Marina Perez Simão, Untitled, 2020, oil on canvas, 19-3/4" × 15-3/4" (50 cm × 40 cm) © Marina Perez Simão Marina Perez Simão Photography by William Jess Laird Details:b. 1980, Vitória, BrazilPace Publications: (opens in a new window) Shop Now Read More Marina Perez Simão has developed a working process rooted in the accumulation and juxtaposition of memories and images.Combining personal experiences with multiple references, which she filters through pictorial means that defy predefined language, Simão integrates thematic density with delicate treatment in a practice that encompasses painting, watercolor, textiles, and drawing.Embracing “painting where words fail,” the artist produces works alive with movement, color, and light. She merges interior and exterior landscapes, composing visual journeys that traverse the abstract and the nebulous as well as visions and memories. Simão often draws from natural and geographical phenomena, using layers of paint to capture the shifting light over land and seascapes as well as sources of metaphysical light rooted in place, memory, and process. Beginning with sketches, which she develops into watercolors, the artist slowly builds up the structures that form the basis of her paintings. Each series is loosely interconnected, with the works existing both independently and as part of a larger network.Important one-artist exhibitions of Simão’s work include Marina Perez Simão: Our dog-eyes, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo (2018); Marina Perez Simão: Éveils Maritimes, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels (2020–2021); Marina Perez Simão: Observatory, Sifang Museum, Nanjing, China (2021–2022); Marina Perez Simão: 5 Paintings, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo (2022); Marina Perez Simão: Onda, Pace Gallery, London (2022); Marina Perez Simão: Watercolors, Cahiers d’Art, Paris (2022–2023); Marina Perez Simão, Villa Era, Vigliano Biellese, Italy (2023); Marina Perez Simão: Solanaceae, Pace Gallery, Los Angeles (2024); Marina Perez Simão: ZWIELICHT, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany (2024–2025); and Marina Perez Simão: Diffusion, Mendes Wood DM, Paris (2024).Simão’s work is held in numerous public collections worldwide including the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, New York; Deji Art Museum, Nanjing, China; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Long Museum, Shanghai; Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, France; Pérez Art Museum, Miami; Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona; and the Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh. She lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil. Read More Marina Perez Simão, Untitled/Sem título, 2023, oil on linen, 200 cm × 246 cm (78-3/4" × 8' 7/8") © Marina Perez Simão Marina Perez Simão, Untitled, 2024, oil on linen 19-11/16" × 15-3/4" (50 cm × 40 cm) © Marina Perez Simão Marina Perez Simão, Untitled, 2024, oil on linen, 78-3/4" × 66-15/16" (200 cm × 170 cm) © Marina Perez Simão Marina Perez Simão, Untitled/Sem título, 2023, oil on linen, 200 cm × 246 cm (78-3/4" × 8' 7/8") each, 78-3/4" x 194” overall diptych © Marina Perez Simão Exhibitions View All Past Marina Perez Simão Solanaceae Jan 20 – Mar 2, 2024 Los Angeles Past Tropic of Cancer Feb 9 – Mar 12, 2023 Palm Beach Past Marina Perez Simão Onda Sep 7 – Oct 1, 2022 London Past Convergent Evolutions The Conscious of Body Work Sep 10 – Oct 23, 2021 New York Journal View All Artist Projects Pace Playlists: Marina Perez Simão Jul 26, 2024 Pace Publishing Marina Perez Simão: Solanaceae May 22, 2024 Films A Promise of Light: Inside Marina Perez Simão's Luminescent Landscapes Feb 15, 2024 News Pace Welcomes Marina Perez Simão Jan 14, 2021 One-Artist Exhibitions Group Exhibitions Public Collections Books Periodicals Close Marina Perez SimãoOne-Artist Exhibitions MarinaPerez-Simao One-Artist DatesBorn 1980, Vitória, BrazilLives and works in São PauloEducationMFA, École Nationale Superieure de Creation Industrielle, Paris BFA, École Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts de Paris (ENSBA)2024Marina Perez Simão: Diffusion, Mendes Wood DM Paris, October 14–November 23, 2024.Marina Perez Simão: ZWIELICHT, G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig, Germany, September 27, 2024–March 2, 2025.Marina Perez Simão: Solanaceae, Pace Gallery, Los Angeles, January 20–March 2, 2024. (Catalogue)2022Marina 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, 2022.2021Marina 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, 2021.2020Marina Perez Simão: Éveils Maritimes, Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, October 10, 2020–January 16, 2021.2018Marina Perez Simão: Our dog-eyes, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, February 23–March 25, 2018.2016Miniature - Disegni di Marina Perez Simão, Galleria Cândido Portinari, Embassy of Brazil, Rome, July 7–29, 2016.2015Marina 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, 2015.2012Marina Perez Simão: Holzweg, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, March 3–31, 2012.2010Marina 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, 2010.2009Marina 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 SimãoGroup Exhibitions Marina Perez-Simao Group Exhibitions 2025All Our Todays, The Museum of Recent Art, Bucharest, Romania, February 12–May 20, 2025.2024Art Week Tokyo Focus: Earth, Wind, and Fire: Visions of the Future from Asia, Okura Museum of Art, Tokyo, November 7–10, 2024.Alchemists, Pond Society, Shanghai, November 7–December 17, 2024.Pace Tokyo: Special Preview, Pace Gallery, Tokyo, July 6–August 9, 2024.2023PRESENT '23: Building the Scantland Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, June 8, 2023–Spring 2024.Tropic of Cancer, Pace Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida, February 9–March 12, 2023.Bonna: The Dhaka Art Summit, Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 3–11, 2023.2022Multiple 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, 2022.2021Convergent 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, 2021.2020Sonia 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, 2020.2019Veredas, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil, November 23, 2019–January 24, 2020.2013Voir est une Fable - Chambres à part VIII, La Réserve, Paris, October 22–27, 2013.201223°33’42′′_46°40’09′′, Galerie