Dora Longo Bahia (1961, São Paulo, Brazil) completed in 1987 the course of Artistic Education at Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation (FAAP) in São Paulo, Brazil, with Nelson Leirner (artist, 1932, São Paulo - 2020, Rio de Janeiro). In 2003, she obtained a master's degree in Visual Poetics from the School of Communication and Arts (ECA-USP), University of São Paulo and, in 2010, a PhD in Visual Poetics at the same College. In 2016, she did postdoctoral studies in Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy, Literature and Human Sciences of the University of São Paulo. She taught at FAAP between 1994 and 2013 and has been a professor at the School of Communications and Arts of the University of São Paulo since 2013.
Since the 1990s, she has focused her work on themes such as oppression, death, sex and violence, where she emphasizes the body, which is often portrayed as a political issue or as a victim of violence. Longo Bahia uses various media including painting, video, sculpture, installation, or drawing (the artist defines herself as an image producer) and takes the ownership of political narratives, often linked to Brazil, her country of origin or to the broader context of South America.
Between 1992 and 1995 she was a bass player in the Disk-Putas band giving concerts and performances.
The work of Dora Longo Bahia has been extensively exhibited in Brazil and internationally: Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, (2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2005, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1994); Museo de Arte e Historia de Guanajuato, León, Mexico (2018); 9th Busan Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art and the former Bank of Korea, Busan, South Korea (2018); Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, USA (2017); Hall Art Foundation, Reading, USA (2016); SKMU-Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway (2012); Bonnier Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden (2011); Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2010); São Paulo Biennial (2009, 1986); Forum D'Art Contemporain, Sierre, Switzerland (2001).
Her work is represented in numerous private and public collections: Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo; Modern Art Museum of São Paulo (MAMSP), São Paulo; Arte Museum of São Paulo (MASP), São Paulo; Colección FEMSA, Puebla, Mexico; Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami, USA; Hall Art Foundation, Reading, USA.
PS, dezembro 2020
