Marina Perez Simão

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b. 1980, Vitória, Brazil

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Marina Perez Simão has developed a working process based fundamentally on the accumulation and juxtaposition of memories and images.

By combining personal experiences and multiple references stemming from fields such as philosophy, literature, and journalism, the artist collects certain narratives in order to edit them through pictorial means that do not belong to any predefined language; rather, they develop with an organic practice, which combines thematic density and a delicate treatment.

Simão uses a variety of techniques, such as collage, drawing, and oil painting, as starting points in order to marry interior and exterior landscapes, she composes visual journeys that sometimes traverse the unknown, the abstract and the nebulous, but also include visions and memories.

Simão’s work is held in several public collections worldwide, including the Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Saint-Étienne in France, The Ekard Collection in the Netherlands, and the Samdani Art Foundation in Bangladesh, as well as the Speed Art Museum in Kentucky and the University of Chicago in the United States.

Untitled by Marina Perez Simão — Marina Perez Simão, *Untitled*, 2020, oil on canvas, 26" × 37-1/4" (66 cm × 94.5 cm)

Marina Perez Simão, *Untitled*, 2020, oil on canvas, 56-1/4" × 74-3/4" (143 cm × 190 cm) © Marina Perez Simão

Marina Perez Simão, *Untitled*, 2019, oil on canvas, 52-3/4" × 72-1/2" (134 cm × 184.2 cm) © Marina Perez Simão

Marina Perez Simão, *Untitled*, 2020, oil on canvas, 57-1/8" × 52-3/4" (145 cm × 134 cm) © Marina Perez Simão

Marina Perez Simão, *Untitled*, 2020, oil on canvas, 15-3/4" × 19-3/4" (40 cm × 50 cm) © Marina Perez Simão

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One-Artist Exhibitions

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Dates

Born 1980, Vitória, Brazil

Lives and works in São Paulo

Education

MFA, École Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle, Paris
BFA, École Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts de Paris (ENSBA)

2022

Marina Perez Simão: Watercolors, Cahiers d’Art, Paris, December 7, 2022–February 7, 2023.

Marina Perez Simão: Onda, Pace Gallery, London, September 7–October 1, 2022.

Marina Perez-Simão: 5 Paintings, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, April 2–May 29, 2022.

2021

Marina Perez Simao: Observatory, Sifang Museum, Nanjing, China, November 6, 2021–February 28, 2022.

Marina Perez Simão: Tudo é e não é, Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th Street, New York, April 2–24, 2021.

2020

Marina Perez Simão: Éveils Maritimes, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, October 10, 2020–January 16, 2021.

2018

Marina Perez Simão: Our dog-eyes, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, February 23–March 25, 2018.

2016

Miniature - Disegni di Marina Perez Simão, Galleria Cândido Portinari, Embassy of Brazil, Rome, July 7–29, 2016.

2015

Marina Perez Simão: travel journal of uncataloged landscapes. location/date 3006AHK/200 years before 200 years later, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, February 28–March 28, 2015.

2012

Marina Perez Simão: Holzweg, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, March 3–31, 2012.

2010

Marina Perez Simão: If it’s dream make it real. If it’s real make it dream, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, June 12–July 20, 2010.

2009

Marina Perez Simão: black birds, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint Etienne, France, September 19, 2009–January 10, 2010. (Catalogue)

Marina Perez Simão: Drawings, Jozsa Gallery, Brussels, January 16–March 14, 2009.

Marina Perez Simão
Group Exhibitions

Marina Perez-Simao Group Exhibitions

2023

Tropic of Cancer, Pace Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, February 9–March 12, 2023.

Bonna: The Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 3–11, 2023.

2022

Multiple Sights: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum, Long Museum (West Bund), Shanghai, November 13, 2022–February 5, 2023.

Calor Universal, Pace Gallery, East Hampton, New York, July 2–17, 2022.

Ninth Street and Beyond: 70 Years of Women in Abstraction, Part I: The Gestural, Hunter Dunbar Projects, New York, March 3–April 9, 2022.

2021

Convergent Evolutions: The Conscious of Body Work, Pace Gallery, 510 West 25th Street, New York, September 10–October 23, 2021.

Silence, Pace Gallery, Geneva, September 3–October 30, 2021.

2020

Sonia Gomes / Marina Perez Simão, Pace Gallery, East Hampton, New York, September 3–27, 2020.

EnormousBalls, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium, June 13–July 18, 2020.

Landscapes of the South, Mendes Wood DM, New York, January 30–April 30, 2020.

2019

Veredas, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil, November 23, 2019–January 24, 2020.

2013

Voir est une Fable - Chambres à part VIII, La Réserve, Paris, October 22–27, 2013.

2012

23°33’42′′_46°40’09′′, Galerie TORRI, Paris, January 14–February 18, 2012.

2010

Father, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil, September 11–December 18, 2010.

Promenade Project, Galleria delle Colonne, Parma, Italy, June 24–August 8, 2010.