TORRI, Paris, January 14–February 18, 2012.2010Father, Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo, Brazil, September 11–December 18, 2010.Promenade Project, Galleria delle Colonne, Parma, Italy, June 24–August 8, 2010.2009Fragile - 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)2008Drawings, New Moment Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia, 2008.Offerings, Mendes Wood DM Projects, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2008.Meditations Biennale of Poznań, Poland, October 3–30, 2008.2007Micro 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)2006Artskool 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 SimãoPublic Collections Marina Perez Simão Public Collections The Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, ArizonaBalanz Collection, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaBlenheim Art Foundation, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, United KingdomBuffalo AKG Art Museum, New YorkColumbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OhioDallas Museum of Art, TexasDeji Art Museum, Nanjing, ChinaThe Ekard Collection, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsFosun Art Foundation, Shanghai, ChinaInstitute of Contemporary Art Miami, FloridaK11 Art Foundation, Hong KongLonglati Foundation, ShangaiLong Museum, ShanghaiThe Marciano Art Foundation, Los AngelesMARe – Museum of Recent Art, Bucharest, RomaniaMAMCO Genève, Geneva, SwitzerlandMusée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne, FranceOlivia Foundation, Mexico City, MexicoPhoenix Art Museum, ArizonaRhode Island School of Design, Rhode IslandSamdani Art Foundation, Dhaka, BangladeshSifang Museum, Nanjing, China Marina Perez SimãoBooks Marina Perez Simão Bibliography: Books 2024Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from ICA Miami’s Collection (exhibition catalogue). Miami: Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; New York: DelMonico Books, 2024: 284, illustrated.Marina Perez Simão: Solanaceae (exhibition catalogue). Texts by Kimberly Drew and Brittany Richmond. New York: Pace Publishing, 2024.2022Marina Perez Simão. Texts by Diana Campbell, Osman Can Yerebakan. New York and São Paulo: Circle Books; Mendes Wood DM, 2022.2009Marina Perez Simão: Black Birds (exhibition catalogue). Milan and Saint-Étienne: Silvana Editoriale and Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Étienne, 2009. Marina Perez SimãoPeriodicals Marina Simao Perez Periodical Bibliography 2024Armstrong, Annie. “Splurge on a Marina Perez Simåo Painting, or Invest in a Patrick Eugène and Pocket the Difference? An Advisor Weighs In” (Pace Gallery and Mariane Ibrahim exhibition reviews). Artnet News, 24 January 2024. https://news.artnet.com/market/marina-perez-simao-patrick-eugene-sarah-calodney-2421680.Bittencourt, Ela. "The Artist Bending Modernism Toward Mysticism" (G2 exhibition review). Hyperallergic, 16 February 2025. https://hyperallergic.com/989711/marina-perez-simao-the-artist-bending-modernism-toward-mysticism/Bush, Annie. “Marina Perez Simåo | Destructive Limitations of the Know” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Flaunt, 29 January 2024. https://www.flaunt.com/post/marina-perez-simao-destructive-limitations-of-the-known.Carollo, Elisa. “A Mix of Emerging and Established Work Is Leading Phillips’ Summer Auctions in London.” Observer, 20 June 2024. https://observer.com/2024/06/phillips-summer-auctions-london-modern-contemporary/Carollo, Elisa. “Observer’s Guide to the Must-See Shows During Paris Art Week” (Mendes Wood DM exhibition review). Observer, 15 October 2024. https://observer.com/2024/10/must-see-museum-gallery-shows-during-paris-art-week/Halperin, Julia. “Marina Perez Simão's Paintings Won't Stop Growing in Size” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Cultured Magazine, 6 February 2024. https://www.culturedmag.com/article/2024/02/06/marina-perez-simao-pace-gallery-show.“Marina Perez Simão: Solanaceae” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). Arte Realizzata, 5 February 2024. https://www.arterealizzata.com/exhibition-showcase/marina-perez-simo-solanaceae.Mejía, Paula. “The Biggest Gallery Shows to See in LA during Frieze Week” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). ARTnews, 26 February 2024. https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/artists/biggest-gallery-shows-2024-frieze-la-1234697567/nora-turato-at-spruth-magers/.“Pace opens an exhibition of immersive paintings by Marina Perez Simão” (Pace Gallery exhibition review). ArtDaily, 26 January 2024. https://artdaily.com/news/166015/Pace-opens-an-exhibition-of-immersive-paintings-by-Marina-Perez-Sim-atilde-o2023Basciano, Oliver. “Brazilian painter Marina Perez Simão's bold and beguiling worlds.” Art Basel, 22 May 2023. https://www.artbasel.com/stories/marina-perez-simao-art-for-the-future-clientearth-gallery-climate-coalition?lang=enKazakina, 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-22511332022Angeleti, 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-bicentennialJudah, 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-londonLuo, 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=548Piejko, 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-2085643Simão, 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-simaoSimão, 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_uV3I6Q2021D’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.htmlD’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.htmlDurón, 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-08-12-21Fontaine, 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-e432b16e12daGlimcher, 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.shtmlOlogundudu, 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-programRees, 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=7516fd43adaaSimão, 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-mountainSolomon, 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-yearVilla, 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/2020Bittencourt, 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.htmlMazzucchelli, 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-treasuresSegal, 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-090320Terrebonne, Jacqueline. "Next Big Things: Marina Perez Simão." Galerie Magazine, 18 December 2020. https://galeriemagazine.com/next-big-things-marina-perez-simao/