Adriana Varejão

Adriana Varejão is a Brazilian artist who works in various disciplines including painting, sculpture, installation and photography. Born in 1964, she lives and works in Rio de Janeiro and is one of Brazil's leading contemporary artists.[1] References to the effects of colonialism are apparent in her work as well as art history and illusion.[2] Her work is included in numerous collections worldwide, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York; The Tate Modern in London; and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, among others. Her work alludes to expansion and transformation designed to address the complex constructions of cultural identity.[3]

The Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim in Brazil opened in 2008 and includes a pavilion dedicated to her work and built by her husband collector Bernardo Paz. She was included in the "Brazil: Body and Soul" exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2001, as well as in the MoMA QNS exhibition "Tempo", where she filled an entire room with the wall-based installation Azulejões (Big Blue Tiles). Her work has also been included in the Venice Biennale and Biennale of Sydney and in 2007 she had solo exhibitions at the Hara Museum in Tokyo and the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris.
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