2009

Fragile - Lands of Empathy, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne, France, May 16–August 16, 2009. Traveled to: L'Accademia d'Ungheria, Palazzo Falconieri, Rome, October 2009, and Daejeon Museum of Art, South Korea, December 22, 2009–March 21, 2010. (Catalog)

2008

Drawings, New Moment Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia, 2008.

Offerings, Mendes Wood DM Projects, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2008.

Meditations Biennale of Poznań, Poland, October 3–30, 2008.

2007

Micro Narratives. Tentations des Petites Réalités. Temptation of Small Realities., Museum of History Yugoslava, Belgrade, Serbia, 2007. Traveled to: Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, France, May 7–September 21, 2008. (Catalogue)

2006

Artskool Goz South, Galerie Artcore, Paris, 2006. Traveled to: Galeria do Palacio (Palacio do Cristal), Musée de la Ville de Porto, Portugal, April 22-May 22, 2006.

Marina Perez Simão
Public Collections

Marina Perez Simão Public Collections

The Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona

Blenheim Art Foundation, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, United Kingdom

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio

Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

The Ekard Collection, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Florida

K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong

Long Museum, Shanghai

The Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles

MARe – Museum of Recent Art, Bucharest, Romania

Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne, France

Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island

Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sifang Museum, Nanjing, China

Marina Perez Simão
Books

Marina Perez Simão Bibliography: Books

2022

Marina Perez Simão. Texts by Diana Campbell, Osman Can Yerebakan. New York and São Paulo: Circle Books; Mendes Wood DM, 2022.

2009

Marina Perez Simão: Black Birds (exhibition catalogue). Milan and Saint-Étienne: Silvana Editoriale and Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne, 2009.

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Bibliography: Periodicals

Marina Simao Perez Periodical Bibliography

2023

Kazakina, Katya. “High-Flying Charity Auctions Help the Causes the Art World Supports. But Who Do They Actually Benefit?” Artnet News, 10 February 2023. https://news.artnet.com/news-pro/high-flying-charity-auctions-help-the-causes-the-art-world-supports-but-who-do-they-actually-benefit-2251133

2022

Angeleti, Gabriella, Chinma Johnson-Nwosu, José da Silva and Osman Can Yerebakan. “The must-see exhibitions celebrating Brazilian art on the country's bicentennial” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). The Art Newspaper, 6 September 2022. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/09/06/must-see-brazilian-art-exhibitions-bicentennial

Judah, Hettie. “Marina Perez Simaño: Onda at Pace London” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Studio International, 22 September 2022. https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/marina-perez-simao-onda-review-pace-london

Luo, Shuyin. “The first Frieze Seoul VIP opens a new international channel for the Asian art market.” Artron, 3 September 2022. https://m-news.artron.net/news/20220903/n1980689.html

“Meet Art in Countryside, Art Tour in the Hamptons, New York.” Lotte Hotel Magazine, 2 May 2022. https://www.lottehotelmagazine.com/en/art_culture_detail?no=548

Piejko, Jennifer. “What Is It About Brazilian Artist Marina Perez Simão’s Dreamlike Landscapes That Is Driving Collectors Bananas Right Now?” Artnet News, 21 March 2022. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/marina-perez-simao-profile-2085643

Simão, Marina Perez. “In the Studio with Marina Perez Simão" (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Interview with Sofia Hallström. Émergent Magazine, 14 September 2022. https://www.emergentmag.com/interviews/marina-perez-simao

Simão, Marina Perez. “Marina Perez Simão: ‘I Never Work When I’m Sad’” Interview with Emily Steer. Elephant, 5 September 2022. https://elephant.art/marina-perez-simao-i-never-work-when-im-sad-05092022/

Yerebakan, Osman Can. “What Sold at Frieze Seoul 2022.” Artsy, 6 September 2022. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-sold-frieze-seoul-2022.

Yunqi, Huang. “Basel in Hong Kong under the global transition shows the new changes in the art market.” The Art Newspaper, 26 May 2022. https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/5f600Hrklvad40S_uV3I6Q

2021

D’Souza, Aruna. “Galleries, 'Convergent Evolutions: The Conscious Body of Work'” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). The New York Times, 1 October 2021: C15. Web version: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/arts/design/art-gallery-shows-to-see-right-now.html

D’Souza, Aruna. “Galleries” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). The New York Times, 30 September 2021: C15. Web version: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/30/arts/design/art-gallery-shows-to-see-right-now.html

Durón, Maximilíano. “10 Works That Sold at This Year’s Frieze London.” ARTnews, 14 October 2021. https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/photos/frieze-london-2021-sales-highlights-1234606937/

Felsberg, Kaylie and Beatrice Sapsford. “10 In-Demand Works on Artsy This Week: August 12, 2021.” Artsy, 12 August 2021. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-in-demand-works-artsy-week-08-12-21

Fontaine, Pearl. “Marina Perez Simão Captures the Ambiguous Nature of Life” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Whitewall, 5 April 2021. https://whitewall.art/art/marina-perez-simao-captures-the-ambiguous-nature-of-life/

Gerlis, Melanie. “The Art Market: AR art appeals; Foundation warns of Josef Albers forgeries; war-torn artists at Sotheby’s; Pace signs Brazilian painter.” Financial Times, 14 January 2021. https://www.ft.com/content/68fcb0fb-63f7-46a3-b66d-e432b16e12da

Glimcher, Marc and Youngjoo Lee. "Pace Gallery.” Interview with Editors. Noblesse Korea, June 2021: 49–55, illustrated.

