XIV Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

1989 XXII Salão de Arte de Piracicaba, Brazil

1989 I Prêmio Canson Arte Contemporânea com Papel, MAM, São Paulo, Brazil

1988 6º Salão Paulista de Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo, Brazil

1988 XIII Salão de Arte de Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

1988 Exposição coletiva (curated by Nelson Leirner), FAAP, São Paulo, Brazil

Residencies

2014 Engraving studio at Iberê Camargo, Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Awards

2004 Bolsa Vitae de Artes, Fundação Vitae, São Paulo, Brazil

1993 Acquisition award, Bienal Nacional de Santos, Santos, Brazil

1989 Bolsa Ateliê II, Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade, São Paulo, Brazil

1989 Acquisition award, I Prêmio Canson Arte Contemporânea com Papel, MAM, Brazil

Collections

Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil

Universidade Estadual de Londrina, UEL, Paraná, Brazil

Coleção Itaú, São Paulo, Brazil

Pinacoteca Municipal de São Paulo, Brazil

Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Museu Chácara do Céu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Centro Dragão do Mar, Fortaleza, Brazil

Banco Espírito Santo, Brazil

Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Museu de Arte Contemporânea, MAC-USP, São Paulo, Brazil

Fundação Iberê Camargo, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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