The multidisciplinary practice of Adriana Barreto (1949, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), dancer, choreographer, artist, embraces the fields of drawing, installation, performance, video and photography. Her performances, in which the artist likes to involve the public, are thought to explore the spontaneous and poetic unexpected occurrences and the relationships between the intervening agents.
She exhibited individually in Brazil, U.S.A. and Europe: O que pode um Corpo, ARCO Madrid, Madrid, Spain (2015); Extensões do Corpo, Galeria Municipal Almeida Garrett, Porto, Portugal (2014); Agora Sim, Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações, Lisbon, Portugal (2012); Museum of Modern Art of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil (2005); Impermanência, Fundação Casa França-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (2005); Impermanência, Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2004); Laboratório, Museu da Escultura Brasileira - MUBE, São Paulo, Brazil (2001); Laboratório, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, (2000); MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, (1997); Brazilian-American Cultural Institute, Washington D. C., U.S.A. (1995).
She participated in collective exhibitions: El Papagayo de Humboldt - 12th Bienal de Artes Mediales - curator: Alfons Hug, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago, Chile (2015); 56th Venice Biennial; Venice, Italy (2015); Montevideo Biennial, Montevideo, Uruguay (2014, 2012); Museum of Arts and Crafts, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2014); Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal (2013); ShanghArt Space, Shanghai, People's Republic of China (2012); Lia Bermúdez Art Centre, Maracaibo, Venezuela (2001); Brazil-Argentina Cultural Centre, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1989).
Her work is represented in public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art - MAM, Rio de Janeiro; Getúlio Vargas Foundation - FGV, Rio de Janeiro; Lia Bermúdez Art Center, Maracaíbo, Venezuela.
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