Hodkin, Jeremy. “How Marina Perez Simão Achieved Global Success in a Pandemic Year.” Artsy, 7 April 2021. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-marina-perez-simao-achieved-global-success-pandemic-year/

Howie, Jamie. “7 Must-See Gallery Exhibitions in New York This September” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Galerie, 17 September 2021. https://galeriemagazine.com/must-see-gallery-shows-september-2021/

Mitchell, Rory. “artmonte-carlo: Art Fair Highlights: Marina Perez Simão and Sonia Gomes.” Ocula, 14 July 2021. https://ocula.com/advisory/perspectives/artmonte-carlo-art-fair-highlights/

Morales, Carolina. “Quem é Marina Perez Simão, a brasileira que expõe em Nova York na pandemia” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Folha De S.Paulo, 28 March 2021. https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2021/03/quem-e-marina-perez-simao-a-brasileira-que-expoe-em-nova-york-na-pandemia.shtml

Ologundudu, Folasade. “Pace Gave Its New Digital Director Christiana Ine-Kimba Boyle the Keys to Its Brick and Mortar Gallery. The Results Are Refreshing” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Artnet News, 9 September 2021. https://news.artnet.com/opinion/christiana-ine-kimba-boyle-2006877

“Pace Gallery Announces Global 2021 Spring and Summer Program.” Art & Object, 9 February 2021. https://www.artandobject.com/press-release/pace-gallery-announces-global-2021-spring-and-summer-program

Rees, Lucy. "Marina Perez Simão’s Fantastical Landscapes Cause a Stir at Pace" (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Galerie Magazine, 15 April 2021. https://www.galeriemagazine.com/marina-perez-simao/

"Sifang Art Museum: Marina Perez Simão 'Observatory'" (Sifang Art Museum exhibition preview). World Art Foundation, November 2021. https://www.worldartfoundations.com/sifang-art-museum-marina-perez-simao-observatory/?v=7516fd43adaa

Simão, Marina Perez. "It is not a boat, it is just a mountain… In the end who cares?" Interview with Borderless. Borderless, 2021. https://www.border-l-e-s-s.com/it-is-not-a-boat-it-is-just-a-mountain

Solomon, Tessa and Alex Greenberger, Claire Selvin, Maximiliano Duron. “ARTnews in Brief: Pace Gallery Now Represents Marina Perez Simão—and More from January 14, 2021.” ARTnews, 11 January 2021. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/breaking-art-industry-news-january-2021-week-2-1234581168/

The Canvas. "How Marina Perez Simão Achieved Global Success in a Pandemic Year" (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Artsy, 7 April 2021. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-marina-perez-simao-achieved-global-success-pandemic-year

Villa, Angelica. “15 Works That Sold at This Year’s Art Basel Miami Beach.” ARTnews, 1 December 2021. https://www.artnews.com/gallery/art-news/photos/sales-highlights-2021-art-basel-miami-beach-1234611676/

Volchkova, Valentina. “6 Questions: Valentina Volchkova, Head of Pace Gallery, Geneva.” Interview with LUX. LUX, August 2021. https://www.lux-mag.com/6-questions-valentina-volchkova-pace-gallery/

2020

Bittencourt, Ela. “In Sonia Gomes’s Hands, Textiles Evoke Resilience” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Hyperallergic, 2 September 2020. https://hyperallergic.com/585578/sonia-gomes-new-york-debut-pace-gallery/

Langlois, Jill. “Fabrics with Powerful Stories to Tell” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). The New York Times, 28 August 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/arts/design/sonia-gomes-brazil-art.html

Mazzucchelli, Kiki. “April is the Cruellest Month.” [Originally written as press release for Mendes Wood show that was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic], April 2020.

Mitchell, Rory. “Spotlight: Sonia Gomes’s Alchemical Sculpture” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Ocula, 15 September 2020. https://ocula.com/magazine/insights/spotlight-sonia-gomes/

Palumbo, Jacqui. “Sonia Gomes Crafts Bold Textile Works from Strangers’ Treasures” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Artsy, 26 November 2020. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-sonia-gomes-crafts-bold-textile-works-strangers-treasures

Segal, Mark. "The Art Scene 09.03.20: Brazilian Artists at Pace" (Pace Gallery exhibition review). East Hampton Star, 3 September 2020. https://www.easthamptonstar.com/arts/202093/art-scene-090320

Terrebonne, Jacqueline. "Next Big Things: Marina Perez Simão." Galerie Magazine, 18 December 2020. https://galeriemagazine.com/next-big-things-marina-perez-simao/

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