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maré de matos 

vale do rio doce, brazil. lives and works in são paulo, brazil.

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Transdisciplinary artist. Graduated in Visual Arts (2009, UEMG), master's degree in Literary Theory (2020, UFPE) and PhD candidate at Diversitas (USP).

 

Explores the tension between subjectivity, objectivity and otherness in the real, symbolic, and imaginary dimensions. Works in the fields of sound, image, and word. 

 

Founded bendito ofício (2010), through which she promotes approaches between word-image-education-life.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2024

Dreaming is serious, Galeria Lume, São Paulo, Brazil.

 

2023
‘A meaning that arrives in time’, Sp-arte Rotas Brasileiras, São Paulo, Brazil

’More value than it was worth’, MIS-CAMPINAS, Campinas, Brazil and Pinacoteca de Botucatu, Botucatu, Brazil

2022
’More value than it was worth’, critical text by Ricardo Aleixo, Galeria Lume, São Paulo, Brazil

2016
How to live on desire - MAMAM, Recife, Brazil 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (2018-2025)

2025

Stories of Ecology, Curated by Isabella Rjeille and André Mesquita, Masp, São Paulo, Brazil.

2024

Atlantic Forest, curated by Marcelo Campos, Amanda Bonan, and Amanda Rezende, MAR, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Dona Fulô and Other Black Jewels, curated by Carol Barreto, Eneida Sanches, and Marília Panitz, MAC, Salvador, Bahia

Red Atlantic, Palace of Nations, UN, Geneva, Switzerland

Sculpture Park Casa do Governador, Vila Velha, ES, Brazil

Every body in motion has a trajectory, Galeria Fidanza, Pará, Brazil

Every wall is a banner, curated by Khadyg Fares, GDA, São Paulo, Brazil

A Color Defect, curated by Ana Maria Gonçalves, Marcelo Campos, and Amanda Bonan, SESC Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brazil

Brasis, SESC Quitandinha, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Tremor of Languages, curated by Ariana Nuala, Amparo 60, Brazilian Routes, São Paulo, Brazil

2023

My body: territory in dispute, curated by Galciane Neves, Nara Roesler, São Paulo, Brazil
Women who changed 200 years, Caixa cultural, São Paulo, Brazil 

2022

A huge past ahead, curated by Cristiana Tejo, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon, Portugal.
Brazilian Stories, curated by André Mesquita and Lilia Schwarcz, Masp, São Paulo, Brazil
Social Fabric: Art and Activism in Contemporary Brazil, Visual Arts Center, Austin, Texas. USA.
A color defect, curated by Marcelo Campos, Amanda Bonan, Ana Maria Gonçalves, MAR, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Moving Horizons, MAP, Natal, Brazil.
Tool, hardware, rust, curated by Ana Elisa Lidizia, Paço das artes, SP, Brazil,
In the middle of the street in the middle of the whirlpool, curated by Catarina Duncan, Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil.

2021
Carolina Maria de Jesus: A Brazil for Brazilians, curated by Hélio Menezes and Raquel Barreto, IMS, São Paulo, Brazil.
For a breath of fury and hope, curated by Galciane Neves and Natalie Understell, MUBE, São Paulo, Brazil.
Língua Solta (curated by Moacir dos Anjos and Fabiana Moraes), Museu da Língua Portuguesa, São Paulo, Brazil
Real Fake, curated by Paulo Kassab, Galeria Lume, São Paulo, Brazil

Public Pulpit, Afro Brasil Museum, São Paulo, Brazil

Our Lady of the Triple Journey, Street Art Museum (MAR), São Paulo, Brazil

2020

10 3M art exhibition: Lugar Comum: crossings and collectivities in the city, curated by Camila Bechelany, Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil

Open paths! (curated by Hélio Menezes), CCSP, São Paulo, Brazil 

Farsa, (curated by Marta Mestre), Sesc Pompeia, São Paulo,  Brazil

 

2019

Sertão: 36 panorama of Brazilian art, (curated by Júlia Rebouças and curatorial assistance by Catarina Duncan), MAM-SP, São Paulo, Brazil 

Yesterday, today, now (curator Catarina Duncan), Solar dos abacaxis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Community Epistemologies: Contemporary art by black authors, (curated by Janaína Barros), Centro Cultural UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Cataclysm, Garrido Galeria, Recife, Brazil

Entremoveres (curated by Ariana Nuala and Ana Lira), Abolition Museum, Recife, Brazil

 

2018
⦿ (curated by Catarina Duncan), Galeria Leme, São Paulo, Brazil
The ones on my street (curated by Joana D’Arc Lima), Museu da Abolição, Recife, Brazil

Vetores, (curated by Ariana Nuala), Museu Murilo La Greca, Recife, Brazil
The night will not sleep (curated by Julya Vasconcelos), Amparo 60, Recife, Brazil 

 

PRIZES

2022

Leda Maria Martins Award, with the text Ouroboros, in the Oralitura category

2021

Award for achievement record in Visual Arts, Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy, SP).

Nominated for the Pipa Award

ARTISTIC RESIDENCE

2022

2021-2022

2021

2016

koda: racial justice (ny, usa)

vehicle sur (france | São Paulo)

art and research pivot (são paulo)

afrotranscendence (sSão Paulo)

blessed office  © 2025

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